Review: For their first release of 2022, Sol Selectas presents the third volume in its highly acclaimed Global Entry series. This compilation features 11 original tracks which explore various moods and grooves, moving from minimal, deep tech and indie dance, through to the incorporation of world music elements as well as disco, dub and techno. Highlights include Namito's sublime journey into the deep that is "Mad Heart" (featuring Mojgan & Marjan), the Middle Eastern polyrhythms of Turkish DJ/producer Ece Ekren's "Canim", while Ukraine's Deenara does neon-lit dark disco on "Queen Wand" and Swiss minimal veterans Dachshund & Quenum venture into after hours territory on "Reverse".
Review: Sol Selectas' first Global Entry compilation, which hit stores earlier in 2021, was a fine collection of deep, dreamy and otherworldly music with a distinctly psychedelic slant. This follow-up is similarly mind-altering in tone, initially flitting between stripped-back throb-jobs (Sabo's 'Togi Trip' and Timboletti's decidedly druggy - if cowbell-sporting - 'About Frogs and Birds'), creepy nu-disco chug (Be Svendson), feverish world music/deep house fusion (Hot Oasis), languid deep house warmth (Paax). As the collection progresses, the beats get marginally bolder and the basslines weightier, with further nods towards hypnotic tech-house, trance-inducing late-90s ambient techno workouts and percussion-laden dancefloor tropicana.
Review: Fresh from an exotic, otherworldly outing on Camel Riders - the Arabic tech-house squelch of 'Lari Plays Guitar' -Laroz pitches up on Sol Selectas with some heady, off-kilter house. The star attraction is arguably 'Miombo', a bouncy fusion of tech-tinged Afro-house and warped, wild synthesizer lines that once again showcases his ability to utilise underused synth sounds and rubbery rhythms. Sam Shure provides the accompanying remix, peppering a slipped Afro-house groove with a wealth of cowbell sounds and wayward synthesizer motifs. Elsewhere, 'Laganga' is a deeper, dreamier and smoother take on tech-house/Afro-house fusion, while Rodrigo Gallardo's remix of that track is a gentle tropical house treat.
Choopie & Golan Zocher - "Papaya In Ibiza" (feat Laroz Camel Rider - original mix) - (8:24) 121 BPM
Review: According to the label, Global Entry is a place for psychedelic, left-field music, and it sounds like they have succeeded in their approach. This compilation starts with the slightly ominous, mid-tempo chugging groove of Iorie's "Dangerous Love", before moving into "El Teatro de lso Suenos" from PAAX (Tulum). Based on a similar tempo, it goes deeper, with evocative vocals unfolding over piano keys and a melancholic groove that calls to mind Ibizan sunsets. Anthony Middleton of Audiofly fame adds some techy beats on "Energy is Currency" but even here the mood remains reflective thanks to the use of dreamy synths and a female vocal intoning the words to Simon & Garfunkel's evergreen the Sound of Silence.
Review: Sol Selectas is pleased to welcome back Mexico's Metrika for his first solo EP. Journey Through My Past tells the musical story of the artist, capturing all of his knowledge and experience into the creation of these three original songs. The moody "Yo Naca" is a deep tribal house journey featuring vocals taken from a traditional Icaros ceremony. For the remix, the label invited back their friends Matanza from Chile. Elsewhere, "Oda A Un Bata" features recordings of a traditional Cuban percussionist living in Mexico City, who had revolutionized ancient drumming techniques and the terrific EP closes out with the moody dancefloor drama of "Once Upon A Triplet" (original).
Review: Sol Selectas Records specializes in deep tribal dance music, incorporating folkloric sounds and ancient rhythms, bringing them into a future electronic realm of deep house. Label boss Sabo released his album entitled 'Vibe Quest' back in 2016 and it now makes a return in the form of this remix package: which is rather impressive and worthy of your attention. Highlights on here include German tech house hero Acid Pauli's Singing Sequencer remix of "Singing Game" which is a woozy mid-noughties style minimal groove that's suited perfectly for the after hours. Multi Culti boss man Thomas Von Party's esoteric acid remix of "Drop That" is perfect for the raindance! Elsewhere, Los Angeles power duo Nadastrom return with a brooding remix of the title track and the legendary Alexi Delano makes a surprising appearance: the Swedish NYC transplant provides a hypnotic techno rework of "Force 4 Movement" while another legend in the form of Miami's Oscar G (who teams up with Lazaro Casanova) with a jacking remix of "Afro Fuego"
Young Wisdom (Blond:ish Club Rework) - (6:59) 118 BPM
Young Wisdom (Birds Of Mind remix) - (6:27) 116 BPM
Review: The 50th release on Sol Selectas comes from the label founder himself: Sabo. The LP features the musical talents of a mother and son: as represented by the title Earth & Sun. Twenty year old Elijah Sage plays the ancient Ravanhatta string instrument on the opening track "Young Wisdom" while his mother Nikila Badua provides the vocals. Nicola Cruz from Ecuador; who is fresh off some great releases including an album on Multi Culti, delivers a stellar remix of "Obatala" taking us high into the Andes Mountains. German duo Blond:ish transform "Young Wisdom" into a psychedelic tech house trip, while Paris' Birds of Mind take you on a voyage into the deep with their ethereal reinterpretation of "Young Wisdom".
Review: Sabo's Sol Selectas is focusing its sound on deep mystical dance music, guiding its listeners into the future with positive intention. The Hidden Oasis EP coming from the land of Oz, is the result of a series of collaborations between Uone from Melbourne and Western in Sydney. These two deep tech house jams are inspired by primitive sounds, but maintain a modern feeling with layerings of instrumentation juxtaposed with sizzling synths. The duo capture a unique electronic sound while maintaining an organic vibe. Fellow Australian, and co-owner of Multi Culti Records, Dreems, delivers a psychedelic pitched down interpretation of "Tribal Paradise". "Gold Sacks River" is a dark journey track with a mandatory wonky synth lead and geared for some serious dancefloor drama, but quite fitting then that Berlin's true master of the art Jonas Saalbach steps up to the challenge and shows us all just how it's done.
Review: Dubsided has been the usual home for Nadastrom's output, the shady tech house head who has been delivering the goods over the last five years, but Soul Side feels like his natural home, a perfect ground for the mesmerising sonics of a house tune such as "Jupiter", most likely spawning its sounds from the mythical Roland synth. "Chivas" is our choice on here, though, and its rigged percussion pattern takes us to a territory that we very much love at the moment, an improvisational space jam for the deeper moments in a set, and a groove that can be enjoyed both off and on piste.
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