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Styrax (Zed Bias 2-Step Remix)
  
   
Styrax (original mix) - (4:15) 123 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Styrax (2-Step remix) - (5:29) 130 BPM
LT 133
16 Jun 23
UK Garage
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Love's Gonna Get You (Hugo LX Remix)
  
   
Love's Gonna Get You (Hugo LX remix) - (6:34) 125 BPM
LT130B
09 Jun 23
Funky/Club House
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Massilia
   
I'm Dying Up Here - (4:30) 124 BPM
   
We Gotta Try - (5:42) 129 BPM
   
Le Petit Bar Du Coin De La Rue - (4:54) 127 BPM
   
Pente Glissante - (5:09) 124 BPM
LT 138
02 Jun 23
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Let It Go
   
Laroye & Abi Flynn - "Beauty In Motion" (original mix) - (5:23) 117 BPM
   
Let It Go (feat Javonntte - original mix) - (5:54) 125 BPM
   
People Out There (You Gotta Do Whatcha Wanna Do) (original mix) - (6:12) 120 BPM
   
Laroye & Jerry Clavier - "Grateful" (original mix) - (5:42) 118 BPM
   
Potion For Love (Never Give It Up) (original mix) - (7:53) 118 BPM
   
Keep On (original mix) - (6:36) 122 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Get Down (feat Polose - original mix) - (6:40) 122 BPM
   
Get Down (The Moonfunk dub) - (4:51) 120 BPM
Review: Those who like musically expansive, jazz-funk influenced deep house loveliness should already be aware of Thomas Laroye's slim but impressive catalogue, which includes notable outings on Freerange and Atjazz Record Co. Here the French producer delivers his debut album, an inspired eight-track set that perfectly encapsulates the summery, sun-soaked excellence of his work. Expect soulful songs, broken house beats, kaleidoscopic jazz-funk and boogie synths, mazy instrumental solos and audible references to classic U.S garage and New Jersey house. Highlights include (but are in no way limited to) Javontte hook-up 'Let It Go', the shuffling samba-house flex of 'People Out There', the Kaidi Tatham-esque 'Grateful' and the synth solo-sporting heaviness of 'Get Down (The Moonfunk Dub)'.
LTCD 018
26 May 23
Funky/Club House
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Love's Gonna Get You
   
Love's Gonna Get You (Art Of Tones remix) - (6:33) 125 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Love's Gonna Get You (Main vocal mix) - (6:15) 124 BPM
LT 130A
19 May 23
Funky/Club House
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Sum Luv (Zed Bias Remixes)
   
Sum Luv (2-Step mix full vocal version) - (6:18) 130 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Sum Luv (original version) - (3:36) 50 BPM
   
Sum Luv (Locally Talking 3nv33 mix) - (7:50) 118 BPM
   
Sum Luv (2-Step mix radio version) - (3:46) 130 BPM
   
Sum Luv (2-Step mix instrumental) - (6:18) 130 BPM
Review: Next up from Local Talk, a sweet foray into shuffling garage flavours as the legendary Zed Bias touches down for a spot of remix duty, overhauling Envee and Ania Szarmach's awesome 'Sum Love' original. First up, we explore the full 2-Step mix, giving the vocal a ghostly new backdrop to navigate through, flanked by bubbling bass pulses and jittery melodic flickers, before taking a quick listen to the original version. We then explore the more dramatic melodic switch ups and glistening harmonic layerings of the Locally Talking 3nv33 mix, before diving into both the radio and instrumental mixes to round off. A good old fashioned garage remix pack, what more could you ask for?
LT 129
19 May 23
UK Garage
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Grateful
   
Grateful (original mix) - (5:42) 118 BPM
LT131B
12 May 23
Funky/Club House
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Let It Go
   
Let It Go (original mix) - (5:54) 125 BPM
LT131A
21 Apr 23
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13 Years Later, Pt. 2
Various
   
Wipe The Needle - "Light Years Away" - (7:24) 123 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
James L'Estraunge Orchestra - "Broken Spells" - (8:07) 70 BPM
   
Coflo - "MidNight" - (8:50) 123 BPM
   
Damon Frost - "Dutty House" - (3:37) 120 BPM
   
Rico Herrera, Featuring Vimbai Mango & Filippo Guerrieri - "Changes" - (6:45) 125 BPM
   
Glenn Davis - "My Life And Yours" - (7:15) 124 BPM
   
Riddim Research Lab - "Lazy Organ Player Dub" - (3:17) 96 BPM
   
Caserta - "Stand Up" - (7:02) 124 BPM
   
Aurelius - "Sangue" - (4:35) 123 BPM
Review: On part two of the label's 13th anniversary compilation series, Local Talk bosses Tooli and Mad Mats serve up nine more previously unheard cuts from imprint artists and invited guests. As you'd expect given Local Talk's impressive track record, there's not a duffer in sight. After opening with a gorgeously warm, breezy and summery chunk of jazz-flecked electronic house by Wipe The Needle ('Light Years Away'), we're treated to an inspired mixture of sweaty, upbeat Latin jazz/house fusion (James L'Estrange Orchestra), speaker-bothering low-end wobblers (Damon Frost's accurately titled analogue jam, 'Dutty House'), piano-laden classic house excellence (Glenn Davis), dancefloor dub (Riddim Research Lab), Italian dream house revivalism (Aurelius), and much more besides.
LTCD17B
14 Apr 23
Funky/Club House
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Soulful-Ish By Mad Mats
Various
   
Coflo & Lee Wilson - "Fool For You" (original mix) - (7:42) 122 BPM
   
Claes Rosen - "Daydreaming" (original mix) - (5:43) 124 BPM
   
Luke Fono - "4Real" (feat BB James - Crackazat remix) - (5:03) 122 BPM
   
Tommy Rawson - "Brenda Done Died With No Name." (original mix) - (6:35) 118 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Art Of Tones - "The Same Thing" (original mix) - (8:18) 120 BPM
   
Envee - "Gotta Work" (feat Nick Sinckler - 2020 mix) - (6:25) 127 BPM
   
Ezel - "Get Down" (feat Tumelo - original mix) - (6:57) 122 BPM
   
Soul Renegades - "Speak To Me" (OPOLOPO Tweak) - (7:50) 120 BPM
   
Moondance - "Never Found Love" (original mix) - (8:02) 120 BPM
   
Wipe The Needle - "Enchanted" (feat Alex Lattimore - original mix) - (8:21) 123 BPM
Review: Label co-founder Mad Mats is at the wheel of this handy 'introduction to the soulful side of Local Talk', as the collection's subtitle puts it. While much of the label's catalogue is imbued with some level of soulfulness, the tracks showcased here are particularly righteous, emotive and life-affirming. It oozes soul from start to finish, with the many highlights including (but in no way limited to), the sun-soaked, Latin-fired soulful house shuffle of Coflo and Lee Wilson's 'Fool For You', the early Mood II Swing style warmth of 'Daydreaming' by Claes Rosen, the gospel-fired drowsiness of Art of Tones ('The Same Thing'), the energy-packed piano house motifs of Emvee's 'Gotta Work' and a fine New Jersey garage-goes-deep house revision of Soul Renegades' 'Speak To Me' courtesy of OPOLOPO.
LTISH 03
06 Apr 23
Funky/Club House
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Bizzness (Live @ BIX)
   
Bizzness (Live @ BIX) (original mix) - (5:43) 117 BPM
LT126A
23 Mar 23
Funky/Club House
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13 Years Later, Pt. 1
Various
   
Soul Renegades - "Real Change" (original mix) - (7:14) 125 BPM
   
Shaka - "Got To Get Better" (original mix) - (7:04) 120 BPM
   
Alex Attias & Sohan Wilson - "Come Back To Me" (original mix) - (6:43) 124 BPM
   
Nico Lahs - "Happenstance" (original mix) - (5:51) 115 BPM
   
Laroye - "Get Down" (edit) - (4:47) 122 BPM
   
ManooZ - "Piazza Della Liberta?" (original mix) - (5:54) 124 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Envee - "ELAM" (original mix) - (4:38) 126 BPM
   
Dan Tenor-City & Tom Funk - "Open Destiny (Grace's Song)" (original mix) - (6:13) 124 BPM
   
Rawson And Jackson - "Where You Come From" (original mix) - (4:36) 112 BPM
LTCD 17A
10 Mar 23
Funky/Club House
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Deep-Ish
Various
   
Fish Go Deep - "Northern Reach" (original mix) - (7:27) 124 BPM
   
Atjazz - "Fox Tooth" (Atjazz Galaxy Aart dub) - (6:52) 121 BPM
   
Andreas Saag - "Wilderness" (dub) - (6:33) 124 BPM
   
Purple Velvet - "Breathin" (original mix) - (6:54) 113 BPM
   
Cle - "The Jam" (original mix) - (6:38) 121 BPM
   
Esa & Mervin Granger - "Mvk" (original mix) - (6:32) 123 BPM
   
Wil Maddams - "Handle The Change" (original mix) - (8:36) 118 BPM
   
Willie Graff & Tuccillo - "Misdirection" (original mix) - (7:10) 122 BPM
   
Kindimmer - "Shadow & Construction" (original mix) - (6:46) 118 BPM
   
Fred Everything - "Brothers & Sisters" (AM Pacific remix) - (8:07) 120 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
The True Rebels - "Bitter Love" (original mix) - (6:21) 115 BPM
ISH 002
24 Feb 23
Funky/Club House
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Dileila Emergency Dub (Live @ BIX)
   
Dileila Emergency Dub (Live @ BIX) (original mix) - (5:58) 126 BPM
LT126B
23 Feb 23
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4U / 2gether
   
4U - (6:18) 116 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
2gether - (5:05) 78 BPM
Played by: Milton Jackson
LT 125
10 Feb 23
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Quiet / Wait
   
Quiet - (7:36) 123 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Wait - (6:18) 123 BPM
Review: Regular collaborators Coflo asnd Lee Wilson are no strangers to Tooli and Mad Mats' Local Talk label; in fact, this two-tracker marks their third appearance on the esteemed Swedish house label. They begin with the deliciously warm and confidently soulful 'Quiet', where Wilson delivers an impeccably emotional lead vocal atop a bouncy Afro-house beat, jaunty bass, lively organ stabs and bubbly electronic motifs. Add in some bonus percussion and drum machine hits and you have a sublime slab of 21st century dancefloor soulfulness. On 'Wait', the pair opts for an even deeper and dreamier sound, with Wilson's distant-sounding vocals weaving in and out of undulating electronic melodies, ocean-deep pads and some sublime melodic flourishes.
LT 128
03 Feb 23
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Rainbows
   
Rainbows (Backside mix) - (6:39) 125 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Rainbows (original mix) - (7:02) 125 BPM
LT 123
11 Nov 22
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Jazzy-Ish By Mad Mats
Various
   
Munk - "Hot Medusa" (Kai Alce remix) - (5:49) 123 BPM
   
Jaxx Madicine - "Montreux" (original mix) - (6:36) 121 BPM
   
Zepherin Saint - "Blue Moon" (original mix) - (5:11) 124 BPM
   
Crackazat - "Coffee Time" (original mix) - (6:50) 117 BPM
   
Coflo - "Lux" (Kaidi Tatham remix) - (6:49) 122 BPM
   
Sameed - "Dusty Jazz" (original mix) - (5:53) 120 BPM
   
Kyoto Jazz Sextet - "Rising" (Ron Trent remix) - (8:02) 122 BPM
   
Prequel - "Freedom" (original mix) - (5:23) 120 BPM
   
Vick Lavender - "Shifting Gears" (Vick Lavender's Time Traveler mix) - (11:48) 122 BPM
   
Kiko Navarro - "Nea Kameni" (Glenn Underground Dance Fusion mix) - (7:30) 125 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
Review: While Local Talk has always tended towards the deeper and more soulful end of the house spectrum, there's no denying the jazz chops of label co-founder Mad Mats and the imprint's penchant for jazzier house workouts. It makes perfect sense, then, that the Swedish DJ/producer would want to showcase that side of Local Talk's output with this tidy trawl through the back catalogue. It naturally contains a wealth of jazz-flecked, floor-friendly gems, with the many highlights including Vick Lavender's near 20-minute, Latin jazz-influenced 'Time Traveller Mix' of his own 'Shifting Gears', a deliciously warm, woozy and sub-heavy tweak of Coflo's 'Lux' courtesy of Kaidi Tatham, Kai Alce's 'St Germain does Detroit deep house' re-vision ofMunk's 'Hot Medusa' and Ron Trent's luscious take on 'Rising' by Kyoto Jazz Sextet.
LTISH 01
14 Oct 22
Funky/Club House
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Stevie's Groove (Soul Renegades Remix)
LT124B
15 Jul 22
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Stevie's Groove
LT124A
08 Jul 22
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The Bird's Eye View
   
The Bird's Eye View (original mix) - (7:07) 118 BPM
Played by: MANUEL COSTELA
LT121B
01 Jul 22
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Short Circuit
LT121A
24 Jun 22
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Moon Light (10th Anniversary Mixes)
   
Moon Light (10th Anniversary Mixes) (Kyodai rework) - (5:58) 115 BPM
LT120B
17 Jun 22
Funky/Club House
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Moon Shadow (10th Anniversary Mixes)
   
Moon Shadow (Joe 'Joaquin' Claussell remix) - (11:26) 124 BPM
LT120A
10 Jun 22
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That Cowbell Track
   
That Cowbell Track (original mix) - (4:53) 125 BPM
   
That Cowbell Track (dub) - (3:29) 125 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
LT118B
06 May 22
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It's My World Ya Heard
   
It's My World Ya Heard - (7:20) 123 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Would You - (6:16) 123 BPM
   
Fist Of The North Star - (5:40) 126 BPM
Review: Fresh from delivering some jazz-funk influenced soulful house and broken beat flavours on Z Records, Lee Gomez AKA Wipe The Needle returns to Local Talk, a label he's been loosely associated with since 2019. The experienced producer immediately hits his stride with 'It's My World Ya Heard', a loose-limbed chunk of woozy deep house marked out by swinging beats, jazzy synth-bass and classic-sounding synthesizer chords. 'Would You' is a jaunty, soul-fired slab of samba-house loveliness smothered in futuristic jazz-funk synth sounds, while 'Fist of the North Star' is a sparkling, kaleidoscopic slab of heavily electronic broken beat/jazz-funk fusion full of subtle nods towards Motor City music and the hybrid works of Dego and Kaidi Tatham.
LT117B
29 Apr 22
Deep House
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Everything Is Good
   
Everything Is Good (original mix) - (3:16) 125 BPM
LT118S
22 Apr 22
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Everything Is Good
   
Everything Is Good (original mix) - (6:39) 125 BPM
LT118A
22 Apr 22
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Round Of Applause
   
Round Of Applause (feat Aleysha Lei - original mix) - (6:36) 125 BPM
   
Round Of Applause (feat Aleysha Lei - dub) - (5:17) 121 BPM
   
Jack The Nitty (original mix) - (5:16) 128 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Event Horizon (original mix) - (5:37) 127 BPM
   
Round Of Applause (feat Aleysha Lei - instrumental) - (6:36) 125 BPM
Review: Lee Gomez started producing jungle in the early '90s, but a chance meeting at a recording studio in 2005 was the birthplace of Wipe The Needle. With Mikael Nybom, they released on Slip'n'Slide, Deeply Rooted House and Raw Fusion but since 2013 it has been a solo endeavour by Gomez. He returns to Local Talk, taking up where he left off on the last release with more UK broken beat vibes on "Round Of Applause" featuring Aleysha Lei, which is backed by some off-kilter nu-jazz as heard on "Jack The Nitty" and the late night bounce of "Event Horizon".
LT 117A
15 Apr 22
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
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OPOLOPO Tweaks
Various
   
Jamie 326 & Masalo - "Testify" (OPOLOPO Tweak) - (7:19) 122 BPM
   
Dirtytwo - "Moody" (OPOLOPO Tweak) - (6:42) 120 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Jaxx Madicine - "Escape From Planet Earth" (Opolopo remix) - (5:23) 117 BPM
   
Soulphiction - "Bizzness" (OPOLOPO Tweak) - (5:22) 120 BPM
   
Soul Renegades - "Speak To Me" (OPOLOPO Tweak) - (7:50) 120 BPM
   
Actual Proof - "Hubble" (Opolopo remix) - (6:08) 120 BPM
   
Kiko Navarro - "Dope High" (OPOLOPO Tweak) - (5:58) 123 BPM
   
Opolopo - "Silkworms" (Opolopo remix) - (5:25) 120 BPM
   
Urban Sound Lab Presents Miss Yankey - "One Less" (Opolopo remix) - (5:31) 115 BPM
   
Wil Maddams - "Stand In For Love" (Opolopo remix) - (7:02) 116 BPM
Review: Cast your memories back to 2011 and you'll find it was then that Peter Major, aka OPOLOPO made his debut on Local Talk with a presentation of Actual Proof. Having gone on to work with Toolroom Records, If It Ain't Jazz, G.A.M.M. and Vive La Musique since, Major has been invited back for the first time since 2019 to 'tweak' his personal favourites from the Local Talk back cat. This includes some rare numbers from Soulphiction and Jamie 326 next to some straight up remixes of Urban Sound Lab Presents Miss Yankey and Wil Maddams - alongside OPOLOPO & Actual Proof numbers "Silkworms" and dubby broken beat slice "Hubble".
LTCD 016
26 Nov 21
Funky/Club House
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Speak To Me (OPOLOPO Tweak)
   
Speak To Me (OPOLOPO Tweak) - (7:50) 120 BPM
Played by: FINGERMAN
OTW 5
05 Nov 21
Funky/Club House
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Moody (OPOLOPO Tweak)
   
Moody (OPOLOPO Tweak) - (6:42) 120 BPM
OTW 4
29 Oct 21
Deep House
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Dope High (OPOLOPO Tweak)
   
Dope High (OPOLOPO Tweak) - (5:58) 123 BPM
OTW 3
22 Oct 21
Funky/Club House
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Reworks, Vol 3
   
Envee - "Brotherman Pt.1" - (6:27) 124 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Corrado Bucci - "No One Can Stop Us" - (6:25) 120 BPM
Review: Man of the moment Felipe Gordon is in a rich vein of form right now, which each new week bringing a fresh batch of tracks or remixes. He's in the latter mode on Reworks, Volume 3, the latest volume in his ongoing series for Local Talk. He heads for 4AM heads-down territory on his fine revision of Marcel Vogel AKA EmVee's 'Brotherman Part 1', adding hazy, hypnotic riffs, sampled blues vocals and dazzling early morning synth stabs to a bass-heavy deep house beat. He channels the Colombian sunshine on track two, a colourful, retro-futurist house re-make of Corrado Bucci's 'No One Can Stop Us' that's full to bursting with bright piano riffs, tactile synth bass and sweaty, swinging drums.
BEER006C
15 Oct 21
Deep House
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Reworks Vol 2
   
Crackazat - "Silent Sing" (Felipe Gordon Latin rework) - (6:59) 126 BPM
   
Merrick - "The Scene" (feat Baxley - Felipe Gordon rework) - (6:30) 118 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
Review: Having kick-started his new remix series with inspired re-rubs of tracks by Kyodai and Fish Go Deep, man of the moment Felipe Gordon has now turned his attention to cuts from Crazkazat and Merrick. His revision of the former's 'Silent Sling' is undeniably inspired, with heady Latin percussion, jazzy keys and Motor City techno chords rising above rolling house beats and a heavy, mind-altering bassline. It's basically Latin deep house re-imagined for the 21st century, and that's no bad thing. There's more of a swinging, loose-limbed feel to his version of Merrick's 'The Scene', which the Colombian producer re-imagines as a bumpin', stab-happy affair full of raw analogue bass, dreamy pads and electronic jazz-funk flourishes.
BEER006B
01 Oct 21
Deep House
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Testify (OPOLOPO Tweak)
OTW 1
24 Sep 21
Funky/Club House
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Reworks, Vol 1
   
Kyodai - "Breaking" (Felipe Gordon Latin Jazz rework) - (8:39) 122 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Fish Go Deep - "Off Script" (Felipe Gordon rework) - (6:58) 124 BPM
Review: Not content with delivering some of the most inspired original productions of the year (see his EPs on Shall Not Fade for starters), jazz-funk loving deep house star Felipe Gordon has now decided to showcase his talents as a remixer. He begins his first Reworks EP for Local Talk by taking on Kyodai's 'Breaking', delivering a fine revision that adds rubbery bass guitar, tight organ stabs, short vocal snippets and waves of delay-laden jazz piano solos to a rolling deep house groove. Gordon veers deeper into jazz-house territory on the accompanying remix of Fish Go Deep's 'Off Script', making the most of snaking clarinet and sax lines, sparkling synth stabs and a quality broken house beat. In a word: superb.
BEER006A
17 Sep 21
Deep House
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Gotta Work (Trev Remixes)
   
Gotta Work (Trev remix) - (5:49) 127 BPM
   
Gotta Work (Trev's dub mix) - (5:51) 127 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
Review: Something of an enigmatic legend within the Swedish soul digging scene, Envee - aka Maciej Golinski (aka Ukokos) - gets the rework on Local Talk via a set of Trev remixes. Featuring fine house vocalist Nick Sinckler, Trev throws down two mixes with a dub vibe that perfectly settles the vocals in a B-side track reminiscent of Jacques Renault on fire back in the day. Full of misty, rainbow-kissed themes and sweet delay effects, you can tip your hat toward Trev's broken beat, future deep house style. Giving the original a slightly techier makeover in the lead remix, Trev works the soul angle this time around while pushing the track's peak time, US garage accessibility to the front. Gotta work.
LT 114B
30 Jul 21
Breakbeat
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Gotta Work
   
Gotta Work (2020 mix) - (6:25) 127 BPM
   
Gotta Work (1st Take) - (6:52) 127 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
LT114A
30 Jul 21
Funky/Club House
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4Real (Crackazat Remixes)
   
4Real (Crackazat remix) - (5:03) 122 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
4Real (Crackazat instrumental remix) - (5:03) 122 BPM
LT113B
23 Jul 21
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Dopewise
   
Dopewise - (3:39) 109 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Searching For Gold - (4:29) 65 BPM
LT 111B
09 Jul 21
Dub
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4Real
   
4Real (original mix) - (6:19) 120 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
4Real (dub) - (6:19) 120 BPM
   
4Real (edit) - (4:14) 120 BPM
Review: Mad Mats & Tooli's ever reliable Local Talk imprint out of Sweden returns this week with a new one by Brighton's Luke Fono, who last appeared on our radar a while back with his terrific track "Telephone" with Buddha Kid. His offering here is the ultra deep mood music of "4Real" featuring an evocative vocal by BB James. With its breezy neon-lit chords and swung garage rhythms, it is the perfect backdrop to James' vocals and will appeal to fans of Kaidi Tatham or 4hero. There's also a handy dub and edit featured for all the DJs out there.
LT 113A
02 Jul 21
Deep House
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Diamant Noir (Playin' 4 The City Mix)
   
Diamant Noir (Playin' 4 The City mix) - (7:20) 125 BPM
LT 115B
25 Jun 21
Funky/Club House
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Diamant Bleu (Parisian Soul Mix)
LT 115A
07 May 21
Deep House
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Keep On EP
   
Keep On (original mix) - (6:36) 122 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Keep On (6 A.M dub mix) - (6:53) 122 BPM
LT 112B
09 Apr 21
Deep House
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Breaking Dub
   
Breaking Dub (original mix) - (5:32) 122 BPM
Review: Having released a debut album in 2017 via the GAMM label, Riddim Research Lab reveals itself again as some kind of enigmatic dub tribe with a curveball release finding its way to Swedish label Local Talk. This we can assume comes through Berlin duo Kyodai - who have collaborated with the likes of Basic Soul Unit, Mule Musiq, Freerange and Local Talk before. Together the pair deliver a largely instrumental number, strummed and dubbed out by warmer reggae vibes, a touch of disco and that tropicana flavour oozing from those sweet splashes of space echo and guitar. Get yer dubs, Local Talk.
LT 111A
02 Apr 21
Deep House
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Potion For Love EP
   
Potion For Love (Never Give It Up) (original mix) - (7:53) 118 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Potion For Love (L.A. Spacefunk dub) - (5:26) 120 BPM
Review: L'Aroye is Thomas Arroyo, a DJ and producer from Paris who is now living in Brighton. He's had some releases previously for the likes of Visions Inc., Tiff's Joints and Magic Black. He is back for another appearance on Mad Mats & Tooli's ever reliable Local Talk imprint with this one titled "Keep On" featuring two tracks that go down separate paths. The deep, evocative and altogether spiritual energy of the title track captures the very best elements of legends such as Kerri Chandler or Ron Trent, while the 6 A.M dub mix is a worthy addition too. On this version he streamline the groove for DJ use in fine fashion.
LT 112A
19 Mar 21
Deep House
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The Moon Dance
   
The Moon Dance (original mix) - (6:28) 120 BPM
LT 109B
29 Jan 21
Deep House
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Talking House Vol 9
Various
   
Coflo & Lee Wilson - "Fool For You" (Coflo's Fux Wit It mix) - (7:42) 123 BPM
   
Soulphiction - "Niederbeat Gospel Dub" (original mix) - (9:23) 122 BPM
   
Anthony Nicholson & Mark De Clive-Lowe - "Another Story" (original mix) - (8:24) 120 BPM
   
Urban Sound Lab Presents Miss Yankey - "One Less" (Main Send) - (6:17) 124 BPM
   
Opolopo - "Loose Limbs" (original mix) - (6:03) 118 BPM
   
Vick Lavender - "Shifting Gears" (Vick Lavender's Time Traveler mix) - (11:48) 122 BPM
   
Felipe Gordon & Kear - "Son Esquivias" (original mix) - (6:57) 121 BPM
   
Shaka - "New Relationship" (original mix) - (8:04) 120 BPM
   
Coflo - "Lux" (Coflo's extended mix) - (7:38) 122 BPM
   
Soulphiction - "U'll Like It" (original mix) - (5:37) 119 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
Review: Local Talk's packed release schedule means that keeping up with the label's releases can be tough. Happily, founders Mad Mats and Tooli found a solution long ago: the best-of style Talking House compilation series, which here notches up its 11th instalment. Packed to the rafters with high-quality deep, dusty, jazzy and soul-fired house, the collection's highlights are plentiful. Our picks include the hazy gospel-house hustle of Soulphiction's 'Niederbeat Gospel Dub', the jazzy Afro-house warmth of 'One Less (Main Send)' by Urban Sound Lab presents Miss Yankey, the extra-percussive, organic deep house positivity of Vick Lavender's spacey 'Shifting Gears', the bruk-up breeze that is Anthony Nicholson and Mark De Clive-Lowe's 'Another Story', and the sunset-ready, bossa-house breeze of Shaka's'New Relationship'.
LTP 009
22 Jan 21
Deep House
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