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Consortium Muzik kick the new year off strong with the "Sounds of Botswana EP", a collection of fantastic remixes by Setso 'Said-So' Maakwe of the previously released "Me" by Jannae Jordan, "Feel the sunshine" by Andy Tamashi featuring Wendy Lewis and the brand new "Wherever you are" by B=Note featuring Tai Conley. Each of the seven included mixes is a soulful extravaganza oozing with wonderful vocals, lush melodies and deep hypnotic afro rhythms - without question, Said-So is a rising star in the house music community and sure to bless us with many more releases in the future. |
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DaSouL & Fabry Diglio featuring Joe Flame "Broken love" (Soundmen on Wax Records CD Promo)
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DaSouL and Fabry Diglio team up with singer Joe Flame to follow up their phenomenal "Neapolis Jazz EP" with another sure fire winner titled "Broken love" which features outstanding vocals alongside a killer sax and glorious keys over an irresistibly thumpin' backdrop. The dub version and both mixes by Mad Boss are eclectic journeys into deep house territory, while Dom Navarra surprises us with an seminal soul-tech interpretation with an acoustic edge. The Dolls Combers drop an uplifting piano and organ driven version, while Demarkus Lewis contributes a classy mid 90's styled take. |
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The Rurals team up with songstress Jaidene Veda to present "Into life", a deeper than deep yet truly soulful masterpiece oozing with Andy Compton's signature lush melodies and rhythms, Jaidene Veda's unmistakable vocals and the keyboard artistry of Pete Mo. Glenn Underground takes the song to the next level with his vintage Chicago interpretation, followed by Jason B who contributes two thrilling yet soulful versions. South Africa's PM Project relax the vibe on their smooth melodious workout, with Andy Compton rounding off the package nicely with his deep'n'moody dub. |
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Nick Jones Experience "Metamorphasis EP" (NiteGrooves Records CD Promo)
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It has been quite a while since we've heard from the Nick Jones Experience, now he is finally back, presenting the delectable "Metamorphosis EP" which features a selection of wonderfully orchestrated soul-jazz flavored tracks which bring back memories of the times when music was recorded in the studio with live musicians (and not just created on the computer or laptop at home in the bedroom)... For those not yet familiar with with Nick Jones' earlier material, some of his classics tracks are included in this release. |
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This special compilation is dedicated to the one day of the year reserved for the heart, featuring a celestial selection of house, lounge, vocal and deep house songs from the infinite KingStreet / NiteGrooves catalog. It's all about genuine emotion expressed through lush melodies, angelic vocals and sexy basslines, and with timeless jewels included such as Louie Vega's reprise of Stephanie Cooke's "Here with my best friend", Jephte Guillaume's 'Kileliye Mix' of Monday Michiru's "The right time" and Frankie Feliciano's 'Ricanstruction Vocal Mix' of Myra's "Come to me", there is not doubt love will be in the house and your heart... |
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KingStreet present the second installment of their newest compilation series named "Soulful House Journey", with man of the moment Sean McCabe serving an essential slice of soulful heaven in his continuous mix bringing the past, present and future together in sheer musical bliss... Featured are new and unreleased productions and mixes not only from Sean McCabe himself but also from Spencer Parker, Groove Assassin and DJ Oji as well as a selection of recent and older releases from the labels catalog, including Sublevel featuring Tracy Hamlin "Time & time again", Kerri Chandler "All about love", DJ Roland Clark presents Urban Soul "What do I gotta do" and Groove Box "The more you want" to mention only a few... |
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** Exclusive Preview ** In 1998, Nervous Records released Byron Stingily's seminal long player "The Purist" which included productions and mixes from some of the biggest names in house music - Masters at Work, Frankie Knuckles, Frankie Feliciano, Paul Simpson, Jazz'N'Groove, The Basement Boys, Maurice Joshua... Now two of the songs featured on the album return in brand new eternal remixes: "Keep the love going" and "Testify", both reworked by Steal Vybe into soulful four-to-the-floor anthems featuring their signature gorgeous keys and chords alongside Byron Stingily's unmistakable vocals over infectious yet smooth funk drenched grooves. Not to be missed... |
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Groove Junkies "In the Zone Remixes" (Part 1)(MoreHouse Records CD Promo)
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The title track of the Groove Junkies' highly acclaimed debut artist album has been rockin' dance floors ever since it first appeared on the "MoHo WMC 08 Album Sampler" and one year later on the "In the Zone Album Sampler", now finally the full single release is imminent. Groove Junkies' 'Afro Zone Re-Rub' features a wicked guitar and adds a thrilling afro-soul touch to the track, while Dave Doyle's take is funky as hell and oozes with a beautiful jazz-soul flavor. Ruben Mancias turns up the heat on his deeply thumpin' mix featuring a killer organ ride and sax solo over a remorseless percussive groove. Also included are the previously unreleased 'GJ Prime Time Filth Dub', an instrumental of Dave Doyle's mix and bot a beats tool and short spoken acapella tool. |
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KingStreet present the second installment of their newest compilation series named "Soulful House Journey", with man of the moment Sean McCabe serving an essential slice of soulful heaven. This sampler features new and unreleased productions and mixes not only from Sean McCabe himself but also from Spencer Parker, Groove Assassin and DJ Oji. Our favorites are the brand new Sean McCabe produced "Just a little bit" featuring songstress Stephanie Cooke, Sean McCabe's interpretation of Kimara Lovelace's classic "I luv you more" as well as his 'Unreleased Paradise Dub Mix' of "Piece of heaven" by Fuminori Kagajo featuring Adeola Ranson. Not to be missed. |
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With the "Neapolis Jazz EP", DaSouL and Fabry Diglio present a phenomenal release featuring two marvelous jazz influenced productions. First up is "Sea of love" featuring an incredible flute over a live instrumentated broken beat flavored backing in the 'Flute Mix', with the housed-up 'Sax Dub' replacing the flute with a sax. Mad Boss joins them on the 'Sax Remix' to deliver a vintage take, Aaron Ross reworks the track for the dance floors by adding a resistless 4/4 groove and Jose Carretas serves a classic interpretation on a laidback tip. Next is luxurious "Sun city" available in the organic 'DaSouL, Fabry Diglio & Mad Boss Mix' and Matthew Bandy's fiercely thumpin' 'Limestone Mix'. |
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Monique Bingham "You me world" (Bigga Sounds Records CD Promo)
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"You me world" by house music diva Monique Bingham is a jazz infused homage to the late visionary Malcolm Mclaren featuring Monique Bingham's unmistakable vocals alongside killer jazzy keys by Ethan White and sax by Nadir Simon over a fiery backdrop. The remixes are courtesy of Ralf GUM who gives the track a classy organic touch, Jon Cutler who deepens the vibe for a melodious journey, DJ Christos who serves a groovy afro-deep excursion and last but not least Leighton Moody who contributes a truly soulful old-skool flavored version. |
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** Exclusive Preview ** Daddy Funk Records give us the first vocal anthem of the new year with "Vendetta" by Yohann Levems, a soulful yet infectious production featuring deeply felt vocals by songstress Donna Hidalgo and jazzy keys over a funked-up smoothly stompin' backdrop. The remixes are courtesy of Colin Sales, Dolls Combers, Carlos Vargas and Seb Skalksi all adding their own distinct touch to the track, keeping the vibe soulful from beginning to the end - it is next to impossible to pick a favorite mix as the whole package is pure quality. |