Lucas Croon half of Bar and also known for his work with Dusseldorf projects like Stabil Elite and our uncle Themes For Great Cities delivers a four track EP full of downtempo synth and rhythm excursions.
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ESA – Mos Mos EP [ENDLESSFLIGHT87]
Machinegewehr & Ayden Vice – Work It [ME001]
This is Amsterdam based Musique Exotique’s launch release. Dutch artists Machinegewehr and Ayden Vice team up to bring that timeless retro Italo vibe with Moroder inspired bass arpeggiation, mysterious vocals and epic pads. On the B side, San Francisco based Dutch artist, Yobkiss, offers up a masterful remix taking the track into darker electro territory. His offering includes beautifully haunting Japanese vocals by the producer’s long time collaborator Yuko Araki for exceptional exotiqueness.
The Working Elite – Bumper Cars [BIS035]
The Working Elite are Berlin-based spark plugs Thomas “Saap” Sabrowsky, of Extra Producktion, Terre des Pommes, ex-marine soldier, seasoned cook and barkeeper; and Daniel ”D´Lonely Al” Nentwig, who moonlights as The Whitest Boy Alive, co-directs Extra Produktionen, plays keyboard and electric bass for various outfits, and engineers at Berlin’s Butterama Recording Center. Suffice it to say, the pair have named their collaborative project suitably. The Working Elite create recreational music for dancers to shimmer through the days and nights of balmy season.
VA – Mogul 4 [TFGC015]
Themes For Great Cities presents Mogul 4, a collection of 4 diverse tracks by Stabil Elite, PhaserBoys, Wolf Muller and Aiwo Posse.
DâM-Funk – Architecture II [SAFT18]
DâM-Funk has left his LA home for another DJ tour across the European continent. What better way to celebrate this than to release a follow-up record to the infamous Architecture release from 2016. Architecture II is an up-tempo, dreamlike journey through the sonic palette of the Los Angeles based producer. The 12” contains four tracks that are carefully crafted to co-exist on the same record. ‘In The City’ is a drum oriented breeder with a constantly evolving bass line, that supports the cheerful and breezy melodies. ‘Best Weekend’ is dripping with lush synthesizer tones and meaty drums. DaM-Funk knows how to set a hazy atmosphere, the conflicting tones of the sophomore effort are impressive. ‘Best Weekend’ is a must hear for lovers of the DF repertoire. The B-side is opening up with the warm sounds of ‘Bounce’. The artist’s signature basslines thump away whilst a breezy chord and some exceptional FX work help to achieve a sense of lightness. ‘Don’t Give Up’ is a work of challenging Piano riffs and splashy synthesizers that evolve through and sometimes come together in an abundance of modulation and joy.
Ultra Satan – Freedom Rock / Anti-Clock [HNR026]
On Ultra Satan’s second 7inch release on Höga Nord Rekords, the band is developing a new genre and concept. Ultra Satan is like a space being, living alone in an enormously big and empty space station, orbiting our planet. With mathematical precision this genius creates music that effects us earthlings on a transcendental plane and shakes the foundation we lead or lives upon.
E. Myers – I Am Alive / Dreamland [ESTY005]
E. Myers returns just in time for the summer, with two heaters of contrasting styles. ‘I Am Alive’ is a celebration, cooked up from heavy drums, percussion and bass synth, coming together with pads and arpeggiated synths for full blown elation. ‘Dreamland’ keeps its poker face on throughout it’s entire 9 minutes. Threatening to break out but staying cool with its restrained bump, it’s equally at home in basements as it is on beaches.
Antoni Maiovvi – FMB Mixtape 102
Albion – MM Discos 04 [MMD004]
Spencer Miles – Dominatrix [BAPXX5]
Spencer Miles’ debut on Bordello A Parigi with two hard banging electro-disco tracks to wreck the festivals and clubs this summer.
Francisco & Cosmo – Linea Beat Vol. 5 [SLOMO040]
The fifth collection in Slow Motions’s dance-floor only series is the aptly named Dance. Arriving in two different versions for those times when you need alternative vibes on the dance-floor, ‘Music’ is backed up by a slamming, jack-time remix from Marco Passarani.
Capofortuna – Crush On You [SLOMO039]
Capofortuna is a duo made up of Bologna-based house maestro, DJ Rame and multi-instrumentalist Ricky Cardelli from Rimini. With glorious live instrumentation and joyous arrangements this is the kind of record that is going to slip right into many DJ’s collections.
Pin Up Club – The Forever Machine [BAP122]
The Dutch partnership Pin Up Club are back on Bordello.This time a quartet of tracks has been selected to produce The Forever Machine. The the romantic rushes and soundtrack silhouettes are all present with new elements being introduced to further develop a truly unique style.
Super Elcados – Togetherness Is Always A Good Venture: Tambourine Party Vol. 2 [MRBLP163]
Mr Bongo’s latest full-length reissue is something of a gem: the near impossible-to-find 1976 debut album from the Super Elcados. It first appeared on EMI Nigeria, though in recent years original copies have become more rare than the hen’s teeth and a coherent government policy on Brexit. Listening to this fine re-mastered reissue, it’s easy to see why the album is so beloved by African soul, funk and disco collectors. While it does boast a clutch of tracks that wear their Afrobeat influence with pride, the majority of the album is far more funk and soul-fired in tone. Throughout, the playing and production is spot on, with plenty of killer percussion breaks dotted throughout for good measure. Nigerian fire!
Zmatsutsi – Hookep Up [MMLP1001]
Discover the sex-appeal of Leeds with the trio Joe Gill, Heidi Armitage and Tim Hutton aka Zmatsutsi. They deliver on this mini-LP a mixture of s’mazing slow beats tracks, a bit like Rimini was meeting Dusseldorf in a Golf VR6. ‘Hooked Up’ is a hazy and psychedelic trip into druggy, slo-mo disco territory. Built around head-nodding drum machine rhythms, undulating arpeggio lines, trippy synthesizer motifs and breathy, poetic spoken word vocals, it’s a hugely atmospheric and enjoyable affair. There are occasional forays into more boogie-inspired territory, but even these outings tend towards the throbbing, pulsating and hypnotic. Of course, we expect little less from the inspired Macadam Mambo label, but we were still surprised by the dizzyingly high quality threshold throughout.
Khidja – Dekmantel Podcast 185
Alma Negra – Sedowa EP [LIH033]
The Switzerland based group Alma Negra are offering a Afro- and Latin influenced Disco EP tailor made for Lumberjacks in Hell. With all the instruments played live, this EP Sounds like and entire village celebrating the uplifting Alma Negra Signature Sound.
Marco Passarani @ Lente Kabinet Festival 26.05.2018
Les Yeux Orange X Kompleks – A Better Life [G+004]
Just in time for your summer of love, Good Plus is back with three tropical disco, boogie, housey and balearic edit.
The Hipodrome Of Music 