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UTS 040
09 May 13

A Brighter Light - (7:32)

A Brighter Light (Lars Vegas Juiced mix) - (7:47)

A Brighter Light (re a/jus/ted mix) - (7:38)

A Brighter Light (instrumental) - (7:00)

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Played by: Mark Knight, Jkriv (Deep And Disco/Razor-N-Tape), P A U L I E, Fredeverything, Shota Tanaka (Beaten Space Probe), 2 Good Souls, Lesale, Disco Doubles

Review: The fantastically named A/Jus/Ted - veteran producers Justin Strauss and Eddie Mars on a collaborative tip - make their debut on Under The Shade. "A Brighter Light", featuring the treacle-thick soul vocals of Jeremy Glenn, sits somewhere between electro-soul, early Chicago house and Balearic nu-disco. As you'd probably expect from the soul-minded Strauss, the resultant track is effortlessly soulful, quietly uplifting and brilliantly produced. The same could be said of the more instrumental Re A/Jus/Ted remix, which blends skittering proto-house rhythms and electrofunk dub elements with woozy modern deep house. Like the original, it's excellent.

LOW STEPPA

Lowdown EP

Simma Black

SIMBLK 002
06 May 13

Vibin (original mix) - (4:17)

880 (original mix) - (5:16)

Fixate (original mix) - (5:30)

Up All Night (original mix) - (4:44)

Don't Stop (original mix) - (5:20)

Dots (original mix) - (4:48)

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SHALLOW TAXI CLUB

Nights Turn Brighter

Grass Green

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GGR 003
29 Apr 13

Flashback (original mix) - (7:41)

Melody Of Creed (Monkey Boots remix - Juno bonus free when ordering entire release) - (7:57)

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Played by: Pablo Contraband (Disco Deviant), In Flagranti, Joseph Terruel, Kono Vidovic, Grass Green, Monkey Boots, Vinyladdicted, Mr Hooky

Review: Further proof of the blurred boundaries between nu-disco, deep house and '90s house revivalism is provided by this jaunty four-tracker from Auckland-based studio buff Shallow Taxi Club. There's much to admire about the crisp, vintage house pianos, twittering melodies and bumpin' beats of opener "Flashback", but it's the deep, Crazy P-ish nu-disco groovery of "Mark My Words" that most impresses. Choose between the baggy 'Disco Edit' and a delightfully touchy-feely rework from Greg Wilson faves Monkey Boots. The latter also turn "Melody of Creed" into a gorgeous slice of shuffling deep house bliss.

MOTOR CITY DRUM ENSEMBLE

Send A Prayer EP

MCDE Recordings

MCDE 1210
08 Apr 13

Send A Prayer (Part 1) - (5:03)

Send A Prayer (Part.2) (Part 2) - (5:37)

The Stranger - (6:32)

Sp 11 - (5:15)

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Played by: Paul Mac, Low Slung, Kisk, Henri Kohn, Alkalino, Juno Recommends Deep House, Freddy Love, Fredeverything, Fredeverything, Posthuman, Resident Advisor, Lesale, B.g. Baarregaard, Grass Green, Jakobin&domino

Review: Dani Plessow dons the Motor City Drum Ensemble name with Say A Prayer signaling a return to the production game following his much publicized creative burnout. It's clear that Plessow's period of convalescence has worked wonders, with the four tracks here every bit as deep and dusty as the much vaunted Raw Cuts series upon which the MCDE project was launched skywards. Proceedings open with the two part suite of the title track, laying down fuzzy chords and intermittent vocal swoons over a gritty 909 backbone on the opening track; part 2 meanwhile will have you digging out those Raw Cuts 12"s in order to do a MCDE master mix, such is its immediate warmth and neck snapping drums. Meanwhile, Plessow uses "The Stranger" as a chance to traverse bleepier, rattling techno terrain with superb results, whilst "SP11" is rasping high octane house at its finest.

VARIOUS

Legendary Edits 3

Legendary Sound Research

LSR 010D
29 Apr 13

The Legendary 1979 Orchestra - "Spring Fever" - (6:32)

Rayko - "Such A Feeling" - (6:11)

78 Edits - "Don't You Know" - (8:57)

Alkalino - "Have A Ball" - (6:20)

JimmyTheTwin - "Party Down" - (6:22)

MannMadeMusic - "The Third Eye" - (6:13)

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Played by: Fingerman, Superbreak, Kisk, Alkalino, The Glue, Shota Tanaka (Beaten Space Probe), Joseph Terruel, Grass Green, Vinyladdicted

Review: The Legendary Sound Orchestra continues his attempt to provide disco edit lovers with something extraordinary, with a third collection of hand picked reworks. Predictably, there's plenty to enjoy, from his own sparse, piano-heavy version of Silvetti's Salsoul classic "Spring Rain", to the rolling, bongo-laden goodness of 78 Edits' sprightly but loopy "Don't You Know". Highlights-wise, it's a toss-up between Alkalino's baggy disco-soul shuffler, "Have A Ball", and Jimmy The Twin's superb, TR-707-enhanced "Party Down". The latter, a horn-heavy chunk of upbeat disco-funk, is arguably the Bristol-based scalpel fiend's best work to date.

GORGON CITY

Intentions

Black Butter

BLKBTR 42
12 May 13

Intentions (feat Clean Bandit) - (3:37)

Intentions (feat Clean Bandit - club mix) - (5:25)

Cycles - (7:14)

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Review: Despite getting everyone all hot and bothered with the promise of their collaboration, Gorgon City - aka Foamo and Rack N Ruin - have been sparing with releases to say the least. Still, it's all about quality not quantity, eh? Both tracks on this EP scream class and are immaculately produced: "Intentions" is a slick deep roller, complete with bouncy bass, shuffly garage beats and a soulful 90s-style urban vocal. The percussion is pushed to the fore on the corresponding club mix, but it's the dark and positively subterranean bass vibes of the moody "Cycles" that really does it for us!

DUSKY

Nobody Else EP

Aus Germany

AUS 1345
15 Apr 13

Nobody Else - (7:25)

What I Never Knew - (6:32)

Atone - (6:35)

Dummy - (6:23)

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Played by: Alkalino, Pete Tong, Juno Recommends Deep House, Pablo Contraband (Disco Deviant), John Warren (Aural Graffiti), Aka Tell (A.g.trio), Matt Tolfrey, Luka, Marc Vedo, Resident Advisor, Jack Fell Down, Timo Maas, Sister Bliss, DJ Sarah Giggle, Umut Akalin, Benny Kane, Ben Pearce

Review: Dusky have come far in quite a short space with their modern house music interpretations and make quite a decisive move with a high profile transfer from Simple Records to Aus Music. This is still prime, slickly executed house music but with a healthy amount of bass woven into the mix, not least on the fearsome "Alone". A meaty sub line pulses out under the crisp 4/4 while interludes of found-sound percussion come darting in amongst snippets of vocal for a surefire banger. "Dummy" likewise flexes its brawn with pride, from the snappy beat to the punchy bassline, even as the synth elements are intent on sending the track into more spaced-out places.

OHM

Tribal Tone (2013 remaster)

Unknown To The Unknown

UTTU 028
13 May 13

Tribal Tone (Mo' Better Grooves mix) - (5:33)

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Played by: Phuturelabs

Review: Given Unknown To The Unknown's wide ranging remit, including bassline garage, Detroit electro and Chicago house, it was perhaps inevitable that a genuine 90s house record would find its way onto the label at some point. Originally released in 1992, OHM's "Tribal Tone" was supposedly the first tune to use the Korg M1 sound that was later immortalised by Robin S' "Show Me Love", and had considerable impact at the time, being championed The Shamen frontman Mr C, being licensed to R&S sub-label Global Cuts and US label Vibe, and finding itself remixed by the Sabres of Paradise trio. Here it finds itself with three similarly great remixes, a stripped-back, raw groover from Marquis Hawkes, a horn-heavy piece of 90s action from Capracara and a thundering mid-tempo effort from Northern Souls. Essential!

ROMAN FLUGEL

Even More

Clone Jack For Daze Holland

CJFD 18
17 May 13

Even More - (6:27)

More & More & More - (4:59)

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Played by: S-File

Review: Turning tricks with ever more prolificacy, Roman Flugel is back in business once again with some decidedly rough stylings for Clone's Jack For Daze series. "Even More" is a taut and responsive floor worker shot through with that quintessential Flugel quirk, in this case defined by a funky guitar lick over the booming machine drums. "More & More & More" gets even wilder, bringing in a loony lead synth that calls to mind the primal production style of UK Funky over a rugged box-jam jack. With some classic Dance Mania flavoured vocal samples flown in for good measure, a crowd-busting belter is born.

JIMPSTER

Porchlight & Rocking Chairs

Freerange

buy whole release (13 tracks) from ~~$19.37~~ $10.99

082367 0042732
17 May 13

Jasmine Dragon - (3:27)

Dance Of The Pharoes - (5:00)

Hold My Hand - (6:48)

Brought To Bare (feat Jonatan Backelie) - (5:13)

High Wire - (6:05)

Rollergirl - (5:55)

Wanting You - (3:16)

Porchlight & Rockingchairs - (6:51)

Cracks In The Pavement - (5:48)

Towards The Seer - (3:58)

Glowing Embers - (5:20)

These Times (feat Jinadu - LP version) - (4:21)

These Times (feat Jinadu - Dixon retouch - juno exclusive track) - (9:22)

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Played by: Adam B (Homegrown Music/Palooza), Art Of Tones, S22, Fredeverything, Lesale

Review: It's been a while since Freerange boss Jamie Odell (better known, of course, as Jimpster) delivered an album; in fact, his last full-length dropped way back in 2006. Seven years is a long time between drinks, but the rest seems to have done Odell good; Porchlight & Rocking Chairs is arguably his strongest album to date. While deep house remains his focus (see the intricate "Glowing Embers", Detroit influenced "Cracks In The Pavement" and Moodymann-ish "High Wire"), there's a soulful bagginess and barely concealed jazziness throughout. More impressively, many tracks hark back to his pre-house days as a producer of lovingly crafted downtempo gems (see "Jasmine Dragon", "Wanting You" and previous single "These Times".

VARIOUS

Paris Club Music: Volume 1

ClekClekBoom

buy whole release (16 tracks) from ~~$23.84~~ $13.49

CCBCD 001
22 Apr 13

French Fries - "Yo Vogue" (VIP) - (4:56)

Manare - "Riddle" - (5:02)

The Town - "Dice" - (5:41)

Jean Nipon - "Coming At You" - (5:01)

French Fries - "Southside" - (6:04)

Coni - "Missing You Nire" - (5:42)

Ministre X - "Kobe" - (6:01)

French Fries - "Champagne" - (4:23)

French Fries - "Hugz" (feat Bambounou) - (6:35)

Coni - "Luz In Pool" - (8:27)

Ministre X - "Calling Me" (feat Sana - radio edit) - (3:42)

The Town - "The Movement" - (5:01)

Bambounou - "Night" - (4:45)

Manare - "Quartz" - (6:05)

Chaos In The CBD - "Slab" - (4:16)

Jean Nipon - "Put It In The Trunk" - (4:39)

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Played by: Mat Cant, Commodore 69 (Hot N Heavy), Two Charming Men

Review: With the imminent return of Daft Punk reminding us all of Paris's vibrant electronic music heritage, local label ClekClekBoom pop-up to provide us with a wide-eyed snapshot of the current Parisian underground. There are hints of familiar French staples - the stomping Ed Banger-ish ravery of The Town's "Dice", the classic house flex of Coni's "Missing You Nire" - but for the most part Paris Club Music Volume 1 dances to a different beat. With label regulars French Fries coming to the fore, much of the album is devoted to the sort of hard-to-pigeonhole bass music that takes its influence as much from B-more, R&B and UK garage as filter funk and electro-house.

CHUBBA

Moody

Republic

361015 2542227
25 Mar 13

Moody - (6:08)

Diamonds - (5:16)

Broken - (5:40)

Broken (Erotic City remix) - (4:16)

Broken (Medicis & Vanshift remix) - (5:28)

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Played by: Thang, Alkalino, Commodore 69 (Hot N Heavy), Jack Fell Down, Cocaine On Her Dress, Benny Kane

Review: Jay 'Chubba' Richards has been popping up all over the place of late, with recent releases on Sirch and Odea Records. Here, he brings his particular brand of contemporary house and UK funky fusion to Republic. "Moody" - so-called because it features a prominent sample from Kenny Dixon Jnr talking about his MPC - sets the tone, layering tough electronic percussion over a monstrous bassline. "Diamonds" sounds like a fusion of classic UKG and '90s house, while "Broken" feels like the sort of thing that Hypercolour should be signing (think nice chords, tasty vocal stabs and bassline-driven deep house flavour). There's also a tougher, UK funky-flavoured tweak from Vedicis and Vanshift that's well worth a listen.

THE BLACK MADONNA

We Still Believe

Home Taping Is Killing Music

HOMETAPING 16
22 Apr 13

We Still Believe (original mix) - (6:44)

We Still Believe (The Revenge mix) - (6:45)

Say My Name - (6:10)

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Played by: Adam B (Homegrown Music/Palooza), Juno Recommends Deep House, Jkriv (Deep And Disco/Razor-N-Tape), Fredeverything, Lesale, Grass Green, Monkey Boots, Two Charming Men

Review: The Black Madonna has been responsible for some superb, Chicago-influenced music over the last 18 months, not least Home Taping debut "Alright This Morning". Here he returns to the Glasgow-based imprint with arguably his strongest cut to date - the formidably stripped back "We Still Believe". Sitting somewhere between early '90s trackiness, sparse '80s acid and British bleep, with melodies and acid tweaks inspired by Orbital style 'intelligent dance music', it's near perfect in its dancefloor simplicity. The Revenge provides a near anthemic, hands-in-the-air inducing rework (check out the ridiculously heavy bassline), while bonus cut "Say My Name" sounds like Maurice Fulton after a skipload of downers.

ANDRAS

Embasy Cafe

Dopeness Galore Holland

buy whole release (7 tracks) from ~~$10.43~~ $8.29

DG 11001
17 May 13

Romance - (6:45)

Running Late - (4:58)

Waitingâ?¦ - (1:16)

What They Say - (5:48)

Slow Dope - (3:39)

After The Rain - (3:11)

Rhythm Ace - (3:25)

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Played by: S22

VARIOUS

Music Is Love Presents: Lovebox 001

Music Is Love

buy whole release (8 tracks) from ~~$11.92~~ $9.29

MIL 002
20 May 13

Maxwell - "Need U" - (6:19)

Mikki Funk - "Deeper Love" - (6:37)

New Jack City - "Just Love It" - (6:46)

Jackmaster K - "I Believe" - (7:02)

Liam Geddes - "Keep Coming" - (7:22)

Jamie Trench - "Juicy" - (6:27)

JMX - "What U Need" - (6:15)

Banjax - "Give It To Me" - (6:58)

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Review: Originally released over two 12" singles earlier in the year, Lovebox 001 sees Manchester-based label Music Is Love's setting out its formula for future success. That means delivering warm, endorphin-boosting deep house cuts, garage-influenced tracks and deliciously summery dancefloor tracks from a range of new or little-known artists. Pleasingly, there's plenty of high quality material to enjoy, from the lucid deep garage revivalism of Maxwell's "Need U", and bouncing grooves of New Jack City's "I Believe" (complete with heavy New Jersey organs, of course), to the '89 hip-house funk of Jamie Trench's "Juicy" and Gwen Guthrie-sampling goodness of Mikki Funk's "Deeper Love".

HNNY

Yearning EP

Local Talk

LT 025
15 Mar 13

Yearning - (5:37)

For The Very First Time (Dirtytwo's Midas Touch version) - (7:56)

For The Very First Time (Dirtytwo's Midas Beatless version) - (6:30)

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Played by: Ross Couch, Pete Dafeet, Homegroove Project, Alexander Robotnick, Sw, Juno Recommends Deep House, J&m Brothers, Rony Breaker, The Glue, Jack Fell Down, B.g. Baarregaard, Italodisko, Kono Vidovic, Grass Green, Monkey Boots, Two Charming Men

Review: Rising Swedish house producer HNNY scored one of last year's most ubiquitous cuts in the shape of "For The Very First Time" which appeared on his debut EP of the same name for Mad Mats' unstoppable Local Talk label. Yearning marks HNNY's long overdue Local Talk return and features yet another immediately infectious production from the Stockholm based producer's armoury along with a superlative remix of his aforementioned hit. As soon as those warm keys wrap around the loose rhythms of "Yearning" you get an sense that HNNY knows how to craft a house production and the subtle vocal hook that comes swooping in will undoubtedly cause requisite chaos. On the remix tip, Local Talk's secret weapon Dirtytwo gets his 80s electro funk on for a blinding rendition of "For The Very First Time". Tiger & Woods would be proud of this one.

GORGON CITY

Real EP

Black Butter

BLKBTR 38
18 Feb 13

Real (feat Yasmin) - (4:37)

Thor (explicit) - (6:16)

Athena - (5:20)

10 Below - (6:19)

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Played by: Mat Cant, Redsoul, Alkalino, Juno Recommends Deep House, Utah Saints, Martin Solveig, Kid Kenobi, Kono Vidovic

Review: This powerhouse duo - a collaboration between none other than Foamo and Rack N Ruin - dropped their killer debut EP last year and since then things have been ominously quiet. Well, now they're back with a stonking great new release that fully explores the pair's interest in all things deep and groovy. "Real" features the vocal talents of rising star Yasmin and manages to be both an exotic pop anthem and a sparse, 4/4 bass head-nodder. "Thor" is nasty dark basement fodder, "Athena" is a lithe, tropical acrobat of a tune and "10 Below" is a sinister house-meets-garage monster.

GEORGE FITZGERALD

Thinking Of You

Hotflush Recordings

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HF 040D
20 May 13

Thinking Of You - (5:19)

Nighttide Lover - (5:14)

Nighttide Lover (Trikk re-dub) - (6:27)

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Played by: Low Slung, Sccucci Manucci

Review: It's been some two years since Shackled, George Fitzgerald's last outing on Hotflush and it's fair to say the landscape both occupy has shifted some in that period. Both artist and label are fully entrenched in the current UK house explosion and Fitzgerald's return to Paul Rose's label with Thinking Of You seems primed to reverberate across festivals, Croatian beaches and warehouse spaces as the summer months roll on. A prominent track in Fitzgerald's recent Essential Mix, "Thinking Of You" sees the producer continue to refine an approach to forthright house music shown on recent dalliances with Aus Music and Hypercolour and feels almost proto fidget in execution. The techier accompaniment "Nighttide Lover" is drawn from a similar fist pumping palette and features rolling vocal manipulation reminiscent of Switch in his heyday.

VARIOUS

Futurism Shades Of Space

ISM

buy whole release (22 tracks) from ~~$32.78~~ $15.99

ISM 026X
25 Mar 13

Bonar Bradberry - "This Way Up" - (7:15)

Spektrum - "Ambush In Istanbul" (Kiwi remix) - (6:46)

St Petersburgh Disco Spin Club - "Pardonnez Moi Pour Mon Francais" - (6:22)

Mannmade Music - "Listen Up" - (6:43)

Ron Basejam - "Is The Word" (PBR Streetgang remix) - (10:26)

Jamie L - "Rough Jammm Yo" - (8:08)

Michelle Manetti - "Give It Up" (Ruben & Ra remix) - (6:52)

Nu Ak - "Fly Away" - (6:54)

Adolfo Velayos - "The Taste" - (7:31)

Rubinskee - "Sources" (The Dead Rose Music Company remix) - (6:44)

Nega Tiv - "Liquid Call" - (5:04)

Ex Friendly - "Shokran" - (8:12)

Odyssey - "Aint No Stoppin Us Now" (Ron Basejam remix) - (7:10)

Gemini Bros - "Jocko" (DJ Rocca Eurodiscodub) - (5:58)

Ben La Desh & Plan DAqua - "Crackstate" - (6:54)

Yam Who? - "Dont You Want My Love" (feat Natasha Watts - Stupid Human mix) - (6:14)

Questlife - "What You Like" (feat Lola & Wildchild) - (6:20)

Freekwency - "By My Side" (feat Charli James) - (5:22)

Phunktastike - "Love Crisis" - (5:20)

Yambee - "SAM" - (7:25)

Genius Collective - "Stronger Than Me" - (6:09)

Hamish Balfour - "Believe" (feat Erik Rico) - (6:00)

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Played by: B-Jam, Dave Lee / Joey Negro, Tronik Youth - No Dice Edits, Sleazy Mcqueen, Yam Who?, Superbreak, Sw, Maurice Aymard, Benny Badge (Freekwency/Nite Class), Peza, Dynamicron (Los Grandes/Our Nights), Willo, Monkey Boots, Thomass Jackson

Review: ISM Records' two Futurism EPs have proved so popular that label boss Yam Who has decided to use them as the inspiration for an expansive compilation of previously unreleased gems. Unlike the label's other popular strand, Midnight Riot, there's always been a bit more of an open-minded, eclectic feel about the Futurism releases. This is no different. Whilst rooted in nu-disco and deep house, Futurism: Shades of Space also touches on 21st century jazz-funk (Manmademusic), bongo-laden spiritual house (Nu Ak's "Fly Away"), fluid garage (Nega Tiv's excellent "Liquid Call"), woozy Balearica (Ben La Desh and Plan DAqua), block party boogie (Questlife feat Wildstyle, Freekwency) and nu-jazz (Hamish Balfour). More importantly, the quality threshold remains high throughout.

GREDITS/ELEF/THE CANDY DEALERS/ILLYUS

Six Million Ways To Fly EP

Sccucci Manucci

SCCUCCI 006
01 Apr 13

Elef - "Lazy Liz" - (6:06)

Illyus - "Movin' House" - (6:54)

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Review: Volume Six of the esteemed Sccucci Manucci operation sees the Tom Selleck of disco flecked house rack up the air miles with an international cast of talent contributing. Contemporary disco connoisseurs should be fully aware of Gredits, the Swedish producer with previous on the Basic Fingers label; "Doing It Deep" does it right, seductively teasing out a killer looped up disco groove that gets more flirtatious with every listen. German dwelling Greek producer Elef takes us into classicist house terrain with the infectious bump and shuffle of "Lazy Liz", whilst a long promised Sccucci weapon from The Candy Dealers (aka Christian Malloni & Jay West also sees release. Glaswegian Illyus rounds out the EP, as he returns for a second bite of the Manucci cherry with the late night dubby house goodness of "Movin House".

VARIOUS

One Per Customer

Tsuba

buy whole release (10 tracks) from ~~$14.90~~ $10.99

TSUBACD 019
17 May 13

Rio Padice - "Mission To Mars" - (5:49)

Tazz - "Underground 07" - (6:47)

Tazz & Giovanni - "Welcome To Dub" (Patrice Scott mix) - (8:30)

Blm - "All Out Of Place" - (8:52)

Rio Padice - "Camden Morning" - (4:56)

Samann - "Lets Do It Again" (Vakula mix) - (6:36)

Milton Jackson - "Sub Rosa" - (6:24)

Creative Swing Alliance - "Mother Water" (Medlar mix) - (6:26)

Moodtrap - "04.01" - (5:36)

Spencer Parker - "Show Him You're The One" - (7:13)

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Played by: S22, Sccucci Manucci, Tom (Shur-I-Kan) Szirtes

Review: Kevin Griffiths is a wag. Having previously decided to press up just 100 copies of his latest Tsuba Limited compilation, he then had the masterstroke of calling it One Per Customer. Now it's available digitally the joke is slightly less amusing, but it's still a bit of a belter. Made up of previously vinyl-only jams (Italo Johnson's rather fine remix of Spencer Parker's "Show Him You're The One" being the most obvious example) and a smattering of new cuts (including a bassy chunk of low-slung basement house from Milton Jackson and a near Balearic rush of eyes-shut goodness from Rio Padice) this compilation comes highly recommended.

DISCLOSURE

Control

Greco Roman

506500 1989537
02 Apr 13

Control - (4:49)

Lividup - (6:05)

Control (Joe Goddard remix) - (6:34)

Boiling (Dixon rework) - (9:31)

Whats In Your Head (Mak & Pasteman remix) - (4:42)

Boiling (Medlar remix) - (5:52)

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Played by: Homegroove Project, Mooqee, Sw, B. Jinx, Juno Recommends Uk Funky/Garage, Huxley, Funk And Filth

Review: The chart-bothering Surrey siblings Disclosure are back with possibly their best offering yet. Released on the Hot Chip-affiliated Greco-Roman label, "Control" is a superb slice of sultry and soulful minimal garage, with short of breath vocals that echo vintage Janet Jackson. Joe Goddard seriously challenges the glory of the original with a mesmerising doomy, acid-tinged electro-disco version. Bonus tune "Lividup" is an ecstatic bleep-garage joy and there's further fun with "Boiling" being given cosmic trance (Dixon) and mega camp house (Medlar) workovers. Plus "Whats In Your Head" gets a boombox house mix by Mak & Pasteman.

MACEO PLEX/VARIOUS

DJ Kicks (unmixed track)

buy whole release (19 tracks) from ~~$28.31~~ $13.49

K7 306DTM
29 Apr 13

Monsters From ID - "Spatial Lobe" - (5:36)

Voice Stealer - "Evaluation" - (4:17)

Stingray313 - "Defect" - (5:26)

Mathias Schaffhauser - "Nice To Meet You" (Maceo Plex remix) - (5:29)

TV Baby - "New York Is Alright" (Black Spun minimal dub) - (7:26)

Maceo Plex & Mark O'Sullivan - "When It All Comes To This" - (6:19)

Lab Insect aka Nomenklatur - "Oh Happy Day" (Maceo Plex edit) - (6:27)

Kimbu Kimra - "Raise The Dead" (Love From San Francisco dub) - (5:50)

Mattski - "Escapism" (Maceo Plex Conversation remix) - (6:53)

Eric Volta - "Rez-Shifter" (Maceo Plex remix) - (6:30)

Visnadi - "Racing Tracks" (Indianapolis Drive mix - Maceo Plex edit) - (5:56)

Galactic Cinema (DJ-Kicks) - (5:18)

Move D - "Sandmann" (Maetrik Treatment) - (6:05)

Zeta Reticula & Freaks - "Creep" (Maetrik Fusion edit) - (5:37)

Jaydee - "Payback" (Maceo Plex remix) - (7:49)

SAM - "Nangijala" (Maceo Plex reggae edit) - (8:22)

Turner - "Multiorgel" (Schneider TM mix) - (4:18)

Mind On Fire - (8:39)

Various - "DJ Kicks" (continuous DJ mix by Maceo Plex) - (1:19:14)

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Played by: Rony Breaker, Intuitiv, Resident Advisor, Simon Dunmore, Oliver Koletzki

BICEP

Stash EP

Aus Germany

AUS 1346
06 May 13

Stash - (6:12)

Courtside Drama - (5:28)

Rise - (7:46)

The Game - (4:55)

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Played by: Jimpster, P A U L I E, Caserta, Resident Advisor, Lesale, Lazy Kiss, Phuturelabs, Two Charming Men

Review: Belfast lads done very good Bicep return with the Stash EP - their first full release of the year - and it represents a triumphant return to Will Saul's Aus label. It's fair to say Andrew Ferguson and Matthew McBriar ruled 2012, helping to pioneer a trend in backwards glancing house music across their various releases for Aus, Love Fever and their own Feel My Bicep label, so it makes for pleasant listening that Stash sees the duo expanding on their sound with four tracks more reflective of their personal tastes. The title track is full on peak time bliss which dovetails nicely with the glistening deepness of "Courtside Drama" and the chunk "Rise" which demonstrates a new found passion for infectious lead synth hooks. "The Game" offers a downtempo curveball, working in samples from HBO drama The Wire amidst a generally melancholic tone that owes more to Aphex Twin than Kerri Chandler.

AKABU feat ALEX MILLS

Everybody Wants Something

Z Records

ZEDD 12185
01 Apr 13

Everybody Wants Something (Joey Negro Strip mix) - (6:58)

Everybody Wants Something (Akabu warehouse mix) - (7:19)

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Played by: Dave Lee / Joey Negro, Justin Winks (Casio Social Club), Anna Maria X, Juno Recommends Deep House, J&m Brothers, Rony Breaker, 2 Good Souls, Distant People, Joey Negro, Alan De Laniere

Review: When Joey Negro dons his Akabu guise, you know he's about to lay down a timeless house groove. He did it with "Sax My Bitch Up", he did it with "Life Is So Strange", and, with the help of Alex Mills' dulcet tones, he's doing it with this, too. Rolling with a classic analogue bassline and deep dreamy chords, the "Strip Mix" is an instant hip-wiggler with serious 'zone-out' potential while the "Warehouse Mix" adds more texture and a hollow harmony to the bass a la Robin S. Everybody wants something...and your dancefloor wants to hear this!

Mercyless (AtJazz Unreleased Astro remixes)

FRED EVERYTHING

Mercyless (AtJazz Unreleased Astro remixes)

Lazy Days US

LZD 037
17 May 13

Mercyless (AtJazz Unreleased Astro remix) - (6:56)

Mercyless (AtJazz Unreleased Astro dub) - (6:56)

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Played by: S22, Fredeverything, Fredeverything

Review: Esteemed Canadian deep house producer Fred Everything's "Mercyless" dates back to 2008; in its original form it was a funk-infused, feelgood 90s-inspired house anthem. In the hands of AtJazz it was turned into an introspective piece of after hours house with soft organ tones and shuffling percussion. This release presents the "Unreleased Astro remix" from AtJazz; subtly different to the original remix, it emerges in a slightly more vivid form, but with all the mellowness of the original.

ADESSE/TRUSS/MASSIMO DI LENA

Baayi

Prime Numbers

PN 17
10 May 13

Adesse - "Baayi" - (7:29)

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Played by: Fredeverything, Joseph Terruel

Review: The ever-correct Prime Numbers series is still going strong, this time bringing together a thoroughly eclectic range of producers to lay down some solid club fodder. Adesse adopts the tenderest approach, bringing a soft African lilt to a subtle arrangement of light drums and poignant chords. Truss is certainly in no mood to chill on "Redbrook", going for a big room techno flavour that favours rigid beats, acid parps and epic swathes of organ. Massimo Di Lena is on a far more twitchy tip, with a snagging assortment of percussion and some woozy synths that leave one feeling wonderfully dizzy.

AN EXPRESSO

Want 2 Know

All Over It

AOIR 00083
10 May 13

Want 2 Know (Ciara Cunnane Let The Freak re-bang) - (5:58)

Want 2 Know - (6:39)

No More Waintin' (On Your Slow Ass mix) - (7:10)

That's My Shit - (5:42)

Your Body Is My Playground - (5:35)

Want 2 Know (Matt Foxx remix) - (6:44)

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Played by: Max Riolo (Digital Imprint Trax)

MIDIMAN

Dreams Come True

Pole Position Recordings

PPR 046
06 May 13

For The Sake Of Love (Midiman remix) - (6:34)

For The Sake Of Love (feat Anturage) - (6:08)

Dreams Come True - (6:43)

Come To Me - (6:38)

Come To Me (Anturage & Lrman remix) - (6:52)

Come To Me (Blood Groove & Kikis remix) - (7:09)

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Played by: DJ Nova (Rodon Fm 95), Rony Breaker, P A U L I E

Review: Those with a keen eye for detail will note that Midiman is a name of a range of midi controllers and soundcards. It's also the chosen pseudonym of Russian deep house upstarts Lenya Goosey and Sergey Silvertone. Here, they pop up on Pole Position with six tracks of super-smooth deep house. Their style is fluid and melodic, seemingly taking influence from Russian nu-Balearic disco and classic US deep house. The electrofunk-influenced shuffler "Come To Me" is our pick, though the dreamier "For The Sake Of Love" (available in two sparkling versions) and similarly disco-influenced beach house groover "Dreams Come True" run it close.

P A U L I E

Spread Love

Super Trooper

ST 004
06 May 13

Spread Love - (7:14)

Spread Love (Rambla Boys remix) - (6:56)

Spread Love (Holmes Price remix) - (7:56)

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Played by: P A U L I E, Disco Doubles

TOYBOY & ROBIN

Jaded (remixes)

Cool Kid Music

CKM 008RX
20 May 13

Jaded (Village remix) - (5:58)

Jaded (Amtrac remix) - (5:04)

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Review: Toyboy and Robin's rather large recent bass-house smash "Jaded" gets the remix treatment here, with hyped up producers Amtrac and Village shuffling the parts and adding their own twist. Village's version builds impressively, layering up elements - tipsy chords, the original's woozy vocal, tasty pads - over a shuffling groove that's deceptively heavy. Amtrac makes more of the vocal, beginning with a dash of cut-up acapella action before giving it pride of place over a touchy-feely, stripped back deep house-meets-garage groove. If anything, it's even more instantly addictive than the original version, and that takes some doing.

ADESSE

Untitled Love EP

Prime Numbers

PN 20
17 May 13

Untitled Love - (6:45)

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Played by: Sccucci Manucci

Review: Having made his debut on Prime Numbers earlier this year with his titular contribution to a split release alongside Truss and Massimo De Lena, Adesse is granted a full release with this all killer no filler Untitled Love EP. For someone who came to the fore with a version of Theo Parrish's "Sky Walking, it's unsurprising that the title track here has a rugged charm reminiscent of the outspoken Sound Signature boss - it's all about that thumping snare son! Meanwhile "Supernal" veers into deep steppers territory and contains some ingenious looping of a Laurie Anderson standard, whilst "Metachemistry" highlights Adesse's talent for loose, freeform arrangements.

LAST MAGPIE

1995

Losing Suki

SUKI 011
25 Feb 13

1995 - (6:03)

Hypno - (6:10)

Roots - (6:15)

Fallen - (8:07)

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Played by: Mr Brainz / Orpheus:ldn, Spilt Milk, Jack Fell Down, Dale Howard

Review: Wow! Are people looking back with rose-tinted glasses to 1995 already? Well at least this 'musical magpie' is only borrowing ideas and sounds rather than copying wholesale! Possibly a bit darker than his previous releases this EP features dubby UKG ("1995"), glitchy, post-dubstep ("Hypno", "Fallen") and even a bit of wobble-heavy UKF ("Roots").

ARCADE

Feel The Heat

No Brainer

NBR 030
10 May 13

Feel The Heat - (4:53)

Pop Dat - (5:14)

Feel The Heat (Frogs In Socks remix) - (6:23)

Feel The Heat (Matthias Zimmermann remix) - (5:41)

Feel The Heat (Nehuen remix) - (5:15)

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TERRENCE PEARCE

Halcyon EP

Futureboogie Recordings

FBR 017
19 May 13

Poise - (7:36)

Kings N Queens - (7:15)

Halcyon - (6:56)

Up N Down - (5:31)

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Played by: Low Slung, Fredeverything, Phuturelabs

Review: Having previously appeared on similarly hyped house label Wolf Music, South African producer Terrence Pearce is an excellent addition to the Futureboogie roster. Here, he supplies the Bristol-based label with a quartet of decidedly positive tracks. There's something for everyone, from the rumbling low-end pulse and saucer-eyed rave riffage of "Kings N Queens" and sparkling, hip-hop sampling deepness of "Up and Down", to the rush-inducing, sax-laden powdered deep house of "Halcyon". "Poise", a blossoming exercise in the simple joys of melody, is also pretty tasty.

WAZE & ODYSSEY

Please Don't Dance EP

Dirt Crew Germany

DIRT 070
06 May 13

All For Me - (7:15)

Please Don't Dance - (5:39)

Please Don't Dance (Detroit Swindle Basement dub) - (7:39)

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Played by: Adam B (Homegrown Music/Palooza), Sccucci Manucci, Tom (Shur-I-Kan) Szirtes, Scuola Furano

Review: Having previously impressed with seriously hyped releases on Throne of Blood, Disco Bloodbath, Southern Fried and Madtech, Waze & Odyssey bring their particular brand of retro-futurist fodder to Dirt Crew. There's naturally plenty of bounce to the ounce, with the decidedly garage-influenced title track offering just the right balance between sub-heavy ravery and sinewy deep house shuffle. The brighter, less intense "All For Me" offers similar thrills, albeit with a sunnier disposition. The ever-reliable Detroit Swindle remixes "Please Don't Dance", offering a typically bouncy, anthemic rework that bears all the hallmarks of classic, mid-90s Danny Tenaglia.

LET THE MACHINES DO THE WORK

One Love

Blah Blah Blah

BBB 007
13 May 13

One Love - (5:51)

Brighter Day - (7:50)

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Review: Despite the irreverent moniker, we reckon this Brighton act are just being coy - they probably spend ages perfecting their sounds really. Besides history is littered with warnings about what letting the machine do the work, haven't they seen Terminator? Anyway "One Love" is a big bear hug of a house record featuring a gruff voiced man spreading the love over some deep grooves and woozy key stabs. "Brighter Day" is a hazy, melancholic slice of early Chicago-style house and is a joy to behold.

TOM FLYNN

Everything I Am EP

8 Bit Germany

8BIT 068
13 May 13

Everything I Am - (6:44)

Shelter - (6:55)

Loose Your Mind - (7:44)

118 - (6:56)

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Review: Back in 2010, Tom Flynn was named as Pete Tong's "breakthrough producer" of the year. Since then, he's gone on to release on Mobilee, Hypercolour and Dirtybird. Here he pops up with an EP of robust, hypnotic deep house for 8 Bit. There's a warmth and fluidity present throughout the four tracks, with retro-futurist basslines and pads catching the ear. "Everything I Am" is suitably loose and wide-eyed, while the tougher "Shelter" sounds like a '90s New York house remake of Jaydee's "Plastic Dreams". "Loose Your Mind", meanwhile, feels thicker and more rigid, whilst retaining just the right amount of looseness.

Moda Black Vol II (mixed by Jaymo & Andy George) (unmixed tracks)

JAYMO/ANDY GEORGE/VARIOUS

Moda Black Vol II (mixed by Jaymo & Andy George) (unmixed tracks)

Moda Black

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MB 013D
15 Apr 13

Ben Pearce - "Pale Ale" - (6:18)

Jaymo & Andy George - "Remember" - (6:23)

Eats Everything - "Jazz Hands" - (6:51)

Lrusse & Bleecker - "Caught Up" - (6:23)

MANIK - "Sold My Soul" - (6:32)

Huxley - "Diesel" - (5:43)

Ejeca - "Alone" - (5:50)

Medlar, Pedestrian - "TR Wilson" - (4:20)

Celsius - "Holdin' On" - (5:32)

Hot Since 82 & Habischman - "Leave Me" - (6:09)

Hauswerks - "Drums & Bass" - (7:03)

Shadow Child & Karin Park - "Bending Alberts Law" - (6:20)

Walker & Royce - "A Perfect Sound" (feat Louisahhh!) - (7:51)

Danny Daze & Maxxi Soundsystem - "Karoline" - (6:33)

Various - "Moda Black Vol II" (continuous DJ mix by Jaymo & Andy George) - (1:09:03)

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Played by: Adam B (Homegrown Music/Palooza), Low Slung, Juno Recommends Deep House, Rony Breaker, Jody Wisternoff, Huxley, Resident Advisor, Manhattan, Timo Maas, Umut Akalin, Ben Pearce

Review: Since launching early last year, Jaymo and Andy George's Moda Black imprint has forged a reputation for delivering the sort of fluid, action-packed deep house that takes as much influence from synth-laden nu-disco as tech house, '90s garage and Visionquest-ish slickness. Here, the two bossmen curate a second label compilation featuring a mix of unreleased gems and recent hits. There's plenty to enjoy, from the classic late night wooziness of Eats Everything's "Jazz Hands" and Huxley's rolling, UKG-influenced "Diesel", to the Hot Creations-ish flex of Danny Daze/Maxxi Soundsystem collaboration "Karoline" and Medlar & Pedestrian's '90s US garage groover "TR Wilson".

BENEDICT JACKSON

Not Your House

Ready Mix US

RNR 001
10 May 13

Not Your House - (6:19)

Audax - (5:31)

Not Your House (Cubiq's 'Moving Van' remix) - (6:17)

Audax (Real Nice's 'Jah Disco' remix) - (5:59)

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Played by: Jody Wisternoff

DIGITARIA

Shine

Hot Creations

HOTC 031
15 Apr 13

Shine - (6:16)

Shine (Morgan Geist remix) - (8:36)

Mystic Flow - (5:31)

Shine (wAFF Sunrise mix) - (9:01)

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Played by: Juno Recommends Deep House, Carl Cox, Umut Akalin

Review: After making a brief splash with an appearance on International Deejay Gigolos back in 2006, Brazilian duo Digitaria are back in action and this time buffed and polished for a strut on the Hot Creations catwalk. There's plenty of electro-pop moves being played out over lead track "Shine", setting up Morgan Geist for a sure shot remix that panders to his love of bombast a la Storm Queen and yet still comes off as a more minimal end result. "Mystic Flow" has a slightly more moody dancefloor tone, although still on the lighter end of the production spectrum, while Waff gets busy with a remix of "Shine" that does a safe and steady job of working the original into a deep house track.

JUSTIN JAY

Static

Dirtybird US

DB 091
30 Apr 13

Waves - (7:03)

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Played by: Andy Warburton, Juno Recommends Electro House, P A U L I E

Review: One of Dirtybird's freshest signees, Justin's low-swung bass mischief fits the label with glove-like glee. Both teetering around the sexy, slurring 120 mark, "Static" is a droning bass massage with cheeky wisps of breakbeat in the background. Warning: it will leave you covered in a fine disco sleaze you won't ever want to wash off. "Waves" plays the fitting foil; deep, soulful and star-gazing, it's very similar to Justin Martin's softer work. A very, very strong release from Dirtybird here.

GEORGE FITZGERALD

Needs You

Hypercolour

HYPE 30
17 Dec 12

Needs You - (6:36)

Every Inch (Deetron remix) - (7:06)

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Review: The techy and bass-ready label Hypercolour has always had some pretty leftfield tendencies, ranging from its releases with Groove Armada and Neil Landstrumm, to cheeky Aprils fools day pranks all part of the package. However George Fitzgerald's Needs You EP typifies the Hypercolour sound minus any tomfoolery. "Needs You" in particular plays "oh baby" vocals, sucking percussion and melodic keys against vast-monoliths of low end sonics. On the flip is "Every Inch" again by Fitzgerald. Fluted synth spooks and successive clap-tambourine combos swing to a groove that has a moderately lighter mood. Deetron writes a love note to rave and garage in his remix to "Every Inch" by the way of squelchy electronics and nerdy percussion.

LABERGE

Falling Away

Homebreakin Canada

HBR 021
13 May 13

Falling Away (Chris James remix) - (6:53)

Falling Away (Terrence Pearce remix) - (6:08)

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Review: Canada's Homebreakin' label, so often a home to P-funk and electro influenced party-starters, welcomes a new name to its roster, Laberge. "Falling Away" is a little different to their usual fare, with the title track delivering a deep, shimmering chunk of R&B-influenced nu-disco. Chris James' remix brings out the garage elements of the original (think pitched-up, messed around with vocals) and adds some shuffling beats, while Terrence Pearce's version is a wide-eyed chunk of UK garage nostalgia. As for the bonus tracks, "At Night" is a soaring slice of slo-mo electrofunk (think big synths and big vocals), while "Yesterday" is a near perfect example of how to execute slo-mo nu-disco.

EDIT MURPHY

Metro

Smoke N Mirrors

SNM-035
21 May 13

Metro - (7:28)

California Love - (6:16)

Steppin' - (5:34)

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Played by: Downtown Party Network

ISOLEE

Allowance

Pampa Germany

PAMPA 013
15 Feb 13

Allowance - (6:47)

You Could Do Your Memories - (6:54)

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Played by: Visti, Kisk, Chris Coco, Henri Kohn, Alkalino, Lusty Zanzibar, Dairmount (Room With A View Recs), Juno Recommends Deep House, Juno Recommends Minimal/Tech House, Dominik Eulberg, Audision, Ramon Tapia, X-Press 2, Sasha, Rodriguez Jr, Resident Advisor, Inigo, Nice7, Ada

Review: Amazingly, it's 15 years since Isolee first tickled our fancy with the deliciously hypnotic and pleasingly melodic micro-house anthem "Beau Mot Plage". He's tried many things in the years since, from stripped-back minimalism to semi-organic loop techno. "Allowance" his first full solo EP for nearly three years, has echoes of his glory days. The darting, fluid "Wobble", for example, employs similar synth stabs of shuffling grooves, while "You Could Do Your Memories" is as heart aching and emotion-rich as any of his Playhouse-era classics. Best of all, though, is "Allowance", a sparse but beautifully appointed slice of deep-tronica underpinned by a loose but sturdy groove.

TONE OF ARC

The Time Was Right

No 19

buy whole release (11 tracks) from ~~$16.39~~ $10.99

NO19 CD003
13 May 13

Surrender - (5:21)

Love Kissed - (4:53)

Chalk Hill - (5:24)

Lost In The Machine - (4:02)

Where You Belong - (4:50)

Goodbye Horses - (6:46)

People At The Door - (3:56)

The Time Was Right - (4:40)

Hardly Standing - (4:24)

Sound Sail - (5:47)

Left Field - (5:13)

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NATASHA WATTS

Go Slow (remixes)

Sedsoul

SED 6019
20 May 13

Go Slow (Mark Di Meo vocal mix) - (6:39)

Go Slow (Hard Groove Machine & Soulnvibes) - (7:27)

Go Slow (Other Soul Classic mix) - (6:46)

Go Slow (Mark Di Meo reprise) - (6:08)

Go Slow (Mark Di Meo instrumental) - (6:39)

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KRY WOLF

The Flood

Food Music