Phil Weeks and Robsoul Rec. release the second remix package from the recent Love Affair LP, with Phil Asher taking control on new versions of In The Mood. Weeks original version was regarded as one of his albums standout tracks, crafted on no more than an MPC3000 sampler, and is included here. House veteran Asher, also known as part of the Restless Soul production team and record label, chops and splices the originals elements over a driving club-focused groove on three separate versions. As with all of Robsouls output, In The Mood will be released on vinyl and digital formats.Phil Weeks and Robsoul Recordings release the second remix package from the recent Love Affair LP, with Phil Asher taking control on new versions of In The Mood. Weeks original version was regarded as one of his albums standout tracks, crafted on no more than an MPC3000 sampler, and is included here. House veteran Asher, also known as part of the Restless Soul production team and record label, chops and splices the originals elements over a driving club-focused groove on three separate versions. As with all of Robsouls output, In The Mood will be released on vinyl and digital formats. The release is part of a series of five remix EPs of Love Affair album tracks. Future installments will include new versions by Robsoul favourites DJ Sneak, Hector Moralez, DJ W!LD, DJulz, Dan Ghenacia and Chris Carrier, alongside label debutants Inland Knights, Dyed Soundorom and Gramophonedzie. The first EP (All Day Every Day ROBSOUL97) is due for imminent release with Joss Moog, Chris Simmonds and Sonny Fodera on remix duties. Phil Asher is a highly regarded player in the world of house music, and much further afield. Averse to being labeled musically (Dont ask me what I play, I hate pigeonholing?¦jazz, latin, all the classics, a bit of disco and funk, cutting-edge house music?¦I play music from every category as long as its good: Quality timeless music, with big production.) he has excelled across a range of genres and styles producing approximately 100 original works and countless remixes. He works with Luke McCarthy as the Restless Soul production team, which also incorporates producers Modaji (Laws of Motion Records) Taxi Driver (Estereo Records) and Roy the Roach, and runs a record label under the same name. He also produces under various aliases including Basic Soul and Electric Soul with Luke McCarthy, Woolph, Phoojun (alongside Nathan Haines), and 12-bit Rephugees with Mark de Clive-Lowe.
This latest Lovebirds EP on Winding Road Records is another absolute masterpiece of chilled house soul and deep rave. A really excellent package, and a must-have release for all Lovebirds fans. On the lead track, Want You In My Soul, Lovebirds teams up with vocalist Stee Downes, of Sonar Kollektiv fame. His collaboration with Lovebirds for Winding Road starts off in lush sweet ambience but builds steadily into a driving vocal deephouse bomb that will rock your world. Hot Toddy’s remix of Want You In My Soul is a chrome-plated disco dimension to the track by Crazy P man Chris Todd. It was licensed to Tensnake’s In the House’ compilation long before the remix even saw the light of day. Funk-infested, hot stuff indeed. As if that wasn’t enough, there’s also the dirty tech of ‘Give Me A Dubf*ck’, a menacing dose of dark rave that is guaranteed to cause some serious explosions on the harder floors. Tracks exclusive to the digital release are the instrumental and reprise versions of Want You In My Soul, both of which are valuable treasures worth keeping in a secret place!
Release number 014 sees Master-H once again team up with Alice Orpheus. Having already impressed with their previous production, 2010’s “Out Of This Life Take 1”, the pair again serve up a slice of deliciously avant-garde vocal deepness. Alice’s skills, as a Professor of Jazz Composition, are as equally employed as his vocal talent and together with the undisputed studio skills of Master-H, the pair have created a masterpiece.Exclusive are rapidly running out of superlatives to describe the work of Komplex de Deep and its label chief, Master-H. The label’s wonderfully varied and exotic releases have ranged from the beautiful down-tempo tones of Alice Orpheus, the creative genius of Christian Prommer, to the driving house flavours of Francois Dubois. Release number 014 sees Master-H once again team up with Alice Orpheus. Having already impressed with their previous production, 2010’s “Out Of This Life Take 1”, the pair again serve up a slice of deliciously avant-garde vocal deepness. Alice’s skills, as a Professor of Jazz Composition, are as equally employed as his vocal talent and together with the undisputed studio skills of Master-H, the pair have created a masterpiece. “I Am A Drifter Who Can’t Let Go” finds Alice’s vocals soothing the broken beats and crisp percussion, all played live by H. As with previous Master-H releases, the French producer backs his original with a Dub mix. The “Moody Dub”, whilst making use of the original’s percussive elements, treads a tougher path, eagerly encouraged by the addition of a powerful, acidic synth melody. To remix the original is a daunting task indeed, and accepting the job are a duo who themselves run a label that exudes quality. Dairmount & Berardi, the heads of Room With A View, are currently riding the wave of support for their fantastic rework of Jimpster’s “Alsace & Lorraine” (Freerange) and provide not one, but two remixes of “I Am Drifter Who Can’t Let Go.” Their ‘Downtime Perspective’ bathes us in its melodic synth waves, whereas their ‘Peaktime Perspective’ comes with the kickdrum and Detroit’esq synths.
Stay With Me(K.Gonzalez,J.Milan)K-Dope Music (Ascap),Josh Milan Songs (Bmi)Produced,Mixed & Recorded by Kenny Dope at Kay-Dee Studios,N.J.Remix Produced by DJ Spen and The MuthaFunkazKeyboards by Gary HudginsAdditional Keyboards by Irvin MaddenRhythm Tracks and Mix Downs by DJ SpenRemix Produced by Dj Spinna For Beyond Real Productions, IncDrum programming and keyboards – Dj SpinnaStrings and synth solo – Chris RobMixed by Dj Spinna in da cribRemixed Produced By Terry Hunter 4 T’s Box Production INCAdditional Keyz By “Jigga” James EdwardsMix & Printed By Kenny Dope at Kay-Dee Studio’s,N.J.Josh Milan Courtesy Of Honeycomb MusicArtwork Layout by Tracy MoralesSpecial Thanks to all the DJ’s & Supporters of Soulful House Music,Also Shout’s to the remixers on this project,Robbi(Promo),Sheldon Prince 4 holding me down always.www.kaydeerecords.comKenny Dope twitter:@kdope50Josh Milan Twitter:@joshfromblaze
Welcome to the inaugural release by the brand new Afro Deep label: Peng Africa.
This is a fresh new sub-label to the Deep House legend that is:Peng Records, Peng Africa was created by Andy Compton and Mthulisi Patrick, to be a platform for the best underground Deep House music in South Africa. Constantly searching for the most fresh and creative talent, this first E.P is just a taste of the quality that is to come.
Peng Africa 001 gets things started with the talented Gordheaven’s “Khuzeka”, a pure slice of African deepness!
Featuring amazing vocals by Morobi and showcasing incredible mixes by The Rurals, DJ Harris and Francesco Chiocci, each painting their own unique picture but at the same time in keeping the deep, heavy, African soul vibe that Gordheaven creates.
This is just the beginning! Stay tuned to Peng Africa for upcoming deeper than deep releases, hotter than the African sun!
Credits
Written and produced by Gordheaven Netshikweta written by Consolate Zwane vocal by Morobi aka Tumelo Mosopa
Rurals Mix Additional remix production by The Rurals Bass played by Jeff Bass, Rhodes played by Andy Barton, All other instruments played by Andy Compton
Dj Harris Remix Additional remix production by Harris Mogale
Francesco Chiocci Roots Mix Additional remix production by by Francesco Chiocci
Published by Peng Music 2011
all music by Francesco Chiocci Music published by Peng Music
With the Masters At Work name under contract elsewhere, Kenny and Louie had little choice but to work under other names. Hardrive became the most popular, largely thanks to the iconic ‘Deep Inside’, a vocal hook and bass line stomper that helped launch the record its vocal had come from, Barbara Tucker’s ‘Beautiful People. The rest of the EP, which features Kenny?s disco loop groove ‘Jus’ Believe’ and a joint effort with Chicago’s Maurice Joshua, ain’t too shabby either.
The latest instalment in the well established creative partnership between Copyright and Shovell manifests itself as Kalinda, a drum heavy tribal workout with a twist. Shovells inimitable chants are present throughout, as is the meticulous attention to details of the percussive elements, while the twist comes from a simple, dirty lead synth that breathes further life into an already throbbing beat.
Copyright featuring Shovell Kalinda (Main Mix) Written by Sam Holt, Gavin Mills & Shovell Produced by Gavin ‘Face’ Mills & Sam Holt for Copyright Productions Vocals by Shovell All Music by Gavin ‘Face’ Mills Published by Defected Music P&C 2011 Copyright Recordings
Written by Burden, Burden, Burden Produced by Grant Nelson Vocals by Cathy Battistessa tracks 1 2 : remix & additional production by DJ Spen track 3 : remix & additional production by Martin Ikin track 4 : additional remix production by Christian Alvarez courtesy of Delecto Recordings track 5 : remix & additional production by Rob Hayes
Surround Sounds have been quietly building a rep with several strong selling releases from The Revenge, Hot Toddy and Joey Negro. Next up is “Break My Heart” featuring the vocals of Seattle based Neo soul star Choklate.
The chunky mid tempo backing track to “Break My Heart” cheekily recreates the squelchy keyboard riff from the Wham classic “Everything She Wants”, which obviously gives some instant familiarity but “Break…” adds a completely new song featuring Choklate’s delightful vocal harmonies. The Extended Mix keeps the soulful vibe fully in tact while the Special Dubbb makes use of a heavyweight bassline and other key riffs for version that builds and drops beautifully to end with a vocal climax.
For a more instantly playable peak time dance floor version head for the Kola Kube NY House Mix. A trendy proto house drum groove complete with echoing handclaps sits beneath classic boogie synths and an ultra catchy bassline. That Wham riff is teased in and when it finally drops it drops its quite a moment – and likely to get the odd hand in the air this summer. Think of an unreleased Shep Pettibone dub of Wham or even Tensnake and you get the idea.
Last up are hot Berlin based production duo Session Victim. The guys are on a roll with releases like their excellent Million Dollar Feeling on Delusions of Grandeur last year. For their mix the musical direction is pure underground house with warm chords and Detroit style bass. Sure to appeal to fans of the more musical end of deep house.
DJ Reactions: Dimitri From Paris – Nice work around a timeless classic Jimpster – Session Victim Mix is killer! Will be playing this one a lot. Mousse T – Dope Q Burns Abstract Message – Nice release! Session Victim Remix is the one for me. Special Dubbb is really cool. Rocky – Session Victim mix all the way for me. Roberto Rodriguez – Great summer pack! Will be spinning this while having multiple mojitos by the pool! Yam Who? – Love it. Great summer record with quality vocal production Rob Mello – One of my favourite Wham numbers. Great job Mario Cotto – Fun summer jammer Graham Sahara – Session victim remix for me thanks, cool track Jonathan Moore – Session Victim provide the goods for me on this package with their late night deep n’ sleaazy rework. Steve Mac – Nice house music Sean McCabe – The Session Victim mix is FIRE! Robert Owens – Great track Dj Diciple – Nice! Cosmic Boogie – Good release…Session Victim for me. Moodymanc – Love the Session Victim mix thanks Craig Smith – Like all the mixes but will probably get the most play out of the Session Victim remix. Chris Duckenfield – Can’t beat a bit of vintage Wham, albeit through a 21st century deep house jam jar. SeshVic for me Fred Everything – Nice! Summer vibes all over Shane Johnson – The Session Victim remix is superb. Great groove, melody and atmosphere. Milton Jackson – Yas sehr gut, Session Victim for me. Very nice indeed Jon Cutler – Great Music! Sarah Favouritizm – LOOOOOVE IT!!!! iDJ Mag – Quality as ever from Z… Graeme Park – Oh Lordy, Lordy, Lord! That’s all I can say. Over and over and over. Praise the Lord! Darren Holland – Smooth silk stuff Harri Sub Club – Kola Kube mix for me Groove Assassin – This is the FUNK! ! Love it …esp Wham esque vibes..badness ! Session victim mix is HEAVY ! Craig Bartlett – Amazing release love it Shur-i-kan – Tune! Gareth Sommerville – Kola Kube NY house mix is worth four stars Fitzroy Da Buzzboy – Nice variation of mixes with the retro 80’s electro influence Oli Lazarus – Choklate & Dave. Very dope shit!! Ricky Morrison – Great sound! Loving the ole skoool vibes on this! John Jones – Absolutely love this. Big nod to one of my favourite tracks ever!
