D-Ribeiro on Finale Sessions with a split release between him and Lastmood. A side is a heavy bass kick techno stomper, where the flip side by D-Ribeiro comes up with a fine tune with a lighter more melodic almost euphoric feel.
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Lady Blacktronika – It’s A Blacktronika World [LAX136]
Excellent classic US deep house tracks that will create instant atmosphere. Lady Blacktronika has been serving some of the best deep house and slo-mo beatdown to come from the US since her Sound Black labels inception in 2010.
2DeepSoul – Moody Sync [YORE030]
Yore returns with the first appearance on the label this year with the Edinburgh-based outfit 2DeepSoul, which counts Brad Peterson and Rai Scott as its members.
Unknown Artist – Organ House [DOGE001]
Unknown Artist has been busy lately… another one 😉 this time some deeper intense edgy house tracks with a bit early Detroit techno. Great release with tracks that ooze with funk.
VA – Moods & Grooves Volume 3 [MG048]
Part 3 of 5 in the classic series features material previously released (Andres and John Tejada & Arian Leviste) on the M&G CD compilation “Beneath the Surface” but never pressed on vinyl. Also featured are planned but unreleased nuggets from Brad Peterson and Ewan Jansen.
Introspective / Roberto Bosco – Introspective [BMUK005]
Roberto Bosco comes to Balance with an exclusive project, “Introspective”. The first song from this project is “When the Rain Comes Down”, a collaboration with Jenifa Mayanja that offers a smooth deep tech production with spoken vocals and a hook of eternal qualities. Also included in this project is a remix by up and coming young Italian producer Peter JD. Side B is deeper, mind-tingling techno, consisting of two tracks called Untitled.
Even Tuell – Longing Way EP [LTNC003RE]
After Joey Anderson’s fully acclaimed EP, french label Latency delivers its third release by Workshop co-owner Even Tuell
Red Rack’em – Zoned [CFR008]
Deep funk driven house tracks by Red Rack’em. Comes with a delicious jazzy remix by Dj Nature. Kicking off the EP is the title track ‘Zoned’ which as the name implies is an ode to being ‘too far gone’. With a pitched down vocal, disorientating chords, heavy kick-drum and yearning male larynx hollering ‘music is the place to be, want it right to hold me free’, the track definitely takes you to a deeper place. Just before it gets any darker a dose of sax licks come in to inject some groove and light to proceedings. Sounding like a long lost 8-mile beatdown track that wouldn’t be amiss on an old KDJ B-side or LP a la Silentintroduction or Forevernevermore, this is definitely one for the real heads with the lights down low…
Innerspace Halflife – Astral Traveling LP [SYNAPSIS010]
The album Astral Traveling by Innerspace Halflife is among us with 9 tunes straight from the universal psyche, yet articulated with the tools of human perception through waveforms. Deeper and deeper the tunes take a listener on a journey of spacey pads, longing melodies, electronic bass notes, and jacking drum programming. In terms of human understanding, the universe is infinite which makes any scenario one can think of possible. With this in mind, Astral Traveling was composed and explores the deepness of creativity as Innerspace Halflife reaches down to pull out sounds using various techniques.
Joey Anderson – XLR8R Podcast 337
Kindimmer – Moodswing EP [SF002]
Soulfood’s second release builds upon the impact of its predecessor. Greek supertalent Kindimmer shares three of his most elegant and funksoaked house tracks to date on this ”Moodswinger EP”. Add to that a James Dexter remix that just makes you want to get down and lose control.
6th Borough Project – Borough 2 Borough Remixes [DOG037]
Cuthead serving up his trademark scratchy, swinging MPC beats with clattering percussion and stabbing chords on his excellent remix of Back 2 Black. Perfect, leftfield house music with depth and flair and a perfect example of why the Uncanny Valley regular is picking up so much praise right now. Next up Fantastic Man gets to grips with Read My Mind, bringing a lovely bit of proto-house flavour to the release. Chiming DX7 synths and lush pads are the order of the day here, creating a lovely warm up vibe before going heads down and dubby for the final 3 minutes. Flipping over were treated to some lush, slo-mo-lo-slung vibes on the Ben La Desh remix of Walk Away, the Dutch producer teasing things out with a chugging 7 minute workout which will sound dreamy and creamy on a big system.
June – Keep It Deep Podcast
Marcellus Pittman – Do You Like Music EP [DWNBT008]
‘Our time is now’ and ‘Extra credit’, are two detroit-flavoured house tracks with sequences coming from Mars and melancholic keys with the unmistakable Marcellus Pittman mood. The release is closed by ‘Happy to be here’, a gloomy downbeat-Hip hop track made with MPC.
Route 8 – Dry Thoughts EP [LT004]
Budapest producer Route 8 follows up his exceptional debut EP for Nous with an excursion into the depths of his private production world on ‘Dry Thoughts EP’. Hazy summer pads drift over tight, rhythmic drum patterns and crystal synth lines with skittering rhythms and jacking interludes providing a further study into his analogue, machine-led style.
Oscar Schubaq – Triade [TARDIS003]
Tardis strikes back, straight out of their intricate space-time-continuum. Here, label co-honcho Oscar Schubaq delivers a tour de force of the first order. Schubaq betrays his respectful mastery of the classic tropes of house and techno. The main cut “Take It” is direct and to the point, pushing onward and onward with a graceful relentlessness. Ethereal dub textures and curious string harmonies mingle with vocal harmonics. Then there’s “Exposition” which does exactly as it should: Straightforward, contemporary house that honours it’s roots.Finishing the EP with “Triade”, a dark ambient journey based on the core of extreme timestreched vocal drones and organic scapes, Tardis once again shows that it´s not only about music for the dancefloor.
Dubbyman – LA Ciudad Interior [DAS005]
La Ciudad Interior EP was produced by deep Explorer artist Dubbyman. He’s mixing electronic music with jazzy chords and some space spherical grooves, giving us a brilliant mixture of different styles and vocals. It took almost one year to complete this three track EP. Dubbyman has been drawing a lot on musician friends for adding a human touch. He has been blessed with amazing vocals by Bjak, Jenifa Mayanja, Gianluca TheHuge, Sinovuyo Tshomela and Debra Jones-Davis.
Even Tuell @ Maschine, Control Club (Bucharest) 08.03.2014
Sven Weisemann – Whatever It Is EP [JAB009]
Just Another Beat with some stripped down house tracks with a lush warm vibe from Sven Weisemann. Crafty, sparse, late night House cut b/w proper, warm House banger.
VA – Kiss The Sun EP [BBR006]
Kiss The Sun EP is a collection of 4 outstanding tracks from artists that know a thing or two about genuine deepness. Featuring Ernie (Minuendo /Deep Art Sounds), Natan H (Ethereal Sound/Manmakemusic), Brian James (Unfocused) and Owen Jay & Melchior Sultana (Moods & Grooves/Underground Quality), BBR06 portrays the distinct Batti Batti sound taking the listener on a warm journey of different textures.
