Dimitri From Paris & DJ Rocca - "The Compass Point" - (5:10) 115 BPM
An-2 - "Sunburnt" - (8:51) 110 BPM
Ron Deacon - "Killersong" - (5:49) 117 BPM
Ed Lee - "You Are The Star" (extended dub - feat Alison David) - (5:56) 118 BPM
DJ Pippi & Willie Graff - "Save That Magic Feeling" (vocal version) - (7:15) 111 BPM
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.
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!
Tim Toh & Ranavalona - "All I See" (Jimpster remix) - (6:15) 118 BPM
The New Tower Generation - "Eyes Don't Lie" - (6:36) 116 BPM
Squares - "Spark's Entry" - (7:08) 112 BPM
Manuel Tur - "Computer Chess" - (6:15) 119 BPM
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".
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.
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.
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!
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!
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.
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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