Stacey Mallory has the next bomb ready to drop and it’s our Pick Of The Week : "My Rhythm" is a wicked instrumental track based on a deeply rumblin' bassline, phat beats and sweet percussion. On top of it are jazzy keys, an organ solo and a fantastic piano line that create an irresistible feeling. This is one of those rare tracks with a groove that won't get out of your head for a long time to come.

Jon Cutler delivers a killer vocal production (our Pick Of The Week # 2) featuring the legendary Michael Watford on vocals. "Watcha Gonna Do" comes with a raw edge in its original form that is a fierce yet smooth stomper featuring melodic keys and a wonderful vocal. Reel Soul rework it into a deeply thumpin' groover with laidback keys that lets the soulful vibe take center stage, while Kings of Soul accentuate the bass and add some sweet guitar licks and a magical flute, creating a funkier interpretation.

Bah Samba's "Calma" comes with delicate rhythms and pretty Latin guitars as backdrop for Isabel Fructuoso's heartfelt voice in the original version. The 'Bah Samba Beach Mix' strips the instrumentation down to the guitars and laminar keys, creating a lovely chillout vibe, while /Louie Vega/ takes the song to the dancefloor with a wonderfully instrumentated, percussion driven Latinesque groove. Quentin Harris's take is a nice contrast, adding his trademark beats and keys to it, replacing the Latinesque sounds.

"Afrique" by the team of Juan Hoerni & Keith Jones features lovely guitars, jazzy flute, sweet percussion and wicked drums that create a gorgeous late night gem in its original form, that is reworked by DJ Spinna into a shuffling groover coming with additional keys, spreading a subtle vibe. Jordan Strong & Pescado deliver a dubby rework that comes compete with jazzy keys and nice delays.

Darryl James & Fred McFarlane aka DFA return on FalOut with a reworking of Vivian Green's/ "Gotta Go, Gotta Leave" that is spreading a warm melodic feeling through its smoothly tumpin' groove that is topped with lovely guitars and jazzy keys, letting Mrs Green's sexy voice shine all over.

Me Myself & I" is a classy deeep garage production courtesy of France's

hardest working producer Franck Roger. It features the soulful voice of Chris Wonder over a delicious smooth backing music with lush rhodes and courtesy of Olivier Portal, a deep bassline, shuffling beats and stellar guitar.

With the imminent release of Stacey Mallory featuring Empress "What Is Housemusic... (Stacey's House) on Jellybean, there are brand new mixes of this great tune to be discovered, created by producer Stacey Mallory himself. They feature soulful and sexy vocals by Empress over a broken-beat styled, smoothly thumpin' groove, topped with jazzy and laminar keys, spreading a laidback and melodic vibe. The instrumental features a lovely guitar that is enhancing the laidback vibe, while the dub is based on a driving 4/4 house groove and features irresistible keys.

The Sunburst Band returns with an essential two tracker. First up is
"He Is" that got the Joey Negro remix treatment, with wicked synths, atmospheric keys and a spoken word vocal over a fierce funktified groove. The flip features Audiowhores reworkings of "Fly Away", turning the track into a peaktime stomper while keeping the original vibe alive.

"The Cuff" by Shake-Off is an uplifting production, with the 'Solid Purpose Mix' being the choice for peaktime play with its powerful stompin' groove that is added with catchy keys, a funky bassline and wicked spoken vocals. For a more relaxed affair, check the 'Primo Mix' that comes with a smoothed down groove and added jazzy flute and saxophone, adding a lovely laidback touch to the track.

"Let's Be Young" by Quentin Harris is an anthemic and epic instrumental track based on an electroncic groove that get topped with various synth chords, guitar washes and horn stabs that ctreate an irresistible feeling on the dancefloor.

Michael Fossati spiritofhouse.com