Session Victim’s “The Intangibles” is a quality 3 tracker on Delusions of Grandeur
When you need a neat deep house jam with an aesthetic that is somehow both devotional and soulful yet feels taut and restrained, then drop this.
Dana Ruh hones deep house to perfection on Smallville 59
Smallville packs a lot of sound in a 12" and Dana Ruh packs a lot of energy in this four track release. Different Places Different Faces offers Ruh's take on modern but timeless deep house.
The Last Love Note from Brooklyn
Though nobody could have guessed at the time, this would be the final record for Love Notes, one of our favorite labels and one of the best to emerge in the last half of the '10s.
Love & Resistance is another unsurprisingly strong EP from Crooked Man
9 minutes and 59 seconds of signature Crooked deep house from Crooked Man on Love & Resistance.
Todd Edwards, Matt Jam Lamont, Scott Diaz & Smasher made a record together
Slick beats and bubbly organs and they tickle like champagne and these form the basis for "Waiting," a collaboration between a supergroup of UK Garage producers including Todd Edwards, Matt Jam Lamont, Scott Diaz and MC Smasher.
Frankie Vega: Pathway EP
Chicago techno condottiere Frankie Vega beats the box on Pathway, a three track EP from techno friendship society UKR.
Kerri Chandler mines more gems from the most valuable vault in the world on Lost &...
The second volume of Kerri Chandler's archived material dropped in March and it's an eclectic mix of jazz-influenced, soulful, dubby masterworks.
Jerical’s Flesh EP is raw as hell, cultivated Midwest techno
Five tracks of perfectly shaped techno, grown in the hydroponic lead-tainted labs of Rockford, Akron or Flint or certainly from the blueprint sketched on formica countertops in one of those Midwest stations.
#ListenUp The Aquatic People: A Dancer’s Guide
Elegant but stirring deep house from The Aquatic People on A Dancer's Guide, a handbook for deeper living from Paille Records.
Poptimistic house on Bowyer’s Bob’s Your Uncle EP
Bowyer has an upbeat and inventive take on dance music - poptimistic house produced so well the tracks are cut like diamonds, set in a dyed-in-the-Union Jack Britishism on Bob's Your Uncle.
The essential Karizma in 10 tracks
An impossible task but 10 tracks make for a fine vol 1 in an r2 records collection called Karizma Klassics.
The late Uncle Chucc shines on A-Trak & Lee Foss’ “Free”
This is fine, fine work: exactly like you'd imagine a mid-'90s Def Mix remix of the Goodie Mob classic would sound, with Uncle Chucc giving a tremendous performance interpreting Cee-Lo Green's legendary vocals.
Gratts, Mr. Beale, Nathan Haines collaborate on the bright “Sun Circles”
Normalize artists moving away from Berlin. Start with Gratts. Having an optimistic outlook, "Sun Circles" is framed as a welcome to South Australia rather than a kiss off to techno disneyland, and indeed you can feel the sun's rays on his skin on the original mix of the single released by Be Strong Be Free.
Music for driving, alone, with Hector J Rodriguez’s “You & Me”
Warm, comforting, yet slightly melancholic, Hector J Rodriguez's You & Me is the House music equivalent of a sad movie you really enjoyed
Idle Hands’ in-house City Road label drops a V/A “for all the record shops”
Garage, grime and UKG-adjacent stuff from Wilfy D, OH91, DJ Polo and Sir Hiss on Idle Hands record shop's private label.
#ListenUp Antic Soul – Apnea (Jon Hester Remix)
Rolling drums, grooving baselines and dubby reverb for days: two talented cats from Berlin are Antic Soul and their new EP Apnea includes Jon Hester on a cinematic remix.
Disco Forever: Louie Vega honors legends Larry Levan & Patrick Adams on “Chimi”
Sparks that continue to fly from Louie Vega's Expansions in the NYC album, even years later with these tasty extended cuts on wax and digital.
Freshness Sealed House: Razor-N-Tape reissues “Dreaming The Future”
James Duncan on Italian house icons Don Carlos & S-Tone's "Dreaming the Future," a collection of four forgotten and recently rediscovered tracks firmly in the house side of the spectrum.
Made With Love: Ron Trent’s moving tribute to Frankie Knuckles
You have very little time to nab one of the few copies of 7th Heaven, Ron Trent's 2014 tribute to the late Frankie Knuckles.
Esoterica: “Fill Light Shine” from Alland Byallo
Alland Byallo one of the few producers I can think of who doesn't just continue to produce at a high level but is elevating higher all the time. Fill Light Shine reaches higher still.
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LOVEFOXY / The 5 Mag Cover Mix
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