Reminder - Important Information about "Spirit of House"
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- Written by Mike Fossati
I wanted to take this opportunity to remind everyone of a couple of important points. Most importantly, please remember I do run Spirit of House as a hobby, the website doesn't pay the bills. Time I can spend is limited, therefore I might not be able to respond to every inquiry, and especially I will not be able to be on social media all the time to respond to your messages immediately.
Also I would like to emphasize the following:
- The focus is on vocal soulful/afro house, anything else will be featured on an exceptional basis
- Any submission is made for review consideration and does not guarantee a review
- Please send only high quality files (320kps CBR MP3, lossless e.g. WAV/AIF is preferred) of the complete mixes, streaming links and edits/snippets of the mixes will not be accepted
- There will be a maximum of 12 reviews per update (independent of the frequency of the updates), from time to time and depending on the time available there might be "Bonus Reviews"
And finally a friendly reminder on the use of my reviews: I wanted to remind everyone that I'm fine if you use my reviews (e.g. for quotes, mail outs, promotional texts) as long as a reference such as "Written by Mike Fossati for Spirit of House (www.spiritofhouse.com)" is added.
Kind regards,
Mike Fossati
In September of last year, Ezel and singer Mike City blessed us with the uber soulful "All this time", now they are back together with "Already knew". Without doubt, "Already knew" featuring the amazing deep-rooted vocals of Mike City, lush truly tantalizing keys and dreamy chords over a verily infectious funk soaked musical backing will make you yearn for more... The ingenious absolutely hypnotizing 'Bayacou Deep Dub' laced with the inexorable rhythms takes you on an entrancing journey to deeper verily atmospheric realms.
A couple of months ago, Scoob & Freez launched their self-titled record label with the excellent "The House Keepers Vol. 1" compilation which includes the stunning "I know better" performed in grand style by the one and only Dana Weaver. Now this soulful jewel is getting a full single release loaded with a truly paramount selection of eclectic remixes from the likes of Jihad Muhammad whose blissful interpretation is all about his beloved melodious New Jersey sound, Doug Gomez who delivers a heavenly rendition that is verily enticing, Shino Blackk who serves an enchanting afro house rework, Echo Deep takes us to deepest imaginable depths on his hypnotizing remix, and finally Vjuan Allure drops an energetic peak time favorite.
Merecumbe Recordings once again bless us with nothing but the best in soulful house music with the Mark Francis remixes of "Blow my mind", one of our favorite songs from George Lesley's phenomenal debut artist album released earlier this year. In short, Earl W. Green's eminent vocals truly shine on Mark Francis smooth yet enthralling interpretations fueled with illustrious jazzy keys, heavenly chords and gentle yet thrilling percussive rhythms. By no means to be missed.
A plethora of new music was sent our way this week, only the best made it into this weeks extra-large update... enjoy !!
Turn back the clock to 1990 when legendary Chicago based House Jam Records released the stunning "Outer limits" by Tikkle (aka Rick Lenoir and Larry Thompson), one of those classy instrumental tunes from the early days of house music that nowadays is considered a bona fide classic. This timeless track famous for the lovely piano, dreamy synths, cool acid squiggles and elegant rhythms returns in fresh re-imaginations by Rick Lenoir (with a little help from Spike Rebel on keys and Pete 'Ulysses' Johnson on saxophone) which stay true to the spirit of the original yet give the track a glorious contemporary feel.
After a short hiatus, Octave Moods are back on