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Dirtybird casuals Catz n Dogz spring up on the aptly named Pets Recordings with three new house grinders in their familiarly playful tone. "From Your Heart", for instance, is a slow burner packed with plenty of FX trickery and a gorgeous soundscape of hypnotising vocals. The rest of the EP is similarly deep and mesmerising, scrapping their previous floor-centred house escapades for a richer, more textural sound that will do just as well on a pair of headphones as they will in a warm up DJ set. Top stuff!
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The unstoppable and utterly inimitable Catz N Dogz are back on their own Pets Recordings! "Killing With Kindnes" features the vocal talents of Phat Kat above the duo's sleek and minimal tech-house swing, while "Keep On" invites the legendary Green Velvet to spit some utter truth amid hypnotic melodies and a dusty groove. There's also "I Can Do Anything", an R&B flavoured funky house bomb and a club mix of "Killing With Kindness". Woof!
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Grzegorz and Wojciech are back - has it really been ten years now that these guys have been plying their craft? Some would consider them legends now. The Polish via Berlin duo are back with a couple of sleek tech house cuts for their always reliable Pets Recordings imprint. "Opsi Bubsi"has just the right amount of bump and bounce to warm up crowds during the pre-peak time slot. Otherwise "Elixir" gets deep and atmospheric on that Crosstown Rebels esoteric vibe with layers of hypnotising pads doing most of the work over a low slung groove.
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The list of remixers involved in this reworked version of Catz 'N' Dogz 2015 album Basic Colour Theory makes interesting reading. While the Polish duo has called on some big-name pals - Claude VonStroke, Fred Everything and Jamie Jones, for starters - they've also recruited some more left-of-centre talents, including Psychmagik and Polish contemporaries P'taki. The variety and depth of talent shines through from the start, with Fulton's synth-boogie interpretation of "Good Touch" making way for a lusciously deep and electronic mix of "Nobody Cares" by Karizma. Elsewhere, highlights include a rubbery tech-house take on "The Joy" from Anja Schneider, some sweaty, late night business from Eats Everything and Skudge, and Matthew Herbert's thrillingly wonky, Isolee style revision of "Good Touch".
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Polish heavyweights Catz 'N' Dogz has had a quiet year by their usually prolific standards. It would be fair to say, though, that these two cuts have been worth waiting for. "It's Happening" is a warm, rich and groovy affair, with fluttering deep house notes playing second fiddle to a booming disco bassline, flanged vocal samples and huggable drums. "Our Crazy" feels dirtier and a little more intense, with restless arpeggio lines and nagging electronic percussion combining perfectly with the duo's deliciously dense, tribal-influenced drums and chiming, marimba style lead lines. It's the kind of track you whack on to raise the temperature on the dancefloor when things are flagging, and every DJ needs a few of those in the crates.
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As the matter-or-fact title suggests, this EP delivers fresh remixes of cuts from Catz 'N' Dogz bulging back catalogue. First to give the Polish outfit a thorough going over is Roman Flugel, who turns "Don't" into a melancholic mid-tempo dub-house shuffler rich in blissful electric piano chords, ricocheting echo effects and drifting vocal samples. Next, DJ Steaw delivers a fine deep house rub of "It's Happening" that fixes warm and dreamy elements to a typically bustling dancefloor groove, before Pional steals the show with a sparkling version of "Rave History" that sounds like late '80s/early '90s Pet Shop Boys after a four-day club session. Finally, LAWLER channels the essence of Danny Tenaglia for a big room-ready rework of "Keep On".
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Current kings of deep house (by its modern definition), Polish duo Catz N Dogz are back with a new single aimed at the more commercial end of the dance spectrum on their Pets Recordings label. From the get go, "Get It Right" is a catchy sing/clap-a-long bouncy jam with quirky rootin' tootin' trumpet lines to boot. There's also an extended version for the DJs, whilst Dirtybird founder Claude Von Stroke rounds out the release with a streamlined thumper of a remix that will please those looking for something a bit tougher.
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Watergate 22 is Catz'N'Dogz second official mix CD. It shows that the Polish pair have outgrown their minimal roots and have delivered a wide ranging, house selection. There's the deeper than deep late 90s "Let It Rain" by City People, while Chicago is represented by the veteran K-Alexi - on the wailing diva vocals of "You Get Down" - and later on with Da Posse. While there are echoes of minimal thanks to appearances from the likes of Krikor, the mix jumps quickly and breathlessly through styles that also includes Credit OO's tough jacking sound and the dense tribal house of Mr G's "Absurd Beatz 4".
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Like their first official mix CD for Get Physical back in 2012, Catz 'N Dogz latest mix on Watergate - Watergate 22- sees the pair drop classic house music from DJ Garth, Mystic Bill and Todd Terry. But as this second sampler shows, it also sees them deliver their own interpretation of these sounds. "Blakkat", their collaboration with Yotam Avni, is a killer chord-heavy serving of 90s tech house, while on "Afterglow", the Polish duo delivers a tough tribal workout. The mood changes on "To Ma People", their collaboration with Reno Wurzbacher, where deep Detroit chords are mixed with a soulful vocal to create a truly memorable deep house sound.,
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Pets Recordings' Friends of Pets series, in which bosses Catz 'N' Dogz showcase tracks from fellow Polish producers, has reached its third volume. As usual, it's a hazy, melodious, warming and deliciously off-kilter affair. SLG sets the tone with a little help from remixer Kornel Kovacs, whose version of "Varsovia Marimba" joins the dots between loopy, late night deep house and humid, tropical haziness. Sometime Rhythm Section International artist Newborn Jr impresses via the driving dancefloor creepiness of "The Flashback", before Catz 'N' Dogz pepper a typically bouncy, low-slung groove with sharp, rave-era stabs and drowsy horn samples on EP highlight "Szczecin". Finally, Jacek Sienkiewicz draws a fine release to a close via the deep, disco-tinged techno bump of "Case Filter".
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Steve Lawler's respected VIVa Music celebrates a decade in the business and what better to celebrate than with a various artists' compilation; the second part in fact. Starting out with head honcho Lawler's funky disco house jam "Show The Way" this one is definitely super fly, if you catch our drift! Polish duo Catz N Dogz stay on the funky and filtered disco house tip with "Ali". What is this, a late nineties tribute? 'Cause we're loving it all the same! Canadian hardware maverick and all round genius Mathew Jonson breaks the mould, providing the typically minimal and hypnotic groove of "1234567" while speaking of minimal; nobody does it quite like the Romanians. Their nation's finest, Livio & Roby, turn in the rolling and downright stomping "9 De Ville".
