Funken Wavetropi busted onto the scene last year with his debut release on his then brand new imprint, Perfect Straight. This is his second release featuring some funky and bouncy bassline house. The EP inclused a Ben Houghton remix.
deep house
SIT – Invisibility Chapter I/II[SUSH045/SUSH046]
Sushitech Records presents ‘Invisibility’, the debut album from SIT aka Sideways Invisibility Theory. The DJ & producer duo is based in Bucharest and was formed in 2009 by Cristi Cons and Vlad Caia. Drawing from an early education in classical music, their influences range from ethereal jazz to experimental trip-hop.
part 1 / part 2 / full album
Jay Bliss @ Vade Mecum Showcase, Reflektor (Timisoara) 13.01.2018
Patrice Scott – Reborn Goodness [SOTCPS01]
Patrice Scott’s works make Sistrum, his label, designing the shapes of what a classic house record must sound like. Not only a nice guy, Patrice is one of the most talented producers of the planet House and he naturally is respected for that. Sounds of The City continues to put out the music of the Originators’ sons and Reborn Goodness is probably one of the most important addition to the label’s catalogue.
Pascäal – No Pain [CLAVE-003]
Pascäal delivers four live hardware cuts ranging from warm pensive techno in “Orbs (Glass Mix)” to the cavernous and dubbed out “7”.
VA – Parola Di Bocca #2 [BT02X]
This project is a cutout t of the Prescription Underground sound. The 3 cuts written and produced by Chez Damier and Ron Trent. Morning Factory , reworked edit k by: BS As Deep, with ( Love is the Message) and (I come here to be Happy) By: Kai Alice (DJ friendly idiots). The New cut on this recording is a demo version From the H2H (Chez Damier and Ben Vedren) , Berlin Nights in Paris A track inspired from the Prescription record days.
Teddy Douglas, Timmy Regisford & Arnold Jarvis – The Dub I Lost EP [TRIBEV10]
TRIBEV10 features tracks by Teddy Douglas, Timmy Regisford & Arnold Jarvis remixed by the legendary Ron Trent and Danny Krivit.
Appian – Rite of Passage EP [SCRS012]
Elemental house grooves from Midwestern upstart Appian with a remix by Chicago’s Bell Boys. Warm, sensual, and gloriously straightforward, Stripped & Chewed 012 is a modern study in the timelessness of house music.
Renart – Fragments Séquencés [CRACKI038]
This album is the result of a long personal journey and is conceived as a series of small tales.On stage or on CD, the dreamlike world of Renart will take you away. Between solitary experimentation and acclaimed electronic performances, he keeps surprising us.Renart weaves melodic and melancholic atmospheres through tales which give free rein to our interior wanderings. At the crossroads of repetitive musics, 70’s psychedelic rock and modern techno, Renart creates powerful nagging rhythms and sharpens his future tracks in his misty castle of Malpertuis.
Marlon Hoffstadt – Observing The Known [RSN010]
Marlon Hoffstadt is a rising star as both a DJ and producer, effortlessly joining the dots between classic rave and the future of techno. Taking a break from running his Retrograde label, Marlon has cooked up Observing The Known for Ransom Note Records. Over three tracks of warm synths, bubbly acid and emotional chord progressions, the EP sees Marlon reimagining house music for today’s dancefloor, taking the passion and energy of ‘80s Chicago and giving it the production heft of 2017 Berlin.
Ephemeral – Sunshine After The Rain [BBC003]
Ephemeral’s second release, showcases his uniquely moody and emotional sound. Each track on ‘Sunshine Comes After Rain’ is undeniably deep and dubby while also incorporating jazzy elements. At times, Ephemeral creates a truly raw and gritty sound though his heavy use of filters but the vibe of the tracks is never brought down and stays fluid and groovy. Kez YM provided a classic house groove with a beautiful piano melody on his rework of ‘Sunshine Comes After Rain’ on the B side.
Chaos In The CBD – Comfort Zone [MULE217]
CBD is back on Mule Musiq. This time the New Zealand natives present different atmospheric spheres. The a-side tune “Comfort Zone” is a slow house burner enlarged with bird sounds, flute melodies and super warm bass power. on the opposite, their track “Educate The Hear” marries dub atmospheres and four-to-the-floor grooves, without giving up the hotness that dub music got to offer. Their third tune “Pressure” brings in, what is always needed in a club: funk that shakes the booty. This all wrapped in a gentle house track that stays calm while spreading hard to resist dance emotions.
Perseus Traxx – Drowning In Your Eyes [GNOSIS003]
Following well received EPs from Myriadd and Q-Chip, Gnosis are ecstatic to have prolific UK producer Nigel Rogers (aka Ellis De Havilland, Operator Tracey, Orpheus, Pagan Ritual, Sir Leon Greg etc.) on board for their third release. ‘Drowning In Your Eyes’ is a four track EP recorded under his Perseus Traxx handle.
Aybee – Nexus EP [RDV002]
Aybee makes his debut on Molly’s newly launched RDV (Recit de Voyage) with the label’s second release. The ‘Nexus’ EP follows the DJ/producer/filmmaker’s 2016 LP ‘The Odyssey’ on his own Deepblak imprint and recent 12” ‘The Motion Syntax’ for London’s DMK. Aybee is mining a deep & hypnotic house sound to maximum effect, employing the tribal drum patterns, hypnotic synths and signature grooves that helped establish the Deepblak sound. The trio of tracks make for a perfect follow-up to RDV’s debut from Prophets of a New Generation, and fit beautifully within the trademark deep, subtle & groovy style of the Parisian DJ & Rex Club resident Molly, who herself is quickly establishing herself as a label owner with her own unique vision.
The Disciples Of Jovan Blade – Take Me Away [MU004]
Next on Mojuba’s new Underground series is The Disciples Of Jovan Blade: a less known alias of the legendary Terrence Parker that spawned two releases between 1994-95. “Take Me Away” is smooth, soulful and emotive deep house that only peeps from Detroit were capable of at the time. The flip side features a handy instrumental version for those of you not so keen on those sweetly seductive vocals.
L’amour Fou – Dujuan [SMALLVILLE052]
Due to thyphoon Dujuan, Move D and his friends Benoit Bouquin & Marco Wollenberg were trapped in the studio for a few days, when David visited Taipei in 2015 to play Corner Club. All the flights to and from the island were cancelled during the storm, so the three had some extended studio- and red-wine sessions. Looking back from now- these were all worth it and the best thing that could happen- 3 hazy and timeless cuts from the eye of Dujuan.
It’s Thinking – Afterglow [FOM002]
Frame Of Mind is back with another re-issue of a 25 year old record. Gerd’s very first house release called Afterglow, produced under the alias of It’s Thinking together with two of his (highschool) friends Mark and Dirk-Jan, was picked up by John Acquaviva for release on the short lived Plus 8 subsidiary called Malego back in 1992. The EP features five warm and atmospheric house tracks recorded at a dark attic room somewhere in the west of Holland in 1991. These days Afterglow is quite a sought after record that rarely turns up cheap on discogs.
Achim Maerz – Experiments [DBA032]
Hamburg’s Achim Maerz arrives on DBA with an expansive twelve track package. Split across a 12″ ep and a cassette, ‘Experiments’ is a collection of live, improvised house jams recorded in the summer of 2015 in the artist’s home studio. The title refers to the fast and rough recording of the material, with the aim of catching a mood before process and self-awareness take over.
Gnork / Luv Jam – Bonus Blorps [CCCUFO002]
Gnork and Luv Jam have worked closely together for many years now. The Blorp93 yellow vinyl surfaced in 2013 and since then, there have been a few secret cuts nipping about here n there. Those very secret Blorpers are here on one precise 12′, with ‘Sexxx in Space’ the biggie from Gnork’s Lost In Budapest Mixtape! LuvJam adds a few sexy dream nips for those DJ’s who like to add another dimension.
Ksoul / Muteoscillator -12 Inches Of Sinergy EP [UZURI025]
Italian duo Ksoul & Muteoscillator are back on Uzuri with a 12” starting with a killer openings tune. They featured on a mini comp on Uzuri back in 2010 , titled ‘ From Chicago Turin Amsterdam & Dublin With Love EP’.
