“Special Edition” caps a landmark 2023 for Toronto’s Selections
Lea Lisa, Black Loops, Dan Only, Javonntte and more on black wax from Toronto's excellent Selections label.
Straight Up No Chaser: deep house at its finest from Delano Smith & Norm Talley
Double twelve inch in which two of the greatest deep house producers in Detroit (and that means in the world) drop some of their dopest tracks.
“What Does It Do?” Deep jazz from Hugo LX
Hugo LX continues to build a discography of classic-sounding but forward-looking deep house releases, seriously sophisticated with an artistry or cleverness that is constantly bumping up against the bin lid of what deep house is supposed to, in good taste, allow.
“In The Garden of Mindfulness” is stately 70 bpm Balearica from Mudd
This two track EP from Claremont 56 and Mudd has a general breezy aesthetic somewhere between dub disco, soft rock and jazz fusion. Short version: right time, right place, this could work wonders on your dance floor.
Maxime Dangles: Les Délivrés Remixes
Remixes from Maxime Dangles and others of his album Les Délivrés, the soundtrack from a French documentary about the cheap and often brutal life of gig economy delivery drivers in contemporary France.
Deep House Heaven: Javonntte remixes “Trozo de Cielo” from Jorge C.
For the last five or six years, the name of the remixer on this, Javonntte, has been shorthand for "buy on sight." But when it comes to Trozo de Cielo, you get a superb A side track too.
Noise Complaints: This Is Nothing Volume II is a lot of something from Kuiper Noise
The Portuguese label launched by Holldën drops a three track V/A of blistering techno from R 417, Yoikol and Empath.
Sundown: Eddie Chacon’s blissed out Balearic soul surprise of the year
One half of '90s R&B duo Charles & Eddie, Eddie Chacon's Sundown album is a superb affair, released earlier this year on Stones Throw.
Love Exists: Kai Alcé heads a 4 track V/A from Mexico’s Short Attention Records
Thrilling cut from Kai Alce showcased on a four track V/A from emerging Mexican deep house label Short Attention Records.
Dear Johnny: a V/A as lovely as its namesake from As You Like It
Pay attention, these are names you will hear again. Bay Area crew As You Like It drop a 14 track V/A compilation dedicated to the late Johnny Igaz.
Villa Memoria: Malik Hendricks drops a soulful standout track for Djoon
Every club with a soul should have an imprint like The Djoon Experience.
The Girl With A Hole In Her Heart: Wonderful, windswept English Balearica from A Man Called...
An accomplished and varied collection of house, synth-pop and Balearic, thematically based around the country and city landscapes of Teeside UK where Sally Rogers grew up and spent lockdown.
Possibilities: Nico Lahs launches U FIT with a pair of stellar EPs
Now he's going to be unstoppable. U FIT is a new label out of Italy presided over by tireless deep house mechanic Nico Lahs that launched with two dope EPs on vinyl.
Kokoro Disco San makes summer’s last stand on Brightest Light
Steeped in the sunshine soul where house, R&B and soul meet, Barcelona trio Kokoro Disco San shares "Brightest Light" on Rockafort Records.
First Sight: Laroye’s first-rate four track Freerange follow-up
French DJ and Producer Laroye's second Freerange EP give you four tracks of melodic underground house.
Time To Dance: Selections celebrates their 10th release
Reps from two of the best new-ish deep house labels hook up on the 10th release from Canadian deep house mainstay Selections. Time To Dance features four original tracks from Rafa Santos, the dynamic figure behind Spanish deep house label Mate.
Shaw Cuts drops a moving tribute to Jasen Loveland of Serenace
Jasen Loveland from Serenace and Infinite Refractions passed away in May of 2021; this rabid record that dismantles genres phrase by phrase represents a tribute and memorial of sorts by Serenace partner C. Cumby and the label Shaw Cuts.
Super Star: Miles Away reissues cosmic soul rarity from Ruth Waters
Stepping away from cutting-edge 4/4 beats and bleeps, here's an interesting reissue: high-paced disco-soul from Ruth Waters, originally released in the late 1970s.
Remembering Deejay Deeon on Chain Pulse Pt 3 from RAWFILA
It should fill us with outrage that some of the most brilliant artists that lived on this planet and in our time spent their last years scrambling for cash for medical expenses while confined to their sickbeds. That Deejay Deeon was able to produce anything of consequence amid these circumstances is beyond belief.
Dead Tech: Deep house & jazz from Retromigration
Four finely-wrought, deep house cuts along with a distinctly un-house, gorgeous slow-paced piano and sax soul-jazz excursion on Retromigration's Dead Tech EP for LYAM.
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