Music Update July 28th, 2010

Music Update: July 29th, 2010

We're working overtime this week--besides all the new releases, we have added a mountain of back catalog, including the funky minimal sounds of Off, Bass Culture, and Cimelde, Nacho Marco's Modern Electrics, Tres Manos' Justified Cause, DJ Yellow's Composite, the soul and chill out label Irma, Christian Avarez's Delecto, Todd Terry's InHouse and SoundDesign imprints, and deeper house label Katchuli. Many more continue to be added so keep an ear out, and you can use the Release and Style filters to help guide your way.

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The Funk
featured: artist. Lawnchair Generals / label. Digital Disco




Cajual. GREEN VELVET's label has been a leading example of what great House music is, with nearly everything put out on the label reaching cult status. "It's Time" features 22 singles from their catalog which spans 15 years, and the timelessness of the sound is still just as relevant for today. MR CLEAN plays double duty with "Too Good For Me" on Ospina Digital, and "King of the Sound" for Dustpan; the "Re-Edit Series" kicks off on Frequency Spectrum; two names that have been in the Funk charts lately, WILL JAX and AUDIO JACKER, both step up for remixes of "Feeling Of Funk"; THE JACKEENS' "Plastic Bert" with a HECTOR MORALEZ remix will instantly be in the Top 100--just check it out now and get it over with; DAVE MILLER and BRENT VASSAR rework "Let it Go" exclusively for Stompy; Chronic Beats releases their second EP "Born Gifted" with CORDUROY MAVERICKS, FREAKY BEHAVIOUR, J CAPRICE and FUNK MEDITERRANEO; newcomers the BEATPIMPS are "Talkin Music" with exclusive remixes from WATTIE GREEN, JACKIN BOX and CHRIS ROBSON; "Cold Side of the Pillow" from FREAKY BEHAVIOUR is the latest EP for Ficus Tree; one of the hardest working men in House music, DJ SNEAK, remixes "Derriere" for Monoman's Ambushed, as well as ISSAC FRESCO's "Foxtrot" on Guesthouse, along with SOYDAN and label boss DJ MES; and brand new SF label Counterw8 debuts exclusively on Stompy with ALEXANDER EAST's "Talk to Me", and includes remixes from KING KOOBA, COLOSSUS, ARTURO GARCES and Stompy's own, TASHO.


Check the full list of Features in THE FUNK

Staff Picks of the Week for The Funk

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Soul Full
featured: artist. DJ Fudge / label. Restless Soul




For those with Soul, start with NATHAN G and JOSHUA HEATH's remixes of JAY-J's "In the Light" for Jay's Shifted Music; take a listen to FCKS' super tight "We Can Make It" on Nite Grooves; KEZ YM is part of the deep house "Tokyo Connection"; ALTON MILLER remixes "Way of Life"; Easy Street release a collection of "Essential Acapellas" from their stable of classics; JULIUS PAPP's NeoDisco release "Open Mind" and goes on a dubbed out journey; GEORGE LEVIN and CLARA HILL's "Somebody" gets prime remixes from BROOKS; DIDIER VANELLI and LUCIUS LOWE serve up some tasty mixes of "Twenty Four Seven" exclusive to Stompy; be sure to check LEIF's "Remember" on Boe for some exceptional deep vibes; and YOGI & HUSKY's trademark sound of funk-filled soul give some "Body Language" towards Salted.


Check the full list of Features in SOUL FULL

Staff Picks of the Week for Soul Full

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Tek
featured: artist. Steve Bug / label. Basic Channel




Plenty of music for the Tek and Moody players--CHILDPROOF MAN releases "Freeze Frame" on Spectral Sound; LUKAS GREENBERG takes it deeper with "Down the Drain" drops on Plastic City; SASCHA BRAEMER's "Train" rolls through town; "Raw Emotion" is re-emotionalized by RUSS GABRIEL and DAN CURTIN; Technasia announces the winners of their "Force 10th Anniversary" remix contest; JIN CHOI's "You Are No Good" is outstanding; RADIO SLAVE offers up two remixes of RIPPERTON's "Leonors Lanugo"; RYO MURAKAMI, JAY SHEPHEARD, and ROZZO are the remixers for PEZZNER's "The Tracks Are Alive"; and WORTHY returns to his own Anabatic label with "Hot Mizzle".


Check the full list of Features in TEK

Staff Picks of the Week for Tek

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Down-N-Out
featured: artist. John Talabot / label. Do Right Music




On the Down N Out tip--Wolf Music gets together their "Street Gang" of PBR STREETGANG, SOFT ROCKS and EDDIE C, for some fine future disco; DIMITRI FROM PARIS "Rocks This Town" with some sexy disco; THE REVENGE and 6TH BOUROUGH PROJECT remix "Do You Remember" for Future Classic and THE REVENGE and HOT TODDY also give their "Deep & Meaningless" remixes for Ism Recordings in their signature low-slung style; and PRINS THOMAS remixes DISKOJOKKE's "1987" as well as KASPER BJOERKE's "Heaven", along with NICOLAS JAAR.


Check the full list of Features in Down'N Out

Staff Picks of the Week for Down-N-Out


Enjoy the Music!
-Stompy Crew

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