It's been 15 years since Shogun Audio burst into life on the South Coast and under the watchful eye of Ed Keeley AKA Friction, as well as K-Tee, it's grown and grown into one of the best labels in the business, without a doubt. From the classics like Perez's seminal 1984, to more recent, futuristic numbers from the likes of Koherent and Document One, the label is truly diverse and that's represented extremely well in this 15 Years Of compilation. Featuring a litany of acts both old and new, including Technimatic, Pola & Bryson and Friction, this one is for the proper fans. Document One's 'Vibration' is a favourite of ours, with a stupidly cool, distorted bassline that packs a tasty hardware edge, undergirded by a click-and-snap drum line. Pure quality right here. Almost three years have passed since Philadelphia duo Superprince debuted on Razor 'N' Tape with a vinyl-only EP of rather good re-edits. Here that four-tracker finally makes it to digital download.
It's worth picking up, if only for the flute-laden, horn-heavy bounciness of down-low disco-funk rework 'Strong Feeling' (a fine revision of Morning, Noon & Night's 'Feelin' Strong'). The highlights down end there, either, with 'Down On Bitter End' providing a chunky, peak-time-ready revision of a Vicki Sue Robinson disco anthem, 'Start Again' offering a breezy new spin on a lesser celebrated One Way cut and 'Up Up To The Sky' turning Silver Convention's 'Fly Robin Fly' into a hypnotic chunk of mid-tempo disco hedonism. We were rather astonished to discover that '24/7 Love Affair' is Michael Baumann's first album as Soulphiction for 11 years. We were a little less surprised to find that it's superb.
In fact, we'd go as far as to say that it could be considered a 'best practice' example of the kind of loose, sample-heavy, soul-fired deep house that is all the rage right now. Yet the album's epic length - it comprises no less than 17 tracks - also allows Baumann to mix it up a little too, with a swathe of ocean-deep club jams being joined by search diversions as the morning-fresh broken beat loveliness of 'Jus Listen', the stomping disco-funk of 'The Mood', the bustling breakbeats of 'A Freak' and the blazed instrumental hip-hop of 'Good Night Ema'. It has been quite a year for the Toolroom institution. Celebrating their 15th birthday last year, they weren't ones to rest on their laurels, instead going full steam ahead with a bunch of genre defining compilations this year.
But most importantly they have been instrumental in the comeback of funky house after a 20 year dormancy, with killer releases by the likes of Weiss, Cashio and boss man Mark Knight himself. Add to that one banging party at Chicago Social Club for Amsterdam Dance Event and it's evident that these guys are proper 24 hour party people. With a glorious year sadly coming to an end, celebrate a wonderful one that was on Best Of Toolroom 2019 with highlights not limited to: the rework of the Cevin Fisher classic 'Freaks Come Out' by Jack Back, Hannah Wants & Kevin Knapp's deep down and dirty 'Call Me' (extended mix), UK heroes Alan Fitzpatrick & Wheats delivering the certified banger 'M27' and New York legend Todd Terry teaming up with Tuff London on 'Psychodrama' featuring Jasmien Nanhekhan. If that was not enough, ascendant producer Maxinne delivers two mixes compiling all the tracks: one smooth House mix followed by a thumping Tech House mix. Truncate debuts on Pets Recordings with a fine jacking release. 'Pressure' sees the US producer divert somewhat from his chosen script, dropping a raw, analogue track. Built on a skeletal rhythm and pile-driving percussive, these elements support a pitch-bent vocal.
The title track marks a return to the type of sound that Truncate is more commonly known for. However, in part, the aesthetic of 'Pressure' remains, thanks to the use of insistent percussion and intense siren riffs unravelling over one of Truncate's typical rolling groove. DJ Haus is tasked with reworking 'Pressure' and turns in an excellent version that focuses on fusing the vocal sample with a grinding bass. Around the turn of the millennium, experienced production partnership Eric Wilkman and James Donaldson released a handful of fine EPs as Sunkids, including a pair of solid singles featuring vocalist Chance. The first of these was 1999's 'Rescue Me', a soulful and intoxicating number that remains one of the most memorable vocal house records of the period. Here the 20 year-old track gets a new lease of life thanks to remix maestro Dave Lee AKA Joey Negro.
His version mixes warm new instrumentation - bass, Rhodes chords, jangling piano stabs, spacey synths and so on - with Chance's original vocal and the kind of loose, skipping beats that were once the hallmark of US garage. As a result, 'Rescue Me' sounds more delicious and floor-friendly than it has ever done before. Welcome to Juno Download, a digital download store that boasts a staggeringly wide selection of songs, instrumentals and tools for DJs, electronic musicians and listeners alike.Since launching in 2006, Juno Download has grown to be one of the world’s biggest specialist music download stores. The site currently boasts well over six million tracks in a multitude of musical styles.
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Called on a wider circle of friends for his third album and came up with a more varied collection of songs, from ' raucous title track to ex- 's country-styled 'Single Man's Dilemma.' Also co-wrote three songs with producers and, and completists should note that contributed a new song, 'Giddy.' But the best selections were 's 'Avenging Annie,' a stirring story-song (and minor U.S.
Chart entry), and 's plaintive ballad 'Say It Ain't So, Joe,' both of which sang as effectively as he had any song. The backup band included such notables as bassist, guitarist, keyboardist, and special guest guitarists (of ), ,. But was never in danger of getting lost in the all-star session. Nevertheless, the album was not treated as a major release and found only modest commercial success.