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A Friend In Need
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AFIN 63
04 Apr 24
Minimal/Tech House
04 Apr 24
Minimal/Tech House
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AFIN 62
15 Dec 23
Deep House
15 Dec 23
Deep House
Played by: Juno Recommends Deep House
Review: Over the last couple of years, Tserg has dedicated his time to releasing cassettes that gleefully blur the boundaries between heady ambience and picturesque deep house. While these were rather good, they weren't particularly accessible releases. This EP, his first solo single since 2018, is therefore a very welcome release. It's rather good, too, with Tserg drifting between ghostly late-night deepness ('Futoure', with its drifting chords, subtle piano motifs and stripped-back drums), sunrise-ready deep breaks bliss ('Come to a Grinding Halt'), saucer-eyed, sun-kissed wonder ('We Are Found'), immersive deep house box jams ('Phases') and chunkier, up-tempo ambient techno/deep house fusion ('CG (Off Balance)').
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AFIN 45
07 Jan 21
Deep House
07 Jan 21
Deep House
Review: Last time he appeared on local label A Friend In Need, Lootbeg was operating in cahoots with fellow Leipzig resident Bajazo. Here he returns to solo action with his seventh missive for the popular and reliable imprint. He begins with a dash of shimmering, sci-fi flavoured deep house/tech-house fusion (the ear-pleasing melodiousness of "The Illusion of Gravity"), before wrapping deep synth-pop melodies and chords around a rolling house beat on "Make A Change". Sleazy but deep house retro-futurism is the order of the day on immersive treat "Towards The Dreams", while "Salat Live" is a tactile slab of undulating deep house acid. Also similarly impressive is bumping closing cut "Sem", where dubbed-out synth riffs and stirring chords ride sweaty drums and a headline-grabbing bassline.
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AFIN 42
30 Jul 20
Deep House
30 Jul 20
Deep House
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AFIN 40
10 Jun 20
Deep House
10 Jun 20
Deep House
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AFIN 29
06 Feb 19
Electro
06 Feb 19
Electro
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AFIN 28
12 Dec 18
Electro
12 Dec 18
Electro
VARIOUS
Played by: Juno Recommends Deep House
Review: Lepizig crew A Friend In Need regular serve up compilation style EPs featuring tasty tracks from a select group of like-minded local and international producers. Here they go further, delivering an expansive, 11-track collection that could well be the imprint's strongest release to date. After beginning with a chunk of sparkling ambient brilliance by Afinns, the set flits between deliciously dreamy, groovy and tactile mid-tempo fare (mostly courtesy of slo-mo specialists such as Heion, loop-master 78 Edits, MermaidS, La Tumerie and Buzz Compass) and more peak-time-friendly tackle that similarly fuses elements of swirling deep house, rubbery disco and glassy-eyed boogie. These cuts are particularly potent, with the contributions by Mono & Luvless, Lootbeg and Quadrakey standing out.
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AFINCOMP 5
13 Aug 18
Deep House
13 Aug 18
Deep House
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AFIN 26
06 Jun 18
Deep House
06 Jun 18
Deep House
Various
Review: While it has become increasingly fashionable to champion hissing, crackle-heavy deep house, Leipzig label A Friend In Need has been repping the style longer than most. Here they enhance their credentials via a fine nine-track compilation. Highlights come thick and fast throughout, from the pitched-down Detroit techno/hazy deep house futurism of AEZKVLAP's "Ande" and the acid-flecked Balearic house hiss of Lootbeg's "Cheeeers" [sic], to the Larry Heard-on-happy pills bliss of Rowvn's "Is It Real", to the dirt-encrusted, redlined fuzz of Blinds' "South Memphis", which reminded us a little of Shall Not Fade's most memorable moments.
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AFINCOMP 4
15 May 18
Deep House
15 May 18
Deep House
Played by: Juno Recommends Deep House
Review: There's no denying that Lootbeg has been in fine form of late, with 12" singles on Tieffrequent and Tooman Records only enhancing his reputation as a producer on the rise. Predictably, the Leipzig man is at the top of his game on this EP for A Friend in Need. Opener "Cheeeers" offers the perfect balance between raw, distorted drums, wiggly acid lines and the lilting, string-laden sheen of classic deep house, though acid-fired electro cut "Goodbye Galaxy - Gg17428" - all filtered late night stabs and thrillingly rough rhythms - is arguably even better. Elsewhere, he serves up a thrillingly muscular chunk of TB-303 techno (the fittingly titled "Mental") and does his best Drexciya impression on the heavy-but-poignant "Goodbye Galaxy - Gg17421".
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AFIN 17
19 Jun 17
Deep House
19 Jun 17
Deep House
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AFIN 16
15 May 17
Minimal/Tech House
15 May 17
Minimal/Tech House
Played by: ROTCIV
Review: Forget Berlin: it's all about neighbouring Leipzig these days and local imprint A Friend In Need are here to prove it on Leipzig Only 02. "Blinds" is up first with the classic Larry Heard vibe of "Cloud City" which was a pretty awesome exercise in deepness if we do say. There's nothing daggy about Napoleon Dynamite's uplifting nu-disco jam "Altei" which would make even Jay Shepheard stand up and notice. Label head honchos Lootbeg & Nova Casa serve up what could be the EPs finest moment on "Introduction" which was wonderfully emotive and bittersweet, with its life affirming strings, melancholic keys and dusty drums. Finally Zacharias goes chasing the ghosts in the analogue machines to stunning effect on "Across The Cosmic Gardens".
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AFIN 15
15 Mar 17
Deep House
15 Mar 17
Deep House
Review: It is Roberta up next on esteemed German imprint A Friend In Need with the Fatty Cutz EP. Some sublime deep house on offer such as on the the sexy and slinky title track. "Disco 3 2 1" carries on with the same vibe but definitely gets some Afro-spiritual leanings going on in the vein of Joe Claussell or Osunlade. It gets a more upbeat and straight ahead remix by Hamburg's Deo & Z-Man for some sweaty dancefloor action complete with some sick 303 acid action. Finally "Feel It" gets all deep and loungy again taking its cues from some of the harbour city's finest like Vincenzo or early Steve Bug.
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AFIN 11
05 Jul 16
Deep House
05 Jul 16
Deep House
Review: German label A Friend In Need, has amassed a very strong back catalogue of deep house/disco fusion jams in a just two years. Here they present new works by a variety of artists and again quality is paramount. Toefflinger delivers some smooth and emotional vintage sax-garage vibes on "That's The Way", Thomas Steiler drops some rumbling bass and hazy synth layers "Keep Dancin" and "Instellar" by Ciro De Gais is all about the suspended strings and Pettibone-style machine gun snares. Lastly Gregory Dub's "Closer" literally closes the EP with a kind of fusion of elements from all the above.
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AFIN 10
23 May 16
Deep House
23 May 16
Deep House
Review: Fledgling label A Friend In Need are all a flutter, proudly presenting their second signing, Amsterdam-based outfit Kumquat. There are three sensual and deep jazzy groove jams here: the title track being a little housier with a sampled female monologue, "The Honeymoon" is a sugary lounge house with similar samples and "Times Like These" references 90s downbeat/trip-hop to great effect. M Ono also appears delivering an upbeat trancey shuffle rework.
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AFIN 09
25 Nov 15
Deep House
25 Nov 15
Deep House
Played by: Buzz Compass
Review: Hailing from Leipzig, DJ Lootbeg is the man behind the 'house gems and deep vibes' label, A Friend In Need. Here he presents a sizzling selection of up and coming names from the roster. Highlights include the deep n' jazzy sleek houser "The Trip" by Blinds, the cloudy electro-pop of "Kalsarikaennit" by Lootbeg & Iami and the quirky, squelched-out acid house of "Silver Shiver" by Zacharias.
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AFIN 08
23 Sep 15
Deep House
23 Sep 15
Deep House
Played by: Juno Recommends Deep House
Review: Switzerland-based producer Gregory Dub - arguably better known under his Pressure Mode alias - doesn't mess around. The original material presented on this EP for A Friend In Need is a good case in point. While blessed with hazy, fluid chords and plenty of soulful touches, there's a bumpin' feel to the beats throughout, while vintage US garage style vocal cut-ups help push the action forward at a rate of knotts. This is particularly noticeable on "Rawstuff", though the same formula underpins the deeper and more expansive "Nightlife". Happily, the remix package is solid, too, with Blinds' acid-flecked, ultra-deep take on "Rawstuff" and the booming Riddim Jersey Keys mix of "Nightlife" impressing most.
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AFIN 06
05 May 15
Deep House
05 May 15
Deep House
