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Eli Escobar
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Art Of Tones / Various
Da Lata - "This Is Not Your Job" (feat Diabel Cissokho & Art Of Tones Afrobeat remix) - (6:26) 120 BPM
Reel People - "Don't Stop The Music" (feat Angie Stone & Art Of Tones Modern Disco mix) - (5:27) 114 BPM 
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FNDC 005
24 Apr 20
Deep House
24 Apr 20
Deep House
Review: Will Buck welcomes Eli Escobar to Off Track Recordings. Happily, the Brooklyn-based producer has brought with him his strongest full-length excursion since 2017's 'Shout' on Claassic. Unlike some of his more recent full-length excursions, which were (admittedly expertly executed) tributes to specific styles, 'The Beach Album' takes warmth and sun-splashed sonic colour as its unifying theme. You'll find fine club workouts aplenty - see the gorgeous, synth-heavy deep house shuffle of 'Daywun', the throbbing, Moroder-influenced electro-disco sleaze of 'C@n U F33l It', the mid-tempo dancefloor dreaminess of 'In My Bones' and the squelchy nu-disco of 'Down All Day' - alongside mix-tape style interludes, tactile downtempo jams and DJ Cam-esque trip-hop head-nodders.
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OFF 007
15 Sep 23
Deep House
15 Sep 23
Deep House
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OFF 007S3
01 Sep 23
Deep House
01 Sep 23
Deep House
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OFF 007S2
25 Aug 23
Minimal/Tech House
25 Aug 23
Minimal/Tech House
Review: While Eli Escobar is a master at mixing up his output, his strongest releases tend to be those aimed fairly and squarely at peak-time dancefloors. He's on that tip here, first drawing inspiration from jacking Chicago house, old Dance Mania ghetto-house releases and far-sighted electro on 'Phreek' (where Amanda Blank's lead vocal catches the ear), before opting for a sweat-soaked warehouse party flex on early morning treat 'Touch, Want, Feel'. We're then treated to two takes on Steven Klavier hook-up 'Deep Down Inside': the dreamy, tactile and soulful nu-disco-meets-Balearic house flex of the full vocal original mix, and the synth sax-sporting Dub Mix. 'Body Free', a bleep-sporting NYC techno throb-job, completes a fine EP.
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NP 120
16 Jun 23
Deep House
16 Jun 23
Deep House
Played by: ROMANTO (YSR / DISCO MACHINE), Juno Recommends Deep House, Juno Recommends Techno, Juno Recommends Electro, Iner, Fiorious
Review: Over the last couple of years, Eli Escobar has released all manner of musical treats, from instrumental hip-hop beat tapes to albums full of analogue rich, melody-driven synth jams. As fine as these surprise excursions were, it's his fully dancefloor-focused material that really gets the pulse racing. 'Still Searchin', his first EP of 2023, is full of proper peak-time material, from the jacking and deep dancefloor electro-funk of 'Do It Now' - crunchy and squelchy in equal measure - and the breathless, punk-funk-goes-deep house hustle of 'Slinky', to the classic NYC deep house flex of 'I Miss Someone' and the jacking-but-ghostly peak-time wonkiness of 'Grab N Go'.
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NP 119
20 Jan 23
Electro
20 Jan 23
Electro
Review: Eli Escobar puts his own twist on house and disco. The New York-based DJ/producer has been active within his city's scene for the last two decades, as one third of the Tiki Disco parties, as well as running his own label Night People - which serves up his latest effort entitled Once I Was Young. It's a full-length affair, featuring a wide variety of moods and grooves across 11 great tracks. Whether it's the the neon-lit Italo dream of opener "Miami", the balearic sunset ambience of "Dazzle", the proto electro beats of "Green Eyes" or the underground techno sound of "Seq 24" - Escobar takes the best of golden era sounds to create club anthems for today.
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NP 118
16 Sep 22
Experimental/Electronic
16 Sep 22
Experimental/Electronic
Review: Eli Escobar's previous release was a dusty mixtape full of J Dilla-inspired hip-hop head-nodders, so it's nice to see him return to the dancefloor via a first EP for Phonica. Opener 'FindAWay2Day' is sunny and life-affirming, with the NYC producer adding smile-inducing chords, loved-up pads, sampled vocal snippets, disco guitar licks and eyes-closed sax sounds to a solid bass of shuffling house drums and boogie bass. 'Something Inside of Me is a tech-tinged chunk of hazy late-night deep house hypnotism, while 'Down All Day' is a rushing, ultra-bright chunk of piano-house retro-futurism and 'Daywun' is a contemporary deep house take on hip-house. Luscious stuff all told.
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PHONICA 031
25 Mar 22
Deep House
25 Mar 22
Deep House
Played by: Romanto (YSR / DISCO MACHINE), Juno Recommends Broken Beat Nu Jazz, Juno Recommends Experimental
Review: Despite being called 3, this isn't Eli Escobar's third album, but rather his sixth. There's a definite 'no nonsense' feel to proceedings, with the popular and talented NYC producer choosing not to bother naming tracks (instead, they're simply numbered). What's on offer is of course quietly impressive, but very different to the dancefloor-igniting blends of house and disco we're used to hearing from Escobar. Instead, he's explored his love of hip-hop, dropping a mixtape style set of mostly short, instrumental hip-hop beats rich in hazy basslines, head-nodding beats, finely picked, chopped and arranged samples, and instrumental flourishes that variously doff a cap to soul, jazz-funk and deep disco. Blunted beats for fans of Guru, J Dilla and other greats of stoned instrumental hip-hop.
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NP 116
04 Mar 22
Experimental/Electronic
04 Mar 22
Experimental/Electronic
Played by: Titeknots, Kraak & Smaak, FINGERMAN, Juno Recommends Deep House, Fred Everything, D-Funk, VIGI, D.S.D., Holmes Ives
Review: No single-track salvo from Eli Escobar this time round, but rather a two-track missive packed to the rafters with peak-time potential. Leading the charge is 'Just Work', a stomping but hypnotic affair in which sampled handclaps and blues vocal snippets work (sorry) together with looped stabs, cymbal-heavy machine drums and twinkling piano solos to create a heady late-night mood. 'Typical Sax Song' is a touch more laid-back but still energetic enough to get people going on the dancefloor, with Escobar adding woozy synths and hazy sax solos to a loose-limbed house beat and rubbery, delay-laden electronic bassline.
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NP 115
05 Nov 21
Deep House
05 Nov 21
Deep House
Played by: Juno Recommends Downtempo
Review: Breaking through in 2017 thanks to a stream of records and long players for Derrick Carter and Luke Solomon's Classic label, the New York Eli Escobar artist scratches up his first release of 2021 with a follow up LP to last year's Last Summer album. Lullabies For A Sleeping City, then, brings with it a radiophonic, sample heavy and funk fusion influence of lo-fi field recordings, dusty hip hop drums, woozy synth lines, rhodes and pads to slow mo grooves and broken beat drums that strapped and packaged with the vibe of a balmy night's setting sun. Don't sleep.
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NP 113
26 Mar 21
Balearic/Downtempo
26 Mar 21
Balearic/Downtempo
Review: Eli Escobar has always tended towards the prolific, but during the ongoing global pandemic he seems to have upped his work rate even further. In the last four months alone he's released a full-length excursion, There Are Ghosts Everywhere in New York City, a mini-album, Night Class, and now this two-track single. Interestingly, he's on a more atmospheric, tactile and downtempo tip this time round, with opener 'LuvISalright' wrapping eyes-closed '80s soul vocal samples, dreamy chords and twinkling lead lines around a gentle, hip-hop tempo groove. It's utterly delicious and hugely attractive. 'LifeGoesOn', which is the kind of glassy-eyed chunk of huggable dreaminess that should be sound-tracking long, languid sunrise, is similarly deep, loopy and sumptuous.
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NP 113S1
12 Mar 21
Balearic/Downtempo
12 Mar 21
Balearic/Downtempo
Review: Last autumn, Eli Escobar delivered a swathe of rather good single-track salvos. It's these that have been gathered together on Night Class, a five-track mini-album that showcases the increasing musical diversity of his dancefloor-focused sound. That much is proved by the first two tracks, where the bold, beautiful, vintage-sounding synths and throbbing bottom-end of 'Blue Magic' is followed by the glassy-eyed, nu disco-tinged piano house bliss of 'Give Love'. Escobar's increasing use of late 1970s and early '80s synth sounds continues on 'Night Class', while 'This Is Not Going To Be An Ambient Track' sits somewhere between revivalist Chicago jack and slow-burn deep house warmth. As for closing cut 'What You Said', it's pleasingly crunchy, foreboding and sweaty.
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NP 111
08 Feb 21
Deep House
08 Feb 21
Deep House
Review: US house cronie Eli Escobar keeps the musical coffers full of tunes over at Night People NYC with some quickfire freshness. Still hot from his Last Summer LP, this New York city proud release is peppered with soundbites from the big apple, be they interviews from the studio or sound bites from the street which are weaved between sensual electro-soul numbers like "Treatemright" or the '80s inspired neo-R&B of "Dreams". There's poetry and gospel to be found in "GetThruit" next to some dusty instrumental hip hop vibes in "Zombieland" or the crackled out, melancholic urbana beats of "Crimepayz". Find a splash of ambient house in "Streetwalker" and "Problemchild" with good time vibes and atmospheres in "Kids" to some old school hip house sentiments and breakbeats in "Beatz2tharime". A record inspired by jazz, new york city, and its people.
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NP 112
18 Dec 20
Balearic/Downtempo
18 Dec 20
Balearic/Downtempo
Review: Manhattan veteran Eli Escobar can usually be relied upon to deliver the goods, so we were naturally not that surprised to find that his latest single once again hits the spot. Lead cut "Body Muzik" sees him pay tribute to the electronic body music era of the 1980s, New York style. That means a thrusting, mind-altering mixture of Nitzer Ebb style bass, sweaty beats, spiralling electronic noises and short stabs that sound like they were inspired by NYC freestyle. "Tonight (Club Mix)" takes a different approach, with Escobar mixing up jazzy breaks, stomping house beats, jacking drum machine fills, restless New Jersey organ riffs, crystalline chords and savagely cut-up old school vocal samples. It's as ear-pleasing as it is effective.
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NP 110
24 Apr 20
Deep House
24 Apr 20
Deep House
Review: Keeping it simple is the name of the game on this latest from New York house wunderkind Escobar. It's a single-track affair, for starters - so none of those pesky remixes to worry about - while the track itself is a looping affair centred around a female "the rhythm, addicted to the rhythm" vocal that plays almost constantly, underpinned by a nagging synth riff that nods to classic-style Detroit techno. Various other vocal snips and ever-shifting drum patterns help to maintain the interest, but this is nevertheless an eyes-down, locked-in-the-groove kinda cut built to keep warmed-up floors moving through those peaktime hours.
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NP 109S 1
08 Nov 19
Deep House
08 Nov 19
Deep House
Played by: Dj XS (FVUK), The Allergies, Kraak & Smaak, C. Da Afro, Mirror People, YAM WHO?, Juno Recommends Disco, Ash Reynolds, Tonbe, Rayko, Sophie Lloyd, BRENDON P, 80's Child, Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze), Sould Out, Ruff Diamond
Review: Much has changed for Eli Escobar in the three years that have passed since this edits EP first appeared on wax. In that time, he's released umpteen albums of original music and found himself an in-demand DJ and remixer. Naturally, the four edits showcased on this Razor 'N' Tape outing have undoubtedly stood the test of time. Check first killer opener "Bullfight of Love", a percussive and occasionally foreboding revision of a Chaz Jankel classic jam rich in elastic slap-bass, punchy horns and eyes-closed guitar solos, before turning your attention to the bongo breaks, dub effects and heavy disco-funk bottom end of "Everybody". Elsewhere, "The Music" is a Clavinet-sporting disco-funk bounce-along and "Seven Eleven" is a breezier chunk of glassy-eyed disco sleaze.
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RNTD 043
04 Mar 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
04 Mar 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Jimpster, Kraak & Smaak, FINGERMAN, YAM WHO?, Don Dayglow, Woodhead, Alkalino, Juno Recommends Disco, Tonbe, Alan Dixon, Askell (BORG LTD), BRENDON P, LEGO EDIT, Le Visiteur Online
Review: While Eli Escobar's recent album, Shout, was undeniably superb, there's little doubt in our eyes that "City Song" and "City Song Part 2: Love & Happiness" were amongst the standouts. Here, both tracks are given the remix treatment. Munich twosome COEO handles "City Song", transforming the dubbed-out, disco-influenced deep house original version into a sparkling, piano-heavy chunk of classic, late '90s New York house complete with fluttering vocal samples and oceans-deep chords. The more organic and disco-fired "City Song Part 2" is re-imagined in contrasting ways by Escobar and Ron Basejam. While the latter's Crazy P-plus-acid lines version is fine (the funk-fuelled synths are particularly ear-catching), we're slightly preferring the sweaty, restless disco thump of Escobar's own rework.
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826194 396299
02 Mar 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
02 Mar 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: It would be fair to say that Eli Escobar's second album, Shout, is not a carefree affair. Inspired by his growing anger at American politics, it's a much more poignant and melancholic affair than his party-hearty debut album. As such, the 15-track set is arguably his strongest collection to date, with cuts such as "Nightmare Rag", the gospel influenced disco deep house cry for freedom "The People", twisted and intense "ANGR", blissfully slick and tactile "City Song" and superb "Going On?" - a kind of sorrowful deep house update of Marvin Gaye's most heartfelt work - proving that Escobar is a far more thoughtful and musically savvy producer than many incorrectly believed. There are plenty of groovy and quietly positive moments, too, fuelled by Escobar's belief that love may be the answer to America's mounting problems.
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826194 380298
19 Jan 18
Deep House
19 Jan 18
Deep House
Review: Eli Escobar is turning into a one-man anthem machine. Since joining the Classic Music ranks a couple of years back, the New York producer has been responsible for a string of insatiable dancefloor hits. Predictably, "Handz Up" is another belter: a jaunty, piano-laden roller that smartly builds in intensity throughout. Escobar achieves this primarily through the layering and manipulation of impassioned gospel style vocal samples, bold piano riffs and occasional Church organ, though the stomping, handclap-heavy beat also plays a significant part. Chicagoan scalpel fiend Cratebug - better known for his killer re-edits - provides the obligatory remix, re-imagining the track as a sleazy chunk of head-cracking, mind-altering acid house/gospel house fusion. It's a filthy remix, all told, and offers a druggy alternative to Escobar's cheery original version.
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826194 377694
08 Sep 17
Deep House
08 Sep 17
Deep House
Review: Eli Escobar is a staple of New York's electronic music scene and on his latest release, demonstrates why he is held in such high regard. That said, the title track shows that he is also expert in house music from Chicago. It starts with a stripped back drum pattern, followed by a reptitive vocal, hissings hats, insistent acid and doubled up claps. The unfussy production sound and straightforward approach to arranging harks back to the classic sound of Larry Heard and Adonis. On "Back 2 Luv", Escobar makes a stylistic return to NY. While the drums are solid, the combination of Steven Klavier's soulful vocals and celebratory piano keys make this house music of the most uplifting variety. The Jamie 3_26 Alright Ronnie version, with its disco influences closes out the release.
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826194 369996
30 Jun 17
Techno
30 Jun 17
Techno
Played by: Titeknots, Jimpster, Dicky Trisco, Seamus Haji, FINGERMAN, YAM WHO?, Alkalino, Juno Recommends Deep House, Limpodisco, JAMES ROD, Deeligent Soul, Larse, Purple Disco Machine
Review: There's something pleasingly old-fashioned about Happy Again, an album of alternative versions and remixes of tracks from Eli Escobar's acclaimed Happiness full-length. Thanks to the presence of DJ-friendly dubs, rhythm tracks and acappellas, it feels like Classic looked to the pioneering remix albums of the 1980s for inspiration. What really makes it stand out, though, is the quality of the material. Kon's rework of "Happiness (Part 2)" offers the perfect balance between subtle house and voodoo disco, while Soulphiction and Soul Clap steal the show with contrasting deep house takes on "Can't Stop Dancing" and "4 Luv". We're particularly impressed, too, with the freestyle-tinged revision of "Chaka Khan" by The Carry Nation, while Escobar's own dub of "Happiness (Part 2)" is a loose, warm and groovy treat.
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826194 338480
07 Apr 17
Deep House
07 Apr 17
Deep House
Played by: YAM WHO?, Juno Recommends Deep House, Alan Dixon, BRENDON P, SITUATION, Olivier (La Freund Recordings), Melon Bomb
Review: You don't get any more NYC than Manhattan disco/deep house hero Eli Escobar who presents his debut album on Luke Solomon's Classic Music Company. Starting out with the soulful feel good opener that is the title track, there's more quality on offer on the pure disco inferno "Phreeky" featuring Hercules & Love Affair's Nomi Ruiz on vocals (who appears on several tracks throughout the albums duration) and the cheeky "Chaka Khan" which is a bouncy after-hours jam for freaks and the deep low-slung groover "Next To Me". But that's just scraping the surface. The album is full of quality grooves from start to finish, inspired by one of the Big Apple's finest talents and we highly recommend it!
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826194 338497
16 Sep 16
Deep House
16 Sep 16
Deep House
Review: Hot on the heels of his rather fine Phreeky single, Eli Escobar returns to Classic with two more hot-to-trot house hits. "Chaka Khan", in particular, is something of a retro-futurist treat, with the NYC producer expertly blending hip-house era breakbeats, tipsy chords, warehouse-friendly electronics and a swathe of old school vocal samples. It sounds like a guaranteed party-starter, like many of Escobar's nostalgia-tinted productions. "Up All Night Part 2" sees him revisit the title track of his 2014 album, expertly working selected disco loops into a bumpin', sweaty, hands-aloft house stomper. It rises and falls in all the right places, and sounds like it could be capable of causing serious dancefloor devastation.
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826194 338541
05 Aug 16
Techno
05 Aug 16
Techno
Played by: Dave Allison (Editorial), Superbreak, Juno Recommends Disco, Juno Recommends Deep House, VanDoorn, Ash Reynolds, Evil Smarty, Alan Dixon, Djs: Most Charted - Deep House, BRENDON P, MANIK, SITUATION, Sean McCabe, Meggy
Review: Having previously plied his trade on a number of New York-affiliated imprints (Wurst, Night People NYC and Nervous offshoot Nurvous amongst them), Eli Escobar makes his debut on Transatlantic label Classic. Opener "Phreeky" features contributions from regular collaborators Vanessa Daou and Nomi Ruiz, and is little less than a killer combination of classic piano-house grooves, party-starting disco samples, relentless cowbells and choice old school vocal samples. It's something of a belter, all told, and one of Classic's strongest releases of recent times. Escobar continues this retro-futurist feel on the Masters At Work-via-Detroit-and-Chicago vibe of "Can't Stop Dancing", where vibraphone solos and whispered female vocals ride an Andres-styles deep house rhythm.
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826194 335199
17 Jun 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
17 Jun 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: BRENDON P
Review: Some two years on from the album's original release, Night People serve up a fresh set of remixes of cuts from Eli Escobar's debut set, Up All Night. There's much to admire, with hyped disco/house fusionists Purple Disco Machine, in particular, impressing with their version of "Visions". A rolling deep house/disco fusion full of springy live bass, crispy beats and jammed-out organ riffs, it's just the thing to keep the party going when dancers are flagging. Escobar's own tweak of "Tension" - featuring vocal samples from a mid '80s Boyd Jarvis and Timmy Regisford production - is a late night, Italo throbber, while Whatever/Whatever join the dots between a myriad of classic NYC dance music styles on their acid-flecked, early morning rub of "NY So Hi".
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NP 106
26 Mar 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
26 Mar 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Tragic scenes have just been averted at Plant HQ as Eli Escobar responds creatively to a passionate fan's request to set her heart on fire. Knowing murder is never the solution, Eli has instead made a jolly funky house track that tips a nod a disco and the mainroom mid-90s prog vibes of acts like Blue Pearl. For added security, he's also made a heavier remix. Needless to say the passionate fan has seen sense and no longer wishes to be set ablaze. PLUS we now have two renditions of an unmissable piece of timeless house music. With the crisis averted, Eli celebrates with two other golden grooves - "All Night Long" and "Makes Me Feel" - both of which tingle with slippery disco distinction.
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SEED 075
27 Nov 12
Funky/Club House
27 Nov 12
Funky/Club House
Played by: Dave Lee ZR, George Kelly, DAVE GERRARD, Dicky Trisco, ROTCIV, Mark Farina, Giom, Lysgaard, Andrea Rucci, Valique, Stan Tropic, YAM WHO?, Javi Frias, Dave Allison (Editorial), Superbreak, Kisk, Flash Atkins, Chris Coco, Dr Packer, Alkalino, Sol Power All-Stars, Kiu D, ART OF TONES, Juno Recommends Deep House, Tonbe, Juno Classics, J&M BROTHERS, Shota Tanaka (Beaten Space Probe), Jay Ru, Get Down Edits, Trujillo, The Legendary 1979 Orchestra, Djs: Most Charted - Deep House, Stepan Bitus (Monsoon Season), Coutel, DJ P-SOL, Massimo Vanoni (The Smoker), Ziggy Phunk, KS French, BRENDON P, Professional Gigolo, 80's Child, Luca Fregonese, Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze), Daniel Solar, Alek Soltirov, SITUATION, SEEN ON TV, Joss Moog, Olivier (La Freund Recordings), Corrado Bucci, MNCVE, Pittsburgh Track Authority, De Fantastiske To
Review: As Eli Escobar let's it be known in "The Formula" that he's 'got something for you' as the sweet chorale chimes. There's a subtle Osunlade vibe to this album, the American's first, and Rhodes be flaying on "Visions" as they vamp to a climax like a Bootsy Collins solo. It's all stripped back business of "NY So Hi" - get down to this! And for some quality, sustained loops check out "Thank You Les". "Up All Night" is a dubbed-out, cool-as, disco-tinged burner and there's a whole load to discover here in a debut album rich with the type of soul you can only get from the streets of the big apple.
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NP101D
02 Jun 15
Deep House
02 Jun 15
Deep House
