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Roots For Bloom
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RFBR 031
17 May 24
Experimental/Electronic
17 May 24
Experimental/Electronic
Review: Not all producers get better with age, but Jamie Trench is genuinely making the best music of his career right now. We've previously waxed lyrical about the high-grade deep house jams that have so far featured on his ongoing 4 Sides series and the good news is that the trio of tracks featured on this third EP are every bit as alluring. Check first 'After The Hour', a delicious combination of chunky, thickset bottom-end, fluid synth riffs and hazy late-night keys, before turning your attention to 'The Path Never Taken', a sleazy and mind-melting fusion of raw acid lines and funky, techno-tempo breakbeats. The icing on the cake is undoubtedly closing cut 'Elemental', another retro-futurist deep house bumper whose beats, riffs and lead lines tend towards the timeless.
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RFBRS 0304
31 May 21
Deep House
31 May 21
Deep House
Review: We were very impressed by the first instalment in Jamie Trench's 4 Sides series, which delivered a trio of classic-sounding house cuts rich in subtle references to vintage US house jams. Trench has flipped the script slightly on this similarly impressive follow-up. First he wraps wonky electronic lead lines and chiming melodies around a smooth groove on 'Breaking Time', before reaching for vibrating analogue bass, bleeping melodies and sweaty drums on the deep-but-engaging 'Flashing Lights'. Arguably best of all though is 'Relax a Lil' Bit', a rolling and atmospheric chunk of club-ready deep house that makes excellent use of slightly creepy vibraphone melodies, scratchy hip-hop samples and swinging, cymbal-heavy house beats.
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RFBRS 0204
26 Apr 21
Deep House
26 Apr 21
Deep House
Review: Jamie Trench's most recent EP for Roots For Bloom, February 2021's Raw Materials, was really rather good, so hopes are naturally sky high for this speedy following up - the first of a series of singles under the 4 Sides banner. He's at his positive and colourful best on opener 'The Ripple Effect', a classic-sounding deep house number piled high with mid-90s US garage organ sounds, crunchy machine drums and deep, warming bass. Trench continues on this retro-futurist theme with 'If Jack's In The Box, Who's This?', a more sensual affair where clanking melodies and breathy female vocal snippets weave in and out of a tidy broken house groove, before offering bolder, more bass-heavy old school thrills in the shape of chiming closing cut 'Untitled Dreams of Rootfops'.
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RFBRS 0104
29 Mar 21
Deep House
29 Mar 21
Deep House
Review: Jamie Trench may not be the most prolific producer around, but what he does put out is always of the highest quality. For proof, check out this belated return to action on Roots For Bloom. He begins in confident mood via the jazz-flecked, drowsy deep house bounce of 'Music Speaks For Itself', a cut he later re-imagines as a bluesy slab of late night jazz-house deepness ('Jazz Speaks For Itself', which makes superb use of short female vocal snippets and some mazy, muted trumpet motifs). Maxwell also has a go at transforming 'Music Speaks For Itself', serving up a chunkier, more bass-heavy take full of crunchy drums, dreamy chords and filtered electric piano stabs, while 'Laisse-Moi' is a slightly higher octane trip into hypnotic, sub-heavy deep house territory.
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RFBR 001
01 Feb 21
Deep House
01 Feb 21
Deep House
Review: Roots For Bloom chief Jamie Trench is back with more tough rolling and groovy tech house on his new EP 'The Timeline'. There's an urban/hip-hop inspired aesthetic throughout which was right up our alley. The lad gets his swing on proper with the dusty late night deepness of "Velvet Curtains" and similarly the suave "He Ain't Dead", elsewhere he shows his true UK roots on the ravey and breakbeat driven power of Let Me See You Work " which was probably our pick of the fine bunch.
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RFBR 026
30 Sep 19
Deep House
30 Sep 19
Deep House
Review: Milton Keynes' favourite son is back on his Roots For Bloom imprint, with some upfront tech-house grooves. His new Spectrum EP features the sleazy, afterhours deep bounce of "That Teebs" - a slang reference to that infectious TB-303 bass that wobbles throughput. Second original offering "As You Enter The Room" delves deep into the exotic with its hypnotic tabla rhythms plus faint disco and psychedelic undertones - we were really digging this one. Following up great releases on the label by the likes of MarzAttacks, Laesh and Folamour - RFB continues to bring the goods.
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RFBR 022
01 Oct 18
Minimal/Tech House
01 Oct 18
Minimal/Tech House
Review: Most instalments in the Shag Edits series tend to see Jamie Trench (Roots For Bloom label boss) cantered in a four-way action scenario with other equally endowed (musically) talents. Here is now different, with Trench slipping between the sheets to deliver the dirty and edgy jacker "Take Off Your Shirt". He's joined by L'Atelier, who delivers a handbaggy rework of an old vogueing classic, whilst Oli Furness turns in a fuzzy, distorted, loop-heavy diva disco jam, "Always Go Back Again" and Ghetto Chords takes control with closer, the super-upbeat Latin house shimmy, "Along The Way".
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RFBR 016
07 Aug 17
Funky/Club House
07 Aug 17
Funky/Club House
Review: Roots For Bloom boss Jamie Trench has decided to mix things up a little on the latest edition of the Shag Edits series, supplementing one of his own contributions with cuts from three label debutants. His "Where The Party At" is a brilliantly ballsy, bass-heavy fusion of classic funk breaks, 45 King style samples and booming house beats, while Reese Johnson makes merry on the heavyweight disco-funk-goes-house slammer "Let's Dance". Bristol-based Alfresco Disco regular J Morrison snuggles up to the Godfather of Soul on his bumpin', subtly executed funk head-nodder "Brown Eyes", before G Markus brings proceedings to a close with the acid-laden deep house/disco fusion that is "BING!".
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RFBR 012
22 Feb 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
22 Feb 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
Shag Edits Volume 3EXCLUSIVE
Played by: DAVE GERRARD, Groove Motion, Mental Overdrive, RedSoul, Thatmanmonkz (Shadeleaf Music), Dario Piana, Scott K. [BOXmusic], Flash Atkins, Luis Machuca, Alkalino, Lovebirds, Juno Recommends Disco, Richard Rossa, Shota Tanaka (Beaten Space Probe), Dirty McKenzie, Weedyman, Justin Gg Green, Alien Disco Sugar (Leonidas DeeJay), KS French
Review: Roots For Bloom SHAG Edits series returns with volume 3. M.James brings us a track that will catch any music lovers ear. With the crisp percussion, delicate guitar riffs, a bassline that keeps evolving throughout and that vocal, this one ticks all the boxes. On the flip label boss Jamie Trench maintains the general feel for the record. This one focusing on a simpler yet just as effective bassline and obviously being heavily reliant on the sample being in the shag edits series. If you're looking for that record that stands out from the rest, this is the weapon you need.
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RFBR 008
09 Jun 14
Disco/Nu-Disco
09 Jun 14
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Roots For Bloom bring in four new faces for the seventh release. We see label boss Jamie Trench deliver an edit and remix of 'Daniel Curpen - Daddy Was A Thug', and David Moran teams up with Albert Vogt for their track 'Cut Loose' and then collabs with Mark Crumbs for 'Tha Bassment'. The A-side sees Jamie bring a rolling dub edit to Daniel's original and then takes things a little darker for the A2 remix. David Moran's Cut Loose shows off the vocal talents of Albert Vogt which grooves along seductively, then Tha Bassment as expected brings things a little harder and more for those after hour spots.
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RFBR 007
24 Mar 14
Deep House
24 Mar 14
Deep House
Review: Four up-and-coming artists appear on SHAG Edits Volume 2 which is kick-started by Rebel's "You Somebodies", a bassy piece of looping filter house meant for peak time play. Newcomer Riri throws down jazzy horns, marching snares and acoustic rimshots in a slow moving "Get It On", while Chocky's "I Like" features cut vocals caught between interchanging melodies of pulsating rhythms. Jamie Trench, responsible for the labels first EP, delivers sexy vocals in "Locks, Frocks & 2 Floating Sparrows", a laid back disco joint with the same summery vibe as balmy Miami night.
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RFBR 004
29 Jul 13
Deep House
29 Jul 13
Deep House
Shag Edits Vol 1EXCLUSIVE
Review: Standing cannily for Second Hand Audio Gold, the SHAG Edits Vol 1 EP is the third release from Jamie Trench's blossoming Roots For Gold imprint and features plenty of that jacking house vibe from the man himself and some close friends. Trench sets the tone with "Velvet Curtains" which pairs crisp, forthright jacking rhythms with a procession of vocal samples, whilst close friend and fellow DJ partner Daniel Dalton opts for a more funk laden approach with "The Party People". Trench appears again later, teaming up with Angus Jefford for the bumping "Bringin' Tha Heat", and Mike Gill rounds out the EP with the more reflective "Inflatable Doll".
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RFBR 003
08 Jul 13
Deep House
08 Jul 13
Deep House
