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Manuel Tur
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Review: Essen's Manuel Tur has released music on many labels over the years, but much of his greatest work - including a trilogy of albums - has been issued by Freerange Records. We can confirm that the German deep house stalwart is in fine form on this return to Jimpster and co's imprint after a three-year absence. Title track 'Love Me Well' is simply sublime: a slowly building chunk of deep, quietly soulful brilliance that adds heart-aching piano motifs, reverb-smothered female vocals and cut-glass strings to a sumptuous deep tech-house groove. He continues in this tech-house/deep house fusion vein on the bouncier 'Paperesse', where twinkling electric piano solos and looped string samples catch the ear, before rounding off a rock-solid EP via the TB-303-sporting deep house squelch of 'Touch Move'.
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FRD 276EP
29 Apr 22
Deep House
29 Apr 22
Deep House
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DPC 0783
22 Apr 22
Deep House
22 Apr 22
Deep House
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FRD 276
08 Apr 22
Deep House
08 Apr 22
Deep House
Various
Review: Germany's Compost label mark 12 years of their Compost Disco sub-label with a nine-track compilation. If you're familiar with the mothership label you're probably not expecting mid-70s mirrorball/cowbell/Philly strings stompery here, which is just as well - instead you get nine tracks that explore disco's more electronic and/or leftfield fringes, from Manuel Tur's electro-tinged 'S6 Hansaring' to the languid Balearic soul of The Blaxploited Orchestra's 'Until The Day', via the early 80s overtones of Dimitri From Paris & DJ Rocca's 'The Compass Point' and the abstract synth workout that is Ron Deacon's 'Killer Song'. The proverbial "disco beards" will be delighted.
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CODIS 0223
03 Dec 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
03 Dec 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Juno Recommends Downtempo
Review: Yo-yo-yo Manuel Tur back in the house with Rhythm Trainx Vol 3, another ghetto-blastin' compilation of bad-ass US style drum trax, rhythm sections and groove hopping beats. Handily organised by BPM, each number's given speed goes some distance it suggesting where each track is at; beit footworking vibes of "150.62 Bpm" to the heavier, slightly tribal and slower-mo disco-electro grooves of "115 Bpm", "100.5 Bpm" and "110 Bpm". Get your jungle associated house kicks and epic sample vamps outta "126 Bpm" next to some abstract dancefloor wares in "130 Bpm" and "124 Bpm", alongside old school Chicago jack in "125.5 Bpm" to heavy warehouse sessions in "123 Bpm". Everything you could want ranging from 100 to 150 Bpm!
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RBB 05
22 Oct 21
Balearic/Downtempo
22 Oct 21
Balearic/Downtempo
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DPC 0141
01 Jul 19
Deep House
01 Jul 19
Deep House
Various
Review: Its 20 years of Jamie Odell aka Jimpster's revered deep house imprint and he's celebrating in great style with this 20 track compilation that demonstrates that business is as good as ever and they're testament to how much the label has remained relevant. The label head honcho himself appears of course; first with Luv Jam on the smooth and dubby "We Play Pads" and the sombre and emotive "Ceilings" featuring Laura Barrick. Other highlights include Bulgarian hardware maverick KiNK's "Roads", Detroit Swindle's fiercely bumpin' "Race Against The Machine" and Pittsburgh Track Authority's magnificent high tech soul jam "Oculus Sinister".
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FRDBOXSET 02
29 Jul 16
Deep House
29 Jul 16
Deep House
Review: Long-standing German tech-house legend Steve Bug, founder of both Pokerflat and Dessour, returns to the latter label with something a bit special, and likely to satisfy all of your DJ needs. The producing don has taken it upon himself to remix a twelve tunes, all from different artists that have shaped the sound of house and techno as we know it today. You'll find Bug's retouches on artists like Simon Baker, Manuel Tur, and even Lovebirds. However, the special moments come from his sleek Re-Dub of Chez Damier's mythical house bomb "New York Dub", a stripped back edit of Laurent Garnier's "Whistle For Frankie, and the gorgeously deep swells of his remix of "Pensum" by Francis Harris. Masterful, and very much recommended.
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DESDD 16
23 Oct 15
Deep House
23 Oct 15
Deep House
Nils Penner / Various
Played by: Tom Lown (Lucky Sun Recordings)
Review: Wazi Wazi is usually the label on which we hear Nils Penner's productions, but the dude has also released on Freerange before, and he comes through on the label with a handsomely hand-picked compilation of the label's best from recent months. On the beautifully presented thirteen-tracker you'll find a selection of different forms of house, ranging from the deeper territories to more jacking and pumped up house cuts. The highlights include "My Man" by Lovebirds, Detroit Swindle's "Brother Man", and label head Jimpster with "Distant Light". You also get a continuous mix for good measure. Get in there.
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FOF 08D
21 Aug 15
Deep House
21 Aug 15
Deep House
Various
Played by: Kito Jempere
Review: In the second round of surefire house goodness from a celebratory Freerange Recordings, your ears and record decks get treated to four slices of contemporary tackle from a spread of artists committed to pushing things forwards. Luv Jam kicks up the dust with a playful sensibility on the bouncy "Hamburglar" before Esa & Mervin Granger take a more fluid approach to deepest house with "Goema Heat". On the flip Freerange mainstay Manuel Tur brings some serious emotion to his piano notes without losing the funk on "Laguenesie", and Kito Jempere slides into squishy dub tones with a little help from Jerry The Cat and Ruslan Gadzhimuradov for "This Is Why We Do This".
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FRD 200B
30 Mar 15
Deep House
30 Mar 15
Deep House
Review: Since 2007 Manuel Tur has been a key component in the success of Freerange and now label head Jimpster pays his respects by having the German's music remixed by a storied cast of producers. First up is Pepe Bradock who supplies a soulful, feather weight remix of "Golden Complexion" while Isole turns the hands-up "Most Of This Moment" into a reverberant warehouse dub (Gerd Janon's Tuff City Kids project ramp up the acid on their version). Other highlights include Jimpster's dreamy, stripped back, bassline heavy dub of "Back To Me" while John Daly goes 8-bit rave in his remix to "Es Dub" for a production reminiscent of Simian Mobile Disco.
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FRCD 34D
02 Mar 15
Deep House
02 Mar 15
Deep House
Review: Essen's Manuel Tur returns to his home label Freerange with some remixed action from three of the hottest properties in deep, dubby house music. German tech don Steve Bug rewires "Ara Anam" into a sweltering, hypnotic late night DJ tool, while the always on-point John Daly models "Es Dub" and comes through with a chord-heavy, utterly dubbed-out percussive swinger for the early morning. "Agrafena" is then turned into a bass-heavy outsider house cut by none other than Aerea, with video-game bleeps and dusty percussion at its core.
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FRD 199
23 Feb 15
Deep House
23 Feb 15
Deep House
Played by: Vince Watson, Jimpster, ROTCIV, Ranacat, Juno Recommends Deep House, Tonbe, Tan Atalar, Steve Bug, Manuel Tur, Djs: Most Charted - Deep House, Resident Advisor, B.G. Baarregaard, Ben La Desh, Coeo, Marc Romboy, Reed & Radley, Tocacabana, Kyodai, Shur-i-kan, Space Echo
Review: It's been some two years since the release of German producer Manuel Tur's last LP, the bizarrely titled Swans Reflecting Elephants. While that set was largely dark, moody and atmospheric, there's a cozy positivity about much of this belated follow-up. While there are hypnotic, late night moments (see the after party wonkiness of "About to Fall"), as a while Es Cub is a much more upbeat affair. Check, for example, the drifting Balearic house brilliance of "EL Soplo", whose extended breakdown serves to highlight the brilliance of Tur's yearning, metronomic groove, and the dizzyingly bright "AraAnam". Amongst the heartwarming deep house explorations you'll also find "Es Dub", a thrillingly sparse and atmospheric chunk of slow house that more than lives up to its name.
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FRCD 33D
19 May 14
Deep House
19 May 14
Deep House
Various
Spin Science & Pierre Ravan - "Eyes Should Be Washed" (Pierre Ravan & Spin Science dub) - (8:19) 124 BPM
Haldo, Henri Kohn & Miss Ann-P - "Rhythm" (Alfred Azzetto & Christian Hornbostel dub mix) - (7:27) 125 BPM
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CONYACOMP 005
28 Feb 14
Deep House
28 Feb 14
Deep House
Henri Kohn / Various
Haldo & Henri Kohn & Miss Ann-P - "Feel Free" (DJ Bee meets Sandecki Sax classic mix) - (6:39) 128 BPM
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CONYACOMP 004
27 Nov 12
Deep House
27 Nov 12
Deep House
Played by: Jimpster, Jeff Daniels, Dairmount (Room With A View), Kruse & Nuernberg, Giorgio Luceri, Djs: Most Charted - Deep House
Review: Manuel's currency in deep house circles is so strong that we can name four countries in the EU who are thinking of dropping the Euro and using him! Of course by law we're not allowed to name these countries, but who can blame them? Tur's been serving up these rich, hypnotising, softly soulful grooves for quite some time now. Besides Manuel's textured, heads down jacking title track, the rest of the EP is given up to other people's remixes. "Maybe Next Lifetime" is a starlit, enchanting affair with Blakkat adding an ideal vocal tonic over King Brit's dubby edit. Ugly Drums' take on "I'm Alive" eases out with an addictive synth hook and so-simple-it's-silly groove while Homewreckers give "High Needs Low" added depth and some mechanical Chi-town mischief. Tur-rific!
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FRD 164
14 May 12
Deep House
14 May 12
Deep House
Review: It's a commonly held belief that good house albums - and, for that matter, great deep house albums - are notoriously few and far between. Manuel Tur's first album for Freerange, 0201, got round this by peppering the album with downtempo interludes. This time round, he's done the same (see the blunted jazz of "Mirrors" or the glitchy, minimalist ambient-pop of Blakkat collab "I'm Alive"), though he's confident enough to devote much more space to proper deep house. It's a wise choice. Utilizing real instruments, looser grooves, more vocals and a broader range of house influences (Chicago jack, woozy techno, main room pomp and Detroitian deepness), Swans Reflecting Elephants is easily his strongest release to date. Best of all, this digital version comes with a free track!
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FRCD 29JU
30 Apr 12
Deep House
30 Apr 12
Deep House
Various
Played by: Owain Kimber (Owain K), Djberny, Fragedis, Kisk, Henri Kohn, Lakosa, Fred Everything, Adam Moss
Review: Amazingly, it's been eight long years since the release of Freerange's first Colour Series compilation ("Yellow"). A few things have changed in that time for Jimpster's label, but his commitment to musically rich deep house remains. That's much in evidence here, particularly on the contributions from Andre Lodemann, fast-rising starlet Mic Newman and Jimpster himself (whose woozy "Late Night Blues" is his best for some time). There's also a distinct old skool feel to some of the cuts, with Alexkid's percussive "Class of 95" and Milton Jackson's robust "DS1" offering plenty of vintage US house flavour. The real standout, though, is Arithmetic's' "Time", which sounds like a long lost deep house anthem.
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FRCD 30D
19 Mar 12
Deep House
19 Mar 12
Deep House
Played by: Peter Edison, Henri Kohn, Alkalino, Saison, Terry Grant, Bryan Gerrard, Bravura, Villa Savoye
Review: Warm and chugging disco-tinged house is on offer once again from the imperious Delusions of Grandeur, with the Foolin EP arriving with Germany's Manuel Tur at the wheel. Sticking with his usual synth heavy and sultry style, Tur strikes an immediately gritty tone of funk with tightly plucked guitar riffs, swooning brass and soulful vocals on the title track. Up next, an instrumental version of "Foolin" is accompanied by "The Traveller", which treads percussive realms with a heartbeat drum platform that pushes this otherwise orchestral and ambient track ever forward. Piano keys dance gently as string beds ascend against scatterings of brass and tinny crashes; our pick of the bunch.
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DOGD 20
04 Nov 11
Deep House
04 Nov 11
Deep House
