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2019 marks a landmark 25 years at the coalface of rave for Paper Recordings, one of the world's most treasured independent record labels. In that time, it has released over 2000 tracks ranging from deep house and disco to Balearic and leftfield pop on four imprints, produced by over 600 artists, producers and remixers. Their sounds have been spun and streamed into over 80 countries around the world, making them one of the most respected names in contemporary dance music. They make Deep Beats that sooth the Soul, Since 1994 we have been the finest purveyors of deep house and disco.
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Paper Cuts, Vol 6
Various
   
Crazy P - "Last Knockers" (Mr. Tea remix) - (6:41) 100 BPM
   
BOM - "Downtown Birnin Zana" (original mix) - (6:28) 115 BPM
   
Mr. Tea - "J As In Giraffe" (original mix) - (7:30) 120 BPM
   
Third Attempt - "Lake Effect" (Doc L Junior's Lakeside Groove remix) - (5:40) 122 BPM
   
Daco - "Support Programme" (original mix) - (6:03) 110 BPM
   
Aniso Tropics - "Topaz" (original mix) - (4:30) 118 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Daco - "A Little More Volume" (feat Basil Clarke - Flash Atkins remix) - (8:45) 120 BPM
   
Kennedy & Matt Prehn - "Le Freak" (original mix) - (6:38) 120 BPM
   
The Secret Soul Society X Hardway Bros - "Yo, We've Landed" (Hardway Bros remix redux) - (7:51) 100 BPM
   
Diskobeistet - "Gammal Morro" (Natasha Kitty Katt remix) - (7:00) 120 BPM
   
Kimo - "Home" (original mix) - (9:27) 110 BPM
   
Benny Pitcher - "Transatlantic Motion" (original mix) - (6:17) 124 BPM
   
La Guardia De La Luz - "Trance Aleman De Los 90's" (original mix) - (9:54) 119 BPM
   
Disco Rogues - "Funk Moves" (original mix) - (5:57) 120 BPM
   
MAde - "You're The One" (feat Mirjam Omdal - Third Attempt remix) - (3:20) 84 BPM
Played by: Flash Atkins
Review: Draw a line from boogie to Balearica, via Italo disco and deep house, and somewhere along that arc you'll find this latest V/A collection from Manchester's long-running Paper Recordings. Crazy P have been in the Paper camp since the early days so are a fitting choice to open proceedings with the gloriously hazy 'Last Knockers', after which other standouts for yours truly include the slow-building, prog-leaning acid of Anisto Tropics' 'Topaz', Natasha Kitty Katt's typically infectious remix of Diskobeistet's 'Gammal Morro' and the sunny, summery disco-house of Benny Pitcher's 'Transatlantic Motion', until finally MADe's 'You're The One' plays us out on a mellower, more downtempo note.
PAPR 446
15 Mar 23
Deep House
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Salty
   
Just Can't Stop (original mix) - (8:18) 120 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Think Of You (Flash Atkins & 2 Billion Beats remix) - (6:25) 124 BPM
   
Elemental (original mix) - (6:28) 120 BPM
   
Think Of You (original mix) - (7:08) 123 BPM
   
My Heart (original mix) - (7:38) 118 BPM
PAPR 341
01 Feb 23
Deep House
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Ukraine International
Various
   
Martin Wold - "Havet" (original mix) - (7:56) 118 BPM
   
Vainc - "It Smells Like Jungle" (original mix) - (6:33) 124 BPM
   
Soundersons - "Cabasa" (original mix) - (6:17) 110 BPM
   
B.G. Baarregaard - "Partysvenskenes Dans" (original mix) - (6:47) 123 BPM
   
Mordisco - "Musica De Baile" (original mix) - (5:53) 119 BPM
   
Camblom Subaria - "Myth" (original mix) - (7:16) 122 BPM
   
Maxx Mortimer - "Soulfood" (original mix) - (6:27) 119 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Jahn Solo - "It's My House" (original mix) - (5:56) 116 BPM
   
Hakan & Tvyks - "Norr / Vychod 1" (original mix) - (5:25) 125 BPM
   
Anoraak, Luxxury & Lauren Turk - "Fire Inside" (original mix) - (5:01) 109 BPM
   
Flash Atkins - "Dark Night Of The Soul" (original mix) - (7:27) 120 BPM
   
Kennedy & Matt Prehn - "Le Freak" (original mix) - (6:38) 120 BPM
   
Soane - "Go Master" (original mix) - (7:39) 132 BPM
   
Ryan Kick - "Remember" (Jack mix) - (6:24) 122 BPM
   
R-04 & Mike Watt - "Konban Wa" (Real version) - (4:37) 113 BPM
   
Picotropico - "Front Tears" (original mix) - (7:51) 96 BPM
PAPUKR 309
18 Mar 22
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Recycled
Various
   
Crazy P - "Last Knockers" (Mr. Tea remix) - (6:41) 100 BPM
   
2 Billion Beats - "Slow Down" (Paper Street Soul remix) - (6:58) 116 BPM
   
Diskobeistet - "Gammal Morro" (Natasha Kitty Katt remix) - (7:00) 120 BPM
   
Third Attempt - "Lake Effect" (Doc L Junior's Lakeside Groove remix) - (5:40) 122 BPM
   
Daco - "A Little More Volume" (feat Basil Clarke - Flash Atkins remix) - (8:45) 120 BPM
   
BOM - "The Day" (Black Cat Bones remix) - (7:21) 110 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Neon Transmission - "Driving Me Crazy" (Lakeshouse remix) - (5:37) 122 BPM
   
Cuz Electric - "Lullaby" (feat Megan Jones - Martin Wold remix) - (5:42) 115 BPM
   
Flash Atkins - "Freak Club" (The Yum Yum Club remix) - (6:24) 118 BPM
   
Daco - "The Uprise" (Nutritious 'I Feel Dubbed' remix) - (5:57) 123 BPM
   
Doc L Junior - "Twilight" (Leca remix) - (7:21) 115 BPM
   
Kimo - "Closer" (feat Kallula - Daco's Oceanic remix) - (7:05) 107 BPM
PAPR 312
22 Sep 21
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Topaz
   
Topaz - (4:30) 118 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Mela - (4:39) 120 BPM
   
Ferric Bias - (4:58) 120 BPM
   
Lonsdale Grove - (4:37) 80 BPM
PAPR 307
25 Aug 21
Deep House
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The Wild Army, Vol 5
Various
   
Kennedy & Matt Prehn - "Le Freak" (original mix) - (6:38) 120 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
J Kara - "El Salvador" (original mix) - (7:14) 124 BPM
   
Picotropico - "Front Tears" (original mix) - (7:51) 96 BPM
   
R-04 & Mike Watt - "Konban Wa" (Real version) - (4:37) 113 BPM
   
The Secret Soul Society X Hardway Bros - "Yo, We've Landed" (Hardway Bros remix Redux) - (7:51) 100 BPM
Review: Paper Recordings' rag-tag bunch of "renegades, outliers and mercenaries" assembles once more for the fifth edition of the label's ongoing Wild Army series of EPs. Kennedy and Matt Prehn lead the line with 'Le Freak', a hazy-but-crunchy chunk of woozy disco-house hypnotism, before J Kara melds together vintage Larry Heard bass, spacey synths, sustained organ chords and crispy broken house beats on 'El Salvador'. Pictotropico successfully dips the tempo on the squelchy and chugging 'Front Tears' (look out for the subtle nods towards a turn-of-the-80s Peter Gabriel classic), R-04 and Mike Wyatt pay tribute to piano-heavy Italian house on the ultra-dreamy 'Konban Wa (Real Version)' and Hardway Brothers propel us into deep space on a sublime, headline-grabbing rework of their collaboration with Secret Soul Society, 'We've Landed'.
PAPR 299
28 Jul 21
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Wakanda Life
   
Ashe Rising - (9:08) 105 BPM
   
Downtown Birnin Zana - (6:28) 115 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
PAPW 303
14 Jul 21
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
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Paper Cuts #5
Various
   
Torn Sail - "Treasure" (Tiago remix) - (6:01) 102 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Minus The Majors - "Peanut Dust" - (6:30) 123 BPM
   
Runther - "The Red Pill" - (7:18) 123 BPM
   
Leca - "Den Fantastiske Fuzzn" - (6:13) 120 BPM
   
Flash Atkins & Charlie Sinclair - "That Hit" - (8:29) 115 BPM
   
MORDISCO - "Musica De Baile" - (5:53) 119 BPM
   
Neon Transmission - "Driving Me Crazy" - (5:13) 125 BPM
   
Rave-Enka - "Full Fres" - (7:59) 121 BPM
   
Third Attempt - "Long Story Short" - (7:17) 113 BPM
   
Mr. Tea - "History Of The Future" - (8:18) 118 BPM
   
De Fantastiske To - "Rett Pa Sak" - (9:47) 120 BPM
   
Richard Seaborne - "Susy" - (8:03) 118 BPM
Review: If proof was needed that the term 'deep house' now encompasses a much wider range of sounds and styles than it once did, just compare this latest 'Paper Cuts' installment to any volume in Paper's seminal late 90s 'Splinter' series... we have, indeed, come a long way baby, and the more traditionally minded might argue that much of what's here would sit better under the umbrellas marked Balearica or leftfield electronica. But 'Paper Cuts #5' certainly makes for a varied and engaging listen, with standouts including Mordisco's strutty, punk-funkish 'Musica De Baile', the warped funk of Minus The Majors' 'Peanut Dust' and Neon Transmission's rave-basslined, pop-vocalled 'Driving Me Crazy'.
PAPR 305
02 Jun 21
Deep House
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Reisen
   
Havet - (7:56) 118 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Seilet - (6:52) 119 BPM
PAPW 292
05 May 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
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It's A Factory
   
The Prophet (For Sasha) - (9:35) 59 BPM
   
U Slip - (5:51) 58 BPM
   
Got Bolts (Keita Sano On The Shore remix) - (7:39) 59 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Got Bolts - (4:51) 59 BPM
   
The Prophet (Video edit) - (5:46) 59 BPM
Review: Oddio Factory, a Parisian duo with members by the unlikely names of Mysextape and Black, come to Manchester stable Paper with a leftfield-leaning EP packing three tracks in a total of five mixes. The three originals - 'The Prophet', 'U Slip' and 'Got Bolts' - generally operate in the musical zone delineated by Giorgio Moroder, Italo-disco and John Carpenter soundtracks, and it's not unreasonable to assume the legendary synth of the same name may have played its part in the genesis of the first track, which comes in full-length and Video Edit passes. That just leaves Keita to flip the script, remix-wise, with his deep/tribal/prog rework of 'Got Bolts'.
PAPR 296
07 Apr 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
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The Troms? Collective Vol 2
   
Third Attempt - "Push" - (7:14) 120 BPM
   
LP Martin - "Gone" - (4:52) 114 BPM
   
Third Attempt - "Diskotek" - (6:39) 116 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
LP Martin - "Define Jazz" - (5:18) 117 BPM
Review: The mighty Paper Recordings bring us a split EP from two producers who (as the EP title kinda hints!) both hail from Troms? in Norway: Keecen and Torje Spilde AKA Third Attempt. The deep disco-house of Third Attempt's 'Push' and wonked-out squelch of Keecen's 'Gone' are just the hors d'oeuvres: it's the entr?es that make this EP essential. Third Attempt's 'Discotek' is a bass-y, brassy stomper - complete with Loleatta vocal bites - that could get the dead up and dancin', while Keecen's 'Define Jazz' rocks more of that phat, squelchy bottom-end and wouldn't have disgraced Basement Jaxx in their 'Remedy'-era prime.
PAPR 285
24 Mar 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
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Heart Throbbing Lover: Part II
   
Heart Throbbing Lover (Eric Kupper remix) - (7:44) 122 BPM
   
Heart Throbbing Lover (Tal M. Klein remix) - (5:01) 109 BPM
   
Heart Throbbing Lover (The Shoplifters remix) - (6:33) 120 BPM
   
Heart Throbbing Lover (Eric Kupper dub) - (7:44) 122 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
PAPR 297B
11 Mar 21
Deep House
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Big Daddy
   
Crazy Cousins - (5:39) 120 BPM
   
Reset & Soane - "Tropical Snowstorm" - (8:24) 129 BPM
   
Kenneth Ave Shuffle - (4:53) 110 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Go Master - (7:39) 132 BPM
   
Boavida (feat Robson Santos) - (5:06) 122 BPM
   
Troffman - "Guana Bara" - (7:25) 125 BPM
   
Leap Of Faith - (5:28) 125 BPM
   
Not Without You - (5:15) 83 BPM
   
Troffman - "Big Al G" - (10:12) 125 BPM
   
All I Need (feat Freestyle & Boh Runga) - (4:30) 87 BPM
   
Syncopated Music - (5:55) 116 BPM
   
Getting High - (6:20) 125 BPM
   
Secret Weapon - (3:51) 110 BPM
   
Troffman - "Le Saucier" - (7:02) 119 BPM
   
Reset & Soane - "Herringbone" - (7:44) 127 BPM
   
The Tonic (instrumental mix) - (2:24) 95 BPM
   
Song For Sesilia - (6:12) 127 BPM
   
Runaway (feat Hassanah Iroegbu) - (5:30) 85 BPM
   
Magik J & Soane - "Saxy Beast" - (8:40) 126 BPM
   
Where Do We Go (feat Anthony Gold) - (5:58) 125 BPM
   
Magik J & Soane - "Vivo En Rio" - (7:02) 128 BPM
Review: Wow is the word, as Paper bring us a 'best of' collection honouring Tongan producer Soane Filitonga, who died in 2014. It opens with a serviceable but unexceptional cover of Cherelle & O'Neal's 'Saturday Love', setting the tone for a set that is packed with contemporary funk/disco grooves, with nods to Latin and bruk beat on cuts like 'Tropical Snowstorm' and 'Boavida'. But there is a lot more going on here than simple pastiche/homage - there's the energetic, rolling jazz-house of the excellent 'Guana Bara', there's Raw Silk covered inna slo-mo, lo-fi hi-hop style ('Secret Weapon'), there's Hassanah Iroegbu-sung ballad 'Runaway' (think 'Des'ree does folk-tinged Balearica'), and so it goes on...
PAPR 300
24 Feb 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
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The In Crowd Remixes
   
The In Crowd (original mix) - (7:47) 118 BPM
   
The In Crowd (Massey remix) - (6:42) 118 BPM
   
The In Crowd (From Beyond remix) - (8:00) 113 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
The In Crowd (Soundersons remix) - (6:53) 110 BPM
Review: For those that don't know, 'The In Crowd' was a 1965 soul cut by Dobie Gray that became a defining Mod scene anthem, before being covered in lounge lizard fashion by Roxy Music in 1974. It's the latter version that's sampled on this epic, surging slab of synthy nu-disco from Paper main main Ben Davis AKA Flash Atkins, albeit only the acid-enhanced Massey Remix actually uses the vocal. The other two rubs come from From Beyond and Soundersons: the former has a weirded-out, Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve kinda feel while the latter slows things down and gives the track a slightly rockier edge.
PAPR 268
27 Jan 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
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Meanders
   
Down The Docks - (5:47) 119 BPM
   
Empty Boulevard - (5:29) 121 BPM
   
Beats Of No Nation - (5:23) 115 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
Review: Tom Lonsborough and Col Hamilton, better known to most as 2 Billion Beats, return to their regular home of Paper Recordings with three tracks of synth-y contemporary disco. 'Down The Docks' has echoes of 80s synth-pop and centres around a fat squelchy bassline that's married to a jaunty, nagging keys riff. 'Empty Boulevard' (the pick for this writer) is a smoother ride that would slide nicely into deep or progressive house sets, while finally 'Beats Of No Nation' is a quirkier cut with multiple competing vocal samples and synths that get more and more acidic as the track progresses.
PAPR 283
02 Dec 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
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Presidio
   
Mr. Tea - "Love Ain't Perfect" - (7:22) 120 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Mr. Tea - "Dramatic Entrance" - (8:10) 120 BPM
   
Mr. Tea - "feat Wonder - Before The Rain" - (7:35) 118 BPM
PAPD 281
21 Oct 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
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Warriors Of The African Sun
   
Pauper - (6:21) 122 BPM
   
Myth - (7:16) 122 BPM
   
War - (5:45) 118 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
Played by: Flash Atkins
PAPR 289
07 Oct 20
Deep House
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Looking Back
   
All That We Do (original mix) - (6:43) 119 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
All That We Do (live dub) - (7:52) 120 BPM
   
NYC (original mix) - (7:10) 117 BPM
   
Remember (Jack mix) - (6:24) 122 BPM
   
Remember (2020 Remaster) - (6:12) 117 BPM
Review: Burlington's Ryan Kick (Hustle & Flow/Northwest Connection) is up next on Mancunian deep house institution Paper Recordings. They claim 'Looking Back' harks back to the old school sound of the label, when deep house was actually deep house - and we concur! There are nods to Chicago, Detroit and NYC throughout this one: from the sensual deepness of "All That We Do", to the low slung and hypnotising energy of "NYC" or the looped-up old school vibe of "Remember" (Jack mix) - the label was spot on when they claimed that this release was keeping it real!
PAPR 287
26 Aug 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
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The Wild Army Vol 4
   
Martin Wold - "Elixir" - (8:54) 109 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
The Secret Soul Society - "Dracula Meets The Five Sinners" - (4:59) 108 BPM
   
Jahn Solo - "Til The Night Closes In" - (4:57) 116 BPM
   
Boblebad - "Frustrasjon" - (5:00) 117 BPM
Review: Paper Recordings has recruited another four rising stars to its "Wild Army", a kind of musical vigilante group whose weapons are synthesizers and drum machines. The first to bear arms is Martin Wold, who offers up a sparkling, sax-laden slab of bubbly nu-disco cheeriness entitled "Elixir". The Secret Soul Society replace Wold on guard duty, cloaking the killer groove from Five Sinners' rubbery Italo-disco classic "Magic" in melancholic strings and dreamy chords. Jahn Solo calls his comrades to arms via the glassy-eyed AOR disco re-edit magic of "Til The Night Closes In", while Boblebad keeps those back at the barracks in good spirts with a cheery chunk of deep, disco-fired electro goodness ("Frustrasjon").
PAPR 279
17 Jun 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
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Planetary Groove
   
Protostar - (6:55) 117 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Planetary Groove - (6:27) 110 BPM
   
Time Hop - (5:39) 115 BPM
Review: Fresh from delivering a killer EP of hallucinatory nu-disco sounds on Golden Soul Records, sometime Nein artist From Beyond resurfaces on Paper Recordings with some suitably intergalactic grooves. He first fires up the starship engines and reaches for the sparkling, early-80s synths on acid-flecked space disco workout "Protostar", before blasting further into deep space on "Planetary Groove", where tropical guitar riffs and mind-mangling acid lines wrap around dusty beats and a throbbing, headline-grabbing bassline. From Beyond switches fous a little on "Time Hop", offering up something sparse, spacey and synthesizer-powered that reminded us of the classic noughties work of Stafford stars Chicken Lips.
PAPR 295
27 May 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
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Heart Throbbing Lover
   
Heart Throbbing Lover (original mix) - (5:46) 119 BPM
   
Heart Throbbing Lover (Smash Hunter Funkskool Disco mix) - (5:08) 119 BPM
   
Heart Throbbing Lover (Smash Hunter Classic House mix) - (6:49) 119 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Heart Throbbing Lover (The SyntheTigers vocal mix) - (6:23) 122 BPM
   
Heart Throbbing Lover (The SyntheTigers instrumental mix) - (6:23) 122 BPM
Review: Having debuted last year on Hardkiss Music with the rather good "Bohemian Berlin Disco", Thrillhammer transfers to Paper Recordings with "Heart Throbbing Lover", a foreboding chunk of dark nu-disco rich in bubbly synthesizer flashes, tumbling melodies, moody chords and wild male vocal snippets. It comes accompanied by a suite of remixes, all of which are worth checking. Smash Disco first offers up an organic sounding "Funkskool Disco" mix that re-casts the track as a solid slab of Dinosaur L style leftfield disco, before doffing a cap to New York style 1980s house on the "Classic House" mix. The other two reworks come from the SmytheTigers, who deliver vocal and instrumental versions that revolve around punk-funk grooves and jaunty synthesizer motifs.
PAPR 274
15 Apr 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
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The Inner Mission
   
Open Up (feat Wonder) - (7:17) 120 BPM
   
A Million Years Later - (7:54) 120 BPM
   
Love Letter From Zetta - (5:55) 120 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
Review: Veteran Manchester stable Paper Recordings bring us the in sound from way out on this hard-to-pigeonhole three-tracker from the brilliantly named Mr Tea, AKA San Francisco-based producer Michael Devin. 'Open Up' starts with ponderous timpani and plinky-plonk 80s synths before busting out a wonky, lolloping bassline and a very Grace Jones-esque vocal from featured artist Wonder. 'A Million Years Later' also nods to Italo and coldwave from the 80s, before we don shiny suits and loafers for the authentic-sounding boogie pastiche of closer 'Love Letter From Zetta'. If you like your disco a little more leftfield, you'd be well advised to check for this one!
PAPD 277
01 Apr 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
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Green Fuzz
   
The Day - (4:59) 58 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Big Chief - (6:24) 108 BPM
   
Moon Of Endor - (5:44) 103 BPM
PAPWD 275
11 Mar 20
Balearic/Downtempo
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25 Years Of Paper Part 2 By Flash Atkins
Various
   
Flash Atkins - "Summer Of Love" (The Emperor Machine mix) - (10:40) 122 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Soundersons - "Cabasa" (original mix) - (6:17) 110 BPM
   
Rave-Enka - "Honningen" (original mix) - (9:00) 122 BPM
   
Maxx Mortimer - "Soulfood" (original mix) - (6:27) 119 BPM
   
Proviant Audio - "Take Me Back To When I Wish I Was Born" (Brennan Green remix) - (7:04) 120 BPM
   
Diskobeistet - "Birkelunden" (original mix) - (7:09) 120 BPM
   
Daco - "The Uprise" (Galactica mix) - (5:38) 123 BPM
   
Jamie L - "Something Better" (original mix) - (6:58) 106 BPM
   
De Fantastiske To - "When I Want To" (feat Della - original mix) - (8:15) 121 BPM
   
Richard Seaborne - "The Reasons Why?" (original mix) - (6:57) 115 BPM
   
Those Norwegians - "Molde Revisited" (original mix) - (5:08) 140 BPM
   
Leon Sweet - "Beat Slave Auto" (original mix) - (10:54) 106 BPM
   
Doc L Junior - "Twilight" (original mix) - (8:50) 115 BPM
   
Mr Tea - "History Of The Future" (original mix) - (8:18) 118 BPM
   
Third Attempt - "Long Story Short" (original mix) - (7:17) 113 BPM
   
Space Coast - "Just Past Midnight" (Ryan Kick's Magic Suicide mix) - (8:42) 105 BPM
   
Ralph Myerz & The Kosmik Diamondz - "Acid 4 Eddie" (original mix) - (14:10) 114 BPM
   
2 Billion Beats - "Noise In Your Eye" (original mix) - (6:18) 119 BPM
Review: Label co-owner Flash Atkins is at the controls for this second celebration of Paper Music's first 25 years. While there's a smattering of material from the label's first 15 years, the majority of Atkins' selections come from releases put out over the last decade. Like its' predecessor, it's an action-packed affair full of high quality cuts. Standouts include the swirling nu-disco bliss of Rave-Enka's "Honningen", the hazy lounge-jazz-meets-house sleaziness of Diskobeistet's "Birklunden", the piano-powered chunkiness of Leon Sweet's "Beat Slave Auto", the analogue deep house bubbliness of Doc L Junior's "Twilight" and the early morning deep house hypnotism of Ryan Kick's remix of Space Coast's "Just Past Midnight". Best of all, though, is the TB-303-powered hypno-house insanity of Ralph Myerz and The Kosmik Diamondz 14-minute "Acid 4 Eddie".
PAPD 266B
21 Aug 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
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De Aller Beste Volum # 1
   
Skumring - (9:43) 106 BPM
   
Sunshine (feat Jay Nemor) - (7:39) 120 BPM
   
Dragsug - (8:47) 110 BPM
   
Monokrom (feat Ost) - (8:05) 120 BPM
   
Gimme Sum Dim Sum - (6:47) 120 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
When I Want To (feat Della) - (8:15) 121 BPM
   
Smile (feat Jay Nemor) - (8:37) 115 BPM
   
Rett Pa Sak - (9:47) 120 BPM
   
Folk Og Ferie - (7:38) 120 BPM
   
Smile (feat Jay Nemor - Ralph Myerz Late Night Smile remix) - (12:24) 115 BPM
Review: Following a string of EP and single releases on labels such as Paper, Black Riot and Trunkfunk over the past five years or so, the Oslo duo of Ravi Brunsvik and Marius Sommerfeldt return to the former with their debut long-player, which for lovers of left-of-centre deep house grooves is something of a must-check. Opener 'Skumring' starts us off in a Balearic/midtempo mood, 'Sunshine' takes us into soulful house territory, 'Dragsug' is a chuggy nu-disco groover, 'Monokrom' comes on like Chromeo or Amp Fiddler playing with acid sounds, 'Gimme Sum Dim Sum' is a lounge-y deep houser with wigged-out Hammonds, and so it goes on...
PAPDA 254
14 Aug 19
Deep House
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I Can't Control Myself
   
I Can't Control Myself (original mix) - (8:07) 120 BPM
   
We Love Each Other (original mix) - (7:32) 120 BPM
   
I Can't Control Myself (dub) - (7:33) 120 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
PAPDS 252
15 May 19
Deep House
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Respect The Funk
   
Cabasa (original mix) - (6:17) 110 BPM
   
Respect The Funk (original mix) - (7:24) 124 BPM
   
Congo Club (original mix) - (6:36) 120 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Summer Of Sam (original mix) - (6:06) 118 BPM
   
Summer Of Sam (Belabouche remix) - (6:21) 120 BPM
Review: Paper Recordings regulars and occasional Midnight Riot contributors Soundersons would like us to "Respect The Funk". We're naturally more than happy to do that, especially as their latest EP for Ben Davis's label is amongst their strongest work to date. Chugging, electric piano-heavy Afro-funk workout "Cabasa" sets the tone before title track "Respect The Funk" serves up an extra-percussive blend of heavy drums, woozy low register melodies, rich Rhodes riffs and razor-sharp strings. "Congo Club" is a deeper and woozier trip into turn-of-the-80s Afro grooves blessed with seriously spacey Moog lines, while "Summer of Sam" is a warm and woozy chunk of deep disco headiness. Belabouche remixes that track, cannily giving it a heady house twist while retaining the warmth of Soundersons' original instrumentation.
PAPDS 259
13 May 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
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All Night Long (Part 2)
   
All Night Long (original mix) - (8:03) 120 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
All Night Long (Flash dub) - (7:08) 120 BPM
   
All Night Long (De Fantastiske To Til Fem Om Natta Remiks) - (8:08) 120 BPM
   
All Night Long (Doc L Junior's So Sad dub) - (4:56) 120 BPM
PAPDS 248
24 Apr 19
Funky/Club House
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The Wild Army Vol 3
   
Neon Transmission - "Driving Me Crazy" - (5:13) 125 BPM
   
Pete Ahern - "On Ya Feet" - (6:12) 120 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Boblebad - "Superpus" - (5:51) 122 BPM
   
Gael De L'Ivresse - "What's The Funk?" - (6:51) 113 BPM
PAPDS 257
10 Apr 19
Deep House
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The Tromso Collective
   
Runther - "The Red Pill" - (7:18) 123 BPM
   
Third Attempt - "Lake Effect" - (6:37) 122 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Runther - "The Blue Pill" - (6:58) 125 BPM
   
Third Attempt - "Long Story Short" - (7:17) 113 BPM
PAPDS 243
25 Mar 19
Deep House
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Soft On Space
   
Soft On Space - (3:35) 118 BPM
   
Den Fantastiske Fuzzn - (6:13) 120 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Tur-Retur Venusberget - (6:49) 116 BPM
PAPDS 260
27 Feb 19
Deep House
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Preprandial
   
Ken - (6:54) 127 BPM
   
Susy - (8:03) 118 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
PAPDS 258
13 Feb 19
Deep House
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The Wild Army Vol 2
   
Praus - "I Can't Get It Right" (Mr. Tea remix) - (5:54) 120 BPM
   
R-04 & Mike Watt - "Kanban Wa" (original mix) - (4:38) 113 BPM
   
Torn Sail - "Treasure" (Tiago remix) - (6:01) 102 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Picotropico - "Oslove" (original mix) - (8:42) 120 BPM
Played by: Flash Atkins
PAPDS 256
14 Nov 18
Deep House
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Noise On Repeat
   
Black & White - (7:24) 122 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Peanut Dust - (6:30) 123 BPM
   
Baker Lights - (4:18) 129 BPM
   
Ivasha Flew - (7:51) 117 BPM
Review: Manchester's Paper Recordings do some envelope-pushing with a three-track EP from Minus The Majors that certainly couldn't be accused of being 'generic deep house fodder'. Instead, 'Peanut Dust' is a wonky, jazz-tinged workout that wouldn't have sounded out of place on Classic in their heyday, 'Baker Lights' opens with a hip-hop drum loops then breaks out into a glitch-tastic concoction of bleeps, squeaks, beats and what sound like trombone parps, while the Afro-tinged 'Ivasha Flew' rocks carnival percussion, vocal whoops, saxophone tristesse and muted, mutating brass sounds. Definitely one for the broader-minded deep house floors.
PAPDS 253
17 Oct 18
Deep House
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Musica De Baile
   
Musica De Baile - (5:53) 119 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Nahual - (7:10) 118 BPM
Review: Granada-based twosome Mordisco make their first appearance on historic Manchester label Paperdisco following previous outings on My Favourite Robot, Midnight Riot, NDYD Records and Spa in Disco. The Spanish duo kicks things off with "Musica De Baille", a bouncy, percussion and delay-rich slab of tropical nu-disco/chunky house fusion that rises and falls in all the right places. The duo's ability to craft slowly building, life-affirming goodness is further confirmed by second track "Nahual", where jangling piano riffs, swirling chords and sampled choral vocals triumphantly rise above a foreboding, shuffling house groove.
PAPDS 251
05 Sep 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
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Rett Pa Sak
   
Rett Pa Sak - (9:47) 120 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Sesongbetont Opplegg - (8:40) 119 BPM
PAPDS 247
01 Aug 18
Deep House
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Full Fres
   
Full Fres - (7:59) 121 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Regnvaersdag - (7:12) 121 BPM
   
Teppefall - (9:47) 123 BPM
PAPDS 246
20 Jun 18
Deep House
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The Wild Army Vol 1
   
Mr Tea - "History Of The Future" - (8:18) 118 BPM
   
Leon Sweet - "Fifth Mode" - (6:25) 120 BPM
   
Benjamin Eh - "Yes" - (8:54) 120 BPM
   
Leca - "B-People" - (6:10) 116 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
Played by: Flash Atkins
PAPDS 240
31 May 18
Deep House
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That Hit
   
That Hit (original mix) - (8:29) 115 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
That Hit (Hardway Brothers remix) - (9:00) 122 BPM
   
That Hit (Tal M. Klein remix) - (5:22) 102 BPM
   
That Hit (instrumental mix) - (8:29) 115 BPM
Review: The always reliable Paper Recordings are back with West Yorkshire's Flash Atkins and the captivating vocals of one Charlie Sinclair from Canterbury - singer from Sylvette who are one of Manchester's hottest new bands. They join forces for a collaboration that promises to be the start of something special. The track has already been gathering heat, with the one and only Bill Brewster singing its praise. From the deep, hazy and sunkissed feel of the original (which you could imagine being played on a Los Angeles rooftop), to the remixes - The Hardway Bros moody rendition injecting it with a right dose of dancefloor drama, and the slo-mo and absolutely low slung makeover by San Francisco's Tal M. Klein - it's certainly all good!
PAPDS 238
19 Apr 18
Deep House
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Paper Cuts #4
Various
   
Mr Tea - "Twenty Sixteen" (original mix) - (5:45) 115 BPM
   
Leca - "Krystall" (original mix) - (7:42) 119 BPM
   
Maxx Mortimer - "Got Some Funk" (original mix) - (4:57) 116 BPM
   
Flash Atkins - "Drug Empire" (Fingerman remix) - (7:49) 116 BPM
   
De Fantastiske To - "When I Want To" (feat Della) - (8:15) 121 BPM
   
Bachgenaur - "Steady Drummer" (original mix) - (6:24) 112 BPM
   
Diskobeistet - "Birkelunden" (Vinny Villbass NYC instrumental mix) - (7:05) 120 BPM
   
2 Billion Beats - "Sold My Soul" (Chris Massey Melting dub mix) - (7:06) 122 BPM
   
Steve Cobby - "Boule De Suif" (original mix) - (7:14) 116 BPM
   
Daco - "The Uprise" (Galactica mix) - (5:38) 123 BPM
   
De Fantastiske To - "Skumring" (original mix) - (9:43) 106 BPM
   
2 Billion Beats - "Papa" (Richard Seaborne Papa's Struggle & GizMo mix) - (6:34) 122 BPM
   
Vinny Villbass - "Kahytten" (full Fest Versjon) - (9:07) 120 BPM
   
2 Billion Beats - "Slow Down" (original mix) - (5:05) 116 BPM
   
Crazy P - "Last Knockers" (original mix) - (8:09) 100 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Vainc - "2000300" (original mix) - (6:33) 118 BPM
   
Flash Atkins - "Dark Night Of The Soul" (original mix) - (7:27) 120 BPM
   
Soundersons - "Can't Get Enough" (DJ Spinna remix) - (7:52) 120 BPM
   
Kimo - "Realm Creation" (original mix) - (7:20) 108 BPM
   
Rave-Enka - "Honningen" (original mix) - (9:00) 122 BPM
   
2 Billion Beats - "An Outro" (original mix) - (6:14) 121 BPM
   
Flash Atkins - "Rivers Of Jordan" (original mix) - (9:26) 116 BPM
Review: In case you haven't noticed, Paper Recordings has been on fire in the 18 months that have passed since Paper Cuts volume three landed. Further proof is provided by volume four of the label's "best of" series, which adds a couple of unheard exclusives - the sparkling, ever-building nu-disco headiness of Bachgenaur's "Steady Drummer" and Vinny Villbass's Metro Area-ish instrumental re-make of Diskobeistet's "Birkelunden" - to a tight list of 2016 and 2017 highlights. These include (but aren't limited to) Chris Massey's rubbery, funk-fuelled tweak of 2 Billion Beats' "Sold My Soul", the glassy-eyed, sunset-friendly warmth of Crazy P's "Last Knockers", the organic haziness of Steve Cobby's "Boule De Suif" and the soulful house/nu-disco fusion of DJ Spinna's ace rework of Soundersons' "Can't Get Enough".
PAPDA 237
08 Mar 18
Deep House
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Headhunters
   
Headhunters - (5:05) 116 BPM
   
Make The Music - (5:41) 116 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Brazilian Summer - (6:12) 120 BPM
Review: Over the course of their short career, Soundersons has consistently delivered material shot through with musical references to New York's oceans-deep dance music history. Last time out, on Midnight Riot, they doffed a cap to vintage NYC disco, boogie and Metro Area. On this second Paper Recordings outing, they've switched focus to embrace the Big Apple's early house history. "Headhunters", for example, is a delicious fusion of Burrell Brothers style analogue warmth, glassy-eyed early New Jersey deep house and gentle but restless acid lines. There's a little more Daniel Wang/Metro Area swing to the cheery nu-disco/deep house fusion of "Make The Music", while closer "Brazilian Summer" is a veritable carnival of jazz-funk electric pianos, foreboding chords and lolloping drum machine rhythms.
PAPDLS 236
15 Feb 18
Deep House
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2000300
   
2000300 - (6:33) 118 BPM
   
It Smells Like Jungle - (6:33) 124 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
Review: Last time we heard from Venezuelan producer Vainc (real name Vince, apparently), he was serving up some tech-house treats on Capital Heaven. Here he flips the script completely, reaching for the drunken trumpet solos, skewed tropical instrumentation and hazy Indonesian house percussion on humid title track "20003000". The sticky, feverish fun continues on "It Smells Like Jungle", a pleasingly tropical concoction that wraps trippy electronics, late night bleeps and woozy synthesizer flourishes around a groove rich in locked-in electronic bass, weird jungle noises and hypnotic, layered percussion. It's closer in feel to some of his previous work, but still an impressive and ear-pleasing departure.
PAPDLS 231
30 Nov 17
Deep House
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Death By Misadventure
   
Dark Night Of The Soul (original mix) - (7:27) 120 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Undertow (original mix) - (7:11) 121 BPM
   
Undertow (Flash dub) - (6:07) 121 BPM
Review: Over the last few years, Paper Recordings' Ben Davis has been a little too busy directing acclaimed music documentaries to tend to the needs of his production alter ego, Flash Atkins. Here, the caped crusader finally returns to action following a two-year absence. Our hero begins with "Dark Night of the Soul", a quirky, clap-heavy affair that wraps vintage electrofunk synths and meandering acid lines around an eccentric but percussive groove that doffs a subtle wink or two to the early work of Norwegian legend Bjorn Torske. The Scandolearic disco influence is also evident on the piano-heavy, hazy house warmth of "Undertow", which comes accompanied with a bouncy and wonderfully eccentric dub that could easily have been produced by somebody like Todd Terje.
PAPDLS 233
08 Nov 17
Deep House
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Can't Get Enough
   
Can't Get Enough (Parts I & II) - (9:26) 118 BPM
   
Can't Get Enough (DJ Spinna remix) - (7:52) 120 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Can't Get Enough (Bottin's Speed dub mix) - (4:57) 126 BPM
   
Education (original mix) - (5:59) 124 BPM
Played by: BRENDON P
Review: One for the dancers here! Paper Recordings are bringing us a fantastic debut EP from Italian duo Soundersons, who have come up through the underground house scene in Bologna. "Can't Get Enough" is a deep slice of nu disco on the electro-funk tip, with the wonderful Diana G on vocals. It's got '80s style synths and vocal hooks a-plenty plus clonking percussion, Rhodes and that Metro Area / Tom Tom Club vibe. Parts I and II are split into vocal and instrumental over one side on continuous play. The legendary DJ Spinna brings his deep NYC take on things that is underground house at it's best. He uses the synths, arps and the vocal to slowly build this remix that hits its peak at the end. Finally, Education finishes things off with a raw disco cut up that will surely burn up the dancefloor.
PAPDLS 224
26 Oct 17
Disco/Nu-Disco
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Project Sound
Various
   
Tumisang Pooe - "I.R.S.A.N.S" (original mix) - (4:26) 134 BPM
   
Mark Zowie - "Rainbows" (original mix) - (7:27) 124 BPM
   
Leca - "Krystall" (original mix) - (7:42) 119 BPM
   
Mr Tea - "Twenty Sixteen" (original mix) - (5:45) 115 BPM
   
Flash Atkins - "Drug Empire" (Fingerman remix) - (7:49) 116 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Erik Skantze - "Nakenbad" (original mix) - (7:30) 118 BPM
   
Nattmatt - "Brazilian Flower" (original mix) - (8:42) 126 BPM
   
Kimo - "Trance" (original mix) - (7:22) 115 BPM
   
Daco - "Something For The Weekend" (feat Mikey Rapheal - Jonny Miller remix) - (5:57) 80 BPM
   
Ryan Kick - "Remember" (original mix) - (6:13) 116 BPM
   
2 Billion Beats - "Kinder" (original mix) - (5:44) 116 BPM
   
The Band Called Oh - "Let U Lift Me" (Mental Overdrive remix) - (7:42) 116 BPM
   
Mark Zowie - "You Know" (original mix) - (8:25) 121 BPM
PAPDLA 232
12 Oct 17
Deep House
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Rhea
   
The Uprise (original mix) - (6:21) 123 BPM
   
The Uprise (Galactica mix) - (5:38) 123 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Faith (feat Mikey Rapheal) - (7:15) 110 BPM
Review: Following an extended hiatus, Daco returns to Paper Recordings with an EP stuffed full of high-grade dancefloor moments. Opener "The Uprise" is particularly potent, featuring as it does a killer combination of "I Feel Love" style arpeggio bass, Kraftwerkian computer vocals, driving beats, spacey chords and some superbly manipulated spoken word samples ("the money, the drugs, the oil, the guns, the war, the uprising!"). It's followed by a proto-house and Italo-disco influenced alternative version that is arguably even closer in tone to vintage Giorgio Moroder, while bonus cut "Faith" is a deep, woozy and dreamy chunk of Balearic house laden with melancholic strings and a superb vocal by Mikey Raphael.
PAPDLS 230
07 Sep 17
Disco/Nu-Disco
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The Remix EP
   
Papa (Richard Seaborne Papa's Struggle feat GizMo mix) - (6:34) 122 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Slow Down (Leon Sweet mix) - (7:15) 116 BPM
   
To Andromeda (Magnus International mix) - (5:35) 121 BPM
Review: Seven months on from the release of their fine debut album, Be Nice To Each Other (a title that seems more apt with every passing day), Paper Recordings stalwarts 2 Billion Beats are given the remix treatment. Richard Seaborne ropes in pal GizMo to lend a hand on his rework of "Papa", a thrillingly driving, low-slung affair built around live disco bass, glistening organ stabs and rolling percussion, while Brighton's Leon Sweet casually joins the dots between rolling nu-disco and melodious deep house on his interpretation of "Slow Down". Arguably best of all, though, is Magnus International's rework of 2011 single "To Andromeda", which sees the Oslo producer pepper a loose limbed jazz breakbeat with typically woozy, Scandolearic chords and tasty analogue synthesizer melodies.
PAPDLS 228
09 Jun 17
Disco/Nu-Disco
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Skauern
   
En Liten Pose Selvtillit (original mix) - (7:08) 120 BPM
   
Kahytten (full Fest version) - (9:07) 120 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Kahytten (original mix) - (7:51) 120 BPM
Played by: Flash Atkins
Review: Paper Recordings present rising Oslo house star Vinny Villbass who co-runs and plays at the seminal Sunkissed, has had releases on Beatservice and Eskimo. On the Skauern EP he shows off a penchant for crisp sound and nicely swung beats with this summery selection. The release takes its name from the island of Skauern in the Oslofjord, a place where he has been known to spend many a happy summer on his boat named The Fighting Egg: which coincidentally also features on the release artwork. This is a lush and musical EP, full of fantastically accomplished house music that works as well during the day as it does at night.
PAPDLS 227
19 May 17
Minimal/Tech House
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When I Want To
   
When I Want To (feat Della) - (8:15) 121 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
Skumring - (9:43) 106 BPM
Review: Paper Recordings has long been renowned for unearthing quirky deep house from Norway. Oslo-based twosome De Fantastiske To are the latest in a long line of Norwegian Paper merchants, and here return to the imprint for their first outing of 2017. "When I Want To", featuring the stylish vocals of Della, sits somewhere between eccentric deep house, Afro-driven tropical Balearica, and shuffling, sun-kissed nu-disco. Arguably even more ear catching is slo-mo B-side "Skumring", a leisurely audio stroll through enveloping chords, gently fluctuating electronics, subtle melodies and shuffling percussion. It sounds like the sort of thing that would work well as after hours listening, in those moments when getting horizontal is your highest priority.
PAPDLS 223
23 Feb 17
Deep House
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Project Fear
Various
   
Solune - "Just For You" (original mix) - (4:26) 111 BPM
   
Wilder - "Keep On" (original mix) - (5:53) 120 BPM
   
DJ Rocca - "Giraffa" (original mix) - (5:09) 115 BPM
   
Chris Massey - "On The Run" (original mix) - (7:22) 120 BPM
   
Richard Seaborne - "Housey Benson" (original mix) - (7:38) 115 BPM
   
Nutritious - "Discomaniac" (original mix) - (4:57) 125 BPM
   
SofaTalk - "Ghanaian Bop" (original mix) - (6:01) 120 BPM
   
Mordisco - "Conga" (original mix) - (7:58) 118 BPM
   
Kimo - "Oma" (original mix) - (7:10) 105 BPM
   
Tal M Klein - "Thingy Blah Blah 303" (original mix) - (6:45) 116 BPM Biggest-selling track on this release
   
House Husbands - "Yajo!" (original mix) - (5:59) 120 BPM
   
Weedyman - "Grot In The Loft" (original mix) - (5:02) 122 BPM
   
Anthony Mansfield - "Shin Osaka" (original mix) - (6:29) 121 BPM
   
Reggie Got Beats - "On The Floor" (A Ralph Myerz dub) - (9:48) 113 BPM
   
Picotropico - "Time Will Tell" (De Fantastiske To remix) - (6:30) 119 BPM
   
Replete - "Lile" (original mix) - (5:52) 118 BPM
   
Doc L Junior - "Barracuda" (original mix) - (6:57) 123 BPM
PAPDLA 222
26 Jan 17
Deep House
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