30.11.2006 von mk.

save your funk’in ears is compiled by dj didis from thessaloniki, greece.
we call it nu funk, dub freestyle and electronic influenced dance music. most of the tracks appear for the first time on cd format from international artists, taken from 12″ vinyl, some are taken from albums of new greek artists,..
all good funk alliance from u.s with their bomb funky latin break agfa theme track, open this compilation showing us a unique blend of their production. this track appears for the first time on cd in europe.
fort knox five (new radio mix) from washington dc follow up with their dodge city rockers, a must break funk with lots of groovy sounds and hip vocals.
basement freaks, one of the rising greek producers, carries on with his stunning and warm fat sound track nova monkies.
blend, one of the most respectful and popular artists in greece gives us an unexpected sound with old school breaks, amazing brass section and vocals with scream for i.
so.t is our exclusive and most surprising athens based artists, with his uplifting down tempo production, fat baselines and exciting echoes. street fight is a must dance floor track.
professor skunk from greece gives the most wonderful dub funk reggae track; amazing brass section with love and melodies - for all dub lovers out there.
geriba from germany. we guaranteed you this track is a hip funk killer, first time appears on cd, sure will keep you high!
nickodemus with amazing funky in the middle, a first time appearance on cd the remix from funky dub headz from berlin haaksmaan & haaksman.
timewarp inc from athens, with a new exclusive track written specially for this cd compilation, continues his success after releasing ‘dub my funky groove’ album with a boogie disco afrofunk anthem featuring wonderful emma on vocals.
quasamodo from athens with track rhythm mo’ continues our exclusives with grooves and vibes blended from house and funk.
medras from athens reminds us that the summer is close with his cool it track. fresh, juicy, mellow and trippy.
double beat from italian big sure records with a dynamic and full filled funk, detroit blended dance track. cayetano with spiritual sun coming from thessaloniki. electro funk is the right description for this track; a full on dance tune.
digital alkemist a project from athens with the track the job in brazil. he already knows how to make good grooves, as he is a drummer himself he can grab the latin rhythms and the funky attitude and at last vibe tribe from thessaloniki with breathe track, amazing sounds, trippy and dubby, the exact path to find motion grooves and organic moods.
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30.11.2006 von mk.

Junkyard Production’s sound is a mix of crispy lo-fi dub, jazzy vocals and Jamaican style mc’ing. The band is based in Aarhus and Aalborg in the north of Denmark. The main influence is ol’skool Jamaican dub as well as the modern dub sound from Berlin.
Founder of Junkyard Productions is Rasmus Allin. He’s been working with electronic music since 1995, with the Danish band Dub Wise. He played guitar on the Örtz album “Another Eden”, from witch the hit-single “We Don’t Talk” was taken. He’s also DJ’ing as a member of “The Dub Collective”. Christian is a computer-wizz and accomplished drummer. His greatest contribution to the band is his anarchistic sense of humor and spontaneity. Dennis is an amazingly powerful bass player in styles like hiphop, acid jazz and reggae. Ena is an experienced and skilled singer, who’s done a wide variety of styles such as jazz, soul, pop and also acid-jazz infused with hiphop. MC Pops Jabu has been living in South Africa, Zimbabwe and London, before he settled down in Denmark. He already has several albums under his belt. Doing his thing live he can tear the roof of any venue.

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30.11.2006 von mk.

Natalie Williams invites you into her ‘Secret Garden’, the new and defining work for this fantastic UK neo-soul artist who has been building solid credential on the live music scene since the release of her debut album in 2003.
‘Secret Garden’ encompasses classic soul, jazz and hip-hop. Influences include Herbie Hancock, Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway, Chick Corea, Charlie Hunter, Mancini with features from a fantastic roster of the finest UK musicians on Rhodes, Moogs, horns, live strings including virtuoso flute solos from Gareth Lochrane and horns from Ben Edwards & Mark Brown (Basement Jaxx)
Co-written and produced with ‘Mercury Music Prize’ nominated producer, Drew Horley (whose credits include TY- Upwards, Estelle, Jay Sean and Roots Manuva), ‘Secret Garden’ is an accurate representation of both Drew and Natalie’s eclectic musical influences. As a team they developed a unique style forged around the strength of Natalie’s amazing vocal range and ability and created a classic album.

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28.11.2006 von mk.

New content in the sound section! Visit the homepage (http://www.dublex-inc.com) and enjoy three new, hot tracks taken from the new release (pulver records 037) The Game.

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21.11.2006 von mk.

Living With Owusu and Hannibal is the debut album from Danish duo Philip Owusu and Robin Hannibal. Packed with street smarts, a cheeky sense of humor and forward thinking production this soul-tinged debut is made up of (mostly) down tempo songs. Juxtaposing glitchy digital beats, fat bottom end, and shiny synths with acoustic guitars and lush strings they retain their warmth and organic vibe but have been given a thorough roughing-up around the edges.
After the dreamy intro (sung in Danish by local school kids) Living With Owusu and Hannibal kicks off with the appropriately blues-y vibe of “Blue Jay” (a song about an immigrant night worker) that sits guitar and gospel-shaded vocal on top of a disjointed beat and eighties flavored keys. “Lonnie’s Secret” and “Another Mile” take the bpms up several notches with rubbery bass lines, while “Watch” is a string laden ballad (about a guy falling in love with a girl in a movie) with an unexpected twist. Eschewing all the rules the album features full and partial songs, instrumentals and tracks that sound just as good intimate, in your headphones, as they do blasting through a car or club sound system.

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16.11.2006 von mk.

“Sex Machine” is more than just a musical milestone; it manifested something in our collective consciousness
on a par with the first moon landing.

Many pop stars are products of their times, real pop stars embody their times.
“James Brown was ecstatic. He had transformed a single groove into a piece of gold.” (Alan M. Leeds)

While the one and only James Brown always gets hips shaking and the original version of Sex Machine
stirs things up in the new hit comedy “Wo ist Fred?” starring Til Schweiger (Start November 16th, 2006),
Readymade Jazz Defector alias Konishi Yasuharu more than holds his own on the dance floor with his
Sex Machine version.

But the Sex Machine Readymade Jazz Defector remix is just a foretaste of the album-length
James Brown remix collection “Dynamite X.”

So get yourself warmed up for some hot dance action!

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14.11.2006 von mk.

“Soft Hand Feel”, a CD+DVD album, is a culmination of the varied works Kinder Atom have recorded over the past few years, from electropop and jazzy deep house to dub and ambient downtempo. The title track is a warped ten minutes of phased trance-inducing tribal rhythms and includes guest ‘overseas’ chanting by Rapoon (Robin Story). The stand-out vocal track on the album, “Bring the Herbs”, is a groovy ambient dub song, featuring the sweet sounds of Jamaican reggae music star, Musical Sniper.
The DVD features seven different music videos by various Toronto film directors. These video interpretations of Kinder Atom’s music, embrace nature-inspired, layered, abstract imagery and colours. The DVD-ROM portion of the disc has mp3 portable/iPod ready files of the whole album and exclusive bonus remixes, including two additional versions of “Bring the Herbs” and the “Eagle Sprouts” 12″ nuwavediskomix.

The nice+smooth catalogue ranges in style from ambient and down tempo to drum’n'bass and jazzy house music and far beyond. All the music of Kinder Atom and the nice+smooth label is available for download at emusic.com, beatport.com, playittonight.com, karmadownload.com, itunes.com, rhapsody.com, napster.com, hrfq.com, and anywhere fine mp3s are sold.

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14.11.2006 von mk.

2nd release of Perfect.Toys brandnew Ultrafunk series features their new signing Vienna based TELEMARK. ‘Sanctified’ features the powerful vocals of Big John Whitfield, one of the most well known soul singers in Vienna’s Clubland. The track is a broken tek-funk monster with an ultra-throbbing bassline. ‘I Can’t Live Without U’ deeply explores the beginning of chicago disco combined with a classy polyrhythmic drum feeling while ‘Limelight’ is a mutant tech-house tune with a killer bassline reminiscent of 80ies synthies.

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14.11.2006 von mk.

A little warm up from Gecko Turner’s new album on Lovemonk ‘Chandalismo Ilustrado’, featuring a rather neat set of remixes from Bugz In The Attic’s Seiji. The album is a diverse selection of D’Angelo style grooves, played with considerably more charm than you’d expect from a former London Underground busker, but this package takes the man from Madrid to the dancefloor via West London.
The chirpy, cheeky original glides with a West African guitar sound and handclaps egging the backing vox on, with Gecko’s spoken word accompaniment just the icing on the cake, and everything with some Cuban nuances…
Seiji’s pair of Vox remixes take the guitar and horn to the floor, adding a Bugz style distorted bass and a more urgent flavour. The Dub Vox mix, on the other hand, is deep and a bit techy - maybe even a little bit evil…One of the best remixes Seiji has done in a long time?

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14.11.2006 von mk.

GOGO Music head Ralf GUM comes up with this truley smooth outing entitled “Warrior”, showcasing one of the absolutely finest jazz vocalists Beate S. Lech. The delicious mixes of the song are a first taste of Ralf’s upcoming album and secure his high profile among the elite circle of the most influential House producers. For more than 15 years in the scene Ralf remains cool underground and delivers once again a very fresh release with lots of personality. The “House Mix” produced together with long term studio-partner CrisP is an infectious blend of delicious elements merge into another just perfectly and building the right soundbed for Beate.
Beate S. Lech, also known as the lead voice of Beady Belle, has build up the reputation as one the most innovative jazz singers in today’s scene. After having released 3 albums she’s to date nominated for the Norwegian “Grammy”, Spellemannprisen 2006. She’s one of the favorite artists of India Arie or the jazz star Jamie Cullum. Together with him she toured together in the autumn/winter 2005 and played with great success over 150 concerts in over 90 cities in over 20 countries. On “Warrior” Beate shows once again her amazing song-writting skills and delivers an heavenly performance, standing aside of the many cheesy songs out there.
Remixes are provided by SUGAR BEAT who deliver a very cool broken beat reconstruction. This is surely one for the headz. The trio is steadily carving out their niche with very significant works. This time based on a unique afro-latin-funk rhythm, the whole mix has an irresistable funky feel. The second remix is contributed by RAW ARTISTIC SOUL, who lately has been in high demand thanks to his outstanding single releases “Zaab”, “Miami Theme” and “Oya O”. Phil delivers a deep straight to the floor dub, which makes the dancefloors sizzle.

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