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South Africa's Do It Now Recordings are back with a marvelous production courtesy of Addicted Soul and songstress Lee-Anne King which is guaranteed to put a spell on you thanks to deep'n'dulcet yet spell binding rhythms, heavenly keys and Lee-Anne King's emotive poetical vocals - in other words, this soulful gem is guaranteed to make you yearn for more. C9ine, The Antidotes and Those Boys contribute the remixes, all adding their signature soulful touch taking the song to a whole new level, making it next to impossible to pick a favorite version. By no means to be missed.
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Back to normal operation this week, please enjoy this weeks selection of fresh and soulful tunes...
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Tony Records let loose another soulful gem that premiered earlier this year on their much respected "Miami Uncuts 2014" compilation. "Before the night is over" by Simon 'Schoolboy' Phillips aka Soulful Session features the unmistakable vocals of songstress Lizzie Nightingale and can only be described as a soulful masterpiece - the rich organic backing together with the charming keys and enchanting vocals are sheer musical bliss. The remixes are courtesy of Ian Friday, Rightside, Redsoul (Dave Wareing) and Simon 'Schoolboy' Phillips himself, all adding their distinctive soulful/deep touch to take the song to a whole new level, making it next to impossible to pick a favorite version. By no means to be missed.
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Ever since we've reviewed the original release in August of last year, we've been eagerly anticipating the promised second part with additional remixes. Now that the remixes are here, we can safely say it was worth all the wait! Beyond the shadow of a doubt, both William 'ReelSoul' Rodriguez and OtherSoul are pulling out all the stops and deliver phenomenal soulful re-imaginations oozing with their respective soulful yet spell binding touch which let the inimitable seductive vocals of Kenny Thomas shine - in other words, these masterly remixes have timeless written all over. Also included is the previously unreleased 'SoulFunktion Reprise'. By all means an essential addition for your music collection.
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How time flies... In August of 2009, we introduced you to "Days in this house" by Steve Paradise which features a marvelous vocal performance by D.D. Klein, then in September of 2012 massive remixes by Deep Xcape, DJ Klaas, Francesco Cofano, Jazzythm, Mikeandtess, Soul Afrikan Crew and Steve Paradise himself followed. Now the track is back in mind-blowing remixes by Rocco who is on top of his game, adding his beloved deep thrilling rhythms and mesmerizing melodies to take the track to a whole new level...
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To celebrate the new look of Spirit of House, we bring you a XXL update this week... enjoy !!
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"Peng Soul" is an amazing compilation of twenty original soul songs handpicked from the extensive and truly unrivaled discography of Andy Compton and his Peng Records label. Notably the songs are taken from Andy Compton's album "Ubuntu" released in February of this year, L.A.M.P's album "Shades of green" released in June 2013, Ladybird's self titled album released in February 2012, COMPTON's album "Compton's soul" released in December 2011 and Andy Compton's album "Kholofelo" released in May 2010. Also included is the original down-tempo version of "In time" which was released in October 2009 on SHE Recordings. In other words, a fantastic album taking you on a magical journey through timeless soul music...
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In spring of 2012, Dom Navarra and Kat Kyrris were gracing us with the wonderful "If you knew" (released through Solid Ground Recordings), now the duo returns with "Remember who we are". Not much needs to be said or written about this gem, besides "Remember who we are" is a phantasmagorical production with gentle yet thrilling deep rhythms leading the way for Kat Kyrris' beautiful emotive vocals and the seductive melodies. Highly recommended, and by no means to be missed.
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In summer of last year, we reviewed the phenomenal album "Shades of green" by L.A.M.P, the duo of Andy Compton and fabulous Parisian songstress Ladybird (aka Julie Monnin). Then beginning of this year, we reviewed "Love the love" the first single taken from the album. Now the second song from the album gets the remix treatment from Andy Compton himself and from The Rurals, both taking the marvelous acoustic "Counting my blessings" to all new heights. In a nutshell, these masterly orchestrated dazzling up-tempo soul oozing four-to-the-floor interpretations are simply breathtaking and guaranteed to send shivers down your spine...
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This week we not only have the latest in soulful house music, we've also included a couple of deeper joints for you... enjoy !!
Album Review: Various "8 Years of Grooveland - From Brazil to the World" (Grooveland Music CD Promo)
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When in July 2011 Grooveland Music was celebrating its five years anniversary, we wrote "Unbelievable how the years have passed... In June 2006, Brazilian label Grooveland Music was launched with "Afrika" by E.Deep, and ever since the label has been at the forefront of soulful house music." Since then, another three years have passed, with the label having released many more soulful classics such as DJ Garphie featuring George Sida "Take me home", the highly acclaimed full length album by Michelle McClain or the South African remixes of one of the labels legendary releases: "Eu soul by BSC featuring Andre. This truly eclectic and varied compilation in celebration of "8 Years of Grooveland" features past and future releases from an illustrious list of artists, including brand new music from Ars Domini, Carlos Vargas featuring Danny, Citysounds! featuring Natasha Watts, Deepn Soul featuring Robert Carvalho, BeeKay Deep or Manousos. Highly recommended.
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South Africa's Velvet Suite Lounge, the duo of Neo Soulsta (Neo P. Selepe) and Paul Solaris (Trevor T. Makamane), are about to release their debut artist album "Human nature" which includes their previous single releases "Fade away" (released through Sophisticado Recordings) and "Boogie all night long" (released through their own Velvet Suite Lounge Recordings, with an exclusive remix released on White Lotus Club Records just recently). To cut a long story short, "Human nature" will take you on a phantasmagorial musical journey which lets you explore and enjoy the heavenly vocals of Neo Soulsta and the deep sexy grooves Velvet Suite Lounge are beloved and renowned for to their full extent. In other words, a truly mind-blowing and timeless tour de force from this up and rising South African artists...