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Shruti Dances
Dha - (4:33) 139 BPM Hot
Pa - (5:20) 110 BPM
Ga - (4:20) 129 BPM
Ma - (2:59) 159 BPM
Ni - (6:33) 130 BPM
Sa - (3:53) 92 BPM
Review: Since the start of the pandemic, Auntie Flo has expanded his already broad musical horizons further, creating epic ambient pieces and further exploring his love of pan-global electronic/acoustic musical fusion. On Shruti Dances, he joins forces with Sarathy Korwar - a percussionist, producer and bandleader best-known for his 2016 debut album for Ninja Tune - on a six-track mini-album built around the distinctive rhythms and instrumentation of the Indian subcontinent. It's a mesmerising and frankly mind-altering affair, with the pair layering intoxicating drones, Sitar, tabla and other percussion instruments with effects-laden modular electronics, echoing synth sounds, and occasional nods towards house and UK bass. The results are densely drum-heavy, pleasingly immersive sound-wise, and very, very good. The constantly building 'Ni', for example, is little less than awe-inspiring in its weight and intensity.
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MAKEM 021
17 Jun 22
Deep House
Ma
Ma - (2:59) 80 BPM
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MAKEM 021B
27 May 22
Balearic/Downtempo
Dha
Dha - (4:33) 139 BPM
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MAKEM 021A
22 Apr 22
Deep House
Bells In The DMZ
Auntie Flo - "Peace Bells" (feat Seungmin Cha) - (6:10) 57 BPM
Akimbo - "High Flight" (feat Oh Yeon Gyeong - Auntie Flo remix) - (9:06) 110 BPM Hot
Review: Paying homage to some time well spent in Korea, Auntie Flo throws down big time for his Highlife label with a banging double dose - taking in Forward Sounds International legends Akimbo! Both tracks shine brightly here with the Auntie Flo remix of "Highlife" a bonafide banger with its sweet analogue sounds, kisses of reverb, dope percussion and exotic, orientiental tinges. Add a touch of acid, and, as they say in Korea: annyeong (see ya later!). On the flip Auntie Flo sends in a Sun Ra inspired cosmic jazz and percussion number via the rattling tones of "Peace Bells" featuring experimental Daegeum (Korean transverse bamboo flute) artist, Seungmin Cha. Bliss.
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HGHLF 025
10 Dec 21
Experimental/Electronic
Nobody Said It Would Be Easy
Nobody Said It Would Be Easy - (5:00) 59 BPM
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361593 3877710
07 Apr 21
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
Radio Highlife
Life Is High - (0:53) 138 BPM
Nobody Said It Would Be Easy - (5:00) 59 BPM Hot
Havana Rhythm Dance (feat Andrew Ashong) - (3:53) 117 BPM
Isbj?rn - (3:41) 122 BPM
Radio Souk - (1:19) 107 BPM
Lights In The Northern Sky - (2:23) 118 BPM
Western Princes - (3:00) 81 BPM
Inga's Choir - (2:33) 51 BPM
Malawi Skit - (0:53) 141 BPM
Cape Town Jam - (5:53) 125 BPM
One Guitar (feat Dan Mugula) - (3:26) 69 BPM
Kampala - (3:16) 93 BPM
Magic Stones Skit - (1:12) 83 BPM
Mame's Story (feat Mame Ndiack) - (6:43) 120 BPM
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5060180 323561
07 Apr 21
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
Cape Town Jam
Cape Town Jam - (5:53) 125 BPM
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361593 3501851
07 Apr 21
Funky/Club House
Kapote Presents: Mushroom House Vol 1
Kapote / Various
Ponty Mython - "Slippin' Into Darkness" - (5:34) 115 BPM
Zhut & Kapote - "Afro Rico" (2020 version) - (5:23) 122 BPM
WhoMadeWho - "Keep Me In My Plane" (DJ Koze remix) - (7:03) 116 BPM
Munk - "Nigerian Jam" - (6:20) 119 BPM Hot
Jad & The Ladyboy - "Gervinho" - (5:05) 120 BPM
Hyenah - "Fire" (feat Kissey) - (6:40) 121 BPM
The Deadstock 33s - "The Circular Path" (Asphodells remix) - (5:02) 120 BPM
Daniel Haaksman - "Akabongi" (feat Spoek Mathambo & Los Bulldozer - Kapote remix) - (5:07) 124 BPM
Daniel Avery & The Deadstock 33s - "Eric Zann Revisited" - (6:06) 117 BPM
Baldelli - "Phobos" (2020 version) - (2:28) 124 BPM
Munk & Rebolledo - "Surf Smurf" - (5:59) 120 BPM
Auntie Flo - "Kampala Boda Boda Ride" (feat Samuel Nalangirla) - (4:51) 100 BPM
Drrtyhaze - "Hey Mama" - (5:57) 105 BPM
Review: Last year, Kapote joined forces with regular home Toy Tonics to release Teutonik Disaster, a compilation of his own re-edits of late '70s and early '80s, "German new wave funk". 12 months on he returns to the same label with a new collection, Mushroom House, which boasts a mixture of Balearic, Afro and cosmic-influenced cuts from the imprint's vaults. Highlights come thick and fast throughout, from the rubbery, dubbed-out Afro-house bounce of Ponty Mython's 'Slippin' Into Darkness' and the dusty Afro-disco haziness of Munk's 'Nigerian Jam', to the intergalactic electro trip of the Asphodells' killer remix of 'The Circular Path' by the Deadstock 33s, and the deep space Italo-disco chug of Baldelli's sparkling 'Phobos (2020 Version)'.
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TOYT 115
20 Nov 20
Deep House
Kabsa
Baba - (5:34) 116 BPM
Kabsa - (5:21) 120 BPM Hot
Ras - (4:53) 122 BPM
Kabsa (Nicola Cruz remix) - (4:39) 117 BPM
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190296 802362
20 Nov 20
Funky/Club House
Black Diamonds Vol 22
Various
H-Man - "Manga" (Thomas Schumacher remix) - (6:24) 131 BPM
Rodriguez Jr. - "Esperanza" - (6:09) 125 BPM
Traumer - "Marion" - (21:49) 118 BPM
Josia Loos & Hey Joe - "Scherbenwelt" (Ryan Davis remix) - (7:36) 123 BPM
Patrice Baumel - "Mile High Gang" - (7:12) 125 BPM
Yotam Avni - "It Was What It Was" - (7:01) 124 BPM
Kiko - "Requiem For A Dream" - (6:32) 126 BPM Hot
Oliver Lieb - "So Strong" - (7:41) 126 BPM
Auntie Flo - "Sun Ritual" - (7:32) 125 BPM
Loco & Jam - "Endless Piano" - (7:00) 126 BPM
Michael Mayer - "Take A Stand For Love" - (6:48) 124 BPM
Rashid Ajami - "Ok" (Citizen Kain remix) - (7:05) 125 BPM
Maxime Dangles - "Noemie" - (7:50) 134 BPM
Jaxson - "Darth Veda" - (9:07) 128 BPM
Egbert - "Nacht" - (7:26) 129 BPM
Lutzenkirchen - "Assuming Control" - (6:33) 128 BPM
Metodi Hristov - "The Butterfly Effect" - (7:15) 129 BPM
Toni Rios - "L!ve" (Agent! remix) - (6:38) 125 BPM
The Reason Y & Patrick Milaa - "25 East" (Cari Lekebusch remix) - (7:06) 128 BPM
I Am Bam - "Berlin" - (5:40) 126 BPM
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NATBLACK 274
09 Nov 20
Minimal/Tech House
The Old Gold Chronicles Vol 5
Various
Kolombo - "Sustain" - (5:11) 125 BPM
Monika Kruse - "Namaste" - (9:14) 120 BPM
Nicole Moudaber - "Beyond Borders" - (8:09) 126 BPM
Olderic - "Do It Properly" (Patrick Lindsey remix) - (8:47) 125 BPM
Sidney Charles - "Big Bada Boom" (Santr remix) - (7:13) 124 BPM
Auntie Flo - "Sun Ritual" - (7:32) 125 BPM
Markus Homm - "City Tax" - (7:10) 123 BPM Hot
Maxime Dangles - "Organijk" - (8:46) 125 BPM
Jonas Rathsman - "Conium" - (6:51) 126 BPM
Pachanga Boys - "Time" - (15:13) 124 BPM
Solo (UK) - "The Flea Circus" (Philip Bader remix) - (7:28) 124 BPM
Steve Moore - "Bayern Kurve" - (7:22) 130 BPM
Mobius Strum & Dorian Chavez - "Rainforest" - (7:03) 123 BPM
Oliver Klein - "Suspenders" (AKA AKA & Thalstroem remix) - (6:57) 126 BPM
Romano Alfieri & Luca Bear - "Leave The Valley" - (9:05) 125 BPM
Bunte Bummler - "Chance To Follow" - (6:26) 125 BPM
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NAT 650
13 Dec 19
Minimal/Tech House
Hey Don't Make Trouble (It's The Woman Of Your Boss)
Hey, Don't Make Trouble - (6:29) 125 BPM Hot
Woman Of Your Boss - (6:03) 127 BPM
Hey, Don't Make Trouble (Esa Afro Acid remix) - (6:33) 121 BPM
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PERMVAC 1221
01 Jul 19
Funky/Club House
Permanent Vacation Safari 4
Various
Lord Of The Isles - "Horizon Effect" - (3:46) 120 BPM
Alex Burkat - "Pay The Rent" - (6:11) 122 BPM
Drvg Cvltvre - "Night Time Is The Right Time" (Ob Ignitt remix) - (8:08) 117 BPM
Efestion & Harald Grosskopf - "Subconscio" - (7:13) 124 BPM
TB - "Domino" - (6:43) 117 BPM
Henry Saiz & Pional - "Uroboros" (Permanent Vacation remix) - (7:44) 115 BPM
Boska - "Submarine" - (6:20) 120 BPM
New Jackson - "Jam On Summer" - (6:51) 120 BPM
Tuff City Kids - "Cole Rabies Beats" (feat Shan) - (4:22) 121 BPM
Woolfy & Projections - "Chances Are" (Man Power remix) - (8:07) 124 BPM
Candyblasta - "Hippocratic Oath" (Gonno remix) - (8:49) 120 BPM
New Jackson - "Player Piano" - (5:15) 51 BPM
Hnny - "Most Really Pretty Girls Have Pretty Ugly Feet" - (4:57) 120 BPM Hot
Panthera Krause - "If" (Benjamin Fr?hlich Basic Refix) - (6:10) 118 BPM
Walter Jones - "A Night In Newark" - (5:20) 120 BPM
Midnight Magic - "Midnight Creepers" (Hugh Mane remix) - (6:46) 120 BPM
Axel Boman - "Die Die Die!!" - (5:25) 115 BPM
Lauer - "Hershel" - (7:24) 119 BPM
Auntie Flo - "Woman Of Your Boss" - (6:03) 127 BPM
Arto Mwambe - "Nokout" - (7:39) 120 BPM
Mano Le Tough - "Ducks" - (7:24) 116 BPM
North Lake - "Mobius Tapes" - (6:29) 114 BPM
Auntie Flo - "Hey, Don't Make Trouble" (Esa Afro Acid remix) - (6:33) 121 BPM
Midnight Magic - "Calling Out" (Bell Towers Special dub) - (6:03) 110 BPM
Woolfy & Projections - "Walkaway" (Fantastic Man's Atmospheric dub) - (6:28) 113 BPM
Dollkraut - "Hagen (Feel Some Love)" - (5:13) 131 BPM
Lake People - "They're Singing" - (6:24) 121 BPM
TB - "Nothing Is" - (5:27) 124 BPM
Lake People - "Illuminated" (Redshape remix) - (8:59) 122 BPM
Locked Groove - "Meditations In An Emergency" (Clockwork remix) - (5:10) 125 BPM
The Drifter & Benjamin Frohlich - "Waterville" (A Sagittariun remix) - (7:10) 125 BPM
Lord Of The Isles - "Fyne" - (5:04) 120 BPM
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PERMVACS 4
01 Jul 19
Minimal/Tech House
Faze #30/Terranova
Various / Terranova
Terranova - "Faze DJ-Set 30" (continuous DJ mix) - (1:19:20) 123 BPM
Maceo Plex - "Conjure Superstar" - (7:40) 123 BPM Hot
Gui Boratto - "Atomic Soda" - (8:46) 122 BPM
Auntie Flo - "Sun Ritual" - (7:32) 125 BPM
Terranova & Bon Homme - "You" (feat Bon Homme) - (7:06) 123 BPM
Superpitcher - "Lick The Pipe" - (8:13) 127 BPM
Jorgen Paape - "Take This" - (5:59) 123 BPM
John Tejada - "Unstable Condition" - (5:48) 122 BPM
Terranova - "Painkiller" (Michael Mayer mix) - (7:44) 123 BPM
Perc & Fractal - "Up Tool" - (8:20) 120 BPM
Sei A - "Hawk Tone" - (6:52) 121 BPM
Terranova - "Tourette" - (6:44) 124 BPM
Superpitcher - "Happiness" - (6:44) 126 BPM
Koelsch - "Goldfisch" - (5:25) 124 BPM
Rebolledo - "Windsurf, Sunburn And Dollar" (extended Raw version) - (10:41) 123 BPM
Steadycam - "Get On Up There" - (7:53) 127 BPM
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DJS 099INT
26 Jun 19
Minimal/Tech House
Brasil Novas Frequencias
Dance Of The Conch - (8:48) 130 BPM Hot
March Of The Berimbau - (6:34) 130 BPM
Call Of The Church - (5:52) 128 BPM
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AFTRAX 006D
14 Jun 19
Deep House
Beating Heart - South Africa
Various
Muzi - "People" - (3:20) 136 BPM
Boys Ride Bikes - "Somagwaza II" - (4:55) 113 BPM
Hunrosa - "Mohodo" - (3:26) 92 BPM
The Happy Show - "Lamnandi" - (6:53) 103 BPM
Das Kapital - "Durban Via Cape Town" - (5:09) 125 BPM
The Busy Twist - "Afro Carnival" - (4:09) 64 BPM Hot
Card On Spokes - "Layers" - (3:35) 63 BPM
Coen - "Yellah VIP" - (6:57) 124 BPM
Tru Fonix - "Roar" - (4:38) 125 BPM
SNAW - "Catch The Spirit" - (5:46) 64 BPM
Coen - "Lordship Rd" - (5:31) 67 BPM
DJ Khalab - "Mostra" - (3:32) 110 BPM
Shawn Lee - "Inkulu" - (2:53) 129 BPM
Desert Sound Colony - "Chugging For South Africa" - (6:08) 113 BPM
Modified Man - "The Country Is Full Of Spirits" - (4:45) 122 BPM
Leighton Moody - "Afrikan Bruino" (Soulsideup mix) - (6:13) 118 BPM
Daev Martian - "Chasing" (feat Sio) - (4:28) 101 BPM
Spooky-J - "Monobulaa" - (4:15) 83 BPM
Thor Rixon - "Tula Mutwana" - (4:10) 85 BPM
Subjective - "Inkolelo" - (5:52) 125 BPM
Jakinda - "Lost" - (6:07) 120 BPM
Auntie Flo - "Somagwanza" - (5:18) 55 BPM
Dope Saint Jude & Kay Faith - "83" - (2:28) 150 BPM
Throwing Shade - "Wonderful Sushi" - (2:59) 90 BPM
Played by: Galletas Calientes
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BH 010D
01 Dec 17
International
Beating Heart - South Africa Vol 2
Subjective - "Inkolelo" - (5:52) 125 BPM Hot
Card On Spokes - "Layers" - (3:35) 63 BPM
The Happy Show - "Lamnandi" - (6:53) 103 BPM
Auntie Flo - "Somagwanza" - (5:18) 55 BPM
Played by: Flash Atkins
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BH 007D
30 Jun 17
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
Beating Heart - South Africa Vol 2
Subjective - "Inkolelo" - (5:52) 125 BPM Hot
Card On Spokes - "Layers" - (3:35) 63 BPM
The Happy Show - "Lamnandi" - (6:53) 103 BPM
Auntie Flo - "Somagwanza" - (5:18) 55 BPM
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BH 007D
30 Jun 17
Balearic/Downtempo
Theory Of Flo: Remixed
Su La (In Love version) - (6:36) 120 BPM
Cape Malay Prayer (Mehmet Aslan remix) - (8:08) 116 BPM
So In Love (Kornel Kovacs remix) - (5:44) 124 BPM
Dreamer (Throwing Shade remix) - (3:40) 80 BPM
Waiting For A (Woman) (feat Anbuley - The Revenge rework - Dixon Beat edit) - (6:22) 122 BPM Hot
Dance Ritual I (feat Anbuley - Lipelis Dream Dance mix) - (7:07) 122 BPM
Dance Ritual II (feat Anbuley - Africaine 808 remix) - (6:08) 128 BPM
Hewal3 (feat Anbuley - CAIN remix) - (5:49) 140 BPM
Mandla In Space (feat Anbuley - Mark E remix) - (4:46) 114 BPM
For Mihaly (feat Laurie Pitt - live version) - (8:19) 103 BPM
For Mihaly (feat Poppy Ackroyd - reprise) - (3:27) 127 BPM
Review: To build on the critical and commercial success of his superb sophomore set, Brian D'Souza AKA Auntie Flo has decided to release a collection of reworked versions. It boasts reworks from friends and collaborators - see Mehmet Aslan's low-slung, trippy, Persian-tinged take on "Cape Malay Prayer", Dixon's Innervisions style "Beat Edit" of The Revenge's remix of "Waiting For A (Woman)", and Africaine 808's standout rework of "Dance Ritual II" - alongside revisions from well thought-of producers from across the scene. In this category you'll find a chugging, analogue-rich Mark E version of "Madla In Space", a glacial, eyes-wide-shut re-make of "Dreamer" by Throwing Shade, and a suitably elastic, warehouse-friendly house remix of "So In Love" by man of the hour Kornel Kovacs.
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HGHLF 015
10 Mar 17
Deep House
The Soniferous Garden
The Soniferous Garden - (14:18) 60 BPM
Rainfall On Red Earth - (16:20) 120 BPM Hot
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BL 2541837
02 Mar 17
Balearic/Downtempo
Mushroom House
Various
Ponty Mython - "Slippin' Into Darkness" - (5:34) 115 BPM Hot
Zhut & Kapote - "Afro Rico" - (6:57) 122 BPM
WhoMadeWho - "Keep Me In My Plane" (DJ Koze Hudson River dub) - (7:03) 116 BPM
Jad & The Ladyboy - "Gervinho" - (5:05) 120 BPM
Hyenah - "Fire" (feat Kissey) - (6:40) 121 BPM
Auntie Flo - "Kampala Boda Boda Ride" (feat Samuel Nalangirla) - (4:51) 100 BPM
Daniel Haaksman - "Akabongi" (feat Spoek Mathambo - Kapote remix) - (7:07) 124 BPM
Munk - "Nigerian Jam" - (6:20) 119 BPM
Drrtyhaze - "Hey Mama" - (5:57) 105 BPM
Munk & Rebolledo - "Surf Smurf" (Rebolledo Short version) - (7:53) 120 BPM
Alien Alien - "Uhura" - (7:11) 118 BPM
Barotti - "She Once Knew" (Massimiliano Pagliara remix) - (8:31) 124 BPM
Daniel Avery & Justin Robertson's Deadstock 33s - "Eric Zann Revisited" - (6:06) 117 BPM
Capablanca & T.Keeler - "Acido" - (13:03) 110 BPM
Baldelli - "Phobos" - (4:56) 124 BPM
Played by: Roe Deers
Review: According to those behind the label, Toy Tonics' Mushroom House compilation was inspired by "the new wave of weirdo house" that's inspired by "ethno, Afro and psychedelic music". The collection's 15 tracks include a swathe of new or previously unheard cuts from the likes of Auntie Flo, Daniel Avery & Justin Robertson, Daniel Haaksman, Hyenah and Drrrtyhaze. With such a strong line-up, it's no surprise that the music is uniformly excellent. Highlights include, but are not limited to, DJ Koze's superb Hudson River Dub of WhoMadeWho's eccentric "Keep Me In My Plane", the epic build-ups and trippy, dubbed-out riffs of Munk and Rebolledo's "Surf Smurf", and the psychedelic acid attack of Massimiliano Pagliara's remix of Barotti's "She Once Knew".
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TOYT 050
02 Sep 16
Deep House
Mushroom House EP2
Zhut & Kapote - "Afro Rico" - (7:13) 122 BPM
Munk - "Nigerian Jam" - (6:20) 119 BPM Hot
Hyenah - "Fire" (feat Kissey) - (6:40) 121 BPM
Auntie Flo - "Kampala Boda Boda Ride" (feat Samuel Nalangirla) - (4:51) 100 BPM
Review: The second volume in Toy Tonics' ongoing Mushroom House series gathers together more Afro-influenced dancefloor jams from an impressive selection of producers. Zut and Kapote kick things off with the bouncy house rhythms, chanted African vocals and heavy dub disco bass of "Afro Rico", before Gomma regular Munk pays tribute to Afrobeat on the excellent "Nigerian Jam". Elsewhere, Freerange and Objektivity regular Hyenah throws down a typically tactile chunk of atmospheric, Afro-tinged tech-house ("Fire"), and Glaswegian genre-bender Auntie Flo layers up indigenous instrumentation and hand-held percussion on the standout "Kampala Boda Boda Ride".
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TOYT 054
29 Aug 16
Deep House
Theory Of Flo
Su La (feat Anbuley) - (6:14) 120 BPM Hot
Cape Malay Prayer - (1:18) 113 BPM
So In Love (feat Shingai) - (4:09) 117 BPM
Dreamer - (3:44) 124 BPM
Waiting For A (feat Anbuley) - (4:28) 115 BPM
Dance Ritual I (feat Anbuley) - (1:56) 128 BPM
Dance Ritual II (feat Anbuley) - (6:19) 128 BPM
Hewal3 (feat Anbuley) - (1:57) 140 BPM
Mandla In Space (feat Anbuley) - (4:19) 114 BPM
For Mihaly - (8:00) 114 BPM
Played by: RSS Disco
Review: When discussing his new album, Auntie Flo producer Brian D'Souza has promised that it would be a far more expansive, complex and densely layered set than its' predecessor. With Theory Of Flo, he's made good on that promise. Produced with regular collaborator Esa, it features an impressive cast-list of vocalists and musicians from around the World, including Red Snapper drummer Rich Thair, Ghanaian singer Anbuley, Noisettes' Shingai Shoniwa, and a swathe of Cuban players recorded during a trip to the country last year. Musically, it's similarly rich and expansive, blending D'Souza's usual global influences - primarily from Africa and South America - with a smooth, attractive and melodious take on house music.
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H+P 025
06 Nov 15
Deep House
So In Love
So In Love (feat Shingai) - (7:21) 117 BPM Hot
Waiting For A (Woman) (feat Anbuley) - (4:27) 115 BPM
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H+P 020
25 Sep 15
Deep House
Gods Of War
Gods Of War (original mix) - (5:32) 115 BPM Hot
Gods Of War (Von Party's Peace Pipe dub) - (5:58) 115 BPM
Review: London's Auntie Flo has been pushing pseudo balearic Afro-electronica as of late, and along with the gigs he's been doing with the Highlife crew the producer has truly impressed us, both on the decks and in the studio. This time he lands on the young Multi Culti imprint for the label's 13th instalment, bringing with him a tasty new but backed by a remix. "Gods Of War" is a chuggy, far-out piece of tribal psychedelia filled with plenty of grizzly low-ends and boasting a distinct outernationalism in its groove. Von Party turns in his "Peace Pipe Dub" of the original, stripping back some of the jagged percussion and replacing it with a laid-back and hazed-out kind of air.
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MC 013
22 Jun 15
Funky/Club House
Highlife World Series: Cuba
Auntie Flo - "Die Bailando" (feat Eric Alejandro - original mix) - (13:01) 78 BPM
Esa - "Sabela De Cuba" (Afro Synth mix) - (5:45) 121 BPM Hot
Auntie Flo - "Mother Theresa" (original mix) - (5:56) 117 BPM
Esa - "Vitrales" (original mix) - (2:54) 74 BPM
Played by: Jad & The
Review: Early in 2014, Highlife regulars Auntie Flo and Esa traveled to Cuba to play at the country's biggest music festival. While there, they hooked up with a string of local vocalists and musicians to lay down the first installment of Highlife's World Series. Predictably, it's something of a triumph, with both artists gleefully joining the dots between Afro-influenced drum machine rhythms, traditional Cuban instrumentation and the kind of skewed synths that are such a feature of their work. Auntie Flo's effort is a 13-minute epic featuring the rambling vocals of Eric Eleindro and some snaking trumpet action. It's Esa who steals the show, though, with a dreamy, Balearic-minded cut that sounds like a contemporary update of Hugh Masekela's mid 1980s work.
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HGHLFWS 01
23 Mar 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
Autonomous Africa Volume 3
Midland - "Safi" - (5:44) 120 BPM Hot
General Ludd - "Burning Mack" - (6:18) 130 BPM
Auntie Flo - "Daabi" - (5:25) 119 BPM
JD Twitch - "Maya" - (4:58) 123 BPM
Review: JD Twitch's Autonomous Africa series is something of a rarity. Each annual EP, which features modern electronic music influenced by African rhythms, sounds and styles, is used to raise money for a different African charity. Proceeds from this third in the series are destined for Tanzania's Mtandika Mission, a charity run by Midland's parents. It seems fitting, then, that he kicks things off with "Safi", a heavyweight slice of future voodoo that expertly blends analogue electronics and bombastic African rhythms. General Ludd go deep, psychedelic and off-kilter with their brilliant "Burning Mack", while Auntie Flo delivers a stripped-back vocal cut with echoes of his recent material on Permanent Vacation. Finally, Twitch steps up to deliver "Maya", which sounds like LFO's "LFO" re-made by African musicians.
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AA 003
18 Aug 14
Deep House
Gasoline
Various
Auntie Flo - "Jas" - (5:05) 99 BPM
Christian S & Bryan Kessler - "Nebel Dance" - (5:46) 120 BPM Hot
Ana Helder - "Gasoline" - (4:36) 126 BPM
Vaskular - "Black Jesus" (feat Valesuchi) - (5:50) 120 BPM
DJs Pareja & Alejandro Paz - "Cogeme" - (5:24) 122 BPM
Zombies In Miami - "El Rito" - (7:20) 117 BPM
Rous - "A Bailar" (Carisma remix) - (5:54) 122 BPM
Voxels - "K-Hauz" - (4:29) 83 BPM
DJs Pareja - "Si Senor" - (5:12) 120 BPM
Review: Having recently dabbled in the artist album format, Comeme turn to matters of a compiled nature with this fine collection of tracks presented under the banner Gasoline. Fans of the label will be pleased to see that Ana Helder contributes the title track, whilst Argentinean selectors Djs Pareja appear twice with one track a collaboration with fellow Comeme mainstay Alejandro Paz. It's also great to see the label introduce a few new names, with the self-styled GlasGoan Auntie Flo a perfect fit for Comeme given his previous output for Huntleys & Palmers, Permanent Vacation, Mule and Kompakt Extra. The presence of Mexican duo Zombies In Miami, Portuguese 'Bachelor House' advocates Voxels and Chileans Vaskular and Valesuchi suggests Comeme's A&R skills for uncovering new talent remains as keen as ever.
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COMEME 026
11 Aug 14
Disco/Nu-Disco
Autonomous Africa Volume 2
Midland - "Checkbob" - (5:16) 123 BPM Hot
JD Twitch - "Olaiya" - (5:30) 122 BPM
Auntie Flo - "Water Of Life" - (7:07) 122 BPM
JD Twitch - "Juju" - (4:55) 122 BPM
Review: The excellent Autonomous Africa series returns for a second release sporting cuts from label founder JD Twitch and the like minded Auntie Flo and Midland. Launched last year, the series intends to highlight the problems that outside interference from other countries has on African countries and their people with all the proceeds from each EP donated to a different charity in Africa. The inaugural EP raised funds for Medecins Sans Frontieres operations in Africa, while this year's EP will raise funds for the Mtandika Mission in Tanzania. Midland offers some of his best work to date with the thumping, scratchy 4/4 of original production "Checkbob" which is matched by JD Twitch's "Olaiya" which adds a devilish sub bassline to the jittery JBs style funk of the uncredited source. Elsewhere, Auntie Flo is in more contemplative mood with "Water Of Life" whilst Twitch's second edit "Juju" is a percussive delight.
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AA 002
02 Sep 13
Deep House
Midnight Thunder EP
Conquering Animal Sound - "Treehouses" (iO Sounds remix) - (4:18) 120 BPM
Auntie Flo - "Sun Ritual" (Neil Landstrumm remix) - (4:59) 126 BPM
HRH - "Pinky Ring" (JD Twitch - Optimo remix) - (5:25) 111 BPM Hot
Leonidas & Hobbes - "Heavy Weather" (Nightwave remix) - (4:50) 140 BPM
Played by: IO Sounds
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HM 001
27 May 13
Techno
Speicher 72
Nick Happner - "Ipso Facto" - (7:48) 121 BPM
Auntie Flo - "Sun Ritual" - (7:32) 126 BPM Hot
Review: The 72nd installment of Speicher marks the first release by Ostgut boss and Panorama Bar resident Nick Hoppner for the Cologne operation. Thankfully, his contribution has been well worth the wait, and "Ipso Facto" is a heavy, pulsing groove, where spacey synths wash in and heavy claps provide the basis for a series of more subtle bursts of percussion. It's the kind of woozy but robust techno and house that characterise Hoppner's DJ sets. On the flip, Auntie Flo aka Glasgow producer Brian D'Souza drops "Sun Ritual", a loose tribal groove, underscored by seductive, oriental bells and chiming guitar riffs - a more laid back alternative to Hoppner's approach.
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KOMPAKT EX 72
12 Nov 12
Techno
Future Rhythm Machine
Haven't Got Any Body - (3:13) 115 BPM
La Samaria Feat. Mamacita (feat Mamacita) - (4:54) 123 BPM
Yllw Fllw - (2:40) 115 BPM
He Makes The People Come Together - (6:07) 116 BPM Hot
Can I Have Him - (1:34) 154 BPM
I Want To Blow Your Mind Feat. Esa Williams (feat Esa Williams) - (1:58) 75 BPM
Train - (6:40) 71 BPM
Futurismo - (5:55) 116 BPM
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HP005D
14 May 12
Deep House
Goan Highlife EP
Highlife - (6:09) 119 BPM Hot
Goa - (6:34) 121 BPM
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HP001 D
15 Apr 11
Deep House
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