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Dam Swindle
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Review: Heist Recordings' 'The Round Up' - an annual mini-album in which label artists remix each other - reaches its tenth volume. As usual, there's plenty to set the pulse racing throughout. Dam Swindle channel the spirit of Victor Simonelli's early '90s NYC house productions on a fine version of Cinthie's 'Won't You Take Me', Krewcial opts for a bouncy, piano-rich 'classic house' revision of Orlando Voorn's 'High', and DJ Sneak re-imagines Dam Swindle's 'Soul's Lament' as a rolling, string-stab laden slice of rolling Chicago chunkiness. Further highlights include Crackazat's loose-limbed, sun-soaked and synth solo-heavy revision of Krewcial's 'Owo', Cinthie turns DJ Sneak's 'Full Cycle' into an acid-and-filter heavy peak-time loop jam, and Orlando Voorn and Marina Trench join forces on a deep, drowsy and woozy rework of UC Beatz's 'Make Me Feel'.
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HEIST 080D
09 Feb 24
Deep House
09 Feb 24
Deep House
Various
Review: In 2003, amid a shifting landscape of closing record stores and evolving electronic music genres, Phonica Records emerged as a haven for dance and electronic music enthusiasts. Founded by Simon Rigg, Tom Relleen, and Heidi Van Den Amstel with backing from The Vinyl Factory - Phonica aimed to be a welcoming hub for all genres. Starting quietly, the shop gradually gained a strong reputation, fueled by the founders' ties to Koobla Records. Phonica thrived in its early years by championing emerging genres like electro house and minimal-micro house from labels like Kompakt and Perlon. In 2007, the Phonica record label was born, evolving into a platform for both staff and emerging talents, featuring early releases by now-established artists such as Peggy Gou and Four Tet. In 2023, celebrating its 20th anniversary, Phonica showcases its journey with 20 Years Of Phonica - a compilation boasting 18 exclusive tracks from established and rising artists across the label's diverse musical spectrum. Hot tips include tracks by Willow, Dorisburg, Ron Basejam, Roman Flugel and more!
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PHONICADD 002
01 Dec 23
Deep House
01 Dec 23
Deep House
Played by: RaOul (Swirl People), Girls Of The Internet, Native Transmissions, FINGERMAN, Disco Tech (DiscoDat), Juno Recommends Deep House, Dam Swindle, Iner
Review: Having spent much of 2023 marking the 10th birthday of their popular Heist Recordings imprint, Dam Swindle have not had much time to showcase new music. This three track EP of all-new material is therefore a very welcome development. Predictably, they're on the spot from the word go, wrapping filtered string sounds, hazy horn samples and sustained organ chords around a warming disco bassline and layered disco-house beats on 'That's Right'. Title track 'Minor Fools' follows, offering a blend of sweat-soaked deep house beats, rubbery synth-bass and sun-soaked chords, before the popular Dutch duo round off another strong EP via the tactile and huggable, disco-sampling sweeps of 'Soul's Lament'. It's arguably the EP's most impactful moment - and that's saying something.
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HEIST 077D
20 Oct 23
Deep House
20 Oct 23
Deep House
Various
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
25 Aug 23
Deep House
Various
Review: As part of Heist Recordings' ongoing 10th birthday celebrations, label founders Dam Swindle have decided to showcase some of the 'Hidden Gems' lurking in the imprint's back catalogue. It's a smart move, because there's plenty of high-grade dancefloor heat to be found across the 15 under-celebrated tracks on show. For proof, check the squelchy synth-bass, rushing piano riffs and classic house vibes of Fouk's 'Truffles', the gorgeous sci-fi techno melodiousness of Lord of the Samurai's 'Space Designer', the sun-splashed, jazz-flecked excellence of Crackazat's 'We Know', the low-slung, drum machine driven headiness of Adesse Versions' 'Push It Along' and the drowsy, soul-flecked late-night deepness pf Marina Trench and Sabrina Bellaouel's 'Wake Up'.
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HEIST 074
11 Aug 23
Deep House
11 Aug 23
Deep House
Various
Review: Now Dam Swindle's Heist Recordings imprint is a decade old, the Dutch duo is starting to get nostalgic. We can expect a few 'Heist Classics' EPs in the months and years ahead as they raid the label's vaults for inspiration. There's much to savour on volume one, which fittingly begins with one of the pair's best-loved tunes - the now 10-year-old dusty deep house gem that is 'The Breakup'. Elsewhere, there's a chance to savour the peak-time-ready classic house rush of Detroit crew Scan 7's 'The Best Is Yet To Come', a slab of hazy sample-house hedonism from Fouk (the jazz-flecked deep house bounce of 'Kill Frenzy'), a subtly disco-fired workout from Demuir ('Werq. Feel. Gruv. Vogue'), and a lesser-known slab of deep piano-house loveliness from Adriyano ('Me And You And Her').
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HEIST 070
21 Apr 23
Deep House
21 Apr 23
Deep House
Various
Played by: Darren Clark, Juno Recommends Deep House, Fred Everything, G-Blaster (Memorie Cluster), Dj Steaw, Matt Brown (SanchoPanza)
Review: The release of the latest volume of 'The Round Up' - an EP in which Heist Recordings contributors remix each other - has become an annual institution. 2023's edition - the ninth in the series to date - is naturally an impressive, all-action affair. Label bosses Dam Swindle kick things off by turning Crackazat's inherently jazzy 'Demucha' into a glossy, funk-fuelled disco-house roller, before Byron The Aquarius adds a gently glassy-eyed, dreamy tinged to that duo's 'Good Woman'. Crazkazat joins the dots between string-laden disco-house and classy US style deep house on his take on Orlando Voorn's 'Be With You', while Voorn delivers a breathless, electro-goes-techno-funk tweak on Makez's 'La Grand Folie'. Elsewhere, Nebraska shuffles his way through an attractive, soul-flecked revision of Nebraska, and Makez delivers a fizzing, hands-aloft techno rework of Nebraska.
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HEIST 067
03 Feb 23
Deep House
03 Feb 23
Deep House
Played by: Juno Recommends Deep House
Review: Dam Swindle's Keep On Swindling series, which marks their tenth birthday, offers an enticing mix of remastered back catalogue favourites, obscurities, brand-new cuts and fresh remixes of classic tracks. This expansive second volume in the series is full-to-bursting with club-ready treats. Check first the gospel-influenced, handclap-heavy peak-time house stomp of 'Good Woman', before turning your attention to 'Call of the Wild', an often-overlooked collaboration with LA Afrobeat orchestra Jungle By Night that cannily combines the best of both artists' trademark sounds. Other highlights across the EP include the Dutch duo's percussion-rich tropical house takes on Gaoule Mizik's 'A La Tikni', Arp Frique's Afro-cosmic take on 'Yes, No, Maybe', and Lauryn Ash's tidy deep house flip of Lorenz Rhode hook-up 'High Life'.
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HEIST064D
23 Sep 22
Deep House
23 Sep 22
Deep House
Played by: Vaudafunk
Review: 2022 marks a decade since the birth of Dam Swindle (or as they were called back then, Detroit Swindle), so to celebrate the Dutch duo has decided to deliver a trilogy of EPs featuring a mix of remastered and remixed productions and previously unheard tracks. There's plenty to set the pulse racing on part one of three, from the pleasingly warming, loose and sun-kissed deep house vibes of brand-new opener 'Body Control', to the pair's own soul and R&B-flecked 2022 house mix of their vintage Mayer Hawthorne collaboration, '64 Ways'. Elsewhere, jazz starlet Emma Jean Thackray delivers an incredible, dancefloor-focused soul-jazz take on early DS single 'The Break Up', while 'All I Want' is a driving, tooled-up, riff-sporting 21st century take on mid-80s NYC proto-house with a 21st century twist.
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HEIST 061D
10 Jun 22
Deep House
10 Jun 22
Deep House
Simon Dunmore / Seamus Haj / Various
Various - "Glitterbox - Where Love Lives Mix 1" (continuous DJ mix By Seamus Haji) - (1:19:06) 115 BPM
Various - "Glitterbox - Where Love Lives Mix 2" (continuous DJ mix By Simon Dunmore) - (1:17:19) 123 BPM
Various - "Glitterbox - Where Love Lives Mix 3" (continuous DJ mix By Simon Dunmore) - (1:15:28) 124 BPM
Horse Meat Disco & Kathy Sledge - "Falling Deep In Love" (Joey Negro 12" Disco Blend) - (7:04) 120 BPM
The Vision - "Mountains" (feat Andreya Triana - Joey Negro live And Direct extended mix) - (7:44) 123 BPM
The Shapeshifters - "Finally Ready" (feat Billy Porter - Dimitri From Paris TSOP The Sound Of Paris remix Pts I & II) - (9:14) 122 BPM
Junior Jack & Glory - "Hold Me Up" (feat Jocelyn Brown - Riva Starr Tangerine Funk extended vocal mix) - (6:30) 126 BPM
Mike Dunn - "Strut Cho Phunky Stuff (Sho' Nuff)" (Mike Dunn extended Black Glitter MixX) - (6:13) 124 BPM
DJ Romain & Danny Krivit - "Philly Groove" (feat Linda Clifford - Joey Negro's Philly Jump extended mix) - (7:04) 128 BPM
Ralphi Rosario & Linda Clifford - "Wanna Give It Up (Dr Packer's L?go's Dub Accapella)" (Dr Packer's Lugo's dub accapella) - (5:22) 119 BPM
Gershon Jackson & Reset Preset - "Hands Together" (House Of Omni Hands Together extended club mix) - (6:36) 126 BPM
Horse Meat Disco - "Let's Go Dancing" (feat Amy Douglas - Dimitri From Paris remix) - (6:54) 115 BPM
Kings Of Tomorrow - "Let Me Tell You Something" (Sandy Rivera & C. Castel's acapella) - (5:33) 124 BPM
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826194 506797
16 Apr 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
16 Apr 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Late last year, Dutch duo Lars Dale and Maarten Smeets decided the time was right to ditch their Detroit Swindle moniker - chosen originally in tribute to Motor City dance music, but one that left them open to accusations of cultural appropriation - in favour of Dam Swindle. This three-tracker for Aus marks their first outing under the new alias and begins with one of their warmest and most ear-catching cuts to date: the Nikki O-voiced vocal deep house number 'Breathe', which boasts some brilliant live bass, twinkling Rhodes flourishes and atmospheric synth-strings. Title track 'Spice Run' is arguably even better thanks to bouncy, Afro-house style percussion, carnival-ready electric piano riffs and synthesized steel pan, while 'Get Together' is a drowsy and deep disco-house number laden with live instrumentation.
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AUS 163D
12 Mar 21
Deep House
12 Mar 21
Deep House
Various
Played by: Kraak & Smaak, The Revenge, PBR Streetgang, Marcel Vogel, Dirt Crew, Juno Recommends Deep House, 25 Places, Nachtbraker, Fouk
Review: As its' rather matter-or-fact title makes clear, this 15-track opus gathers together some of the finest remixes released on Dirt Crew Recordings to date. It's well worth a listen, featuring as it does an attractive mix of loopy, bass-heavy hedonism (Nachtbraker reworking The Revenge), sumptuous NYC deep house warmth (the legendary Kerri Chandler adding a chunky new spin to Dam Swindle's Mayer Hawthorne hook-up), analogue-rich hypnotism (Mark E re-imagining Chymera), rushing brilliance (Strip Steve flipping Lorenz Rhode), jazz-house-goes-hip-house (Fouk re-framing A Bunch of Guys) and much more besides. We're particularly fond of the remixes by Morning Factory, Art of Tones and Jesse Futerman, though the quality and variety is so good throughout that picking out highlights is genuinely difficult.
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DIRTRMXS
05 Feb 21
Deep House
05 Feb 21
Deep House
Various
The Vision - "Heaven" (feat Andreya Triana - Mousse T's Disco Shizzle extended remix) - (7:05) 120 BPM
Todd Terry - "Something Going On" (feat Jocelyn Brown/Martha Wash & Roland Clark - K & K remix) - (7:44) 125 BPM
Played by: Ferreck Dawn
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826194 488642
06 Dec 19
Funky/Club House
06 Dec 19
Funky/Club House
Review: Given their fine track record and high profile nature, it's perhaps surprising that "Rhythm Girl Swing EP" marks Detroit Swindle's first appearance on Aus Music. Label boss man Will Saul has once again proven his A&R credentials by picking three suitably strong cuts from the experienced Dutch duo. They begin in fine fashion with "Wado Baya", a rubbery chunk of hot-stepping Afro-house where bleeping electronic melodies and glassy-eyed chords rise above a snappy-but-bouncy groove. "Rhythm Girl Swing" sounds like a slipped and slightly skewed take on hypnotic mid-90s house - all trippy riffs and slowly rising filtered motifs - while "Vibrations" sees them join the dots between warm and woozy early '90s deep house and organ-rich New Jersey flavours.
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AUS 143D
21 Jun 19
Deep House
21 Jun 19
Deep House
Various
Played by: DJ Mau Mau
Review: Heist Recordings brings down the curtain on another successful year with their now traditional Roundup release, an expansive EP featuring "family remixes" of material released over the previous 12 months. As usual, there's much to enjoy, from the cheery, disco-tinged goodtime bump of Detroit Swindle's rework of Obas Nenoor's "Wakee", to Frits Wentink's jazzy, lo-fi, swinging deep house remake of Detroit Swindle's "Future Imperfect". Other highlights include a skuzzy, acid-fired interpretation of Nebraska's "It Won't Be Long" by Nachtbraker, and Nebraska's sunny, jammed-out fix-up of Frits Wentink's "Rising Sun, Falling Coconut". Best of all, though, is Ouer's remix of Nachtbraker's "Pollo Con Pollo", which boasts twinkling electric piano solos riding a thrusting analogue bassline and breezy disco guitars.
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HEIST 022
05 Dec 16
Deep House
05 Dec 16
Deep House
Various
Played by: Kraak & Smaak, Sam Redmore, Alkalino, Juno Recommends Deep House, Djs: Most Charted - Deep House, Askell (BORG LTD), Young Pulse, 80's Child, Huerta, Nachtbraker, Mike Woods, Downunder Disco, Ant LaRock
Review: Congratulations to Germany's Dirt Crew Recordings, which marks a century of releases with a celebratory volume of the popular Deep Love compilation series. As befits the momentous occasion, the 11 tracks on offer are all exclusive and previously unreleased. Predictably, there's plenty to enjoy, from the dusty, crackly deep house warmth of Felix Leifur's "Feels Like", and classic U.S garage swing of Ponty Mython's "New York, New York", to the sweet, jazz-flecked haziness of Harry Wolfman's "Rainbow Set", and Huerta's dreamy, glassy-eyed Balearic deep house cut, "Blvrd". Throw in fine contributions from big hitters Detroit Swindle, Nachtbraker and The Revenge, and you have an undeniably essential collection.
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DIRT 100
12 Sep 16
Deep House
12 Sep 16
Deep House
Review: Detroit Swindle's debut album, Boxed Out, confirmed Lars Dales and Maarten Smeets' position as one of the most talented deep house duos of recent years. Here, they take a back seat, as tracks from that album are handed over to a quartet of remixers. Perhaps the most ear-catching rub is MRSK's DJ Sneak style loop funk rub of "He's Just The Guy, You Know?", a whirlwind of tough, bumpin' drums and "Red Alert"-esque slap bass. There's plenty to enjoy elsewhere, too, from the warm chords and chunky grooves of Cuthead's take on "Me, Myself & You", to the soulful fluidity of Jimpster's immersive remix of "B.Y.O".
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DIRT 083
27 Oct 14
Deep House
27 Oct 14
Deep House
Played by: George Kelly, Ranacat, Thatmanmonkz (Shadeleaf Music), Sean McCabe, B.Jinx, Juno Recommends Deep House, Brett Johnson, DJ P-SOL, Tocacabana, 80's Child, Michel De Hey, Kenny Dope
Review: Detroit Swindle have been showing distinct signs of musical development in recent times, filling their debut album Boxed Out with sensual but floor-friendly deep house shot through with classic American influences. 64 Ways, featuring the delicious vocals of Stones Throw-affiliated blue-eyed soul boy Mayer Hawthorne, is a perfect example. Here, the slinky original is joined by a slew of new remixes. The undoubted highlight is Kerri Chandler's vocal take, which ekes even more soul out of Hawthorne's vocal before charging off on a tough, chunky percussive tip. Elsewhere, the Amsterdam duo delivers a tasty piano-heavy late night Dub, before fellow Dutch producers Kraak & Smaak weigh in with a stab-happy retro-futurist late '80s Belgian house take.
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DIRT 079
16 Jun 14
Deep House
16 Jun 14
Deep House
Played by: Paul Mac, Kraak & Smaak, Mike O'Mara, ERIC POWA B, Juno Recommends Deep House, Tom (Shur-I-Kan) Szirtes, Shota Tanaka (Beaten Space Probe), Rundom Uolk, Weedyman, PBR STREETGANG, Djs: Most Charted - Deep House, DJ P-SOL, Resident Advisor, CHEZZ, Huerta, Artileqt, Black Loops
Review: Dutch duo Detroit Swindle are set to release their hotly-anticipated debut album, Boxed Out, on Dirt Crew this March. This EP gives a taste of what's to come, offering three album tracks and a booming Laszlo Dancehall rework of the title track (think '90s Sound Factory-era NYC tribal stomp). There's naturally plenty to enjoy, from the retro-futurist garage keys and bumpin' grooves of "The Fat Rat", and the midtempo Balearic house sweetness of "Monkey Wrench" (think warm keys and swooshing electronics), to the hands-in-the-air, vests-off throb of "Huh, What!", the EP's most rush-inducing moment.
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DIRT 076
27 Jan 14
Deep House
27 Jan 14
Deep House
