Undoubtedly, "Keep Rising" is a future classic!! Listen for yourself and you will agree with us. The positive energy spread by the uplifting vocals and the beautiful orchestration will catch you in an instant, with the melodies and rhymes not to be let gone from your mind. The Temple Dynasty (Diamond Temple, Rob 'Da Noize' Temple, Felicia Temple) teamed up on this release with Louie 'Lou' Gorbea and Chris Perez to deliver one of the best gospel house songs in years. Nothing more needs to be said beside that the package offers a variety of mixes for different occasions - such as an alternate vocal, two dubs and the 'Sunday Morning Mix' that takes you straight to church with just a piano accompanying the vocals . Listen and enjoy.

 

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Monte Hillemann and De'Monica are behind this massive cut which features Chuck Love on synth + saxophone play courtesy of Jeff Horowich. Here we have a feel good anthem built around a stormin' funktified groove that is absolutely resistless, with the synths and beautiful vocals by De'Monica further intensifying the vibe. The 'Sax Dub' replaces the vocals with a saxophone that adds a jazzy touch to it. Packed dancefloors with hands in the air guaranteed.

 

 

"Aqua Kyara" by Italy's Beppe Gioia is a wonderful laidback deep house production that combines beautiful sounds of the sea with sweet percussions and lovely piano riffs, all nicely arranged over a smooth yet deeply stormin' backing groove. The dub is a great addition to the package, offering you an alternate take of the track on a slightly deeper, more tracky edge.

 

Joe Rizla and Marcelo Cruz come up with a marvelous deep house production which seems perfect to chill after a long party night (or any other moment you just want to relax) with its mellow groove, lush chords and sweet female vocals courtesy of Natasha Koss. The dub strips the vocals to give the track more of a hypnotic feel, letting the chords do the talk.

 

Consortium Muzik bless us with a lovely remix EP where Abicah Soul takes on three previous releases of the label - "Strength Of A Man" by DJ Jalal featuring Carolyn Victorian & Ovina Gregory, "Happiness" by Harold Brandon (it's a new Abicah Soul mix, not the one included in the original release) and "Black Is The Color" by Klearvision featuring Nina Simone. All three songs are given a beautiful makeover with that distinct laidback deep house sound Abicah Soul is reknown for shining through, taking the songs to a new level.

 

DJ Rico presenting an EP full of deep'n'funky tracks, with "Funk Good Mama" featuring sexy spoken words over a funkily groovin' beat, while "Sun For Life" features a passionate male vocal and wicked jazzy flavors while not neglecting the funky elements. Lastly there is "Spiritual Of Dance", a deeply thumpin' track featuring catchy synths alongside wicked male vocals and a lovely guitar riffs. Funky vibes destined to turn the floors into a frenzy.

 

Chicago's DJ Fritz aka Soul Child teams up with the legendary Keith Nunally on this deeply groovin' percussion enriched track spreading an uplifting feeling through the wonderful vocals by the latest and the melodic orchestration that includes a lovely flute alongside marvelous keys, classic strings and jazzy vibes. DJ Rico provides two remixes, both turning the track into groovy funk soaked monster gems - one with a distinct retro touch, while the other one is more on a dirty edge.

 

To celebrate the second year of existence and their 40th release, GKF release a compilation which features ten tracks, half of them being previously unavailable. Kicking off is the Spiritual Blessings remix of Randy Brusseto's "Naked Melody", followed by Joseph Mercado's brilliant edit of "Reach 4 U" by Lem featuring Tara J. DJ Nermin presents the lovely "Head Up High" featuring Ayaah, while Jeremias Santiago teams up with KT Brooks on "Keep Pressing". Next you'll find a former Spirit Of House exclusive: "Nights in NYC" by DNY featuring Tony Loreto. Going further, there is the brand new "Let's Dance" by Steve Paradise, a warm funkily groovin' production with a slight electronic touch. Joseph's "Transformed" is included in the Spiritual Blessing deep'n'techy remix, while with "Barcelona" by Dual II you get a lovely guitar house track. The last two cuts are "Rise" by Joey, a classy deep house track with warm chords, and "Eye Soul" by Krispaglia fusing influences from jazz, Afro and house.

 

Here we go with this week’s bunch of 'bootleg' reworkings for you. First up we have PowderSoul taking on John Legend's "PDA", delivering a tasty interpretation that takes the song to the soulful dancefloors while staying true to the original. Next is Alex Dimitri who takes on Angela Johnson's "All I Need" and gives the track a groovy outfit that is oozing with its soul and funk flavors. Last but not least, we have Luis 'Friskybeat' Machuca taking on James Brown's "Get Up Off That Thing", turning the track into a monster funky house gem.

 

A cut which was originally released in South Africa last year and became instantly a huge underground hit. Now Waking Monster present brand new remixes of this beautiful track which is produced by rising star Demor. Wookie takes Lez's R&B laced vocals and combines them with a stormin' groove and melodic keys that altogether create a resistless deeply rumblin' vibe, while Booker T. uses a groovy, deeply thumpin' beat together with wicked synths to give the track an uplifting summery vibe.

 

Soulstar Records welcome Demarkus Lewis with the mighty yet soulful "Get Yourself Together" featuring a passionate vocal performance courtesy of Marissa Guzman over an irresistibly stompin' funktified backing groove enriched with melodic keys. Genetix take the track to deeper slightly techy grounds by keeping the energetic vibe alive, while Harley & Muscle serve a masterly crafted deep house interpretation on a laidback tip. Closing the package is DJ Lazz's funktified dub that keeps groovin' from the beginning to the end.

 

Behind Musical Solution are Fabrizio Marra and Paul Wiltshire who present the delightful "Dance With Me", a fierce production built around a deeply thumpin' groove enriched with passionate female vocals and wicked synths that altogether create a resistless feeling. John Mateo (from Mateo & Matos) goes deeper on his take with catchy synths leading the way, while Tony Loreto reworks the track into a hypnotic peak hour jam full of strings and irresistible chords.

 

Purple Music kick off 2008 with this collaboration between label head Jamie Lewis and Keith Thompson. "Body Music" is spreading a feel good vibe through the funktified groove that is topped with jazzy horns and catchy keys that together with Keith Thompson's powerful vocals create an irresistible vibe. The dub version strips most of the vocals to put the funky groove and keys center stage.

 

Mauro Marrazza under his Mr. Mama moniker returns to Spirit Of House with his latest production, a slammin' track kicking off with a simple yet hypnotic groove built around deeply thumpin' beats enriched with percussion elements and drums. Around the middle of the track, an absolutely irresistible piano and spacey chords comes in to take this affair to the next level, amplifying the already intense vibe.
 

Omar S returns with a killer Detroit house production that has got all it takes to become an anthem. From the deep beats over the ultra phat bassline to the wonderful layers of synths, it all cumulates into an almost eleven minute long hypnotic opus that builds and builds. Let yourself be taken onto a journey into timeless Detroit house grooves.

 

"At Ease" by features spoken words courtesy of Charles Spann over heavily thumpin' beats in addition to percussion elements, a phat bassline and wicked keys that altogether create a relentless feeling. The 'House Mix' relaxes things for a laidback affair with smoothed beats and melodic chords that accompany the spoken words.
 

With "Girls 2 Hype" by the Filta Freqz guys (Simon Cortez and Marco Manrique), the funky house vibes are hitting hard on the dancefloor, with the sexy female vocals sitting on top of a resistlessly groovin' funk spiced backing groove supporting the creation of an intense vibe that will take the dancefloors by storm. The dub version strips the vocals to let the funky vibes do all the damage on the floor too.