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A decade ago, Steven Julien decided to build on the success of his records as Funkineven on Eglo by launching a label of his own, Apron. He handled the first few releases himself, establishing a varied, analogue-rich, machine-driven sound that variously touched on strobe-lit synth-funk, ragging acid house, lo-fi techno, revivalist boogie and dusty deep house. Thanks to the quality of his productions, Apron immediately found an audience and since then Julien and his growing roster of artists have not looked back. Dig into the label’s catalogue and you’ll discover must-check releases from Molinaro, Hanna, Delroy Edwards, Byron The Aquarius, Dreams, Bastien Carrara, Brassfoot and Seven Davis Junior, as well as impressive collaborations between Julien and such artists as Shanti Celeste, Devin Dare, Greg Beato and Jay Daniel.
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G-OUT
G-OUT - (4:48) 140 BPM
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ADOUT
01 Dec 23
Electro
Apron Japan Vol 1
Various
Kendall Timmons - "Fred's Dystopia" - (2:50) 77 BPM
Yuka Sunflora - "Energy" - (6:50) 124 BPM
Ko Saito & Steven Julien - "Portsur" - (4:15) 121 BPM
Jarren - "Al Gusto" - (4:52) 60 BPM
Jarren - "Pressure" - (4:21) 125 BPM
Ko Saito - "250o" - (4:15) 124 BPM Hot
J M S Khosah - "Silvergun" - (4:25) 70 BPM
J M S Khosah - "Ritual Flow" - (4:46) 134 BPM
J M S Khosah - "Cynosure" - (3:18) 60 BPM
Ko Saito - "XYTR" - (5:32) 99 BPM
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ACJ 01
06 Oct 23
Balearic/Downtempo
Crown
Page 1 (feat James Massiah) - (2:47) 67 BPM
Page 2 (feat Vicky Flint) - (3:32) 60 BPM
Page 3 (feat K15) - (6:18) 58 BPM Hot
Page 4 - (8:02) 62 BPM
Page 5 (feat Vicky Flint & Cloud) - (4:02) 80 BPM
Page 3 (DaM-Funk Re-Freak mix) - (6:24) 59 BPM
Page 5 (Reggie B SciFonk mix) - (4:00) 83 BPM
Played by: KX9000, Makèz
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APRONEVIL 03
16 Jun 23
Experimental/Electronic
Zebrano
Better Dayz - (5:21) 120 BPM
In The Air (feat AKUA) - (4:25) 117 BPM Hot
Peace Of Mind (feat Dreamcastmoe) - (5:36) 120 BPM
Jak Moves? - (2:48) 107 BPM
Emotional (feat Devin Morrison) - (3:12) 100 BPM
Solar Panel - (3:50) 108 BPM
In The Air (feat AKUA - remix) - (4:30) 78 BPM
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APRON 48
30 Sep 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
Emotional
Emotional (feat Devin Morrison - original mix) - (3:12) 100 BPM
Emotional (instrumental) - (3:12) 100 BPM Hot
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AD 482
19 Sep 22
Hip Hop/R&B
In The Air
In The Air - (4:25) 117 BPM
Played by: Howler
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AD 48
01 Sep 22
Euro Dance/Pop Dance
SSS
Shanti Celeste - "SSS" (OG Cut) - (8:06) 135 BPM Hot
Steven Julien - "SSS" (90s Cut) - (7:17) 135 BPM
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APRON 20
18 Jul 22
Electro
The Algorithm Don't Like My Freek
End Game - (1:16) 69 BPM
HyperReal - (4:10) 121 BPM
Quantum Prophets - (5:04) 73 BPM Hot
Irememberufromtomorrow - (5:39) 65 BPM
Future Attractions - (4:00) 119 BPM
SHE (feat Shepherd) - (4:23) 69 BPM
The Lovers - (7:20) 125 BPM
Phantomz - (2:07) 122 BPM
Exotic Radiation - (2:14) 74 BPM
Infinity Mode - (3:41) 94 BPM
Untitled Freek (feat Shepherd) - (4:49) 81 BPM
Secret Colors - (3:19) 79 BPM
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APRON 47
08 Jul 22
Balearic/Downtempo
Infinity Mode
Infinity Mode - (3:41) 94 BPM
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AD 47MODE
30 Jun 22
Hip Hop/R&B
SHE
SHE - (4:23) 69 BPM
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AD 47
12 Jun 22
Experimental/Electronic
Apron X Patta - Better Together
Various
AshTreJinkins - "Passive Aggressive" - (3:01) 125 BPM
System Olympia - "Passi Mai" - (4:07) 104 BPM
Brassfoot - "Leven" - (6:14) 122 BPM
Shamos - "737363" - (5:18) 121 BPM
J M S Khosah - "Lessons" - (4:47) 68 BPM
Shy One - "Candy Floss" - (4:23) 119 BPM Hot
Steven Julien - "E46" - (4:11) 123 BPM
AshTreJinkins - "Dashing Buttface" - (2:48) 80 BPM
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APRON 45PSS3000
15 Apr 22
Hip Hop/R&B
Ain't Bit (Explicit)
Ain't Bit (explicit) - (5:57) 120 BPM
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AD 011
05 Nov 21
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
Antera
Intro - (3:00) 99 BPM
Zaiah - (4:00) 60 BPM
Antera - (4:29) 56 BPM
Fye - (4:21) 80 BPM
4 U - (6:01) 130 BPM Hot
Deja Vu - (4:56) 60 BPM
Kang - (4:19) 60 BPM
Gina - (4:26) 61 BPM
Whittier Blvd. - (2:54) 100 BPM
Devotional Medley (original mix) - (3:19) 100 BPM
Devotional Medley (Spice Adams mix) - (3:25) 90 BPM
Played by: Iner
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APRON 45
30 Jul 21
Balearic/Downtempo
Whittier Blvd.
Whittier Blvd. - (2:54) 100 BPM
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APRON 45S
09 Jul 21
Hip Hop/R&B
Glassala (Explicit)
Glassala (explicit) - (8:15) 120 BPM
Played by: LDLDN
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AD 010
11 Jun 21
Electro
Universo
Process Of Change - (4:17) 158 BPM Hot
Back In Tha Game - (5:28) 117 BPM
Cidade Jovem - (5:29) 106 BPM
Fire Pit - (6:14) 117 BPM
City Heart - (3:35) 110 BPM
Cruisin - (5:43) 113 BPM
Funny Game - (4:12) 108 BPM
Universo (Steven Julien edit) - (7:59) 120 BPM
Break The Cycle (Bonus Digital Only) - (5:48) 110 BPM
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APRON 044
12 Mar 21
Deep House
Apron EP
Dr Robonik (feat MDMA) - (4:29) 118 BPM
Girls Girls Girls - (4:39) 114 BPM
Let Go (Sunshine) - (5:25) 120 BPM
End Of Time - (4:33) 87 BPM
Fun Fun Fun (feat Brandon Banks) - (4:46) 105 BPM
I Want To Go - (5:13) 127 BPM
Dr Funk Yo Mind - (4:04) 120 BPM
A$trotron - (6:22) 120 BPM
Cold Winter's - (3:57) 87 BPM
If Only She Knew - (4:25) 125 BPM Hot
Review: Since surfacing on Sound Signature in 2016, Byron The Aquarius has emerged at the front of house music's ever-rolling and contemporary new wave, with his music is four short years making it to labels like Rush Hour, Ninja Tune and Eglo to Kyle Hall's Wild Oats, and Shall Not Fade. BTA now lands on Funkineven's Apron label with keeping it classic, beat down, soulful and full of that dusty, renegade funk ("Dr Funk Yo Mind") to something more X-rated in "A$trotron". Get yer broken beats in "Girls Girls Girls" with some straight up house vibes in "Let Go (Sunshine)" to more skittering jazz numbers in "Fun Fun Fun (feat Brandon Banks)". Deeper still is the spacey dubs of "I Want To Go" to some sweetly distorted deep house and percussion work outs in "If Only She Knew".
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APRON 42
11 Sep 20
Deep House
Dreem Static
Mirage - (4:53) 108 BPM
Private Myths - (4:12) 110 BPM
2Desire - (1:42) 69 BPM
Binary Starr - (5:22) 129 BPM
Idreamtaboutuagainlastnite - (2:20) 90 BPM
Dreem Theme - (1:10) 76 BPM
Mystery (feat Shepherd) - (5:04) 63 BPM Hot
Latent Heat - (7:49) 59 BPM
Chimera Interlude (feat Shepherd) - (1:07) 78 BPM
Uncanny Valley - (3:02) 90 BPM
Dinner With Angela - (4:54) 88 BPM
City Of Dreems - (7:33) 129 BPM
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AC 06
22 May 20
Balearic/Downtempo
St Julien
Jupiter - (4:59) 119 BPM Hot
St Julien - (6:07) 143 BPM
Lazor - (7:30) 118 BPM
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A 08
07 May 20
Electro
Overseer
Overseer - (9:53) 114 BPM Hot
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APRON 25
07 May 20
Techno
Free 2 B
Juno Fantasy - (4:21) 120 BPM Hot
Prayer For U - (5:30) 60 BPM
Feelin Real Good (vocal) - (4:05) 60 BPM
Mystery Angel - (2:26) 87 BPM
I'll Be Yours (feat G'la - vocal) - (3:50) 88 BPM
Girl U Hypnotize Me - (2:55) 105 BPM
Love Beam - (2:55) 116 BPM
Feelin Real Good (instrumental) - (4:05) 60 BPM
I'll Be Yours (instrumental) - (3:49) 88 BPM
Review: Sudi Wachspress, AKA Space Ghost, delivers his eighth long-player in just 10 years. The Oakland, California native has carved out a sound that draws on house, disco, R&B and disco as well as strong influences from the LA beats scene, and the result is an album that operates largely at a walking pace, and as such is probably best appreciated in a home listening setting, with 'Feeling Real Good' and 'Prayer For You' providing the only obvious dancefloor moments. Standouts include the haunting 'Love Beam' with its haunting, looped vocal and bruk beat-y bass squelch, the druggy, slo-mo jazz-funk of 'Mystery Angel' and the sultry, soulful 'I'll Be Yours'.
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APRON 41
16 Mar 20
Funk
Joy Of Missing Out
Sozinho A Noite - (2:27) 73 BPM
Looking Back - (3:57) 103 BPM
All I Want - (2:52) 89 BPM
Driving To The Sun - (3:09) 80 BPM
Azy - (2:16) 71 BPM
Hobart - (5:14) 110 BPM Hot
Travel - (1:59) 79 BPM
Jazz Da XV - (5:56) 116 BPM
Welcome Stranger - (2:50) 96 BPM
Phobia - (2:14) 72 BPM
Brasilidade - (5:10) 61 BPM
Look At Me - (3:11) 74 BPM
Praia - (2:48) 97 BPM
Vision - (1:49) 64 BPM
Locked - (2:30) 80 BPM
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AD 008
02 Mar 20
Balearic/Downtempo
Metropolistic
No Regrets - (3:08) 98 BPM
AM:PM - (4:44) 107 BPM
Don't Go Outside - (3:47) 64 BPM
Love In Dystopia - (5:37) 55 BPM
Renegade Lover (Justice mix) - (4:09) 53 BPM
Dystopian Fantasy? - (4:43) 55 BPM Hot
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AD 07
24 Jan 20
Experimental/Electronic
Apron EP
Gio - (5:34) 124 BPM Hot
JTL - (5:07) 126 BPM
TY - (5:35) 120 BPM
Molow - (4:37) 130 BPM
Sofar - (1:53) 160 BPM
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APRON 35
13 Dec 19
Deep House
What The Future Was
Aevea Forest - (3:04) 149 BPM
Ember - (5:09) 126 BPM
Entity - (3:40) 123 BPM
Her Theme - (1:35) 85 BPM
Purity - (5:16) 122 BPM Hot
The Pneuma - (4:52) 129 BPM
Played by: Benji B
Review: Two of the six tracks featured here - 'Aeva Forest' and 'Her Theme' - are out-and-out ambient/piano pieces, 'Ember' is a fierce, dark electro workout and 'Entity' sits most comfortably under the experimental electronica banner. From a house POV that just leaves two tracks to talk about: 'Purity', which loops up raw, shuffling drum beats and piercing synth notes, and 'Pneuma', which starts life as an ambient strings piece before more of those lo-fi drums come crashing in. Both would clear the floor at your local Ritzy's but could find a home in those longer sets and podcast mixes.
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APRON 40
27 Sep 19
Deep House
Earth State EP
Dry Mango (Part 1) - (1:25) 119 BPM
Thursday - (4:30) 122 BPM
Oceans - (4:19) 123 BPM Hot
Earth State - (1:46) 116 BPM
Syntherlude - (0:56) 141 BPM
Pace & Time - (3:38) 116 BPM
Dry Mango (Part 2) - (3:31) 120 BPM
Review: Over the last few years, Kieron Ifill aka K15 has been visiting Simbad Stanislas's studio, where they delved deep into conversation, as well as into an arsenal of analogue gear. The result? A revered collection of raw grooves that Apron boss and mutual friend Steven Julien was compelled to share - welcome to Earth State. A collection of deep and mellow urban expressions that blur the lines between, deep house, nu-jazz and neo soul. Smooth broken beat jams such as "Thursday" or "Oceans" feature creamy Rhodes, intricate rhythms and shimmering synths galore, while "Dry Mango pt2" calls to mind the classic vibe of UK broken beat by Bugz In The Attic or Atjazz.
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APRON 39
23 Aug 19
Deep House
Osiris
Osiris - (3:57) 76 BPM
Osiris (instrumental) - (3:57) 76 BPM
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AD 06
26 Jun 19
Hip Hop/R&B
Dubonnet
Live & Let Live - (4:32) 120 BPM Hot
Fat Dynamics - (4:41) 120 BPM
Funny Styles - (3:32) 126 BPM
Dubonnet - (3:30) 120 BPM
In Orbit - (4:07) 126 BPM
How High Is The Moon - (3:42) 120 BPM
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APRON 37
14 Jun 19
Deep House
Apron EP
Piercing - (2:09) 157 BPM
Gidi - (4:48) 63 BPM
Modal - (5:07) 125 BPM Hot
Believe In Something - (6:54) 125 BPM
Corner Club - (3:41) 130 BPM
Fingers - (1:47) 72 BPM
Review: Brazilian duo My Girlfriend - AKA veteran multi-instrumentalist Zopelar and 18-year-old wunderkind Benjamin Sallum - come with six pleasingly varied cuts here that will suit the dancers as well as the chin-strokers and headnodders. 'Piercing', a two-minute beats-free intro piece that's reminiscent of early System 7, opens proceedings, followed by 'Gidi', which marries ker-razy jazz beats to a west coast funk b-line and suspiciously 'Baby Love'-like female "ooh-ooh-ooooh-oohs". Things take an 80s electro turn on 'Modal', 'Believe In Something' has a blissed-out, Sunday AM feel, 'Corner Club' is a fiery lil' shuffler and finally 'Fingers' pushes further into looping, experimental territory.
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APRON 36
10 May 19
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
Always Be Your G
Always Be Your G - (3:52) 133 BPM
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AD 05
25 Mar 19
Balearic/Downtempo
Lust For Life
Lust For Life - (1:42) 78 BPM
What Goes Around Comes Around - (3:50) 88 BPM Hot
Foreplayin - (1:43) 113 BPM
Champions - (1:31) 76 BPM
Shadow Of A Lonely Man - (2:22) 115 BPM
Crucial - (3:21) 116 BPM
Higher Love - (4:15) 68 BPM
Vanessa Finesse - (1:09) 87 BPM
Divine (Interlude) - (1:58) 80 BPM
Long Tings - (2:01) 128 BPM
Can't Wait - (3:09) 72 BPM
She's On Her Way - (2:58) 76 BPM
Goddess Is Born - (3:14) 118 BPM
Always Be Your G - (3:57) 67 BPM
She Likes Teasing (Bonus) - (3:40) 76 BPM
Played by: Chris Coco
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AD 04
15 Feb 19
Hip Hop/R&B
8 Ball
BLK808 - (7:49) 125 BPM Hot
POT808 - (5:59) 129 BPM
Teer - (6:55) 113 BPM
Teer (instrumental) - (6:55) 113 BPM
Review: Steven Julien is better known as FunkinEven, the project that has yielded releases for high-profile labels like Eglo and his own Apron imprint. However, that only tells part of Julien's story, and he has also put out two long players under his own name for Apron. Unsurprisingly, this material tells a more personal story, with "Teer" featuring gloriously spacious synths and indistinct vocals unravelling over an introspective groove. That's not to suggest that Julien has lost sight of what he does best, and "BLK808" is a tough, percussive drum workout, led by rolling drums and tight hi-hat sequences.
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APRON 38
28 Oct 18
Electro
Ratgrave
Icarus - (3:36) 120 BPM
Big Sausage Pizza - (3:17) 133 BPM
Ubi Hubi - (4:17) 104 BPM
Wider, Git Hub - (3:15) 104 BPM
Fantastic Neckground - (3:49) 127 BPM
Johnny's Road Song - (0:45) 148 BPM
Blizzard People - (4:55) 120 BPM
El Schnorro - (4:01) 152 BPM
Ein Kola Bitte - (3:56) 123 BPM Hot
Fuzz Roll - (5:17) 134 BPM
Karenn Du Renold - (6:11) 145 BPM
Played by: Ennio Styles
Review: If you're unfamiliar with the Ratgrave name, you're not alone: this bustling, future funk album marks the first time collaborators Max Graef and Julius Conrad have released anything under the alias. The set was apparently recorded at different times, and in different places, over a three-year period. Musically, it draws much inspiration from intergalactic jazz-funk, P-funk and otherworldly '80s boogie, but also feels instinctively loose, carefree and improvised. The result is a set of lo-fi cuts that sound like they were recorded straight to tape during improvisational jam sessions, but were probably far more polished and thought-out than you might expect. Either way, it's the kind of LP that gets better with each successive listen.
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AA 03
31 Jul 18
Electro
Cha
Cha - (5:40) 124 BPM
Dracula - (6:19) 124 BPM Hot
Played by: Deetron
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APRON 03
Techno
PARTY EP
Celebrations (Funkineven edit) - (3:46) 123 BPM
PARTY - (4:11) 130 BPM Hot
Fun - (4:38) 124 BPM
Summers - (5:58) 135 BPM
Highways - (2:55) 129 BPM
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APRON 09
Deep House
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