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Dave Anderson / Lee Holman – Preview EP [Ferox]

[ FERDL05 ]

As always, Russ Gabriel finds the best for his Ferox label. And this time it’s deep housey stuff. I prefer the Lee Holman track. So deep you could drown in it !

Tracklisting:

  • 01. Dave Anderson – Crammed
  • 02. Lee Holman – Sneak

Get "Preview EP" here:

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Fabrice Lig – Purple Raw Part One [Versatile]

[ VER058 ]

Fabrice Lig delivers an another brilliant piece of robust hi-tech funk – here his sublime harmonies meld perfectly with cheeky Parliament-ish funkiness. Bloody marvellous.

Tracklisting:

  • A1. The Track
  • B1. Bump Bump
  • B2. The Riff Pourpre

Get "Purple Raw Part One" here:

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Gerald Mitchell – Out The Boat / Resident Warrior [Reincarnation]

[ R 004 ]

Everything Gerald Mitchell has put out under the Los Hermanos alias has been mighty good. I’m still playing "Quetzal" and "Resurrection" regularly and this year we’ve had great releases on Reincarnation and Submerge too.

Tracklisting:

  • A. Out The Boat
  • B. Resident Warrior

Get "Out The Boat / Resident Warrior" here:

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Pedro Cali – Patiente [Elevation]

[ ER015 ]

Yet another stunning piece of soulful techno from Pedro Cali, which sounds like it was made in Detroit rather than Charleroi. Loving all tracks but "9 Behind Us" rocks the most with all that lush chords and the tough, no nonsense groove. Full support as always.

Tracklisting:

  • 01. Patiente (JP & Jones remix)
  • 02. Patiente (Original mix)
  • 03. 9 Behind Us (The Disclosure Project remix)
  • 04. 9 Behind Us (Original mix)
  • 05. Wet Soul (Tina Valen remix)
  • 06. Wet Soul (Original mix)

Get "Patiente" here:

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Ko:resh – Sintracks EP [Tishomingo]

More new-school old-school from Wiesbaden’s Ko:resh. Dark moody wicked and
twisted – inside your head shit.

Tracklisting:

  • 01. Sintracks
  • 02. The Drive (Original mix)
  • 03. The Drive (Juan Rojo remix)
  • 04. Slim Seduction
  • 05. The Bliss Within

Get "Sintracks EP" here:

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Samoil Radinski – Rainbow [Logos]

[ Logos 005 ]

Very good EP. Will hammer like hell…Fluency Detroit sounds new and old at the same time. Works well with some Detroit soul music for some reason ! I love that.

Tracklisting:

  • 01. Fluency (Detroit remix)
  • 02. Rainbow
  • 03. Love
  • 04. Window
  • 05. Fluency

Get "Rainbow" here:

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Written by Kazuumi

March 18th, 2008 at 12:30 am

selection october 2007

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Chymera – Hundulu [Delsin]

[ 67DSR/CHM1 ]

Chymera is one of the best new producers I’ve heard these last few years; tracks are soul and techno, dancefloor and sensitive, classic and innovative. The Soul Designer rework is the same. Great record !

Tracklisting:

  • A1. Hundulu (Original mix)
  • B1. Hundulu (Soul Designer rework)

Get "Hundulu" here:

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Fabrice Lig – X-Slaves EP [Versatile]

[ VER055 ]

Yet more killer Lig business that manages to combine my favourite elements; deepness, danceability and soulful funkyness ! Funk La Termite rocks ! Funky, funky, funk – a huge dancefloor killer !

Tracklisting:

  • A1. X-Slaves Who Changed The World
  • B1. Funk La Termite
  • B2. The Round Of Funky Bugs

Get "X-Slaves EP" here:

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Pedro Cali – Soulshine EP [Polyphonics]

[ PRGD02 ]

Pedro is a very good friend of mine, his records are always of the highest quality and this is no different.

Tracklisting:

  • A1. Soulshine
  • B1. Freak Side
  • B2. The Message

Get "Soulshine EP" here:

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Raiders Of The Lost ARP – Beyond The Dark [Nature]

[ NAT 2135 ]

All mixes are class but respect to Mario Pierro for turning things upside down and delivering a deep and uplifting epic which sounds fresh and original.

Tracklisting:

  • A1. Beyond The Dark (Galaxy To Galaxy mix)
  • B1. Beyond The Dark (Original)
  • B2. Beyond The Dark (DJ S2/Los Hermanos mix)

Get "Beyond The Dark" here:

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Soul Designer – Evolutionism [Third Ear]

[ XECD-1089 ]

Yes, yes, yes ! Definitely the best record I have heard for a long time – Absolutely awesome. This is the true spirit of what real hi-tech soul and jazz music is and you can’t get a finer example than this album.

Tracklisting:

  • 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

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Written by Kazuumi

October 4th, 2007 at 5:00 am