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Launched by Tom Lea in 2010, Local Action is a London-based independent label that specialises in high-energy, high-emotion electronic music - but with a scope that goes way beyond that, having some of its greatest successes with leftfield international artists like Dawn Richard and Lena Raine.
A decade into operation, it's built an enviable catalogue of classic records, from T. Williams' 'Heartbeat' and DJ Q's 'Brandy & Coke' to recent hits like Finn's 'Sometimes The Going Gets a Little Tough' and India Jordan's 'For You' - and also launched its club-focused sister label 2 B REAL, operated out of Manchester by Finn.
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Heartbeat
Heartbeat (feat Terri Walker) - (8:05) 128 BPM
Heartbeat (DJ Q remix feat Terri Walker) - (4:00) 130 BPM Hot
Heartbeat (Mosca remix feat Terri Walker) - (5:18) 130 BPM
Heartbeat (instrumental feat Terri Walker) - (4:55) 128 BPM
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LOC 078
11 Oct 23
UK Garage
Speedy Gs
Speedy Gs - (3:46) 128 BPM
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LOC 073
17 Aug 22
UK Garage
Do What You Want Forever: 10 Years Of Local Action (Explicit)
Various
T. Williams - "Heartbeat" (feat Terri Walker - Mosca remix) - (5:18) 130 BPM
Finn - "Sometimes The Going Gets A Little Tough" (extended mix) - (4:45) 135 BPM
I. JORDAN - "For You" - (5:37) 138 BPM
Dawn Richard - "Not Above That" - (4:46) 144 BPM
DJ Q - "All That I Could" - (3:46) 130 BPM Hot
UNIIQU3 - "Microdosing" - (3:58) 131 BPM
Martyn Bootyspoon - "Lickety Split" - (5:05) 135 BPM
E.M.M.A. - "Into Indigo" - (4:34) 104 BPM
DJ Jayhood - "Hands On Ya Hips" (feat Adolf Joker) - (2:31) 134 BPM
Slackk - "Blue Sleet" - (4:57) 142 BPM
LOFT - "Wish It Would Rain" (Massive Vibe Moment) - (6:46) 131 BPM
96 Back - "9 To Find 6" - (3:00) 150 BPM
Finn - "Do What You Want Forever" - (5:32) 130 BPM
Yamaneko - "Adrift" - (1:59) 130 BPM
Review: Next up, we have a seriously cool collection of treats as the legendary Local Action pull together some of their biggest creations over the last decade to celebrate '10 Years Of Local Action'. Right from the jump, this is a collection littered with top quality artists, including the likes of Finn, Mosca, Terri Walker, T.Williams, DJQ, Slack & many many more. Actually having the opportunity to dive into the Local Action catalogue with all of its many years condensed into one release really does highlight just how creative they have been able to be over the years. We would definitely recommend checking out I. JORDAN 's 'For You' as part of your own personal dive, alongside the gorgeous summer pulses of LOFT's 'Wish It Would Rain' and the outstanding soundscaping work of E.M.M.A's 'Into Indigo' whilst you're at it!
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LOCLP 022
10 May 22
UK Garage
Ambition: Remixes 002
Like A Butterfly (Wawa's Stoned Out remix) - (4:59) 58 BPM Hot
Baby (Ariel Zetina remix) - (5:04) 61 BPM
Will You Be? (CFCF remix) - (5:02) 69 BPM
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LOC 062RB
21 Dec 21
Experimental/Electronic
A Good Place
A Good Place - (3:47) 129 BPM Hot
Getting Off (It's So Good) - (4:47) 120 BPM
R U Still Well - (4:12) 125 BPM
We Better Make A Move - (4:34) 135 BPM
Review: Local Action regular Finn frequently delivers inspired EPs that sit somewhere between dancefloor melancholia and rush-inducing euphoria. This trademark blend of bittersweet bliss once again comes to the fore on his latest release. For proof, check 'A Good Place', where a yearning female vocal sample is contrasted by New Jersey garage organs, sparkling piano riffs and a sparse but impactful house beat. He's at his melancholic, floor-friendly best on 'Getting Off (It's So Good)', where emotive chords and lo-fi lead lines tussle for attention with deep sub-bass and skittish drum machine beats, while 'R U Still Well' is an organ-sporting deep house number that sounds like it needs a hug. To round things off, he ups the tempo on 'We Better Make a Move', which boasts some heady, minor-key chords.
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LOC 065
28 Sep 21
Deep House
Baby
Baby - (3:28) 123 BPM
Baby (extended mix) - (5:18) 123 BPM Hot
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LOC 062A
20 Apr 21
Deep House
9696 Dream
Sat In - (3:52) 116 BPM
Freepass For Them - (3:52) 132 BPM
Phone - (3:12) 116 BPM
Hide_NGroove - (2:42) 126 BPM
Interlude As A Reference - (0:44) 128 BPM
9696 Dream - (4:12) 145 BPM
Made Me - (3:37) 123 BPM Hot
RJam For Harp - (2:07) 130 BPM
Fent66 - (2:42) 123 BPM
Friend Moment (feat Joe Paisan) - (5:15) 145 BPM
Review: Evan Majunder-Swift's rise as 96 Back shows no signs of stopping. Having recently collaborated with Paul Woolford AKA Special Request, he has now signed to Local Action and will deliver a trio of releases over the course of 2021. The first of those, 9696 Dream, is predictably impressive, with the Sheffield-born artist delivering a non-stop, mixed mini-album rich in atmospheric analogue sounds, spacey electronics, intergalactic ambient soundscapes and grooves that variously doff a cap to classic IDM, late '80s Larry Heard style deep house, skittish electro and the more saucer-eyed end of ambient techno. It's a hugely attractive and enjoyable set all told, with exceptional sound thanks to a bang-up mastering job from Bleep techno pioneer (and Warp Records co-founder) Rob Gordon. In a word: essential.
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LOC 066
16 Mar 21
Deep House
Dance Music Has Betrayed Us All
Dance Music Has Betrayed Us All - (5:05) 133 BPM Hot
Do Good Boys Get The Fear? - (3:52) 135 BPM
Opening Up - (4:34) 148 BPM
Carpet Floors - (5:07) 126 BPM
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LOC 046
25 Oct 18
Deep House
Sometimes The Going Gets A Little Tough
Who This Is (It's P) - (3:14) 135 BPM Hot
Rider (Some Rules mix) - (4:46) 130 BPM
Give Us A Hand - (5:01) 143 BPM
Trying Your Best - (4:05) 130 BPM
So Confused - (3:26) 148 BPM
Review: Finn McCorry presents his longest and most complete release yet, a collection 'of six house jams for trying times.' Part of the team behind NTS Manchester, each of the tracks on Sometimes The Going Gets A Little Tough have been thoroughly tested on his monthly show and his B2B series - which has recently seen him play alongside UNiiQU3, Teki Latex and Eclair Fifi and at Manchester's Soup Kitchen club. Finn has crafted his own take on house music, taking aspects from speed garage, grime and hardcore in the UK, to regional club music from the USA. From the feel good, neon-lit, disco inflected house of "Who Is This (It's P)", the French Touch influenced "Give Us A Hand" and the melancholic bounce of "Trying Your Best", its a fabulous EP.
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LOC 038
15 Jun 18
Bass
Heartbeat
Heartbeat (Paul Woolford Rewurq) - (8:00) 128 BPM Hot
Heartbeat (instrumental) - (4:55) 128 BPM
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LOCWHITE 001
16 May 11
UK Garage
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