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Ed Davenport – Verdantin [FALK02]
Verdantin is an epic 13 minutes long burner. Moody synths, haunting vocals, and a sub-sonic kick drive the slowly evolving structure forward. However… b-side track Siebzehn is at least as good with its lush dubby chords and its echo-ing vocals layer over a classic house groove.
Donga & Blake – Grown Ups EP [WRND05]
Debut of Donga & Blake! Their sound is a balanced fusion of soulful house, deep textured techno and rhythms absorbed from garage, funky and broken beat. These 3 immaculate tracks have a simple appeal but also contain many layered sonic details for the closer listener.
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Released: Jun 2010
Catalogue Number: WRND005
Tracks for: Grown Ups EP (Geiom Mix)
Time
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1. DONGA & BLAKE : Small Hours (Geiom Mix)
2. DONGA & BLAKE : Grown Ups
3. DONGA & BLAKE : Detroitus
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VA – Music From Mathematics Vol. 5 [MATH039]
Music from Mathematics Vol. 5 features three new artists to carry the flag of 2010 deepness from the ancient lands of Greece and Italy.
Franco Cangelli – Raw Emotion Remix EP [SDF0036]
Self Defence returns with more almost perverted Deepness on the 3rd release, with Belgium’s Franco Cangelli’s superb Raw Emotion Remix EP. The mixes got re-emotionalized by Dan Curtin and Russ Gabriel. Deep, groovin, nicely textured Detroit Funk, a very round affair and DJ crate must have being the result.
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Dj Spider – Process Part 216
Theo Parrish – Sketches [SS034CD]
Sound Signature release “Sketches” from Theo Parrish, an album-length release featuring eight new tracks.
Sven Weisemann – Berlin Techno Podcast 06
Gale Talk – Icosaedro EP [IPO018]
Thomas Fehlmann – Gute Luft Remixes [KOM213]
“Gute Luft” remix treatment from two of Germany’s mainstay house producers to tackle Fehlmann’s music on Gute Luft Remixe, Philpot’s Soulphiction and Move D.
OOFT – Ride In To The Red Zone [FOTO001]
Ooft is the joint effort of The Revenge and Ali Herron. With ‘Ride In To The Red Zone’ they lay down a bed of heavyweight slowhouse kicks before dropping a scorching male vocal, while ‘Spanky Spanky’ aligns itself with the sort of drag-house grooves.
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1. OOFT : 01
2. OOFT : 02
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Ooft is the joint effort of The Revenge (aka Glasgow’s prolific Graeme Clark) and Ali Herron. With ‘Ride In To The Red Zone’ they lay down a bed of heavyweight slowhouse kicks before dropping a scorching male vocal, while ‘Spanky Spanky’ aligns itself with the sort of drag-house grooves spun out by Mark E and co. Limited copies only.
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Joint Movement Project – Find A Love [BA07]
New 12″ from Kai Alce & Jovonn on the deep, soulful House tip. Check the tribute remix, dedicated to Chicago deep House don Gemini (R.I.P) on the flip!!
Miles Sagnia – The Ergonomix June 2010
First up, i’m not in the habit of speaking up publicly, but I feel I have something to say…
Since I started out playing records 16 years ago, I have become increasingly frustrated by the lack of respect for our dance music heritage & artistry output In this increasingly naive era of disposable music, where tracks stay in people’s record bags (or should i say laptops) for a nanosecond before being ruthlessly sidelined for ‘newer, fresh’ material. I’ve always tried to play music that speaks to me. A lot of new stuff does get in the bag, there is always great fresh music out there somewhere but I also find that I’m continually drawn back to various cuts due to their continual aural radiance and integrity. These are the sort of records that connect with my mind… even if I have heard them many times before..
I hope people out there get where I’m coming from before passing judgment…. As it seems to me that what we are all presented with now is one big ego ball of media driven competitiveness. This saddens me. Where is the love?…
I believe really knowing every moment in a record allows one to fully harness the dancefloor and the mind of it’s occupants by delivering music in a way that goes far beyond words… Favouring quality timeless music regardless of age or release date, rather than ‘quick fix’ records is the way things roll over here.
For all those DJ’s out there with no musical integrity, I urge you to dig a little deeper in your quest and search out timeless music, never mind the ‘genre’. Leave those ego’s at the door and come soak up the flavors because at the end of the day, it really is all about the music…. So with that in mind I hope you enjoy the journey here, an honest, straight up mix from the soul……. Miles
I:Cube – Merovingienne [VER068]
With this ‘Merovingienne ep’, I:Cube arrives at the synthesis. The influences are there, seminal: mental techno and creepy funk mate to give birth to sublimes bastards. A dirty sound, and chiseled structures, which reveal a little more each listening.
Quarion – DJ Broadcast Podcast June 2010
DJ Qu – Law [DVR012]
New Jersey’s DJ Qu lays down another dancer’s spesh on ‘Law’ backed with Brothers Vibe dub and Sascha Dive remix. This guy basically has the latin deep house shake on lock with a rack of crisp and punchy drums, submerged strings and that innately classical touch that signifies the best of his tracks for Strength Music and Underground Quality. Brothers Vibe reinforce this with a standardised dub mix and Dive takes the pace down for a deeper swingers mix.
Samuel L. Session – Inner City Dust [FIGURE0276]
Deep techno, from the masterful Samuel L. Session. Four takes on the same track – all solid, dark driving beats and wobbly atmospheres. Another strong release from Len Faki’s Figure imprint.
Unknown – Lost Trax 2 [SCSIID026]
SCSI is back with a classy Detroit techno record which has been sat in the vaults for quite some time waiting patiently to be released. As the second part of the Lost Trax series expect deep bass, booming 808 kicks and Carl Craig-esque sounding strings. The Lost Trax series is a project for producers who have inspired the label to record something special and release anonymously as we don’t believe it’s necessary to sell music on the strength of a specific artist’s reputation.
The Hipodrome Of Music 