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Free Myself
   
Free Myself - (5:01) 85 BPM
   
The Truth (feat Kaylan Waterman) - (4:13) 116 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
I'm Done - (9:26) 108 BPM
   
Spiral Staircase - (5:32) 119 BPM
   
Purify Me - (7:30) 117 BPM
   
Everything You Want - (5:51) 119 BPM
   
Snakes (feat Duminie Deporres) - (6:42) 154 BPM
   
Surround The World - (7:31) 117 BPM
   
Theo Parrish - "Spiral Staircase" (instrumental) - (5:32) 119 BPM
Review: While soul has always been a massive ingredient in the potent sound stew that is Detroit deep house, it's still a relative rarity to find one of the Motor City's house producers turning their attention to the style. That's what the legendary Theo Parrish has done here in collaboration with infrequent collaborator Maurissa Rose, a long-serving local soul singer and songwriter whose credits also include appearances on Alton Miller and Eddie Fowlkes records. 'Free Myself', their first joint album', is a joyous concoction - a dusty, musically rich and predictably inventive affair that does a brilliant job in mixing Parrish's take on neo-soul and R&B with breezy, jazz-flecked deep house cuts, broken beats and occasional nods to Latin musical culture. A genuinely brilliant album, as expected.
SS 0959697
02 Jun 23
Deep House
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Free Myself
   
Free Myself - (5:01) 85 BPM
   
The Truth (feat Kaylan Waterman) - (4:13) 116 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
SSV 090
27 Apr 23
Hip Hop/R&B
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DJ-Kicks: Theo Parrish
   
De'Sean Jones & Ideeyah - "Pressure" - (2:48) 103 BPM
   
Donald Lee Roland II - "Simba's Theme" - (3:44) 102 BPM
   
Meftah - "When The Sun Falls" - (7:09) 107 BPM
   
Theo Parrish & Duminie DePorres - "Real Deal" - (5:18) 73 BPM
   
Specter - "The Upper Room" - (10:17) 115 BPM
   
Deon Jamar - "North End Funk" - (6:01) 120 BPM
   
Ian Finkelstein - "Moonlite" (Duality/Detroit live version) - (8:11) 122 BPM
   
John C & Meftah - "Full" - (2:56) 86 BPM
   
MBtheLight - "AGain" (T's edit) - (2:45) 95 BPM
   
De'Sean Jones - "Psalm 23" - (2:08) 92 BPM
   
Raybone Jones - "Green Funk" - (4:32) 120 BPM
   
Jon Dixon - "Wind Drifts" (instrumental) - (7:24) 121 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Whodat & Sophiyah.e - "Don't Know" - (4:51) 120 BPM
   
KESSWA - "Chasing Delerium" (feat Nova Zaii) - (3:23) 94 BPM
   
Raj Mahal - "Hudson's" - (1:52) 67 BPM
   
De'Sean Jones - "Flash Spain" - (5:45) 128 BPM
   
Jason Hogans - "Surrounded By Trees" - (3:03) 126 BPM
   
H-Fusion - "Experiment 10" - (4:28) 135 BPM
   
Sterling Toles - "Janis" - (4:14) 103 BPM
   
DJ-Kicks: Theo Parrish (continuous mix) - (1:30:58) 120 BPM
Played by: Kisk
K7414D
28 Oct 22
Hip Hop/R&B
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Cornbread & Cowrie Shells For Bertha
   
Cornbread & Cowrie Shells - (6:30)
   
Play Thru Moon - (6:23)
   
Theo Parrish & Duminie Deporres - "Real Deal" - (5:20)
   
Stop Lite - (4:34)
SS 09394
12 Aug 22
Deep House
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Ooh Bass
SS 088B
18 Mar 22
Deep House
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It's Out Of Your Control
   
It's Out Of Your Control - (9:30) 120 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
It's Out Of Your Control (instrumental dub) - (10:21) 120 BPM
SS 087
18 Mar 22
Deep House
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Weirdo
   
Weirdo - (8:01) 127 BPM
   
Original Weirdo - (6:51) 136 BPM
   
Imaginary Thug Funk - (5:15) 120 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
SS 086
18 Mar 22
Deep House
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Sundown Town (Extended)
SS 0262728
01 Nov 21
Deep House
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In Motion
   
Don't Play (feat Ava) - (10:03) 118 BPM
   
In Motion - (11:20) 118 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
Review: After spending the last few months unleashing much-needed digital editions of some of his most sought-after vinyl releases, the mighty Theo Parrish has finally decided to treat us to some brand-new music. 'In Motion', the title track for this two-track single, is most certainly a treat. 12 minutes of winding, undulating deep house jazz, the track's Latin-tinged percussion, sweet synths and drowsy chords subtle shift shape for well over 11 minutes. It's emotive, musically rich and impeccably produced, as you'd expect from an artist of Parrish's quality. Ava guest stars on the EP's opening track, 'Don't Play', a more heads-down number that smothers a hissing, cymbal-heavy drum machine groove with tipsy jazz-funk synths and woozy electric piano motifs.
SS 085
01 Oct 21
Deep House
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Deviation Classics (unmixed tracks)
Benji B/Various
   
Osunlade - "Touched My Soul" - (4:45) 107 BPM
   
Theo Parrish - "Lost Keys" - (6:29) 114 BPM
   
Rick Wilhite - "Ruby Nights" (Gilb'r Solo Flight) - (6:04) 115 BPM
   
Alice Smith - "Love Endeavour" (Maurice Fulton remix) - (6:07) 112 BPM
   
The Detroit Experiment - "Think Twice" - (6:18) 115 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Hunee - "Rare Silk" - (5:11) 121 BPM
   
Moodymann - "I Got Werk" - (3:28) 119 BPM
   
CARL CRAIG - "Sandstorms" (C2 2011 version) - (10:26) 80 BPM
   
Langenberg - "Times" (Manuel Tur's Ground Glass Reflex) - (7:32) 121 BPM
   
DJ Spen presents DJ Technic - "Gabryelle" (D-Malice Re-Fix) - (4:52) 126 BPM
   
Kingdom - "Stalker Ha" - (3:49) 85 BPM
   
Lil Silva - "Seasons" - (4:24) 86 BPM
   
Pearson Sound - "Stifle" - (5:56) 130 BPM
   
Mala - "Lean Forward" - (5:31) 140 BPM
   
Martyn - "Vancouver" - (5:14) 69 BPM
   
James Blake - "Love What Happened Here" - (5:34) 140 BPM
   
Dorian Concept - "The Fucking Formula" - (2:44) 105 BPM
   
00Genesis - "No Shoes Trampoline" - (2:16) 95 BPM
   
Baron Zen - "Burn Rubber" (Dam-Funk remix) - (4:57) 103 BPM
   
Waajeed - "Tron" - (2:50) 104 BPM
   
Flying Lotus - "Melt" - (1:45) 96 BPM
   
K. Frimpong - "Kyenkyen Bi Adi M'awu" - (4:23) 99 BPM
   
Azymuth - "Morning" - (3:48) 92 BPM
   
Jimmy Abney - "Come Go With Me" - (3:16) 81 BPM
   
Benji B - "Deviation Classics" (continuous mix) - (1:18:30) 120 BPM
Review: 14 years have passed since Benji B and Judah established their monthly Deviation parties in London. This fine compilation celebrates the club's legacy and sound, which famously touched on all manner of soul-fired musical styles whilst keeping one eye (and both feet) on the dancefloor, with Benj B selecting cuts that never failed to rock the party. Expect a mixture of skewed, bass-heavy beats (Dorian Concept, James Blake, 00Genesis), heady instrumental hip-hop (Waajeed, Damn Funk remixing Baron Zen), Afro-funk (K Fimpong), peak-time UK bass mutations (Pearson Sound, Martyn, Mala), high-grade deep house (Gilb'r remixing Rick Wilhite, Theo Parrish) and a smattering of genuine scene anthems (Detroit Experiment, Maurice Fulton's remix of Alice Smith, DJ SPen presents DJ Technic).
DEV 009D
16 Apr 21
Deep House
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Smile
   
Smile - (12:28) 118 BPM
   
Lost Keys - (11:39) 114 BPM
   
Dreamer's Blues (feat Jerry The Cat) - (10:41) 116 BPM
   
Lost Angel - (9:32) 115 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
Review: Theo Parrish continues to raid his vast back catalogue. This EP features sought-after cuts from two vinyl only EPs (released in 1997 and 2001 respectively) that have previously been unavailable digitally. Opener 'Smile' is arguably one of the Detroiter's most magnificent musical moments of all time: an epic slab of drowsy Motor City deep house built around idiosyncratic drum programming, ultra-deep chords, toasty bass and an effects-laden vocal snippet. 'Lost Keys' is a breezier and looser affair marked out by Latin style piano motifs, jazzy house beats and tactile bass, while 'Dreamer's Blues' is a languid, percussion-and-electric piano rich number that tends towards the hazy and jazzy. Finally, 'Lost Angel' is an ultra-deep affair whose spacey chords seem to stretch out to the farthest reaches of the galaxy.
SML 1
12 Mar 21
Deep House
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Special Versions
   
Theo Parrish & Maurissa Rose - "This Is For You" (Special version) - (12:21) 120 BPM
   
The Unit - "Ain't No Need" (edit - Theo Parrish, Myele Manzanza, Akwasi Mensah, Amp Fiddler, Duminie Deporres & Ideeyah) - (10:24) 108 BPM
   
Theo Parrish - "What You Wanna C" (Hambone) - (7:04) 110 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
Review: A trio of recent Theo Parrish productions get the remix treatment, though why these versions are any more or less "special" than others isn't made entirely clear! The laidback and heartfelt 'This Is For Your' (a Maurisse Rose collab first out as a single in 2019) will suit soulful floors, while 'Ain't No Need' by The Unit (something of a 'supergroup' consisting Parrish, Amp Fiddler and friends) leans more towards jazz and broken beat. The standout to these ears, though, is 'What You Wanna C', a deep, jazzy shuffle par excellence and one for the proverbial "heads" for sure!
SV 001
21 Dec 20
Deep House
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Wuddaji
   
Hambone Cappuccino - (5:34) 110 BPM
   
Radar Detector - (6:17) 122 BPM
   
This Is For You (feat Maurissa Rose) - (10:26) 120 BPM
   
Wuddaji - (5:39) 111 BPM
   
Hennyweed Buckdance - (7:10) 105 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Angry Purple Birds - (10:28) 119 BPM
   
All Your Boys Are Biters - (7:27) 115 BPM
   
Knew Better Do Better - (10:20) 113 BPM
Review: In his usual matter-or-fact, hype-free way, Theo Parrish announced the release of Wuddaji, his first album for six years, barely two weeks before it hit stores. It's unusual to see such a significant release - Parrish is one of electronic music's true originals - teased in such a way, but then the Detroit legend has never played by music industry rules. The album itself is predictably inspired, with Parrish sashaying between jazzy, hip-hop-influenced beatdown (woozy opener 'Hambone Cappuccino'), wild bruk-up business ('Radar Detector', the free-jazz-funk of 'Wuddaji'), epic slabs of deep, soulful house ('This is For You'), sleazy late night beat science ('Angry Purple Birds', 'All Your Boys are Biters'), and impossible-to-describe voyages into 21st century electronic jazz spiritualism ('Knew Better Do Better').
SS 079/80/ 81
02 Oct 20
Deep House
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This Is For You
   
This Is For You (feat Maurissa Rose) - (10:26) 120 BPM
   
This Is For You (instrumental) - (11:40) 120 BPM
Review: Back from Fancy Footwork the almighty Theo Parrish is still blazing a trail into instrumental house and live jazz workouts or be they listening sessions. Flipped up alongside the recent What You Gonna Ask For EP, This Is For Your projects the beauty of live elements at play within house music. Whether they be machines or human beings, everything is alive in these two tracks; snappy snare shine through on the instrumental version alongside free keys that shimmy on top analogue kicks done in Detroit. Maurissa Rose gives voice to a fuller mix on the original for something warmer over a charming instrumental workout.
SS 0078
15 Nov 19
Deep House
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What You Gonna Ask For
   
What You Gonna Ask For (Theo's mix) - (9:42) 120 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
What You Gonna Ask For (Dego) - (10:07) 120 BPM
Review: Sound Signature's latest release is an all-star crew affair, with an impressive cast list of vocalists, musicians and producers joining main man Theo Parrish in the studio to lat down the impeccable "What You Gonna Ask For". Parrish takes control on the first of two mixes. It's a jazzy affair where layered twinkling electric piano motifs, spacey chords, jazz-funk riffs and sumptuous deep house grooves combine on a fearlessly loose and organic dancefloor workout. Next up friend of the family and occasional Sound Signature artist Dego offers his interpretation, adding even more warmth and some tasty additional hand percussion parts whilst wisely utilizing most of the original version's intricate musical elements.
SS 077
16 Aug 19
Deep House
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Gentrified Love Pt 4
   
Theo Parrish - "Leave The Funk To Us" (feat Amp Fiddler & Ideeyah) - (9:51) 120 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
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.
SS 070
04 May 18
Deep House
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Preacher's Comin/Gullah Geechee
   
Preacher's Comin - (8:52) 118 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
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.
SS 071
01 Feb 18
Deep House
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Preacher's Comin
   
Theo Parrish - "Preacher's Comin" - (8:52) 118 BPM
   
Theo Parrish - "Gullah Geechee" (feat Craig Huckaby) - (8:36) 120 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Craig Huckaby - "Gullah Geechee" (feat Carolyn Ferrari) - (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.
151336 7154498
01 Feb 18
Deep House
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The Grand Son Of Detroit Techno!
   
Grand Son Of Detroit Techno - (11:44) 120 BPM
AOS 008
11 Aug 17
Deep House
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Gentrified Love Part 3
   
Trust (SS Translation) - (9:49) 120 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
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.
SS 066
19 May 17
Deep House
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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
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".
SSPD 1
21 Apr 17
Deep House
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Bring Me Down
   
Alton Miller - "Bring Me Down" - (9:27) 123 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
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.
SS 065
27 Jan 17
Deep House
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Gentrified Love Part 2
   
Warrior Code (feat Waajeed & Duminie Deporres) - (6:38) 120 BPM
   
Leave The Funk To Us - (9:41) 120 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
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.
SS 064
30 Dec 16
Deep House
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Gentrified Love Part 1
   
A Ghetto Proposal (feat Kitten Kuroi & John Douglas - vocal version) - (7:41) 112 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
A Ghetto Proposal (feat Amp Fiddler & Alena Waters - instrumental) - (10:20) 122 BPM
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.
SS 063
30 Dec 16
Deep House
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Summertime Is Here (Instrumental Mix)
SSPD 1
01 Nov 16
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
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Syncrophone 10th Anniversary 2005-2015
Various
   
Gilb'r|Jorge - "Du Lundi" (Willie Burns remix) - (6:40) 120 BPM
   
DJ Yoav B - "Temptation" - (8:59) 118 BPM
   
Steven Tang - "Uprise In The Orient" (Chicago Skyway remix) - (6:41) 124 BPM
   
Kern Space Adventures - "Quiet Orbit Around Gladia" - (10:22) 120 BPM
   
Anthony Shake Shakir - "Arise" (Trus'me remix) - (5:26) 128 BPM
   
Mr K Alexi Shelby - "The Dream" - (13:03) 125 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Joey Anderson - "Come Behind The Tree" - (5:51) 124 BPM
   
DJ Qu - "Undescribed2" - (5:30) 127 BPM
   
Voiski - "Every Cloud Collision" - (5:15) 85 BPM
   
Theo Parrish - "Falling Up" (Chateau Flight remix) - (6:35) 122 BPM
   
Stasis - "Artifax" - (7:57) 127 BPM
Played by: Sebastien Fauvel
91291
18 Dec 15
Deep House
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Dance Of The Medusa
   
Dance Of The Medusa - (3:30) 110 BPM
   
Bubbles - (7:13) 120 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Ambalamps - (8:09) 118 BPM
SS 049
17 Apr 15
Deep House
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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 Biggest-selling track on this release
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.
SS 045
17 Apr 15
Techno
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Any Other Styles
   
Any Other Styles - (8:37) 59 BPM
   
Any Other Styles (Short version) - (5:11) 59 BPM
   
Beat These - (5:14) 60 BPM
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.
142564 4969041
17 Apr 15
Experimental/Electronic
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Essential Selections Vol 1
   
Night Of The Sagitarius - (10:20) 114 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
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.
SS 007
06 Mar 15
Deep House
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Summertime Is Here
   
Summertime Is Here - (12:26) 96 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
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SS 008
06 Mar 15
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Summertime Is Here
   
Summertime Is Here - (12:26) 95 BPM
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06 Mar 15
Balearic/Downtempo
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Stop Bajon
   
Theo Parrish - "Stop Bajon" (TP Translation) - (16:00) 105 BPM
   
Isoul8 + Mark De Clive Lowe - "Stop Bajon" (Isoul8 & Mark De Clive Lowe) - (8:01) 104 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
DPU 1289
15 Jan 15
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That Day/How I Feel
   
That Day - (9:30) 111 BPM
   
How I Feel - (12:41) 112 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
DOCUMENT 007
15 Jan 15
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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 Biggest-selling track on this release
   
...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".
SS 055/56/ 57
12 Jan 15
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Roots Revisited
   
Dan Ryan (feat Jerry The Cat) - (11:42) 117 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Walking Thru The Sky - (10:46) 120 BPM
SS 005
26 Dec 14
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Pieces Of A Paradox
   
Ebonics (extended mix) - (16:18) 111 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Dusty Cabinets - (12:10) 117 BPM
   
Dusty Cabinets (alternate mix) - (11:56) 117 BPM
SS 004
26 Dec 14
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Took Me All The Way Back
   
Took Me All The Way Back - (8:58) 129 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
TOOK 1
26 Dec 14
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Roots Revisited
   
Dan Ryan (feat Jerry The Cat) - (11:42) 117 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Walking Thru The Sky - (10:46) 120 BPM
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26 Dec 14
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Took Me All The Way Back
   
Took Me All The Way Back - (8:58) 128 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
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26 Dec 14
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Children Of The Drum
   
Children Of The Drum (feat Yamini Nayar & Jerry The Cat) - (12:28) 119 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
These Roots (feat Jerry The Cat) - (10:29) 116 BPM
COD 1
14 Nov 14
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Baby Steps EP
   
Early Byrd - (11:26) 119 BPM
   
Walking Thru The Sky - (9:46) 122 BPM
   
Lake Shore Drive - (5:14) 122 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
ELV 001
14 Nov 14
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Baby Steps EP
   
Early Byrd - (11:26) 119 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Walking Thru The Sky - (9:46) 122 BPM
   
Lake Shore Drive - (5:14) 123 BPM
141208 9723884
14 Nov 14
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Footwork
   
Footwork - (11:49) 126 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
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.
SS 053
27 Jun 14
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Musical Metaphors
   
Carpet People Don't Drink Steak Soda - (8:52) 110 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
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.
SS 001
23 May 14
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Moonlight Music & You
   
Music - (12:34) 109 BPM
   
Moonlite - (13:56) 121 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
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.
SS 002
23 May 14
Deep House
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Musical Metaphors
   
Carpet People Don't Drink Steak Soda - (8:52) 111 BPM
   
Shadow Dancing - (9:38) 116 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
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.
139715 1529293
23 May 14
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DJ Kicks (unmixed tracks)
   
Jan Jelinek - "HipBird" - (5:10)
   
Inkswel - "Australaborialis" - (4:50)
   
Theo Parrish - "Electric Alleycat" - (10:01) 102 BPM
   
Dollkraut - "Rollercoaster" - (7:21) 120 BPM
   
William Onyeabor - "Better Change Your Mind" - (8:23) 113 BPM
   
Max Graef - "Bummse" - (7:56) 124 BPM
   
Bommel - (4:49)
   
Kingdom - "Stalker Ha" - (3:49)
   
Parental Control - "Feel Like" - (5:49)
   
Le K - "Abraz" - (5:22) 125 BPM
   
Alfabet (Awanto 3 & Tom Trago) - "Lap The Music" - (7:05) 114 BPM
   
Fantastic Man - "Late At Night" - (5:34) 120 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Out Of Tash - (5:39) 123 BPM
   
Galaxy 2 Galaxy - "Transition" (feat Atlantis) - (6:30) 130 BPM
   
Peverelist - "Sun Dance" - (6:13) 131 BPM
   
DJ Do Bass - "To Catchy" - (4:38) 131 BPM
   
French Fries - "White Screen" - (6:35) 127 BPM
   
Chico Mann - "Soul Freedom" - (6:20) 123 BPM
   
James Braun & Troels Abrahamsen - "Wooden Knuckles" - (8:15) 125 BPM
   
Glenn Astro - "How I Miss You" - (5:41) 120 BPM
   
Philogresz - "Edge" - (6:30) 123 BPM
   
Bok Bok & Tom Trago - "Vector" - (5:58)
   
Cosmin TRG - "Echolab Disaster" - (4:21) 125 BPM
   
MMM - "Re-tics" - (5:24)
   
Jam City - "How We Relate To The Body" - (5:20) 133 BPM
   
Hugo (DJ-Kicks) - (5:50)
   
Machinedrum - "Now U Know Tha Deal 4 Real" - (3:51)
   
Thundercat - "Tenfold" - (3:04)
   
Dean Blunt - "Galice" - (3:25) 101 BPM
   
Various - "DJ-Kicks Mix" (continuous DJ mix by Brandt Brauer Frick) - (1:15:14) 124 BPM
K 7311DTM
24 Feb 14
Deep House
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In Yer Third Ear 2013
Various
   
K Hand - "Out Yo Mind" - (7:45) 119 BPM
   
Theo Parrish - "Falling Up" (remastered) - (12:35) 116 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
WBEEZA - "Mo Bella" - (5:27) 124 BPM
   
El Prevost - "Allez Ally" - (5:35) 121 BPM
   
Dopeus - "The Getaway" (808 mix) - (6:36) 112 BPM
   
Thomas Brinkmann - "Blackhill" - (8:29) 128 BPM
   
Filippo Blasi Foglietti - "John Nixon Memorial" - (7:30) 123 BPM
   
MGUN - "Mask" - (6:59) 120 BPM
   
Ayota - "All Gone" - (5:22) 117 BPM
   
Patrik Skoog - "Saturnian Acid" - (7:00) 123 BPM
   
WBEEZA - "Wise Root" - (7:39) 120 BPM
   
K Hand - "Outta Area" - (7:34) 117 BPM
   
Carl Craig - "Falling Up" (remastered) - (8:14) 123 BPM
   
Ayota - "Butterfly" (club mix) - (5:38) 122 BPM
   
El Prevost - "Standing On My Ground" - (5:36) 120 BPM
   
Dopeus - "Warpin'" - (9:00) 120 BPM
   
Thomas Brinkmann - "TT" - (5:40) 106 BPM
   
K Hand - "Apollo" - (8:11) 123 BPM
   
Patrik Skoog - "Time Won't Come" - (6:07) 127 BPM
   
MGUN - "Extort" - (5:50) 127 BPM
3ELP-2013_ 12
22 Nov 13
Electro
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Black Jazz Signature
Theo Parrish/Various
   
Doug Carn - "Trance Dance" - (8:46) 89 BPM
   
Gene Russell - "My Favorite Things" - (4:52) 125 BPM
   
He Awakening - "March On" - (5:35) 140 BPM
   
The Awakening - "Convulsions" - (5:37) 82 BPM
   
The Awakening - "Jupiter" - (6:29) 152 BPM
   
Calvin Keys - "Criss Cross" - (5:58) 119 BPM
   
Rudolph Johnson - "The Highest Pleasure" - (7:46) 110 BPM
   
Walter Bishop Jr - "Those Who Chant" - (7:48) 120 BPM
   
The Awakening - "Mirage" - (8:18) 92 BPM
   
Calvin Keys - "B.E." - (7:31) 133 BPM
   
Rudolph Johnson - "Time & Space" - (7:25) 88 BPM
   
Walter Bishop Jr - "Blue Bossa" - (3:14) 83 BPM
SDGBJ 1303DI
17 Sep 13
Jazz
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