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Gentrified Love Pt 4
Theo Parrish - "Leave The Funk To Us" (feat Amp Fiddler & Ideeyah) - (9:51) 120 BPM Hot
Theo Parrish with Paul Randolph & Kathy Kosins - "Be Like Me" (SS Translation) - (6:33) 93 BPM
Review: Theo Parrish's "Gentrified Love" series hits its fourth instalment with two stunning extensions/takes. First up is a powerful expansion of "Leave The Funk To Us". First spotted on the second edition of the series, it's now full length with the golden touch of Amp Fiddler. "Be Like Me", meanwhile, takes Paul Randolph & Kathy Kosins' Brownswood Bubbler to a whole new cosmos with lavish twists and cleverly subverted layers. Yet another precision trip from Parrish.
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SS 070
04 May 18
Deep House
Preacher's Comin/Gullah Geechee
Preacher's Comin - (8:52) 118 BPM Hot
Gullah Geechee (feat Craig Huckaby, Carolyn Ferrari, Jovia Armstrong & Keith Beber) - (8:36) 120 BPM
Craig Huckaby - "Gullah Geechee" (feat Carolyn Ferrari, Jovia Armstrong & Keith Beber) - (2:44) 120 BPM
Review: It's a well-known fact that Theo Parrish can do no wrong, production-wise at least. Predictably, his first EP of 2018 is something of a delight, with "Preacher's Coming" delivering a typically eccentric, jazzy and soul-fired trip into sparse, gospel-fired deep house territory. This being Theo, though, it's unlike any gospel house cut you'll have ever heard before, with various gospel samples (handclaps, piano stabs, short vocal snippets) riding a darting synth bassline and sparse-but-heavy beats. Arguably even better is "Gullah Guchee", a formidadly bass-heavy, intoxicating house interpretation of a Craig Huckaby-helmed crew spoken word number that also features a hand-clapped rhythm and African style chanting. Happily, Parrish has also included Huckaby's sublime original version, too.
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SS 071
01 Feb 18
Deep House
Gentrified Love Part 3
Trust (SS Translation) - (9:49) 120 BPM Hot
My Soul - (11:09) 123 BPM
Review: Motor City veteran and longtime friend Amp Fiddler is the latest artist to join forces with Theo Parrish for the latter's ongoing Gentrified Love series of collaborative EPs. Virtual A-side "Trust (SS Translation)", which also features soul vocalist Ideeyah, offers a perfect fusion of the two producers' work; think dusty, organic modern soul underpinned by typically loose and wayward deep house beats. Arguably even better is near 12-minute virtual flipside "My Soul", a drowsy, woozy and stretched out trip through jaunty, broken house rhythms, Fiddler's impeccable keys work, and the kind of starry synthesizer motifs that were once the hallmark of Detroit techno.
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SS 066
19 May 17
Deep House
Parallel Dimensions
So Now What - (9:27) 100 BPM
Anansies Dance - (8:22) 119 BPM
Serengeti Echoes - (11:54) 112 BPM
Reaction To Plastic - (6:02) 114 BPM
Space Ghosts - (5:15) 110 BPM
Summertime Is Here - (12:25) 95 BPM
Brain - (4:43) 83 BPM
Violet Green - (11:02) 116 BPM
Nefarious Stranger - (5:12) 115 BPM
Played by: Reggie Dokes
Review: Given that it was originally released on vinyl and CD way back in 2000, it's something of a surprise to find that this is the first digital download release of Theo Parrish's acclaimed sophomore set. It remains a benchmark in the Detroit legend's fine career and arguably the set in which he fully realized his unique musical vision (think cut-up and manipulated samples, major jazz influences, and hypnotic, stretched-out cuts that quietly build throughout). Highlights are plentiful, from the deep Afro-house of "Serengeti Echoes" and leisurely, slipped jazz warmth of "Summertime Is Here", to the almost Balearic brilliance of the suitably epic and saucer-eyed "Violet Green".
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SSPD 1
21 Apr 17
Deep House
Bring Me Down
Alton Miller - "Bring Me Down" - (9:27) 123 BPM Hot
Theo Parrish - "Bring Me Down SS Translation" - (9:30) 123 BPM
Review: Given the talent involved - Motor City deep house legend Alton Miller, with the similarly storied Theo Parrish on remix duties - this has "buy on sight" written all over it. Musically, it's as good as you'd expect. Miller's original version of "Bring Me Down", featuring the sauntering, soulful vocals of Maurissa Rose, is amongst the best things he's done of late; a sinewy, sensual deep house epic blessed with starry electronics, rolling beats, sweeping synths and rich bass. Parrish's similarly stretched-out translation is similarly sublime, fixing elements of Miller's fine original version to swinging, jazz-flecked beats, jammed-out Rhodes lines and typically dusty textures. Basically, it's as good as you'd expect, and then some. Don't sleep.
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SS 065
27 Jan 17
Deep House
Gentrified Love Part 2
Warrior Code (feat Waajeed & Duminie Deporres) - (6:38) 120 BPM
Leave The Funk To Us - (9:41) 120 BPM Hot
Played by: Sam Redmore
Review: In his usual no-nonsense fashion, Theo Parrish has not said much about the surprise release of Gentrified Love Part 2, despite it being his first fresh material since 2014. The EP features contributions from two of the Detroit's legends oldest friends: Rotating Assembly member Duminie DePorres, and original Slum Village member Waajeed. A-side "Warrior Code" is a quietly foreboding proposition, with spiraling electronics, jammed keys and cosmic chords riding a chunky, West London style broken beat groove. Brighter and breezier "Leave The Funk To Us", a jaunty and jazz-wise 4/4 excursion blessed with some superb, Herbie Hancock style jazz-funk keys.
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SS 064
30 Dec 16
Deep House
Gentrified Love Part 1
A Ghetto Proposal (feat Kitten Kuroi & John Douglas - vocal version) - (7:41) 112 BPM
A Ghetto Proposal (feat Amp Fiddler & Alena Waters - instrumental) - (10:20) 122 BPM Hot
Review: Theo Parrish's Gentrified Love series seems to be a collaborative affair. Part two, available separately, contained hook-ups with fellow Detroiters Wajeed and Duminie Deporres. "Ghetto Proposal", which is available in Vocal and Instrumental versions, features sublime contributions from another Motor City legend, veteran modern soul man Amp Fiddler. It's something of a deliciously trippy affair, underpinned by a freaky, delay-heavy groove, fireside-warm Rhodes keys, meandering trumpet lines and - on the vocal version, at least, drowsy female vocals. Both artists jazz influence is clear, particularly in the crunchy percussion hits that begin to dominate as the track progresses. Interestingly, the instrumental moves a little further towards jazzy broken beat territory.
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SS 063
30 Dec 16
Deep House
Dance Of The Medusa
Dance Of The Medusa - (3:30) 110 BPM
Bubbles - (7:13) 120 BPM Hot
Ambalamps - (8:09) 118 BPM
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SS 049
17 Apr 15
Deep House
Any Other Styles
Any Other Styles - (8:37) 117 BPM
Any Other Styles (short version) - (5:11) 116 BPM
Beat These - (5:14) 120 BPM Hot
Review: The outlandish and unpredictable "Any Other Styles" from Theo Parrish is finally granted a digital release! Central to the DNA of "Any Other Styles" is a cornucopia of FX dredged up from arcade beat-em up moves and crudely nudged to fit an abstractive, thick set beat pattern that bucks angrily with a frenetic nature that's beyond unpredictable. It's the strangest Theo record we've heard in some time, but when any number of people are treading shallow waters in the name of contemporary deep house, don't we need some people to not even consider "the box" when it comes to approaching music? If sonic boom techno ain't your thing, then the DJ tool "Beat This" might take your fancy, an endlessly restless shimmy through skeletal pitter patter beatdown, with the sort of dextrous drum arrangements that Parrish does so well.
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SS 045
17 Apr 15
Techno
Essential Selections Vol 1
Night Of The Sagitarius - (10:20) 114 BPM Hot
Selector's Theme - (11:06) 113 BPM
African Roots - (13:08) 108 BPM
Played by: Joss Moog
Review: The second Sound Signature repress of the week offers a chance to re-assess the moment that the wider world was introduced to the talents of one of Detroit's most loved selectors. Released back in 1999, the Essential Selections Vol. 1 EP saw Theo collaborate with a certain Marcellus Pittman across three cuts that still sound as vibrant today. "Night Of The Sagitarius" has the loose drum arrangements and gritty low end that will appeal to contemporary ears, but it's also augmented by an almost chilling sense of melody. "Selector's Theme" is the pair in introspective mood whilst "African Roots" belongs in the canon of all time Theo greats.
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SS 007
06 Mar 15
Deep House
Summertime Is Here
Summertime Is Here - (12:26) 96 BPM Hot
Played by: Kisk
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SS 008
06 Mar 15
Deep House
American Intelligence
Drive - (10:50) 128 BPM
Life Spice - (7:35) 110 BPM
Welcome Back - (3:01) 99 BPM
Tympanic Warfare - (9:36) 120 BPM
Fallen Funk - (9:58) 78 BPM
Ah (feat Marcellus Pittman, Ideeyah & Duminie Deporres) - (10:28) 118 BPM
Make No War - (7:32) 110 BPM
Cypher Delight - (7:14) 119 BPM Hot
...There Here - (8:33) 120 BPM
Thug Irony - (5:37) 111 BPM
Creepcake - (3:56) 73 BPM
I Enjoy Watching You (feat Ruby & Sass) - (4:14) 119 BPM
Helmutlampshade - (8:43) 85 BPM
Be In Yo Self (feat Ideeyah & Duminie Deporres) - (13:07) 110 BPM
Footwork - (11:49) 126 BPM
Review: Given that this is the first album from the great Theo Parrish since 2007, it's unsurprising interest in American Intelligence has rocketed over the course of the year as Sound Signature left a trail of hints. Happily, American Intelligence is a fine album; deep and woozy in parts, undeniably soulful, shot through with jazz influences and full to bursting with killer cuts. By now, everyone should know the brilliant "Footwork" single (arguably one of the records of 2014); soon, clubs will swing to the off-kilter dancefloor jazz of "Make No War", the 21st century broken house of the epic "Fallen Funk" and the decidedly odd - but brilliant - "Helmut Lampshade".
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SS 055/56/ 57
12 Jan 15
Deep House
Roots Revisited
Dan Ryan (feat Jerry The Cat) - (11:42) 117 BPM Hot
Walking Thru The Sky - (10:46) 120 BPM
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SS 005
26 Dec 14
Deep House
Pieces Of A Paradox
Ebonics (extended mix) - (16:18) 111 BPM Hot
Dusty Cabinets - (12:10) 117 BPM
Dusty Cabinets (alternate mix) - (11:56) 117 BPM
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SS 004
26 Dec 14
Deep House
Took Me All The Way Back
Took Me All The Way Back - (8:58) 129 BPM Hot
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TOOK 1
26 Dec 14
Deep House
Children Of The Drum
Children Of The Drum (feat Yamini Nayar & Jerry The Cat) - (12:28) 119 BPM Hot
These Roots (feat Jerry The Cat) - (10:29) 116 BPM
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COD 1
14 Nov 14
Deep House
Baby Steps EP
Early Byrd - (11:26) 119 BPM
Walking Thru The Sky - (9:46) 122 BPM
Lake Shore Drive - (5:14) 122 BPM Hot
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ELV 001
14 Nov 14
Deep House
Footwork
Footwork - (11:49) 126 BPM Hot
Tympanic Warfare - (9:41) 120 BPM
Review: Theo Parrish lays down a marker for a long overdue fifth album, apparently due out later this year, with the sublime Footwork single. Named in reference to the dance as opposed to the breakneck offshoot of ghetto house, "Footwork" is a sublime slab of Theo with many of his trademark production touches. Think lightly brushed percussion, a meandering bassline that juts out with an odd funk, and subtle yet sumptuous musical touches, all topped off by a gruff "let me see your footwork baby" croon. Those Theo fans out there that like the man to get a bit rugged will be all over "Tympanic Warfare" too, where off the grid polyrhythms cannon around the channels, augmented by an ugly bassline and dexterous keys.
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SS 053
27 Jun 14
Deep House
Musical Metaphors
Carpet People Don't Drink Steak Soda - (8:52) 110 BPM Hot
Shadow Dancing - (9:38) 116 BPM
Review: When Musical Metaphors first dropped on wax way back in 1997 as the first official Sound Signature release, Theo Parrish was still a relative unknown. It was on this 12" - and the subsequent Moonlight Music & You EP - that the Detroit resident first set out his stall as a deep house producer with a unique voice (and a passion for stretching out grooves over ten sensual minutes). Looking back, it's classic Theo. The beatdown informed "Shadow Dancing" is ultra-deep, with fuzzy keys and whispered vocals riding a hynotic, locked-in groove. Parrish's famous jazz influences come to the fore on the looser - but no less hypnotic - "Carpet People Don't Drink Steak Soda", which gains much of its potency from a combination of shuffling deep jazz-house rhythms and toasty chords.
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SS 001
23 May 14
Deep House
Moonlight Music & You
Music - (12:34) 109 BPM
Moonlite - (13:56) 121 BPM Hot
Music (short version) - (8:24) 109 BPM
Review: Given that this first dropped back in 1997 as the second vinyl release on Sound Signature, it's perhaps unsurprising that the long out-of-print 12" version goes for serious money online. It's particularly pleasing, then, that Parrish has finally relented and given it a digital release. Moonlight Music & You features two classic examples of the Detroiter's deep, woozy, soul-flecked take on deep house; the 13-minute groove exploration that is "Music" - all twinkling melodies, undulating beats in his distinctive style, darting electronics and dewy-eyed vocal samples - and "Moonlite", a tougher but no less spaced out excursion blessed with typically stoned chords and dense African drums.
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SS 002
23 May 14
Deep House
Space Station
Space Station - (9:02) 122 BPM Hot
Going Though Changes - (8:34) 111 BPM
Played by: S22
Review: Juno digital exclusive on this slab of 2009 heat from Mr Theo Parrish! Space Station is a Sound Signature masterpiece and it's hard to describe something so seminal but the title track is a shuffling drum machine workout backed with Theo's individualistic bass line style - it's not really acid but it's got enough in it to be seen as techno. "Going Through Changes" takes thing down a notch, delivering a masterfully arranged Detroit house bomb complete with seductive vocals, gorgeous synth keys and the essential madness that is Parrish's percussion. Pretty damn essential...
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SS 035
10 May 13
Deep House
Original Versions
Falling Up (first version) - (12:37) Hot
Illumination (reprise) - (5:56)
Doomless Stomp - (22:50)
Melloghettomental (instrumental) - (20:47)
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SSDIGI 01
08 Mar 13
Balearic/Downtempo
Sketches
Hope 4 Tomorrow (feat Niamh Mcartney & Jennifer Dale & Rio Hunuki-Hemopo) - (4:40) 112 BPM
Kites On Pluto - (10:00) 117 BPM
Traffic (feat IG Culture & Benjamin Lamar Gay) - (4:46) 133 BPM
Horizon - (8:59) 104 BPM
Thumpasaurus - (9:21) 115 BPM
Black Mist - (5:09) 118 BPM
Wookie Nookie - (2:47) 115 BPM
360@1:29on696 (feat Dumminie Deporres) - (12:29)
Untitled (feat Larry Mizell) - (4:10) 119 BPM
Flip the Funk Out (feat The Rotating Assembly) - (2:22) 115 BPM
Feel Free To Be Who You Need To Be - (9:53) 120 BPM Hot
Played by: AntonZap, Kisk
Review: Despite being a devout supporter of the vinyl format, it's good to see Theo Parrish helping out his more digitally minded fans and offering up an official release of 2010's Sketches triple-pack. Incorporating a welcome handful of additional tracks including the stomping piano riffs of "Black Mist" and the growling electro tinges of "Feel Free To Be Who You Need To Be", there's surely nowhere else you would want to look for your fix of masterful Detroit house loaded with raw soul and fearless invention. From the grainy synth bugging of "Thumpasaurus" to the serene "Hope 4 Tomorrow", there's something for everyone to get lost in here.
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SSCD 05
11 Jan 13
Deep House
Flowers
Flowers - (8:52) Hot
Take It Slow - (7:07) 108 BPM
The Way She Moves (extended version) - (8:00)
Review: At first glance, the pairing of Forest Hill resident Andrew Ashong and Sound Signature boss Theo Parrish would seem strange. But the duo have worked together previously with the Ghanaian born vocalist (and supposed owner of a vinyl collection that would make most record shops look like a car boot sale) lending his soulful tones to Parrish's excellent nine minute plus translation of the Hot Chip and Spiritualised affiliated About Group. Whereas that collaboration was more about Ashong's voice being just one element of a production that was undoubtedly Parrish, the three tracks present on the Flowers EP look to showcase what a talent the Londoner is. Those trademark dust filled stacatto rhythms are present in the opening title track, but they never swamp Ashong's killer vocal delivery, while "Take It Slow" is bonafide D funk of the highest order. After the brutal, divisive nature of Theo's kung fu experimentalism on the Any Other Styles EP, these three tracks show him in a wholly new light and hopefully Parrish and Ashong will be making much more music together.
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SS 048
17 Sep 12
Deep House
Sound Signature Sounds Volume 2
Get Got - (4:50) 114 BPM
I Can Take It (feat Dwele) - (16:42) 116 BPM Hot
Suns Of Osiris (feat John Douglas & Trent Mitchell) - (7:05) 116 BPM
Didn't Pay Dues (Unreleased) - (2:31) 108 BPM
Rain For Jimmy - (9:11) 111 BPM
Capritarious - (6:53) 113 BPM
Dirt Rhodes - (7:09) 114 BPM
Instant Insanity - (12:11)
Timeislafinacharunninout - (10:32) 112 BPM
Review: Unless you're one of those who spent copious amounts of cash on the CD version of this second Theo Parrish production compendium, the appearance of Sound Signature Sounds Vol 2 on digital download should be a cause for celebration. Parrish is, of course, one of house music's true originals, and the quality of material on this eccentric trawl through his early 2000s work never drops below outstanding. Highlights are plentiful, but standouts include an unofficial Recloose remix ("I Can Take It", a thrillingly sparse chunk of percussive dancefloor soul), the previously unreleased hip-hop/downtempo nugget "Didn't Pay Dues" and the ultra-deep Marvin Gaye rework "Instant Insanity".
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SSCD 06
31 Aug 12
Deep House
STFU
STFU - (10:36) 116 BPM Hot
STFU (short version) - (6:43) 116 BPM
STFU (alt version) - (12:35) 116 BPM
Review: A big welcome to Theo Parrish's Sound Signature imprint into the digital domain! We've come accustomed to Mr Parrish's records sounding like they've been beamed down from some distant star, but even by the Detroit maverick's lofty standards "STFU" is something else. Loose, hypnotic, scrambled and eerily distant, it sounds like twisted deep house jazz composed in another galaxy or even dimension. There are three varied versions, too. The original slowly builds thanks to layers and layers of delay-laden drums and freakish electronic motifs. The Short Version offers a neat, floor-friendly summary, while the Alt Version is even more of a fractious, next-level wig-out than the trippy original.
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SS 044
02 Dec 11
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
Sound Signature Sounds
Shadow Dancing - (5:56) 116 BPM
Moonlight - (8:04) 122 BPM
Ebonics - (12:39) 111 BPM
Dan Ryan (feat Jerrald James) - (8:16) 117 BPM
Dance Of The Drunken Drums - (6:46) 115 BPM
Lake Shore Drive - (5:11) 122 BPM Hot
Took Me All The Way Back - (9:03) 127 BPM
Lost Keys - (6:29) 114 BPM
Music (part 1) - (6:01) 109 BPM
Dusty Cabinets - (6:12) 116 BPM
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SSCD 1
02 Dec 11
Deep House
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