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.
Premiere: Atjazz remixes “Can We Go Back” from Searchlight & Tolü Makay
Exclusive: Dropping in a remix pack on Goldie's Fallen Tree 1 Hundred label on November 17, listen to the soulful, dynamic, spellbinding Atjazz remix here.
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.
Premiere: Ed Nine – Not On The Radio [Inner Balance]
Stomping Chicago tracks from Ed Nine's new EP The Journey Part 3, on vinyl from Inner Balance.
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.
Momentum Shift: Noncompliant launches Giant Arm with a raucous 4 track EP
Giant Arm debuts with Momentum Shift, a four track techno EP that's as raw and uncompromising as it is clever and inventive.
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.
Climb: Automat & Barbie Williams craft hazy, heavy trip hop
"Climb" features the hazy, dreamy and ethereal vocals of Argentine artist Barbie Williams backed by the live four piece Automat band, crafting trip hop as intricate and delicate as a spider web.
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.
All Together: Mate Records drops a tasty birthday comp
Byron The Aquarius, Javonntte, Garrett David, Gari Romalis and more appear on a double 12 inch marking Spanish label Mate Records' 5th anniversary, a multi-flavoured collection of reliable, and reliably underground, deep house.
Recreational Kraut: emotive electronics from Move D & Jordan GCZ
A collaborative album from techno musician David Moufang (Move D) and musician/composer Jordan Czamanski (Jordan GCZ), Recreational Kraut uses a pretty lean sonic palette of Fender Rhodes, synths and fretless bass on an album in Amsterdam over a few days in 2018 and '19.
Love Makes Magic is a classic-album-in-waiting from JIM
The first album from UK producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jim Baron (aka Ron Basejam, aka Crazy P co-founder) under his JIM persona sounds to this writer like a triumph.
Big room beats & choice remixes on Lefrenk’s Plastic EP
A seven track techno EP from Lefrenk that is made to be played loud, with remixes from Francois DIllinger, Pablo Funk, Kim Cosmik and Adrien d'Elzius.
Settling: Disclosure runs in circles on Alchemy
On Disclosure's fourth album, the lads wind up circling around back to where they started.
Music In Motion is Detroit House at its best from Upstairs Asylum
Norm Talley's vinyl-only label continues its march through the racks with another killer V/A featuring real house music for working DJs.
Deep house perfection from Lehto and Risperson on “Lovers”
Risperson's remix of "Lovers" is gorgeous, glorious underground deep house, punchy on the low-end but with a sunny sheen that catches your breath in your throat.
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Library of Congress adds Jamie Principle’s “Your Love” to National Recording Registry
The classic of classic Chicago house tracks was selected for preservation as one of "the defining sounds of history and culture." Here's how it was made.
