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Madrugada EP
Madrugada - (5:12) 59 BPM
Funky Fever - (5:40) 58 BPM
Madrugada (Yuksek remix) - (5:22) 120 BPM Hot
Madrugada (dub) - (5:19) 118 BPM
Played by: Rob Lee, Superbreak, NaCL
Review: Throughout their decade-long career, Alma Negra has combined their love of disco and deep house with percussion, instrumentation and ideas excavated from African, Caribbean and tropical musical cultures. On this EP, they largely ditch the latter inspirations, instead delivering full-throttle revivalist disco sounds where the Basel-based band's organic instrumentation and vocals combine with colourful synth sounds and heady horns. The headline attraction is undoubtedly 'Madrugada', a warming and thickset, subtly deep house-influenced take on the turn-of-the-80s NYC downtown disco-not-disco sound. It comes backed with two revisions - an extra-percussive, dubbed-out Yuksek tweak and the band's own dub disco-goes-deep house 'Dub Mix' - and the riotous, party-starting brilliance of 'Funky Fever'.
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DOGD 97
22 Mar 24
Funk
Best Of Remixes
Various
Dam Swindle - "Call Of The Wild" (Cinthie remix feat Jungle By Night) - (6:03) 122 BPM
Perdu - "Jane's World" (DJ Boring remix) - (7:53) 123 BPM Hot
Byron The Aquarius - "I Love Yo" (Kush Jones remix) - (4:58) 130 BPM
Alma Negra - "Endless Summer" (Soulphiction remix) - (5:34) 122 BPM
Adryiano - "Move It, Move It" (Jamie 3:26 remix) - (6:00) 123 BPM
Peter Matson & JKriv - "Ewesse Ye" (Auntie Flo remix feat Samy Love) - (5:44) 120 BPM
Hugo Mari - "Get Loose" (Kai Alce NDATL mix feat Zodiac) - (6:29) 124 BPM
Nebraska - "Big Plate Chicken" (Alma Negra's Blacksoul remix) - (7:02) 124 BPM
Fouk - "Money" (JKriv & Peter Matson remix) - (6:01) 123 BPM
Dam Swindle & Jitwam - "Coffee In The Morning" (Prins Thomas Diskomiks) - (10:27) 123 BPM
Nebraska - "Dip & Flip" (Kassian remix) - (6:58) 128 BPM
Makez & AVA LAVA - "Holy Sun" (Retromigration remix) - (5:56) 122 BPM
Gaoule Mizik - "A Ka Titine" (Dam Swindle remix) - (6:51) 120 BPM
Fouk - "Blue Steel" (Girls Of The Internet remix) - (5:04) 128 BPM
Teleseen - "Exposures" (Black Loops remix) - (7:00) 130 BPM
Review: Having previously released 10th anniversary 'best of' and 'hidden gems' collections, Heist Recordings' founders Dam Swindle complete the trilogy via a well-curated set of remixes from the label's bulging archives. Our picks of a very strong bunch include Cinthie's nostalgic, solo-laden piano house rework of Dam Swindle's 'Call of the Wild' (featuring Jungle By Night), Kush Jones' ultra-deep hybrid house/garage rub of Byron The Aquarius's 'I Love Yo', a deliciously off-kilter and drum-machine driven re-make of Adriyano courtesy of Jamie 3:26, and a typically epic, lusciously loved-up Prins Thomas 'Diskomiks' of Dam Swindle and Jitwam's 'Coffee in the Morning'. Throw in sublime reworks by Kai Alce, Dj Boring, Kassian and Alma Negra, and you have a genuinely must-have compilation.
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HEIST 075
25 Aug 23
Deep House
Zouk Combat EP
Zouk Combat - (6:08) 116 BPM
Sosso - (6:34) 118 BPM
Timbal Madness - (6:20) 122 BPM
Zouk Combat (Bosq remix) - (5:50) 119 BPM Hot
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ANR 007
15 Oct 21
Deep House
The Round Up Pt. 7
Various
Alma Negra - "Dakar Disco" (Crackazat remix) - (5:40) 124 BPM Hot
Teleseen - "Dekalb" (Dam Swindle remix) - (6:10) 125 BPM
Crackazat - "Class One" (Scan 7 remix) - (6:39) 120 BPM
Pitto - "Discko" (Teleseen remix) - (5:44) 111 BPM
Nebraska - "Dip & Flip" (Kassian remix) - (6:58) 128 BPM
Dam Swindle - "Move Out The Way" (Nebraska remix) - (7:25) 123 BPM
Scan 7 - "All For Me" (Alma Negra remix) - (6:35) 122 BPM
Kassian - "8th Movement" (Pitto remix) - (6:39) 126 BPM
Review: By now, we should all know what to expect from Heist Recordings' annual Round Up releases - label artists remixing each other, basically - so we'll crack on and talk about the music on offer. Highlights come thick and fast throughout, with our picks including Alma Negra's deliciously percussive and groovy take on Scan 7's gospel-tinged Motor City gem 'All For Me', Scan 7's breezy, Latin-tinged Detroit house revision of Crackazat's 'Class One', Crackazat's Ethio-jazz-goes-sunshine house rework of Alma Negra's 'Dakar Disco', and Kassian's driving, warehouse-ready remix of Nebraska's 'Dip & Flip', which makes great use of thumping beats, undulating electronics and a seriously dirty analogue bassline. As the old saying goes, this seventh volume in The Round Up series really is "all killer, no filler".
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HEIST052D
12 Mar 21
Deep House
Dakar Disco
Dakar Disco - (6:00) 115 BPM
Contra - (6:30) 128 BPM
Dakar Disco (Kuniyuki remix) - (7:19) 115 BPM Hot
Back In Town - (6:25) 125 BPM
Review: Connecting the dots between labels like Highlife (Huntley & Palmers) to Basic Fingers and Lumberjacks In Hell, Alma Negra bring their undeniable sound back to Heist Recordings. It follows the 2018 Conversations EP which sees the Swiss trio turn in a classic dubbed out synthline and jazzed-up rebirth of cool in "Contra". "Back In Town" throws down some heavy percussion and Afro-Rhythms alongside an insatiable vocal sweep. Winding it back to the top is "Dakar Disco" that's been sent through the orchestral pit of japanese artist and discophile Kuniyuki (tip!) giving some extra flamboyance its original funk premise. From disco to Dakar and beyond!
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HEIST 048
28 Aug 20
Deep House
Fire EP
Fire - (6:55) 120 BPM Hot
Wedding Song - (6:31) 120 BPM
Yo - (6:08) 115 BPM
Review: Swiss world music fusionists Alma Negra are favourites with the likes of Gilles Peterson, Nightmares On Wax and Four Tet, which should give you a rough idea of what to expect here. 'Fire' is a midpaced, organ-led groove that'd work in longer deep house or nu-disco sets, and has rolling Afro-style percussion to match the chanted vocal that appears towards the end. The EP's other two tracks, 'Wedding Song' and 'Yo', operate in more straight-up African music territory and so are less well suited to house/disco sets, but could still find favour on those floors that like their beats a little more on the eclectic side.
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CREDIGIF 009
27 Mar 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Manta EP
Tsavo - (5:42) 123 BPM Hot
Manta - (6:49) 122 BPM
Sega Dub - (7:00) 115 BPM
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ANR 006
24 Feb 20
Deep House
The Round Up Pt. 5
Various
Hugo Mari - "Change Ur Ways" (Dam Swindle remix) - (6:36) 123 BPM
Kassian - "Bad Habit" (Alma Negra remix) - (6:56) 125 BPM
Adryiano - "Me And You And Her" (Pitto's Groove Your Body remix) - (6:53) 120 BPM
Pitto - "You Treat Me Like A Fool" (Kassian remix) - (5:42) 124 BPM Hot
Dam Swindle - "Cut U Loose" (Adryiano remix) - (8:11) 126 BPM
Alma Negra - "This Is The Place" (Hugo Mari remix) - (5:25) 122 BPM
Review: Heist's annual "Round Up" release, in which label artists remix each other, is becoming something of a tradition. This fifth volume is, of course, every bit as essential as its predecessors. All six tracks hit the spot, though we're particularly enjoying the bumpin', bass-heavy and driving take on Hugo Mari's deep and bluesy "Change Ur Ways" by label chiefs Detroit Swindle, not to mention Adriyano's effortlessly celebratory and swinging revision of the Swindlers' own "Cut U Loose". Elsewhere, Hugo Mari brilliantly joins the dots between tribal house and tactile, loved-up grooves on a stellar rework of Alma Negra's "This Is The Place", while the Kassian revision of Pitto's "You Treat Me Like A Fool" sounds like a 21st century update of Todd Edwards' legendary remix of St Germain's "Alabama Blues".
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HEIST 036
11 Feb 19
Deep House
Eritrea EP
Alma Negra - "Haleto Lale Lalo (Saho)" - (6:48) 121 BPM
Sirens Of Lesbos - "Erytrea Nedege (Saho)" - (6:41) 120 BPM Hot
Played by: Lexx
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ANR 003
01 Jun 18
Deep House
Maloya EP
Lindigo - "Tany Be" (Alma Negra Rework) - (7:09) 121 BPM
Salem Tradition - "Kabare" (Alma Negra Rework) - (5:10) 130 BPM Hot
Lindigo - "Tany Be" (Alma Negra dub mix) - (8:57) 118 BPM
Review: For the latest excursion on their eponymous label, the Alma Negra crew is in full remix mode, in turn reworking tracks from contemporary Maloya combo Lindigo and lesser-known French Afro artist Salem Tradition. Their vocal and dub interpretations of the former's "Tany Be" are particularly special. While the dub is little more than a killer spaced-out percussion track with added delay-laden vocal and instrumental snippets, the "remix" is a near perfect fusion of woozy, spacey deep house and traditional maloya - all half-chanted vocals, snaking sax lines and warm bass. Those looking for heavy and druggy, kick-drum driven tribal Afro-house vibes should head straight for the remix of Salem Tradition's "Kabare", which is little more than loads of drums with an evocative vocal atop.
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ANR 002
06 Apr 18
Deep House
Visions
Vision - (8:32) 124 BPM Hot
Capoeira - (7:29) 111 BPM
Berimbau - (7:35) 116 BPM
Review: After building up their reputation via a string of deliciously percussive EPs full of tasty Afro edits, Alma Negra switched to original production last year with quietly impressive results. Here, the Basel-based trio continues that approach with another three chunks of Afro-house fusion. While we're rather enjoying the sampled chanted vocals, drum machine kick drums and layered tropical percussion of "Capoeira" and the more musically expansive (and deeper) "Berimbau", it's "Visions" that will get all the plaudits. A tough but rolling chunk of life-affirming samba-house brilliance, it sees the duo make brilliant use of jangling piano loops and ghostly, cut-up freestyle vocal samples.
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ANR 001
05 Feb 18
Deep House
The Roundup Pt. 4
Various
Nachtbraker - "Hamdi" (Fouk remix) - (7:16) 126 BPM Hot
Parker Madicine - "Heartbreaker" (Dam Swindle remix) - (6:29) 125 BPM
Nebraska - "Big Plate Chicken" (Alma Negra's Blacksoul remix) - (7:02) 124 BPM
Dam Swindle - "Can't Hold It" (Nachtbraker Swing) - (6:27) 126 BPM
Alma Negra - "Afrorleans" (Parker Madicine remix) - (7:38) 123 BPM
Fouk - "With Lasers" (Nebraska remix) - (7:18) 124 BPM
Review: Predictably, the latest volume in Heist's Roundup series, in which label artists remix each other's tracks, is another must-heave collection of club cuts. Check, for example, Fouk's tasty interpretation of Nachtbraker's "Hamdi" - a glorious fusion of rubbery disco, sparkling electrofunk and percussion-laden deep house - the Afro-fired Alma Negra deep house remix of Nebraska's "Big Plate Chicken" and the toasty peak-time warmth of the latter's fine revision of Fouk's "With Lasers". Elsewhere, label bosses Detroit Swindle deliver a lusciously loved-up and melodious, peak-time take on Parker Madicine's "Heartbreaker" and Nachtbraker turns the Swindlers' "Can't Hold It" into a dub-fired chunk of hot-stepping deep house goodness.
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HEIST 029
22 Jan 18
Deep House
An Introduction Part 1
Mim Suleiman - "Pole Pole" - (4:52) 120 BPM
Alma Negra - "Onga" - (6:56) 120 BPM Hot
Kerem Akdag - "Getdownsoclose" - (4:35) 118 BPM
James Tillman - "Wander" - (2:58) 92 BPM
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DIREC 001
14 Jul 17
Funky/Club House
Endless Summer
Afrorleans - (8:16) 118 BPM
Luanda Dub - (7:55) 115 BPM
Endless Summer - (6:36) 122 BPM
Endless Summer (Soulphiction remix) - (5:34) 122 BPM
Review: To date, Swiss quartet Alma Negra has carved a successful niche as makers of heavily percussive EP singles that look to the rhythms of Africa for inspiration. This outing for Heist Recordings draws on many similar influences, but shuffles further towards original production than their rework style back catalogue. Opener "Afrorleans" is a jaunty trip into shuffling Afro-house territory in the company of a cabal of Cajun musicians, while "Luanda Dub" is a booming, bass heavy late night trip full of swirling vocal samples and densely layered drum hits. If you are after some party-starting Afro-disco/deep house fusion of standout, then "Endless Summer" and a cracking Soulphiction remix of the same track will pushes a rubbery disco bassline to the fore to devastating effect.
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HEIST 024
08 May 17
Deep House
Digger's Workouts Part 3
Burkina Berlin (original mix) - (7:09) 114 BPM
Burkina Berlin (Rainer Trueby & Corrado Bucci Present Truccy remix) - (6:16) 114 BPM
Agadez (original mix) - (7:25) 118 BPM Hot
Review: Throughout the course of their Digger's Workout series, Swiss combo Alma Negra has proved adept at blurring the boundaries between re-edits, remixes, and original productions. The same could be said about the sun-kissed global fusion of "Burkina Berlin", where wild vocal chants and dense percussion samples are craftily combined with heady piano motifs and a rock solid deep house beat. Rainer Truby and Corrado Bucci provide a deeper, hazier and subtly soulful interpretation that plays down the sampled beats in favour of far more tactile hits, before the Basel-based trio closes proceedings with "Algadez", a rare Persian treat built around exotic fiddle lines, humid flutes and their usual chunky percussion.
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FINGERLP 003
09 Dec 16
Deep House
Digger's Workout Pt 1
Fula Flute - (6:40) 120 BPM Hot
Fula Flute (Esa & Santuri live mix) - (6:12) 121 BPM
Amazigh - (10:06) 122 BPM
In The Mood For Deepness - (5:36) 117 BPM
Review: Since debuting on the Highlife Edits series, Swiss digger collective Alma Negra have really blossomed, with their fusionist dancefloor style developing across further 12"s for that aforementioned label as well as Sofrito and Basic Fingers. The Diggers Workout Part 1 sees the quartet return to the Basic Fingers fold with a fresh four-track grip of goodness to satisfy the appetites of DJs everywhere. Presumably the onset of an ongoing series for Basic Finger, Part 1 sees three Alma Negra originals further complemented by a remix from Highlife pal Esa. Of the originals, the rather lush beat down of "Fala Flute" really stands out, with Esa teasing out a whole new sound on his subsequent 'live' remix with Santuri. Great 12".
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FINGERLP 001
02 Sep 16
Deep House
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