Last year in October we were celebrating the release of Peppe Citarella's marvelous "Golden lady", now he is back on Tony Records with "Quimbara" - and what a musical treat this is... For "Quimbara", Peppe Citarella teams up with Andrés Román (a Cuban artist living in Italy) and Cuban singer and instrumentalist Virginia Quesada to present a fabulous masterly orchestrated Latin inspired masterpiece guaranteed to send shivers down your spine and make you yearn for more. The original version oozes with a gorgeous live samba feel, Gigi Testa & Felix Combo's interpretation introduces Afro-Latin drums and a killer organ ride, Franke Estevez gives the track a blissful laidback feel on his rendition laced with heavenly melodies, Emanuele Esposito drops a fiery tribal-tech infused workout sure to rock Ibiza all summer long, and finally Peppe Citarella & Joe Doppio deliver a stripped down drum-vocal version.

DJ/producer Neil Pierce and producer/musician Ziggy Funk continue to bless us with nothing but top notch soulful house music. This time around, they join forces with up and rising r&b/soul singer Carmichael MusicLover for the breathtaking "Everything is good (that's why I love you)", a phenomenal production which features Carmichael MusicLover's inimitable silky smooth vocals alongside glorious keys and chords over an infectious, rich funk soaked backdrop. Not to forget to mention the ingenious dub version where Rhemi rework the song into an utterly spell binding affair laced with phantasmagorical keys - jam-packed floors guaranteed...

As the King Street family continues to celebrate  its double decade-long love of house music in 2014, sister label Nite Grooves graces us with "Abstract Latin Vibes (20 Years Essentials)", a special 20-year essential volume in the "Abstract Latin Vibes" series which features twenty handpicked classics tracks from the likes of Kiko Navarro, Tiger Stripes, Malena, Kerri Chandler, Dennis Ferrer, Ananda Project, Harry 'Choo-Choo' Romero, Mateo& Matos, Jihad Muhammad, The Nick Jones Experience, Julius Papp and Myra and many more. This eclectic selection of classic tracks from the labels back catalogue lets you explore the full spectrum latin infused house music has to offer and undoubtedly proves Nite Grooves has been a driving force in house music for the last two decades.

Back in 2009, we were celebrating the outstanding "Love alive" by Heather Johnson, produced and arranged by Frankie Feliciano. Now five years later, this beautiful song returns in marvelous remixes by Danny Clark who takes Heather Johnson's inimitable sultry angelic voice to all new heights on his uber melodious re-imagination which combines the vocals with seductive chords, jazzy piano and gentle yet spell binding rhythms - a soulful gem guaranteed to make you yearn for more. Also included is Frankie Feliciano's 'New Dark Mix' originally released in late 2009 on the "Love EP".

South Africa's DJ SGZ and Shatti join forces to bring us "Feel the music", and not much needs to be said about this wonderful soulful song having timeless written all over. Deep'n'gentle rhythms serve as playground for Shatti's gorgeous emotive vocals, lovely funky guitar solos and lush keys, altogether spreading an uplifting summery feel guaranteed to make you yearn for more. By no means to be missed. Nuff said...

As a regular reader of our weekly updates, you will be familiar with Gruv Shack and the many marvelous releases the label has put out out in recent months and years. Now Gruv Shack grace us with the magnificent "Gruv Shack Love Beats" compilation which is loaded with not less than fifteen 'love songs' (both vocal and instrumental), many of which are previously unheard remixes and tracks. On this eclectic compilation you find music from an illustrious list of artists such as Boskay, Pat Edwards, Breezingsouls, Charlie Deep, Ultra Soul Project, Khowcie, Deeprebel, Terryfic, Tonalcaptiv, Darian Crouse, Eugene Free, Bhunu Brill, Percy, Bee-bar, Tshepo N At Large, V.P.S. Pojects and Thokozane, with the genres ranging from Broken Beat/Nu Jazz to Neo Soul/R&B, Soulful House, Deep House and Afro House.

Antidote Music bless us with an outstanding selection of house remixes of "Imiyalo" by Nomalungelo Dladla, a Swati inspirational song has touched all hearts from the dance floor and beyond. The chosen ones to add their magical deep/soulful touch to the song are The Antidotes, Lele X, Nteeze & Andy, Chymamusique, Monodeluxe and Symphonic - to cut a long story short, each of their interpretations is truly fresh and ingenious, making it next to impossible to pick a favorite version. In other words, a package guaranteed to send shivers down your spine and make you yearn for more. By no means to be missed.

Not much needs to be said and written about this paramount release by legendary producer/DJ Andy Compton and up and rising South African songstress Sisanda Myataza who impresses with her lovely truly unique voice and the glamorous rendition of the lyrics. Two equally fabulous productions are included on the EP, first up is the enthralling Detroit influenced title track "Peace love & joy" which combines the vocals with heavenly synth melodies, acidic overtones and deeply thumpin' rhythms. Second is "No denying", a South African influenced soul oozing gem using deeply rumblin' rhythms as playground for the vocals, seductive keys, sweet guitar and entrancing saxophone by James Morton. Instrumental versions of both are included, making this an essential package for any lover of deep soulful house music.

Back in late December of last year, we reviewed the phenomenal "You're my delight" by Luyo which features Wendy Lewis' emotive truly one-of-a-kind vocals. Now the long awaited second part has arrived, including the fervid 'Delightful Dub' version from DJ Spen & Gary Hudgins, the enticing 'Sure Shot Mix' by M&S (Ricky Morrison & Fran Sidoli) and a brand new remix by the team of Luis Radio & Pablo Martinez who take this timeless club classic to all new heights on their outstanding rework combining the incomparable vocals with inebriant melodies and spell binding rhythms.