Peng Africa's latest offering "Far away with the legend" comes courtesy of Lilac Jeans who join forces with South African Jazz legend Mr Vusi Ngwenya - to cut a long story short, "Far away with the legend" is sheer musical bliss, with smooth yet spell binding afrocentric rhythms leading the way for grand jazzy keys and a marvelous saxophone performed by Mr. Vusi Ngwenya. But this is not all as the release includes stellar re-imaginations by Paris Cesvette and Lele X & Kojo Akusa which take the track to the next level.

In March of this year, Soulab Records blessed us with the first volume of the phenomenal "Funky Party" compilation, now the second installment in the series is here, and what a musical delight it is... From beginning to the end, this is a refreshing and truly ingenious melting potof timeless soul/boogie infused funky grooves, keeping the focus on the leaders of the new school: Uptown Funk Empire, Cool Million, Los Charly's Orchestra, Fatback 4Way, Confection, Uraz Kurt, Moonshoes and Juan Laya & Jorge Montiel, not to forget to mention the illustrious list of vocalists: Melisa Morgan, Diane Marsh, Rotimo Soul, Cagri Ultay, Don Dolla, The Neutronics. Put your dancing shoes on, take the stereo out to the street, turn the volume up and get the block party going...

With "The Future", Cabana Recordings grace us with something truly special. Compiled by Aluku Rebels, "The Future" is a phenomenal and truly eclectic ten track selection of deep house music from producers from around the globe. Aluku Rebels & Beyond Tone, Mushroom Boyz, Jason Cheiron, Problem Child, Gemini Boys, Francesco Chiocci, Soulprovider, Bocka and Scaling Deep Music are the lucky ones having their glorious truly ingenious and hypnotizing deep house sounds featured on this breathtaking compilation. A remarkable deep house release guaranteed to set the floor on fire and send the crowd into a frenzy. Essential, by no means to be missed.

The utterly soulful "Let me show you" by Jonny Montana and Craig Stewart was originally released back in 2011 on vinyl and 2012 digitally as bonus track to "Slow & steady", now this wonderful song featuring the incomparable vocals of Diviniti, precious keys by Bennett Holland and delightful jazz guitar by Rick Holmes gets a full single release complete with stellar remixes which take the song to a whole new level. The original version oozes with the beloved organic jazz drench sound Jonny Montana and Craig Stewart are famous for, for the first time you can get your hands on the previously unreleased 'Original Keystrumental'. M&S (Ricky Morrison & Fran Sidoli) add their mesmerizing old school inspired touch, Jonathan Meyer turns up the heat on his remorselessly thumpin' rework laced with inebriant melodies, and Echofusion deepens the vibe on his melodious workout. Truly a soulful gem having timeless written all over...

Ever since being launched in late 2009, Solid Ground Records have been blessing us with nothing but the best in soulful house music, and without any doubt they continue to do so with their latest offering the "Summer Sampler 2013", a collection oozing with soul from beginning to the end, giving us a preview of things to come over the next couple of months. A total of eight truly phantasmagorical soulful sun drenched gems from an illustrious list of artists is included on this essential release: Alex Millet featuring Cinnamon Brown, Carlos Vargas featuring MJ White, Dave Storm, Distant People featuring Stephanie Cooke (included in the blazin' ho Reelsoul remix), Federico d'Alessio featuring Dawn S.Williams, MAQman & Selina Campbell, Rocco Careri & Arturo Macchiavelli and last but not least Wipe The Needle & Michael Procter - it doesn't get any better than this. A release guaranteed to send shivers down your spine...

The saga continues as Ralf Gum and his GoGo Music label once again take the "Pick of the Week" spot - without any doubt this is well deserved as "Everything" (which is taken from Ralf Gum's current full length artist album "Never leaves you") is a phenomenal slice of masterly crafted soulful dance music having timeless written all over. Jocelyn Mathieu's inimitable enticing vocals, luxurious keys, lovely guitars and thrilling smooth rhythms make this something truly special and memorable.The song is taken to the next level by none other than Ezel who adds his magic touch, with the result being a simply breath-taking masterly orchestrated soul oozing interpretation guaranteed to send shivers down your spine and make you yearn for more...

Italy's Alessio 'AlexSoul' Pagliaroli returns to Whasdat Music with a truly ingenious and exhilarating musical gem which features the legendary Arnold Jarvis on vocals. "Tonite" is all about the relentlessly thumpin' rhythms, ethereal synth melodies and Arnold Jarvis unmistakable truly one-of-a-kind vocals (who could forget his paramount performance on "Inspiration"?). Pirahnahead's amazing old school inspired rendition brings back memories from yesteryear (think Paradise Garage and Larry Levan), and Norm Talley takes us on a journey to deepest grounds with his incredible 'DeepTroit Mix' which couples Arnold Jarvis vocals with dark rhythms and atmospheric melodies. Essential.

Summer is almost here, and LadyMarySound and songstress Wendy Lewis give us the prefect soundtrack with the beautiful "Live your life", an uplifting production featuring touching vocals by Wendy Lewis alongside exquisite keys over a groovy funked-up backdrop. Jonny Montana adds his beloved laidback organic jazz drenched touch to the track, Jako Diaz deliver a gorgeous soul/funk infused rendition, and last but no least there is an amazing fervid boogie-tastic workout by Kevin Julien oozing with a timeless jazz/soul/r&b/funk feel guaranteed to make you yearn for more.