Exclusive Preview: ALFREDO NORESE featuring KAYSEE - "Gettin' Down" (CD-R)

Argentinian producer Alfredo Norese teams up with Kaysee, a young British singer on the rise. "Gettin' Down" is a feel-good production on a funky edge that features an amazing vocal performance over a fierce yet smooth backing groove that is enriched with a lovely flute, classy horns, wicked guitar and melodic keys that altogether create an uplifting feeling that will bring sunshine to your heart. Simply beautiful.

Exclusive Preview: RANDY BRUSSETO - "The Inner Child" (Unified Records/CD Promo)

French DJ/producer Randy Brusseto comes up with a beautiful production featuring sensitive male vocals over a powerful yet soulful backing groove enriched with warm melodic keys. Melchyor A takes the track slightly deeper, reworking the track into a steadily grooving affair enriched with sweet percussion and a wonderful flute - the result is absolutely resistless and uplifting.

 

JIHAD MUHAMMAD - "Ascension"/"Expansions"/"Latin Vibes" (NiteGrooves/CD Promo)

Jihad Muhammad, one of the current true heroes of the underground dance music scene, presents a slammin' three song EP. "Ascension" is a gorgeous jazz house track featuring lovely strings and synths alongside a beautiful jazzy piano riff over a deeply rumblin' groove, while "Expansions" is more on an         Afro-Cuban flavored percussive side, with dreamy piano chords leading the way. Lastly, there is the latinesque "Latin vibes (Part 1)" which features a splendid organ ride.

 

Exclusive Preview: RONNIE RON - "Cold Heat EP" (Unified Records/CD Promo)

Ronnie Ron delivers serious dance floor grooves with his latest offering, the "Cold Heat EP". The title track is a simple yet very effective affair built around a deeply stormin' hypnotic groove enlightened with wicked keys. "Camanche" is a relentless track driven by kickin' beats over sweet percussion, with the synths and organ creating an intense vibe. Last but not least is "Deep house", a seriously deep track featuring wicked spoken words and great chords that together create an irresistible feeling (an instrumental version of the track is also included).

 

STUDIO APARTMENT featuring BLAZE - "The Sun Rising" (Remixes) (King Street/CD Promo)

Japanese outfit Studio Apartment return to King Street with "Sun rising", a collaboration with Blaze that has already got lots of attention when originally released in Japan. DJ Spen gives the song a clubbier feeling on his reworkings keeping things soulful and smooth from the beginning to the end, while Mr. V takes the song to deeper grounds with an added hip house vocal that adds sort of an urban flavor.

 

SOULFOOD presents WATERFALL - "Beach Music EP 3" (AX Music Records/CD Promo)

Unfortunately, the summery season has come to an end, but AX Music extend it for us with the third (and last) EP in their "Beach Music" series courtesy of Soulfood. This third EP brings us three more blissful house productions, all spreading a laidback feeling through smooth grooves and wonderful melodies created by sweet percussion, lovely keys and beautiful chords. The perfect vibes to keep the sunshine in your ears and on the dance floor.

 

MEDUSA featuring LESLIE CARTER - "Medusa" (Indeependent Records/CD Promo)

If you're familiar with the first two releases on Indeependent Records, you know that the label is all about deep - we'd better say 'deeper than deep' - house grooves. With their third release "Medusa" they present a deep atmospheric production by Kemal that features wicked strings and synths alongside a mysterious prayer provided by Leslie Carter over thumpin' beats that altogether create a relentless hypnotic vibe.

 

JORDAN RIVERA featuring SHEREETHA CAMPBELL - "Ghetto" (Ospina Digital Records/CD Promo)

While we wait for Jordan Rivera's debut album Return Of The House Killers to be released, the man drops his latest production featuring sexy vocals by Shereetha Campbell. The main version is on a powerful tip perfect for peak time play, with the tougher 'Callejon Mix' giving it a Latinesque tribal feeling. Davidson Ospina reworks the track into a relentless deep house affair featuring wicked keys, while Alex Romano comes up with an electro interpretation. Lastly there is the 'T&A South Bronx Remix' that turns the track into a stormin' tribal house affair.

 

NICOLAS VAUTIER featuring BLICK "Sala" (Jaffa Music/CD Promo)

"Sala" features African soul singer Blick Bassy who provides an inspirational vocal performance over the funkily Afro flavored groovin' backing orchestration that features lovely guitars alongside bangin' drums and wicked chords. Domenico Navarro reworks the track into a wonderful laidback latin affair, while Ralf GUM delivers a smooth'n'funky interpretation full of warm melodic sounds. Maz Lunden turns it out into a summery Latin flavored thing, followed by a beautiful old school club-funk take by Freakfaze. Rounding the package off is a down tempo version by Crisp.

 

YASS featuring L.T. BROWN - "I'm Free" (Purple Music/CD Promo)

"I'm Free" has been getting a lot of attention since it premiered on the "WMC 2007 Master Cuts" sampler by Purple Music earlier this year. It is an uplifting production with an inspirational vocal and passionate female choirs + wicked keys over a deeply stormin' groove. Two dubs to choose from with the first one nicely varying the keys, while the second one (the 'Innersoul Badyard Dub') takes things deeper, with the beats somewhat reminiscent of the timeless "Notice Me" by Sandee. As a bonus, an unreleased mix of "He Reigns" is included that features a beautiful piano led intro.
 

GREGORY DEL PIERO featuring KENNY BOBIEN - "Don’t You Ever Get" (Raisani/CD Promo)

"Don't You Ever Get" is taken from Gregory Del Piero's upcoming I Love You More album (a project which has taken him five years to put together)! Centered around a passionate vocal performance by the incomparable Kenny Bobien, this is a beautifully orchestrated production with a true live feeling on a laidback tip. The Kings Of Deep provide a soulful organic interpretation, while DJ Tekin and label head Haneef Raisani team up for a deep techified dub. Lastly, there is the 'Fuzzy Baloo Dub', a chunky funktified dub with the beats/drums borrowed from the Flash & The Pan classic "Midnight man".

 

Exclusive Preview: HOT HANDS presents ELISETE - "Voce E Minha Fantasia" (CD-R)

Swiss DJ/producer Hot Hands presents a slammin' production titled "Voce E Minha Fantasia" featuring a sweet and sexy vocal by Elisete alongside a wicked piano that gives the track a Latinesque edge, all nicely arranged over a relentless tribal flavored groove. Domenico Ferruggia relaxes things on his take, giving the track a smooth feeling by using a deep yet fierce groove enriched with warm melodic keys and a wicked guitar.

 

SCOTT WOZNIAK featuring DIRTY TURK - "Your Unconscious Mind" (DeepHaven/CD Promo)

Scott Wozniak presents the deep "Your Unconscious Mind" built around a fierce, deeply stormin' groove, with wicked chords and synths alongside a catchy spoken word by Dirty Turk giving the track an intense vibe that is absolutely relentless on the dancefloor. The dub version gives the track a groovier and warmer, more organic sounding. Also included is an instrumental version.

 

STEAL VYBE - "Adventurious"/"When worlds meet" (Steal Vybe Sub Grooves/CD Promo)

Steal Vybe accompanied by the World Orchestra presents a wicked two track EP that should not be missed. First off is "Adventurious", a cut that creates an irresistible vibe with its magnificent spheric keys over a deeply rumblin' groove. Second is "When Worlds Meet", a deeply thumpin' track featuring melodic chords and jazzy piano riffs that create a fierce yet smooth feeling perfect for late night play.