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Fuzion & DJN Project "Feelings" (Fuzion Records CD Promo)
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George Mena, Franke Estevez and DJN Project join forces to present this soulful, uplifting masterpiece titled "Feelings" that features deeply felt vocals by Rick Galactik, a cool rap by Charles Victor and delicious keys and chords over a phat funk soaked groove. Gruv Masterz (Jose Burgos, Jerrell Battle, Franke Estevez) give the track an underground touch on their resistless rub, followed by DJN Project & Fuzion's deep melodious interpretation. Next is DJN Project's rework, a groovy laidback affair featuring luscious keys by John Crockett. Completing the package are pumped-up mixes by Fuzion featuring contagious synth melodies and hooks. The video is available here. |
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Rachel Claudio and Babas D team up for "Butterflies", a fierce yet soulful afro-house production driven by a contaminous percussion enriched tribal backing, with Rachel Claudio's unmistakable vocals and lush keys further intensifying the vibe. The package includes an array of classy remixes, with Ralf Gum giving the song his beloved soulful treatment, followed by Soletek who takes it to deeper techy grounds. Dom Navarra contributes a sophisticated interpretation that oozes with delicious melodies and a wonderful instrumentation, while The Jaffers offer an electrofied peak time favorite. |
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DaSouL, Fabry Diglio & M.A.D Boss featuring William Scott "Moon in Taurus" (Remixes)(City Deep Records CD Promo)
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Last years massive "Moon in Taurus" is back stronger than ever with this package of slammin' remixes. First up we have Halo and Jamie Thinnes teaming up with Rocco for a journey through celestial deep house, with an infectious yet smooth backdrop leading the way for marvelous synths and chords and the outstanding vocals by William Scott. William 'Reelsoul' Rodriquez adds his trademark delightful touch to the track, with the dub putting the keys and chords center stage. Beppe Gioia gets raw and dirty on his remorselessly stompin' dub that oozes with beautiful melodies, followed by Darryl James whose interpretation is on a relentless underground tinged tip, with lush keys from his long time partner Fred McFarlane. |
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It is hard to live up to the expectations after having a world wide club hit such as "Conqueror", but Danny Clark and Jay Benham surely do not disappoint with their follow up - quite contrary they impress and amaze us with "Into you" which features deeply felt vocals by the one and only Carla Prather alongside phat keys and chords over a relentlessly thumpin' backing. DJ Spen & The MuthaFunkaz inject the track with their trademark smooth Baltimore house vibe, while Alex Finkin & Reverend P's organic interpretation is deliciously instrumentated. For a hypnotic underground tinged workout look no further than the Ray Jones remix. The package is completed with 'Dub Mix', 'Raw Mix' and the beautiful piano-pella called 'Ivory Mix' by Danny & Jay. |
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Aphreme featuring Donald Sheffey "Come a lil closer" (Octave Moods Records CD Promo)
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Last year, Aphreme aka Martin Mamzer and Donald Sheffey blessed us with the wonderful "Soul muzeek", now they return in big style with "Come a lil closer" which has timeless written all over it. The song is full of emotion, featuring masterly performed heartfelt vocals by Donald Sheffey and gorgeous keyboard arrangements over a funk drenched, smooth organic backing. The 'Jayiva Mix' takes the song to deeper grounds, while the 'Oldschool Dub Mix' adds an underground feel. The remixes are courtesy of John Crockett, Jozana and DJ Rico who all keep the vibe truly soulful while turning the song into a resistless dance floor gem, each spicing it up with their unique flavors and sounds. An essential purchase. |
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CyberJamz Records present a re-release of the magnificent "A star is being born EP" by T. Solomon originally put out by 50/50 Records in limited quantities back in 2004 (you might remember this label from 1992/1993 classics such as "A day in may" by Lenny Fontana or "I got U" by Tony Moss). T. Solomon impresses with heartfelt vocals, with the title track being wonderful soulful r&b jam, followed by the mid tempo jazz-funk groover "Don't give up". "Ride the bass" is a jazz-funk oozing up-tempo affair, while "What" is a fierce underground styled track. But the real delight here is the unreleased version of "Shame on you" featuring the legendary Taana Gardner alongside T. Solomon on vocals. |
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After constantly blessing us with his timeless releases and vintage sound in the last few years, the time has come for Vick Lavender to drop his first ever full length album titled "The Love Songs LP". The album features a total of nine masterly crafted songs - both down tempo and up tempo - which showcase his unlimited productions skills and love for real music. Some of the featured songs such as "Afterparty for two", "Do for love" or "What a poor boy wants" are included here in previously unreleased down tempo versions, taking them to a whole new level. This is a highly recommended album. |
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History repeats itself as Ralf GUM and his GoGo Music imprint kick the new year off strong with the essential "Complicated" featuring heartfelt vocals and superb trumpet play by Kafele, while Ralf GUM blesses us with a musical reach jewel oozing with a deep and soulful yet infectious vibe. Phil Kullmann aka Raw Artistic Soul goes as deep as it gets, turning the song into an absolutely irresistible dance floor gem that is guaranteed to cause a stir thanks to the hypnotizing chords used. South Africa's DJ Christos contributes both a classical styled soulful rendition as well as a deeper Afro workout. Last but not least there is Kafele's relaxed interpretation perfect for chillin' or loungin'. |
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Ruben Mancias featuring Michelle Weeks "My change (is gonna come)" (Devotion Records CD Promo)
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"My change (is gonna come)" by Ruben Mancias is fierce yet soulful, featuring passionate vocals by Michelle Weeks and a beautiful jazzy piano over a stompin' funk drenched backdrop, with the vocals giving the track an enchanting gospel feel. The package features massive remixes by the Groove Junkies who relax the vibe and give the track a classic touch, while DJ Dealer intensifies the funky flavors on his take, turning out a resistless dance floor gem. |
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"Shine" is taster for the forthcoming long player by Stephane Vera on Mixed Signals Music, and it will most definitely make you yearning for more. Featuring passionate vocals by Ingrid Jones, "Shine" is a silky smooth affair oozing with sweet funky flavas and jazzy keys in the original 'Album Mix'. Reagan Grey is turning the heat up on his take using a fierce groove and lush melodies, with the overall feel remaining soulful and smooth. |
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Dawn Nicole "The rhythm of my soul" (Aqua Sol Records CD Promo)
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Aqua Sol follow up their global smash hit "I love you" by Cassio with Dawn Nicole's "The rhythm of my soul" which features poetic spoken words alongside deeply felt vocals. Jersey Soul use phat synths and wicked chords together with a fierce groove to create a contaminous vibe, while Big Logan strips the track back and gives the track a deepened yet minimal techy twist. Jason B keeps the vibe deep on his groovy rub loaded with lush synths and jazzy keys, with his stripped down dub being on a deeper mesmeric tip. Finally, JoVonn gets deep and spell binding on his take that uses spaced-out melodies and chords. |
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Those familiar with the roots of House music know that Disco, Funk and Soul played a vital role in its development and evolvement, and they are also aware that Chicago was its birthplace. House music may be the focal point of Chicago's dance music scene today, but the city always had much more to offer, and this truly unparalleled album sub-titled "Underground Disco from the Windy City" looks at the early stages of the city's dance era, featuring lots of rare in demand material which got selected by Mr. Peabody Records, a record shop in southside Chicago founded by true lovers of music who devote their time on nothing but the best in music. This album gives an incomparable insight to the local dance music scene of Chicago of said era and features many jewels that never made it outside of the city and thus will not be known to most of us. A real treasure for the music lovers we are, we gotta be grateful to both Mr. Peabody Records and BBE Records for putting this compilation together and making those timeless tunes available to a global audience for the first time. |