Earful: April 1st, 2010

Music Update: April 1st, 2010

We're still shaking off the sand and hangovers from a crazy week in Miami for the WMC last week, as the rooftop party on the Clevelander was amazing!! At capacity only two hours into it, JAY-J, SCOTT WOZNIAK, YOGI & HUSKY, DJ MEME and CHUCK LOVE showed their talents all around for the jam session, whether it was on the decks, playing the keys, pounding bongos, singing or hopping on the flute and horns, it was incredible! SONNY FODERA and TOMMY LARGO tore it up at night, and the location and view couldn't have been more epic the entire event. Mark your calendars for next year, we'll most certainly be back. Pulling double duty, it was as if we never left with the amount of music that went up this week, so getting down to it........

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The Funk
featured: artist. Giom / label. Hub City




For those that like it Funky, boy was there a lot of stuff for you this week. Greenhouse and sublabel Tastie came out with a total of 5 releases for the two labels from a variety of artists including LATENIGHT SOCIETY, TOM DRUMMOND, CHEMARS, and JMC; LUCA M's album "Pamflet LP" is a monster, but all tracks are worth throwing in your crate because they will all get people moving on the dancefloor; new South African label Oh So Coy steps up with "The First Meet"; Azizula keeps up their tear of funkiness with "Dirty House" from THE NEIGHBORS PROJECT; Leg Digital gets into the jackin, latin vibe with "Akaquela"; LITTLE MAN BIG is back in action with a "Slam Dunk" on his Mobile Trax label; don't sleep on "Don't You", the piece of funk offered from KOLOMBO & LOULOU PLAYERS; Strictly Rhythm gets into "This Groove" with RAMON TAPIA; and be sure to grab PETE LE FREQ's "Dalai Llama" on Flapjack before it hits the Top 10 and all your friends have it.

Staff Picks of the Week for The Funk

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Soul Full
featured: artist. Jazzanova / label. Komplex De Deep




The Deep and Soul Full side is feeling the Funk a bit as well, King Street's "Miami 2010" comp features a GRAMOPHONEDZIE remix alongside RICHARD EARNSHAW, FROM P60, AND ALEX KENJI; Cielo's WILLIE GRAFF and Spain's TUCCILLO add some disco flavor to "Give You Up", and the master CHEZ DAMIER offers a couple slightly deeper interpretations; RALF GUM also goes into disco waters with the Stompy-exclusive "Disco Attack Mix" on 2Delicious; besides CHEZ and RALF, Atal's "Selection" comp also features BODDHI SATVA, RON TRENT, HANNA HAIS and ALTON MILLER; ALTON also remixes EMAN & DOC LINK's anthem "New Reality"; JOHNNY FIASCO also goes deep with his "More Than Friends" remix from KYKA; continuing his reputation as a solid producer you should be paying attention to, SOUL MINORITY does it again with his "Freerider" remixes for Elevation; now residing in Colombia, MARLON D teamed up with YASS from Paris to create the big room sound of "Unity Y" for Marlon's Underground Collective; after a short hiatus, Tone Control is back in a big way with "Take Me Away" featuring JOSE CARRETAS and 6TH BOROUGH PROJECT remixes; and the 'Man of the Roof', JAY-J, gets down with JACQUES LaBOUM for "Bounce The Night" on his Shifted label.

Staff Picks of the Week for Soul Full

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Tek
featured: artist. Dan Curtin / label. Tartelet




The Tek world in Europe is really catching on and crossing over into Funky territory more and more, and the music coming from overseas is finding more relevance on these shores. Besides the "The Early Bird" on Terminal M; JAMES FLAVOUR shows his range with "Whose in the House" for Dirt Crew; EZEQUIEL SANCHEZ brings a "Swing & Drink" to Norik Net; ROMANO ALFIERI drops "Sweet Harmony" on Stictly Chosen, and the DJ MADSKILLZ remix of DAN CURTIN's "Mr Bean Do An E" on Mobilee all prove that the Tek heads are all about the groove right now. Another hint of funk on ANDRADE's of "Face De Bouc" on Dessous; AUDIO WERNER's EP "Meanwhile" is an excellent journey of Moody house on Hartchef Discos; AMIR's "Uneasy Listening" on NRK includes a JUSTIN DRAKE remix; EXTRAWELT's tech sound is heard on "Reset/Leaf 43"; top producer SHLOMI ABER is a "Slow Dancer" on Ovum; always intriguing, ELLEN ALIEN's "Pump" is her latest EP for her BPitch Control home; and now that the album is finished, CLAUDE VONSTROKE has time to remix JAMES BRAUN's "Symphonia" for Tartelet.

Staff Picks of the Week for Tek

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Down-N-Out
featured: artist. In Flagranti / label. Five20East




CRAZY P rolled through San Francisco a few weeks ago and provided a great show with their unique blend of disco, funk, broken beats and production. They bring that sound to both Jalapeno and Drop Music this week, with their remixes of MAX SEDGLEY's "Something", and 62 MILE HIGH CLUB's "The Money". So fresh indeed. LOS CHARLYS ORCHESTRA takes it back to the 80's with the cosmic "Funkanova"; haunting and one to do your head in, PETER GORDON & THE LOVE OF LIFE ORCHESTRA's "The Hat" is the new single for DFA; "Fresh Out The Box" from Freestyle features BEGGART CO's edit "Rock Creek Park" just in time for those outside gigs this Summer; and the one and only King of the Disco, HARVEY presents "Locossolus", a trip into the mind of the expert

Staff Picks of the Week for Down-N-Out


Turn the speakers up loud, and Enjoy the Music.
-Stompy Crew

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