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Elevate / Find My Way
Elevate (original mix) - (5:54) 127 BPM Hot
Help Me Find My Way (feat Seta - original mix) - (6:02) 124 BPM
Help Me Find My Way (feat Seta - Pontchartrain remix) - (5:48) 124 BPM
Elevate (The Carry Nation remix) - (5:04) 128 BPM
Review: Rocksteady Disco's latest release offers a debut solo EP and long-time friend of the family Heidy P. The producer loves classic-sounding house, and that's what's on offer here. Check first 'Elevate', a simple but devastatingly effective, piano-powered house workout rich in weighty and crunchy drum machine percussion, slowly unfurling melodic motifs, sampled disco vocals and, from midway through, bursts of infectious Latin percussion and salsa motifs. Seta provides effortlessly soulful lead vocals on the synth bass-propelled gospel-house wonder that is 'Help Me Find a Way'. Both tracks are given the remix treatment, with Pontchartrain's spine-tingling, hands-aloft deep house rework of 'Help Me Find a Way' being followed by Carry Nation's heady, energetic and infectious take on 'Elevate'.
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RSD 026D
17 Nov 23
Funky/Club House
Anthracite
Anthracite (feat Denise Henderson - original mix) - (7:29) 127 BPM
Anthracite (B-W Pkwy dub) - (5:45) 127 BPM Hot
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RSDD 007
01 Aug 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Flight Risk
Sky Dive - (5:00) 121 BPM Hot
Home Suite - (6:23) 113 BPM
Missing Pixels - (5:18) 127 BPM
Mount Juniper - (5:00) 124 BPM
Review: Eddie Logix returns triumphantly to Rocksteady Disco with his latest EP titled 'Flight Risk'. This fresh release offers a captivating musical journey, seamlessly blending various genres, including leftfield, deep house, disco, Afrobeat, and Balearic. The opening track, "Sky Dive," is a funky deep disco jam with a loose, limber groove. "Home Suite" takes you on a mesmerizing adventure with its enchanting new age flute melodies. Meanwhile, "Missing Pixels" unleashes the tribal energy of Afro dance, leaving you captivated on the dancefloor. The EP closes with the lively and tropical house number "Mount Juniper," which will have you dreaming of cocktails by the sea. The versatility of this EP has already caught the attention of renowned names such as Leo Mas, Chris Coco, and Danny Krivit, resulting in widespread support.
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RSD 025
31 Jul 23
Deep House
Genevieve
Genevieve (feat Zeek Burse - original mix) - (8:03) 122 BPM
Genevieve (feat Daniel Meinecke - One More Organ dub) - (8:53) 122 BPM Hot
Review: The Sol Power All-Stars are back once more on the Rocksteady Disco label with some superb covers of much-loved British funk band Cymande's 'Genevieve'. Those two versions offer shuffling rhythms and big horn stabs and stomping, ass-wiggling Afro-jazz.
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RSDD 005
19 Dec 22
Funky/Club House
Remixes, Rarities, & VIPs, Vol 2
Moonlighter - "Give Us Rain (Ah Mila)" (Igor B remix) - (6:37) 120 BPM
Sol Power All-Stars - "Every Time You Move" (Blair French remix) - (7:15) 122 BPM Hot
Eddie Logix - "Sunday Palaver" (Dazzle Drums remix) - (6:30) 124 BPM
Nois Land - "Big Kahuna" (Eddie Logix remix) - (7:31) 113 BPM
Review: America's Rocksteady Disco label returns for its second round up of delectable remixes and VIPs, with a continent clashing fusion of pan African vitality and cool house saunter across all four offerings. Ontario-based Igor B leads the release with a drum and sub bass heavy dancefloor reimagining of Moonlighter's iconic "Give Us Rain (Ah Mila)" before Blair French reworks Sol Power All-Stars' 'Every Time You Move', making the most of electric bass from Jazzanova's Paul Randolph, guitar by Frank Martin (Elcados, Shina Peters) and DC-based Besufekad Tadesse's baritone sax solo via the mixing desk controls. Then goes even deeper, with Tokyo-based Dazzle Drums giving Eddie Logix's 'Sunday Palaver' the hi-fi Afro Tech treatment, perfect for those dingy after hours parties, before Logix's Balearic-esque reinterpretation of Nois Land's cult classic 'Big Kahuna' brings proceedings to a glorious close.
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RSD 023
19 Dec 22
Funky/Club House
Honey Rooftops
Honey Rooftops (Chris Coco version parts 1 & 2) - (8:42) 119 BPM Hot
Honey Rooftops (original mix) - (4:15) 59 BPM
Honey Rooftops (instrumental) - (4:27) 59 BPM
Honey Rooftops (reprise - original mix) - (2:39) 60 BPM
Honey Rooftops (reprise - instrumental) - (2:33) 60 BPM
Review: He might live and work just outside of Detroit, Michigan, but Blair French has made some decidedly Balearic music over the last few years, in the process notching up EPs on Claremont 56 and NuNorthern Soul. In its original form (track two), 'Honey Rooftops' has a White Isle-friendly feel, with eyes-closed vocals about "chasing the sun", delay-laden piano motifs and glistening guitar flourishes riding handclap-heavy beats and a warming, undulating bassline. French's short 'Reprise' versions (available in vocal and instrumental variations) beef up the beats to provide a more dub disco-leaning vibe, while the Instrumental mix is a sun-soaked delight. Arguably best of all though is Chris Coco's near nine-minute take, which is a supremely immersive, mid-tempo dub-disco treat with oodles of sunrise-friendly Balearic charm.
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RSDD 004
16 Sep 22
Balearic/Downtempo
From Over The Hills Beyond
Transcultural Dance - (5:14) 112 BPM Hot
From Over The Hills Beyond - (7:08) 100 BPM
A Shade Of Victory - (5:22) 110 BPM
Review: Detroit's Blair French is a man of many talents: he's a graphic designer as well as a music producer, while in the studio he's just as happy turning his hand to ambient music and sound design for film as he is knocking out club tracks. It's in the club where we find him on this latest release, though, as he serves up three dense, African-inspired shufflers. Choose from the chant vox and piercing flute/pipe line of 'Transcultural Dance', the pounding drums and sing-song vocal of 'From Over The Hills Beyond' itself, or the rainforest sounds and monkey howls of 'A Shade Of Victory'.
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RSD 022
04 Jul 22
Funky/Club House
Distant Dawn
Every Time You Move (feat Amma Whatt - original mix) - (8:43) 122 BPM
Cocoyer (original mix) - (6:33) 118 BPM
Every Time You Move (feat Amma Whatt - Dance with Shango dub) - (8:11) 122 BPM
Cocoyer (Raw mix) - (5:45) 118 BPM Hot
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RSD019D
25 Apr 22
Funky/Club House
The Art Of Us
Faded By The Sun (LP mix) - (6:11) 119 BPM
Celebration Ritual (LP mix) - (5:14) 130 BPM
Stay Detroit (original mix) - (3:56) 100 BPM
F O A (original mix) - (5:46) 126 BPM
Deep Tissue (original mix) - (2:19) 126 BPM
Space Time Curvature (original mix) - (6:06) 128 BPM
Honey Rooftops (original mix) - (4:15) 119 BPM Hot
Jeans (original mix) - (2:58) 108 BPM
Genes (original mix) - (5:03) 108 BPM
Honey Rooftops (reprise - original mix) - (2:39) 119 BPM
The Art Of Us (original mix) - (0:35) 77 BPM
Chest Drum (A Natural Unification) (original mix) - (6:36) 118 BPM
Drop Ceiling Shuffle (original mix) - (4:50) 108 BPM
River Crossing (original mix) - (5:09) 90 BPM
Review: Although he's flirted with other labels - most notably Claremont 56 and NuNorthern Soul - Blair French usually saves his best work for Peter Croce and Moonlighter's Rocksteady Disco imprint. Here he returns to that label's loving arms with his first full-length excursion in six years, a vibrant, atmospheric and musically mixed-up set that we think is his single greatest release to date. Starting with the extra-percussive, dub disco goes Afro-house heaviness of opener 'Faded By The Sun', highlights come thick and fast throughout. Our current favourites include the Afro-beatdown trip that is 'Stay Detroit', the jazzy downtempo grooves and spoken word vocals of 'Deep Tissue', the celebratory Balearic disco loveliness of 'Honey Rooftops', and the Hammond heavy Afro-funk cheeriness of 'Genes'.
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RSDLP 001
30 Oct 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Drums From Detroit
Lesson One (original mix) - (6:14) 125 BPM Hot
Snacks (original mix) - (5:47) 125 BPM
Peter Croce - "Revival" (Jaco Matthews Groove mix) - (9:52) 127 BPM
Review: Three very playable deep house cuts from young Detroitian producer Jaco Matthews here. 'Lesson One', a tribal-leaning drum workout, gets the ball rolling before 'Snacks' leads us into more straight-up deep house territory with its garage-y two-note organ hook, male vocal cut-ups, intricate hand percussion and rolling disco bassline. But the standout is Matthews' remix of Peter Croce's 'Revival', wherein more tribal percussion, hypnotic pads and a cheeky Camisra/Sandy B-like bassline underpin Rev William Barber II's stirring address to the 2016 Democratic National Convention. "Pay people what they deserve, share your food with the hungry" - amen, brother!
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RSD 016
28 Apr 20
Deep House
Placebo Palace
Que Locos - (6:55) 123 BPM
Baby Girl - (7:06) 121 BPM Hot
Sunday Palaver - (6:11) 128 BPM
Bottle Rocket - (6:24) 123 BPM
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RSD 015
24 Mar 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Edits From Detroit #2
Life Is A Circle (Mr. PC edit) - (9:54) 128 BPM
What Can I Do For You? (Mr. PC 12" edit) - (6:08) 117 BPM
Do What You Wanna Do (Mr. PC Mystic Rhythm dub edit) - (9:02) 122 BPM Hot
Review: Motor City man Peter Croce has previously proved to be an adept re-editor, so there was much cheer in the Juno Download office when the Rocksteady Disco co-founder's latest EP landed. All three edits are superb: tactfully beefed-up rearrangements that make already excellent tracks into 21st century disco bombs. He begins with "Life Is A Circle", a stomping slab of heavyweight disco-funk, before dipping the tempo and loosening the beats on sweet disco-soul rework "What Can I Do For You". Arguably best of all though is his "Mystic Rhythm Dub Edit" of "Do What You Wanna Do", which turns a spacey and throbbing disco workout into a breathless sprint through percussive dub disco pastures.
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RSD 014
03 Feb 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Mr PC Versions #1
Stanley Dancer - (8:04) 98 BPM Hot
Jaco Disco - (7:18) 125 BPM
Played by: LEGO EDIT
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MRPC 001
29 Oct 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Aguaxire (Alternate Mixes)
Aguaxire - (9:00) 122 BPM
Aguaxire (dub mix) - (7:08) 122 BPM
Aguaxire (J's Acid Test) - (5:04) 122 BPM Hot
Aguaxire (Beats) - (4:17) 122 BPM
Played by: LEGO EDIT
Review: In recent times, sometime Escort bassist J Kriv has been in full-on disco mode, delivering a string of singles with old pal Adeline that recall the rush-inducing brilliance of NYC in the late 1970s. "Aguaxire", his latest single, is decidedly different, offering a superb fusion of TB-303 driven acid house, swirling deep house, Afro-house and horn-powered Afro-jazz motifs. It comes accompanied by three tasty alternate versions: a hazy, delay-laden dub tailor-made for glassy-eyed early morning moments, a jacking and forthright "Acid Test" mix that predictably emphasizes the track's psychedelic TB-303 lines, and a wonderfully bouncy, driving and percussion-rich "Beats" track.
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RSDD 002
01 Oct 19
Deep House
Standing Still Is An Illusion (Remixed)
Standing Still Is An Illusion (Bamboozle Aka Eli Soul Clap remix) - (7:32) 127 BPM Hot
Standing Still Is An Illusion (Aroop Roy remix) - (7:11) 123 BPM
Standing Still Is An Illusion (Topher Horn remix) - (6:48) 124 BPM
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RSD 012
01 Mar 19
Deep House
Revival
Revival (Jaco Matthews Groove mix) - (9:52) 127 BPM Hot
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RSDD 001
18 Feb 19
Deep House
Aguas De Setembro
Ponteio - (5:53) 121 BPM Hot
Cisco Dois - (5:15) 117 BPM
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RSD 011
29 Jan 19
Deep House
Moonlighter EP
Give Us Rain - (7:50) 120 BPM Hot
Kinematic - (6:32) 128 BPM
A Certain Average Kind Of Normal Experience - (6:51) 123 BPM
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RSD 009D
13 Oct 18
Funky/Club House
Public Park
Public Park (original mix) - (6:31) 124 BPM Hot
Spirit Guides (original mix) - (5:17) 116 BPM
Public Beach (original mix) - (5:11) 148 BPM
Public Beach (Stripped version) - (5:11) 148 BPM
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RSD 010
11 Sep 18
Funky/Club House
Remixes, Rarities, & VIPs Vol 1
Peter Croce - "Revival" (LADYMONIX's Deep remix) - (5:39) 125 BPM Hot
Topher Horn - "Photo For Todd" (Sol Power All-Stars remix) - (8:15) 123 BPM
Peter Croce - "Revival" (Pontchartrain's Deep Unto Deep mix) - (7:38) 124 BPM
Topher Horn - "Moving Pictures" (VIP) - (5:35) 120 BPM
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RSD 008
10 Apr 18
Deep House
Agape
Agape (Love Wins) - (7:21) 125 BPM
Maracatu Detroit - (6:59) 124 BPM Hot
Bufe Bufe - (7:06) 126 BPM
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RSD 007
27 Oct 17
Funky/Club House
Standing Still Is An Illusion
Standing Still Is An Illusion - (9:09) 120 BPM Hot
Ayiba I Yeri O - (6:36) 125 BPM
Pagode Americano - (5:32) 125 BPM
Played by: LEGO EDIT
Review: Blair French has spent much of his career sidestepping lazy stereotyping, successfully turning his hand to all manner of downtempo and club-friendly styles. This fine EP for Rocksteady Disco sees the Detroit-based producer exploring some of his global influences in three different ways. Opener "Standing Still is an Illusion", where glistening guitars, rich electric bass and fluid hand percussion combine with drum machine beats and impassioned vocals, is a brilliantly warm and sunny fusion of Balearic disco charm and organic Afro-house grooves. These African influences are explored further on the dense, tribal style thrust of "Ayiba I Yeri O", before he whips his shirt off and heads for the Rio carnival on the equally percussive "Pagode Americano".
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RSD 006
07 Jul 17
Deep House
Revival
Revival - (9:18) 127 BPM
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RSD 005STEMS
27 Feb 17
Deep House
Revival
Revival (original mix) - (9:18) 127 BPM Hot
Revival (Beats mix) - (6:11) 127 BPM
Revival (acapella) - (8:18) 110 BPM
Played by: Chrissy
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RSD 005
17 Feb 17
Deep House
Ice Accountant
Ice Accountant (Egyptian Lover remix) - (6:02) 115 BPM
Ice Accountant (Pontchartrain remix) - (6:04) 118 BPM Hot
Ice Accountant (Table Daddy remix) - (6:59) 124 BPM
Ice Accountant (original mix) - (2:31) 115 BPM
Cloud Nine (Ashod Production) - (2:21) 78 BPM
Played by: FINGERMAN
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RSD 004
07 Oct 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
Rocksteady Disco All-Stars Vol 1
Pontchartrain - "Rock Your Baby" - (7:20) 120 BPM Hot
Lafleur - "1.1" (Peter Croce's High & Tight edit) - (6:46) 114 BPM
G2S - "Rinky Dink" - (5:41) 116 BPM
Pontchartrain - "Gone Home" - (7:27) 118 BPM
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RSD 003
17 Jun 16
Deep House
...For Todd
Blkshrk - "Swimming For Todd" (original mix) - (7:32) 121 BPM
Blkshrk - "Ticket Stub" (original mix) - (5:33) 100 BPM
Topher Horn - "Photo For Todd" (original mix) - (7:10) 116 BPM
Topher Horn - "Chopped Rhodes" (12" mix) - (6:43) 105 BPM Hot
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RSDSE02FFC 009
28 Mar 16
Deep House
The Detroit Jazz Sessions Vol 1
Moving Pictures - (5:33) 120 BPM
Love On The L - (6:03) 119 BPM
I Like Your Motorcycle - (5:59) 123 BPM Hot
Sumthin Jazzy - (7:19) 117 BPM
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RSD 002
13 Nov 15
Deep House
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