House News

Fina Records return with a stellar six track EP entitled ' These Things' this .... by Leeds-based producer Tom Taylor, backed with mixes from Jack Dixon and Clive Herny & Rui Da Silva.
Fina Records launched back in 2011 and at such an early stage has already released cuts from the likes of Leif, Mic Newman, Simon Baker and MAM (Miguel Campbell & Matt Hughes). This stands as testament to the attentive A&R approach of the label heads, picking up on rising talents in the industry and having a heavy impact from the off. This release from local talent Tom Taylor marks a milestone for the label as they reach their tenth release, Taylor is most-notably known for his work with labels such as 2020 Vision, Poker Flat and Dessous and delivers infectious house grooves full of warmth and oozing class.

The release opens with 'Twilight', a smooth, ethereal number employing gentile filtered melodies, a whispering vocal hook and off-kilter broken beats all of which are seemingly ever-evolving for seven minute duration. Following is 'Don't Give Up', a chuggy, slo-mo track, driven by punchy disco drums, soulful vocal licks and a cosseting pad-line. Taylor demonstrates his ability to craft intelligent, hypnotizing music across the board here brilliantly.

Next up is 'This World', a piano-driven, groove-led track focusing on steady progression and subtle background automation to create a flourishing dynamism, Taylor throws in some emotive vocal lines and hi- strings to boot, resulting in a beautiful house cut.

Stepping up on remix duties is man of the hour Jack Dixon reworking 'Twilight', the Hotflush artist strips back the vibe of the original with sparse, weighty drums and infuses drawn out reverb tails and elongated echoes into the depths of the background alongside a heady synth line tipping this interpretation into peak-time territory.

Closing the release are the digital exclusives, firstly Clive Henry teams up with Rui Da Silva to reshape 'This World', the duo instil a raw energy to the original, adding sharp keys and dark atmospherics that slowly blossom towards a huge reverb soaked breakdown. This is perfect early hours deepness.
Tom Taylor's 'These Days' is out on Fina Records ....

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Forthcoming Tony Lionni LP due on Kerri Chandler's Madhouse imprint due in March.
Recent releases and remixes for Madhouse, Lo:Rise and Rebirth.
Ever since his seminal Found a Place release on Osgut Ton in 2009, Tony has built a solid reputation as both producer and DJ

Windy City house producer CHICAGO SKYWAY's debut album finally sees itshighly anticipated vinyl release on EARGASMIC RECORDINGS! 8 cuts includingthe drum banger "IT'S OKAY", to the newly extended versions of "WRECKAGE" &"JOAQUIN LOOKS AT THE STARS", along with the killer acid track "WAR". Tip!

Following the acclaimed Removing Dust EP, here's vol.2.
This release is the second part of the album removing dust released separately as 12inchs, with the same tracks from the album.
Main news on this 12inch is B1 cover of Moloko's Sing it Back, with the astonishing voice of The huge, not a voice competion but a tribute to one of the best bands of our time.. you can recognize a famous roland drum machine from the late 70s (yeah darling it's a CR78) and some ethereal pads and hooks here and there
on A1 side we have a classic, already supported by various djs... do you remember the classic track 'Salsa House' back in the good old 1988 yes no no problem! You will find a great cover version of this classic as the opening Track of the new Deep88 EP.
A tribute to the amazing sound of the 80s ... and yes the piano is the famous Korg M1 piano preset as you may have well recognized!
A1 is called La beija, a raw tribute to house vogue style and real disco floor... if u think it all comes from Madonna 'Vogue' u know half of the story, so start to scrab behind this dance...
B2 is a tasty balearic disco remix version of Italo82, always with the huge on the featuring and B3 is a jazzaholic groove of sax and guitar and dubby style over space echo delays....

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12records is here to introduce the 2nd album by Deep88, aka Alessandro Pasini.
This album is a collection of Removing Dust EP vol 1 +2 (available separately).
After some 12 inches released on vinyl only it felt right to collect some of the best songs released together with the brand new material and create an organic album, Supporting the album with a live setup (No laptop is involved).
Self made artist, up since 2004 with different projects, Deep88 decided to start his own label in 2011 in order to release his music with no care or attitude to trend or fashion sound, developing his own style, spacing house music from classic deep to extreme raw sample based, collecting historic music gears and hardware during the years and mixing them together with other new digital toys.
The result is an album where you can find some cheesy balearic songs together with some inner raw tracks, due to his eclectic attitude. It's all about the way he decides to create music, it can be either using just an old sampler and a turntable or using some analogue and digital synths and a computer or just mix these 2 points of view together.
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Jimpster's These Times proved to be a successful release, garnering love and support from right across the board. B side track Can't Stop Loving sits proudly at
No.12 in RA's top 50 tracks for October whilst These Times got airings on Amé's Boiler Room set alongside support from the likes of Mano Le Tough, Bicep and
Roman Flu¨gel. Dixon is also a fan declaring that he wished he'd signed it for Innervisions and offering to do a re-edit.
Here we're very proud to present the fruits of his labour, as well as a stunning remix from Manuel Tur. Dixon keeps the original vibe intact but reduces the groove perfectly and extends the arrangement for a deep, epic vocal version aimed
squarely at the dancefloor. Manuel goes into the abyss with a darker, hypnotic feeling, pushing Jinadu's vocals to the fore and working up a stripped back groove punctuated with ring modulated chime FX.

Its his first album in 3 years and to a certain extent marks a change in direction from the predecessors, 'Working Nights' & 'In The Red'.
'Treat Me Right' follows an esteemed remix series of Trus'me classic tracks with treatments from Ben Klock, Marcel Dettmann, Terrence Dixon, DVS1, Ryan Elliott & Vakula.
Here's what the man himself has to say as way of an introduction to the new album.
"Since 'In The Red' I found myself traveling as far as Japan and South America and experiencing new scenes and people that have influenced my sound both in the studio and behind the decks. Reaching 30 changes your perspective on life, so when visiting these strange but intriguing countries I have taken the time to stay for a while and take it all in. Airport-Hotel-Club and sometimes straight to the Airport can take its toll on you.
Travelling so much has forced me to change my way of making music, I would say now I have a more 'anoligital' approach to my production techniques. The final production stage will always remain an analogue process but the creative process has become more digital. You can't take all those lovely synths and machines on the road with you. The Laptop is always there where inspiration hits you whether it be on the plane or hours after you're finished in a club.
With 'Working Nights' I wanted to create a cohesive hour of music from start to finish, whereas 'In The Red' was a way to push myself and learn new engineering and production techniques, working with live musicians such as Amp Fiddler and Dam Funk. 'Treat Me Right' saw me move into the realm of synths, drum machines to create the sounds of the scene I had been submerged in over the last 4-5 years. Working on new music while on the road is hard, and fragmented sessions all came together once I was stationary in Manchester. The weather surely helps this, it's much easier to be influenced and complete an idea when the sun is not shining outside. I stayed away from the impulse of my love of sampling and musicianship and trapped myself in a room, so that the final outcome would be a true representation on the sound they call analogue."

2020 Vision drop 'Surreal' this coming February by Mancunian producer Freak Seven, backed with remixes from Sebo K.
Naveed Akhtar aka Freak Seven has been involved with electronic music for over a decade, first stepping on to the scene with releases under his own name for Regal sub-label New Religion. Akhtar has since gone on to release highly praised singles for the likes of Rush Hour, Ilian Tape and released the anthemic 'We Bring The Music' on 2020Vision back in January 2012 where he returns to here.
The release opens with the original version of 'Surreal', a heady Detroit influenced cut that embraces raw, shuffling rhythms, a penetrating acidic bass-line and Akhtar¹s signature low-pitched, spoken word vocal lines from Aniff Akinola. Seven's production abilities shine through when he introduces an amalgamation of melodic elements to brilliantly play off and contrast against one another in harmony. The result is a retro in spirit yet undoubtedly forward thinking house track. An instrumental version is offered up next and as the name suggests it gets down to the nitty-gritty with a straight raw drum and synth vibe.
Mobilee's main man Sebo K turns in a mix of 'Surreal' next, reshaping the cut with his signature swinging house sound. Weighty 909 drums lead the way alongside a hooky bass, sporadic Hammond organ chords and snippets of the original vocal lines. All infused with Sebo's deep soulfulness and simple yet effective automation touches such as a subtle, intermittent delay on the tracks stabbing bass lick. A 'Dub' version of the mix is provided too, Sebo strips back the original feel and introduces a bright synth stab that's smoothly dubbed and drawn out throughout its near seven minutes with some extra ethereal pad lines to boot, creating a tasteful after-hours interpretation.

Legendary producer Ian Pooley has partnered up with up and coming producer Spencer Parker to create a very dynamic duo. We have been trying to work with Spencer and Ian for quite some time and now we get both of them on one.

Lithuanian deep house & disco maestro Mario Basanov drops his debut single 'More for the Less' on Apersonal Music with the help from talented Toronto's local figure Jeremy Glenn ripping it off on the vocals. First single out from Mario after releasing his successful album 'Journey', and with the unique touch of a Basanov-Glenn join for this special collaboration.
A good feel, boogie monster if there ever was one, 'More for the Less' has a definite early 80's prelude feel to it, updated with the immaculate production talent of Mario to a fresh, upfront production keeping the deep end of dance floor happily dancing.
First remix comes courtesy of Pablo Bolivar & Maurice Aymard who injects a late 80s house feel to it, giving the vocal more space and keeping the drums tight and in control of the song. 2nd up we have our good friend Michael J Collins, coming out of a long production rest for our enlightenment dropping an ace 90s inspired remix with old school samples, break beats and some good feel to it - this is a perfect end for the night groover.
Additionally Mario himself delivers his dub version which takes a more straight approach with sparse vocals, added stabs and a more melodic bass with an acid feeling, focusing more on clubs and the dance floor then the original version.

Seaghdha have made a significant dent in the stripped down warehouse music world with the first two releases in their Celtic numerals series
A TRI continues the theme perfectly, offering up three more precision workouts for dark spaces
Pared down, atmospheric and totally absorbing grooves throughout !
Each release will be strictly limited to 300 - Vinyl only
The series will run to ten releases in total, titled 1-10 in Gaelic

One of South Africa's finest tag teams, Monocles & Slezz, are up next on Foliage Records with a delicious slice of deep dance, Only Love. The pair is backed by Brit house producer Andy Compton, of The Rurals fame, and accomplished US vocalists Tantra Zawadi and DanaByrd - a soulful dream team by any stretch of the imagination.
Monocles & Slezz' original production glides on slick 4-4 drums and deep, shimmering keys, quickly pulling the listener into Zawadi and Byrd's mesmering song 'n' spoken word interplay about perfect, heaven-on-earth love, and a run of sweet, jazzy guitar and vibes solos.Russian-born studiosmith Kojo Akusa (a Johannesburg staple following the release last year of EP Sepia with The Guests Of Nature) plumbs even deeper depths, the mellow, afro-pulsin' rhythms of his exclusive remix rolling beneath a heady swirl of vocals, tinkling synths and guitars. Montreal's IndySoul (AKA DJ-producer Carl Guerard) ups the percussive ante, meanwhile, with a sweet Latin-flecked shuffle bolstered by smart but sparingly used drum rolls, powerful throbs of analogue bass, and more introspective, mightily soulful key work.
Monocles, an alter ego for DJ Matshidi (real name Tshidiso Moeng), first met Slezz UlteeMate (real name Tebogo Leshotho) in 2008,both hailing from golden South African city Welkom; both involved in music from their early teens. The pair's shared passion for a wide range of deep soulful dance, be it house, tech, Afro or broken beat, was quickly made evident and exploited, resulting in roof- raising residencies at Welkom clubs Afrovibe, De Zone and Village Palace, big remixes for local artists such as Coltrane, Room 806 and Paso Doble, and slammin' productions including Afrika and Canary Islands.
Talented young duo Monocles & Slezz have now stepped onto the international stage with Foliage. They're ready. Only Love is an exciting taste of what is to come next year when the boys finally release their debut album - musical, memorable, magical, Only Love is the kind of deep, spiritual house that makes you glad to be alive. Love is most definitely the message.

New Rick Wade 12" on his own (now classic) imprint... 4 deep Detroit house tracks..from the Don. TIP!

WT Records makes another turn. This time aiming back at the dj. A beautiful and functional 3 part vinyl dj series: DJ Muscle.. No posers!!
3 records with 3 catalog numbers. Each part has a full color jacket & label art by Marion Guillet. The series starts with slow mo freaked out dance music from Serbia and moves on to space disco, freaked out emotional outsider house, and all the way back to wild African influenced electro dance beat. Hand picked by label head and music lover, Dj Speculator aka Willie Burns, the 3 part series will be a solid addition to any djs record bag and good enough to satisfy the collector as well.

Ben UFO betreibt mit David Kennedy (Pearson Sound) und Kevin McAuley (Pangaea) das Bassmusik-Label Hessle Audio und liefert mit seinem Fabric-Set eine eklektische Mixtur aus allen Subgenres aktueller Bassmusik & Dubstep und klassischem House und Techno, in der so unterschiedliche Artists wie Tim 'Love' Lee, Shackleton, K-Hand, Pearson Sound, Herbert und Mr. Fingers aufeinander folgen.


























27. Floating Points - Danger (Locked Groove)
28. Grown Folk x Main Attrakionz - I.C.E. (Kuedo Remix)

Human Nature is the new offering from Mark Gilbert of Stupid Human edit notoriety, this label will be concentrating his artistic musical endeavours of the eclectic kind and it doesn't fail to disappoint, first up is "Turn Me On" a rich tapestry of brooding synths that captures and draws you into world of lust and sexual wonderment. Over on the flip is "Searching" a beautiful deep sunshine groove with killer jazzy chords and boogie synth bass impressive stuff indeed.

Info: Three more killer tracks from Moodymann on the classics series.

RON TRENT with ROBERT OWENS, the one and only, inimitable voice of Chicagohouse music (FINGERS INC) paying tribute to the MUSIC BOX's legendaryRON HARDY. House music history on wax right here. Includes the main vocalmix and a dub of the song "DEEP DOWN". (FUTURE VISION)