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Up and rising songstress Sheree Hicks makes here debut on MuSol Recordings with "Take you away", an uplifting soulful masterpiece having timeless written all over. Fabio Rochembach contributes a lively and truly inspiring funk soaked classic interpretation of the song guaranteed to jam-pack the floor, The Funklovers drop a masterly crafted soul/funk infused re-imagination the way only they can do, not to forget Sean Ali who is pulling out all the stops on his dazzling rendition, with the masterly orchestration together with Sheree Hick's unrivaled emotive vocals spreading a glamorous feel guaranteed to make you yearn for more. In short, a timeless soulful masterpiece by not means to be missed.
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Over a decade ago - in 2004 to be precise - the LIFEbeat AIDS awareness benefit compilation "Keep hope alive" produced by the almighty Blaze featuring Underground Dance Artists United For Life (in short UDAUFL, a collective of the creme de la creme of artists) was released, now we can enjoy brand new remixes of one of the stand out songs from the project. To make it short, "Spread love" which features the unrivaled haunting vocals of legendary Byron Stingily was reworked by the mighty DJ Spen & Soulfuledge whose breathtaking old school flavored re-imagination takes this all-time classic to a whole new level - in other words, a soulful gem guaranteed to send shivers down your spine. Also included in the release are Kiko Navarro's splendid 'Keep on Dancing Mix' from 2005 and the original version.
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With the Winter Music Conference around the corner, the heat is up and lots of soulful goodies found their way into our inbox... enjoy !!
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Not much needs to be said or written about the third installment in the "For the Love" series from Double Cheese Records. What you get here is a scorching hot selection of tracks (ten in total), each one guaranteed to cause a stir on the dance floor. Whether you're into old school house, deep house, soulful house and afro house, it is all delivered by artists such as Divided Souls, Samuri, Fotis 'Mentor' Monos, Luyo, Vittorio Santorelli, Sabrina Chyld, Marc Evans, Federico D'Alessio, Max Marinacci and Carla Prather to name just some. In other words, a truly eclectic and jaw-dropping collection of dance floor weapons (some of which are exclusive to this album)...
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Right in time for the upcoming Winter Music Conference (WMC) in Miami (March 24-28, 2015),SoundMen on Wax Records grace us with not one but two jam-packed blazin' hot samplers. Each of the samplers features not less than nine brand new tracks respectively brand new interpretations of tracks previously released on the label (some of these tracks are bona fide house music classics), featuring an illustrious list of artists such as Movement Factory, Terry Dexter, Michael Watford, Kerri Chandler, DJ Umbi, Luyo, Latest Craze, Joseph Chetty, Cristopher Ross, Susu Bobien, Mario Bianco, Ndela Lekamito, Mpostoli, Mr.Mama, DeepEchoes and Sami Dee to name just a few. With various shades of house music covered, these samplers give you plenty of choices to work the floor at any given time of the day and night. Undoubtedly these are some of the best WMC samplers in recent years...
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"With her hand" is the third single taken from Ralf GUM's seminal third artist album "In my city", featuring iconic South African jazz musician Hugh Masekela. This phenomenal song was produced by Ralf GUM together with Phil Kullmann (aka Raw Artistic Soul) and features backing vocals by house music diva Monique Bingham. To make it short, the masterly orchestrated "With her hand" is a breath-taking soulful gem, with gentle yet infectious afro-percussive rhythms leading the way for heavenly fender rhodes and Hugh Masekela's unrivaled vocals and trumpet play. Renowned Moodymann (Kenny Dixon Jr.) injects his one-of-a-kind unequaled sound to deliver a truly special utterly mesmerizing interpretation guaranteed to send shivers down your spine.
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Last year, Soulshy and Krazy K, aka Beat Rivals, teamed up with with UK soul sista Natasha Watts to grace us with the marvelous "Fabulous", now they've come together once again, with the result being the exhilarating "Lift your voice", a masterly orchestrated soul/funk infused jewel having timeless written all over that lets Natasha Watt's inimitable sultry vocals shine on each of the included versions. From the groovey sun-drenched 'Original Mix', over Soulshy's lively jazz inspired rendition to Krazy K's inebriant deepened workout, "Lift your voice" is sheer musical bliss...
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Enjoy this weeks fully loaded update with nothing but the latest and best in soulful house music...
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A secret weapon here at Spirit of House since being included in Uno Mas superb "WMC 2014 Sampler" in Kamikaze's marvelous remix, "Afrika my lovely home" by up and rising DJ/producer Mzala Wa Afrika finally gets a well deserved proper release. The original is a timeless deep'n'smooth affair featuring sweet emotive vocals by Tee R alongside glorious keys and chords over gentle afro-deep rhythms. Enea DJ & Ju K serve a glamorous rendition fueled with lovely guitar licks, sublime chords, grand jazzy piano and captivating percussive rhythms, next Indy Soul deepens the vibe and gives the track a moody somewhat dark feel perfect for late night play. Finally, there is Kamikaze's breath-taking remix keeping the vibe deep and soulful yet spreading a tempting vibe you can't resist to dance to.
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Back in 1994, 95 North (Doug Smith & Richard Payton) worked with Phillip Ramirez to record a marvelous cover of the classic Earth, Wind & Fire song "See the light" released on Choice Records (complete with remixes Smack Productions and DJ Disciple), then in 1998 Crash Records releases superb remixes by Dino & Terry. In November of last year, the first part of the '20th Anniversary Remixes' was released, with 95 North own Richard Payton on remix duty. Now the second part has arrived, featuring brand new remixes by Sean McCabe who graces us with a compelling truly soulicious remix laced with grand strings and killer organ, taking Phillip Ramirez unrivaled vocals to all new heights. Richard 'True2Life Pring reworks the song into a vibrant relentlessly thumpin' affair oozing with luscious melodies, with his raw'n'gritty dub intensifying the vibe to the max. Finally, DJ Nav contributes an utterly soulful and melodious yet truly tantalizing underground-esque interpretation guaranteed to put a spell on you.
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What an amazing truly eclectic update we have this week - enjoy !!
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Last year in March, we were celebrating "Star night love" by Enea DJ, a marvelous slice of timeless soulful dance music. Now Enea DJ returns in grand style with "Feel all right", a truly uplifting masterly orchestrated soul/funk/disco inspired production oozing with a captivating feel-good vibe created by the glorious strings and horns, sweet guitars, melodious keys and groovey funked-up backdrop, not to forget to mention Che Cherry's wonderful emotive vocals. On remix duty are Yass who pulls out all the stops on his jaw-dropping classic interpretation, N'Dinga Gaba contributes an utterly hypnotizing deep late nigh rework, and last but not least Groove Assassin delivers a relentless deeply groovin' workout laced with luscious melodies sure to set the floor on fire.