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Picks of the Week (09/26-10/02/2004)

SOULARIS 'Soaring' (Refunkt/CD Promo)

Refunkt have secured a sure shot winner here, produced by Jonathan Dunn & Greg Fenton, better known as Soularis. "Soaring" features the lush and sweet vocal performance by new diva Yvonne Shelton over a deeply stompin' beat that is enhanced with smooth percussion and a cool guitar riff, with the melodic keys giving the song a warm soulful feeling. The dub version is driven by a funky bassline and comes with straighter beats, with the guitar adding an extra touch of blues to the song, while the melodic keys keep it soulful.

FULL BLOWN MOON featuring JULIA NAVIN 'Time & Space' (Coco Soul)

'Time & Space' is produced by Arahm Lee who brings us a sweet and mellow house production with a Brazilian edge, featuring a sweet and soulful vocal performance by Julia Navin. The dub comes with a tougher backbeat, moody keys and dreamy elements.

ROY DAVIS Jr. with TERRY DEXTER 'Wonderin'' (Large)

Chicago mastermind Roy Davis Jr. joins up with talented R&B songstress Terry Dexter for this great vocal production. The main vocal version is a disco influenced slice of deep house featuring a wicked guitar, with Terry adding a true neo-soul touch to it. On the flip, there is a dub that has a slight tribal influence as well as a downtempo R&B mix.

GROOVE JUNKIES featuring ALEXANDER SKY 'I've Got It Bad' (MoreHouse/test)

Featured vocalist Alexander Sky is a veteran performer since the age of seven years old. He co-wrote "I've Got It Bad" for his debut for MoreHouse. It is an uplifting production based on a soulfully stompin' groove and added with classic disco-ish elements, classy strings and a wicked jazzy trumpet solo. Sky is pulling out a marvellous vocal performance coming deep from his heart, showcasing his vocal talent.

JULIUS PAPP featuring MORRISSON 'Fall For You'/CHARLES SPENCER 'Loveslap Interlude' (NeoDisco/test)

Julius Papp turns out another beauty here with Morrission being the featured singer who lends his smooth vocals for 'Fall For You' which comes with a thick bassline, melodic guitar licks and sweet rhodes. 'Loveslap Interlude' by Charles Spencer is a percussion jam kicking off just with the drums, with the full flavours bursting out after around four minutes.

SYKE'N'SUGARSTARR featuring BONNY FERRER 'Toda Minha Vida' (Do the Hip Productions/CD Promo)

Behind Syke'n'Sugarstarr are Serhat Sakin & Matthias Weber who present the first releae for the brand new label Do the Hip Procutions. "Toda Minha Vida" is a latin infused burner with a percussion loaded groove that is topped with sweet chords, jazzy piano, smooth steel drums and the beautiful and sexy vocals by Bonny Ferrer. The dub gives the deep and funky bassline more place to grow while the 'Banoffee Remix' fierces things up with a tougher beat and great build-ups that gives the song a deeply stormin' feeling.

MUSAPHIA & MAYHEM 'Fusion'/'Fantastico' (Refunkt)

Joey Musaphia and Martin 'Mayhem' Ikin team up once more for two fierce tracks that are set to burn the dancefloors. 'Fusion' has kind of a George Duke vibe to it featuring female spoken words and jazzy keys, while 'Fantastico' has a latinesque vibe to it with catchy piano keys and featuring female spoken words included.

MOD 'Aquadreams'/'Give Your Love' (white)

Swiss DJ/producer Juan Sunshine presenting a very limited (only 500 copies) white label release featuring two discofied tracks that will rock the dancefloors for sure. 'Aquadreams' is bringing back the memories of jazz-funk influenced dance music, here nicely transformed into a stormin' house track. 'Give Your Love' is a heavily stompin' house track featuring many elements from the past days of disco, perfectly adopted for todays dancefloors.

DJ TECHNICS 'Gabryelle' (Code Red)

The original version by DJ Technics is a minimalistic track based on a simple drum track with some percussion that is topped with catchey keys and strings creating an irresistible vibe. The MuthaFunkaz rework it by adding a full four-to-the-floor house groove and extra keys.