deep house
Mr. Fingers – Exclusive Dimensions Festival Mix
Rio Padice – Tropical Interlune [EAS003]
With the ‘Tropical Interlune’ LP, a wonderful package full of high-level soulful analog house grooves, Rio Padice’s purpose is to bring us into a journey to celebrate 70’s atmospheres and sounds. Far away from the common precepts of modern EDM but not forgetting his dance roots, his efforts lead us to a concept of funky and organic cuts assembled in a wise perspective of his musical evolution.
Ursa’s Reef – Limitless Mind (Summer Mixtape 1)
Jordan GCZ – Crybaby J [OMR001]
Jordan Czamanski aka Jordash of Juju & Jordash pops up solo on his own new label Off Minor Recordings as Jordan GCZ.
Tornado Wallace – Thinking Allowed (Remixes) [ESP015B]
Tornado Wallace’s massive “Thinking Allowed” EP gets a nice re-rub! Side A brings mysterious bella, Nina Amnesia, on board for a crispy 909 workout of “Bit 1” — a nice float on the breeze, ready for Summer! On side B, Pharaohs do what they do best, adding warmth and live instrumentation to the title track while losing the original vocal altogether — a welcome transformation.
Moon B – Sussegad [PPU048]
Atlanta-based Moon B returns to the PPU label with a new transmission called Sussegad! Both the masterfully lo-fi modern funk of his PPU debut and the subsequent analogue thump of Moon B’s Entropic Feelings 12? for newcomers Going Good have been characterized by a nonchalant disregard for the art of the track title, rife as they are with “untitled” arrangements. Lead track “Oof” was apparently inspired by the producer’s performance at Brooklyn event Mutual Dreaming, so consumed with creative urges after the party was he. Complementing this are two of his rugged gems culled from that aforementioned performance at Mutual Dreaming. Essential cuts for fans of modern analogue funkateering.
Mihai Popoviciu – Running In Circles [DES114]
Dessous Recordings, home of all things deep and contemporary, return with more exceptional House sounds from the hand of Mihai Popoviciu. The young Romanian has been making great waves in the electronic scenes of late, particularly with releases on top-flight labels like Poker Flat and Highgrade. Here, Dessous treats us to something special – 4 tracks of grooving, cutting edge dance music sure to set crowds alight this summer.
Moodyman – ABCD [KDJ043]
Kenny Dixon Jr. returns with a new Moodymann 7 track album on KDJ Records – initially sold during Movement Detroit 2013 at the Mahogani Music stand.
Fred P. – Reach EP [AHD004]
New York’s born and raised Fred Peterkin makes his debut on the A Harmless Deed label. “Reach” on the A side is a total dancefloor burner. Keeps building from start to the end, having the peaking point when the arpeggio comes up fading in at the middle of the track. B side, “In the blue”, is the deep cut of the record and its a perfect example of Freds dubby and warm feeling.
Ital – Workshop 18 [WORKSHOP018]
Matt Tolfrey – Encarta [LEFT038]
Matt Tolfrey drops the second single from his ‘Word Of Mouth’ album via his Leftroom imprint, opting for the infectious groove of ‘Encarta’ and pulling in Marco Bernardi and DJ Sprinkles on remix duties.
Ivel Tax – Nest01 [DB007]
Nest is a new place where music is born. This is the second part, with three tracks from Romanian Ivel Tax. The nesting continues.
Jimpster – Porchlight & Rocking Chairs [FRLP032]
One of the UK’s most established and consistent deep house producers, Jimpster, drops his eagerly anticipated Porchlight And Rocking Chairs LP on Freerange Records. His first studio album in six years sees him continue where he left off on the 2006 masterpiece Amour by taking the blueprint of House music and infusing it with an attention to detail and musicality often lacking in much of today’s more disposable dance music. As Jimpster himself admits, much of the inspiration for Porchlight And Rocking Chairs came from the countless hours spent exhausted or hungover in airport lounges on the way back from gigs. It’s during this early morning never never land that he would seek solace in his ipod or start creating tracks on his laptop. Anything too challenging or abstract would be an irritation. Anything too ambient could sedate to the point of missing flights. So normally it would be the kind of lo-slung, emotive, deep shit with enough groove to get into but also just the right amount of warmth and soul to keep spirits lifted in those tiring, and often solitary hours.
VA – Mosaic Reshaped & Unreleased [SUSH023]
A long-overdue reappraisal of Steve O’ Sullivan’s efforts as a producer is underway with this bumper release from Sushitech. Collating the myriad aliases of the Mosaic boss and drawing on some on his co-conspirators such as Mark Ambrose and Jorge Zamacona, this triple vinyl beast of a package is overflowing with high-grade house music powered with the attitude of techno. There’s a classic feel to all the tracks here as they carry the torch for Basic Channel and the original dub techno ethos, but attaching the spacious, mysterious tones to a funkier template. That possibly oversimplifies the majestic quality to this breed of techno, but then of course the devil is in the details.
MarcMan – Recif EP [DRUMMA006]
After the huge success of MarcMan’s first EP with Drumma Records, the Romanian talent comes back with four tracks. In this EP we have four strong tracks that represent the artists eclectic perspective of electronic music. Sometimes MarcMan will show an industrial side with raw speech and sometimes he will express a rhythmic and harmonic intention.
Todd Osborn – Back 2 Here [AD006]
Beautiful and unrelenting, understated and overwhelming, Mr. Osborn delivers on the promise ofall of those adjectives with Back 2 Here. Four Detroit inspired compositions guiding your night to all of the right places, from dusk to sunrise. Back 2 Here bridges an intense emotional resonance from the thundering physicality of the club, the purple skied, clear summer after hours straight on until a post-party morning breakfast.
Leonid – Midas EP [PF003]
As we further explore shapes of deep and emotive electronic music, Photic Fields proudly presents the return of Leonid. Despite this low output, his well-considered and delightfully crafted works are greatly appreciated and have impressed quite some folks. This record features 3 new tracks by Leonid, which all pushes down into the depths of ‘soulful’ house and techno music. Each of them does this in its own way but they’ve got one thing in common: they are all overloaded with warmth and emotions. Pure and calm deepness, which is soothing for our restless minds.
Andy Vaz – Deep Transportation Mix 30.03.2013
Nova Casa free tracks
Nova Casa aka Franz Gustrau is a young producer from Leipzig, Germany. He shares on his soundcloud page a string of lush and dreamy deep house tracks, free for download. Here is a selection of tracks just perfect for the hot summer that is just starting. Enjoy!
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