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Levon Vincent has a clear affinity here for the record, which presaged a darker, more physical turn for analog-driven techno and deep house. Vincent is a fellow traveler and his work on these remixes is nothing short of stunning.
With the onset of summer comes the big, feel good tunes and Seamus Haji and Michael Gray provide you all of that warm goodness with Wish out on Defected’s Big Love sublabel
Hot off the heels of the Bohemian Disco label’s first release, ‘Head Up High’, from Jason Herd and Barbara Tucker, Jason unleashes his second single for the label, introducing his very own Bohemian Disco Choir on a fantastic cover of Mary Mary’s 2000 hit ‘Shackles (Praise You)’. Perfectly reformed with a funky disco house edge, […]
Readers of my reviews will know that I’m quite reluctant when it comes to identifying someone as a legend but with John Rocca we all can agree this is a fact. In the late 70s Rocca formed Freeez and many jazzy funk classics like ‘Southern Freeez’, ‘I.O.U’ or ‘’Flying High’ followed and the band […]
It may be cheapening the art and coarsening the discourse when all we have to say about a record is mf, this is dope but mf, this is dope. When it comes to her public discography, Roberta has not missed.
After a production hiatus for several years whilst putting on world tours for the likes of Rihanna and Drake, among others, former boss of the 90’s label Interstate Records, Jean-Paul Firmin, has started making music again under his Sonic Soul Orchestra guise. His new single, ‘Happy People’, ramps up the feel good factor with an […]
Sweat Equity’s Daniel Creahan dons a mask as Alien D on an EP of rust belt techno tracks from Fixed Rhythms.
Nachtbraker’s tracks are often a subtle hybrid of elements of deep house and classic Detroit techno with echoes of 90s Dutch house, all filtered through a highly detailed sound design process. So it is here with four tracks of futurist hybrid 4/4 on Capichone.
Another beautiful anonymous slab of wax from artists unknown to us just waiting to slip into your crate and intimidate all your other records with its fierceness. I don’t know who made Apoji, I don’t know who pressed it, I don’t know who Paris Acid City is but they made a killer debut on Freesome […]
Another 12 inch deep house record that’s all about the groove and how to cook with it from Chicago’s Snad.
Jazz funk outfit Pleasure’s classic 1977 album Joyous has been re-released, giving us an excuse to revisit an old favourite. If you’re not familiar, it’s a funk-soul album with a heavy jazz flavour (it was produced by The Jazz Crusaders’ Wayne Henderson), so you get eight tracks of intricate arrangements, nimble guitar riffs and fluid […]
Fred P “reshapes” this four track deep house groover on Mike Grant’s legendary Moods & Grooves label.
‘Plastic Life’ is a quirky and incredibly endearing jaunt from Darren Morris and Otti Albietz, under their Suddenly WOW! guise. Showcasing a really original and appealing sound, where Disco meets Indie, ‘Plastic Life’ comes with a catchy song from Otti. The brilliant lyrics speak of promise of a shiny future filled with virtual reality headsets, […]
Photonz drops an album of spares, rares and sketches as a yummy bandcamp only release for diggers and DJs seeking ultra deep cuts.
‘You’re Special is a sublime Afrohouse groover from South African based producer Ralf GUM, who joins forces with Ayanda Jiya on vocals, who really has quite an impressive range! Underpinned by woody percussive afrobeats, bubbly hypnotic hooks and some mesmerising keys that gently roam through the track, Ayanda delivers a heartfelt vocal with an empowering […]
Chinua Hawk’s wonderful vocal on Rony Breaker’s ‘Solid Ground’, gets a chance to shine on our dance floors once more as the song gets fabulously re-imagined by Brazilian House Music legend DJ Meme, and Dafia boss Mannix. DJ Meme delivers a classic style slice of soulful piano house, with warm catchy melodies and funky guitars […]
Greenwood & Horn follow up their wonderful Balearic chugger debut, ‘Dust Of Falling Stars’, with a hazy slo-mo groover, ‘Towards The Sun’ for Ramrock Red. Ali Horn’s free and easy vocals drift over a blissed out dubby affair, teased with delicate key melodies, psychedelic synth washes and a hypnotic Latin groove designed by soundscape whiz […]
Flexing his uplifting trance muscles away from his native harder sounds, Hard Trance Europe’s Nick The Kid collaborates with long time friend and super-talented keys player, Shaun Payne on Paul Van Dyk’s world-renowned Vandit platform. Feel-good summer ditty, ‘Falling (For You) is sure to find its way onto the festival stages this year with immediate 5/5 support […]
The surprise sleeper hit of an illustrious career – Alexander Robotnick was already working on video art, soundtracks and world music when it began to gain a cult audience – “Problemes” has been reissued many times but never quite like this.
DJ Deano DNA breaks a piece off his stash on C’mon, a single from his prolific Bumpin’ Underground. Short of a pregnant pause right down in the middle, this is what you have come to expect if you’ve trawled through Traxsource enough to come into contact with this label’s catalog: vibey garage-house, relentlessly uptempo with […]