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DJ Mark Flash – Brasilia EP [Underground Resistance]

[ UR-078 ]

Mark Flash drops a stomping great piece of Detroit party-funk – mashing a South American groove with the emotive UR chords into an unstoppable whole. It reminds me a bit of Los Hermanos/Ican but it then goes a bit further. Supermassive.

Tracklisting:

  • A1. Sao Paulo
  • A2. Erzuli
  • B1. Cachaca
  • B2. Minha Mocambo

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Erell Ranson – Sense Of Our Life [MySelf]

Erell Ranson launches his own label with this expansive piece of truly deep techno. I was very surprised by this because it brings me back to the days of ‘Rhythim Is Rhythim’. Your only difficulty is choosing between the shiny original and the Mayday-inflected Arne Weinberg remix.

Tracklisting:

  • A1. Sense Of Our Life
  • B1. Sense Of Our Life (Arne Weinberg remix)
  • B2. Conversations With Myself

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Pedro Cali – Retrofuturism (part one) [Melodika]

[ Melodika 004 ]

Ahh Melodika finally comes back here with this great release from Pedro Cali. ‘Crazy Bounce’ is an interesting, subtle yet strong track with his funky beats and synths that lives up to its name. Both ‘My Sweet Angel’ and ‘I Am As I Am’ are very sweety and emotional tracks with familiar Motor city flavours and particular atmosphere.

Tracklisting:

  • 01. Crazy Bounce
  • 02. My Sweet Angel
  • 03. I Am As I Am
  • exclusive on beatport. Walk Away
  • exclusive on beatport. My Sweet Angel (Beatless mix)

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Soul Designer – Evolutionism (part two) [Third Ear]

[ 3EEP-093-2 ]

Sublime. ‘Scaraboogie’ is a pure electronic boogie for all forward-thinking funk citizens. On the flip ‘Children Of Galapagos’ is an epic hi-tech jazz masterpiece that shows Fabrice Lig on top form. This is really really special for me.

Tracklisting:

  • A1. Ecosystem
  • A2. Scaraboogie
  • B1. Molecular Song
  • B2. Children Of Galapagos

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Written by Kazuumi

July 14th, 2008 at 1:00 am

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Soul Designer – Evolutionism [Third Ear]

[ XECD-1089 ]

Another brilliant Soul Designer album to go with the current Versatile release "Purple Raw Part One". Fabrice Lig wears his influences on his sleeves; Kenny Larkin here, Parliament there, and a rather large debt to Galaxy 2 Galaxy on "Heavy Weather" it must be said. Put like that it sounds cynical and contrived but the results are transcendent and undeniable.

Tracklisting:

CD
  • 01. Intro:Species (featuring HKB Finn)
  • 02. Ecosystem
  • 03. Rockit
  • 04. Australow-P-Tek Funk (featuring Ken Ishii)
  • 05. Enter Galapagos (featuring HKB Finn)
  • 06. Evolutionism
  • 07. The Soul Is Back
  • 08. Children Of Galapagos
  • 09. DDNA
  • 10. The Power Of A City (featuring Cléo and HKB Finn)
  • 11. Molecular Song
  • 12. Rice From The Young Ghosts
Vinyl (part one)
  • A1. Evolutionism
  • A2. DDNA
  • B1. The Power Of A City (featuring Cléo and HKB Finn)
  • B2. Rice From The Young Ghosts
  • B3. Intro:Species (acapella) (featuring HKB Finn)
  • B4. The Power Of A City (acapella) (featuring HKB Finn)
Vinyl (part two)
  • A1. Ecosystem
  • A2. Molecular Song
  • B1. Scaraboogie
  • B2. Children Of Galapagos

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Written by Kazuumi

May 7th, 2008 at 7:22 pm

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