Sistrum welcomes music legend Alton Miller to the fold for release number thirty three. For “All The Little Things,” Alton lays it down in fine form and enlists the incomparable vocal talents of Ree to bring the soulful vibrations as only he can.
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Alton Miller – All Things Good EP [WACH003]
When it comes to soulful house, Detroit native Alton Miller is about as ingrained as it gets. Waella’s Choice sow the seeds with ‘All Things Good’. Club music for the sensitive souls, with some arresting spoken word poetry and even a broken beat deviation. ‘All Things Good’ is the fourth release from London label Waella’s Choice.
Mark Hand – Cobwebs EP [UZURI028]
UK based producer & all around studio buff, Mark Hand, gets us into spring mode with a sick EP which takes inspiration from detroit. Detroit’s finest, Patrice Scott, finishes off the ep with a great remix.
VA – Innate 001 [INN8001]
Since 2014 the Innate blog has been delivering high quality “slow journalism”, serving up articles that shine a light on artists that have otherwise gone under the radar. Four years on, the Innate team has decided to launch their own label with the same stated aims, namely to showcase deep electronic music with warmth and soul, produced by unheralded heroes old and new. The label’s first release – a four-track, multi-artist missive – offers a neat summary of what listeners can expect to hear in the months and years ahead. Tracks by Gilbert, Mark Hand, Lerosa and Innate founder Owain K.
John Daly – I Keep On Wanting You / Progress [DPC068-1]
John Daly is without a doubt one of the most influential artists of deep Dub-House. The Irish man’s music has an unique and truly original trademark sound. With these two tracks he proves once again his exceptional quality and makes no secret about his influence, real Chicago and Detroit House in a fresh and timeless outfit with his special twist.
Norm Talley – I Tried To Told Cha [FXHE-NT#2]
Leonid Nevermind – Overcoming The Influence EP [BS001]
Leonid Nevermind is back with a new sophisticated detroit house EP. 4 groovy soulful tracks with storytelling titles, hazy vocal elements, slapping funky basslines and bluesy piano patterns enswathing with mysterious chords and thrilling lucid melodies.
Kenneth Scott – Straylight EP [ATR001]
Another kicks off 2018 with its first release, coming from Kenneth Scott who delivers a 3 tracks EP with a deep electro and deep house feel. Straylight feat Dave Aju has been remixed brilliantly by the one and only Kai Alce. Analog warm textures and efficient grooves all along this ethereal masterpiece.
S & M Trading Co. – Metal Surface Repair [FIT-019]
FIT Siegel and DJ Sotofett join together on their first 12″ collaboration as S & M Trading Co. – a voyage many years in the making. Dark and atmospheric strings sail over a thumping bass line, all while a banging 909 beat and percussions keep this ship on course. The route is long, the conditions are rough,but soon a mysterious landscape beings to take shape beyond the haze. *12″ also contains Acidic and Synthetic mixes.
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.
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Marcellus Pittman – Cant Forget About You [UNI1005]
We are blessed with another 12inch from Marcellus Pittman’s Unirhythm Records. True to Pittman’s genre free approach to music – on this record we hear sounds from the ethereal to the creepy, from the dirty to the deep.
Marcellus Pittman – Revenge For Nothing / Red Dogon Star [UNI1004]
Two killer Marcellus Pittman tracks on a new 12” for his own Unirhythm Records. Deep and wild rhythm workouts in true Pittman fashion.
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.
Jaime Read – Relief Sevensixty [MC014]
Jaime Read is something of an unsung UK legend. ‘Relief Sevensixty’ is a collection of Read’s rarer tracks that have appeared in a roundabout way, on a legendary Chicago label in a tale that has by now been widely documented. Across 4 tracks this EP shows what a dynamic producer Read is, the music contained within has a depth and maturity and of course it’s some funky as, futuristic, space Techno that sounds like it’s just escaped the warp drive and landed here on earth and implanted itself in our eardrums.
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.
VA – US I-75 EP [FSS004]
Julion De’ Angelo / Thomas Xu – Roots That Talk [SS069]
A strong debut on Sound Signature by young Detroit-based artists, Julion De’Angelo and Thomas Xu.
Ron Trent – Machines [EB009]
The 3rd part of the Humans Drums & Machines – Trilogy by House Master Ron Trent! The last part of the series seems to be the strongest. Ron’s unique sound spectrum in full beauty is shown here on “Dimentions & Beyond”.
Rick Wade – Guardian Of Forever [SNF014]
Detroit legend Rick Wade steps up for the fourteenth release on vinyl only imprint Shall Not Fade with his melodic, dancefloor fuelled ‘Guardian Of Forever’ EP.Rick Wade or Big Daddy Rick is an artist who needs little introduction, a true House music legend, Rick serves up three of his signature style tracks, accompanied by a remix from LK. The four track EP features jazz fuelled cuts, perfectly suited for the dancefloor.
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