Music Update: August 12th, 2010

Music Update: August 12th, 2010

Plenty of new releases, exclusives, and back catalog added this week, and also a heap of Stompy Top 10 Charts including CHUCK LOVE, LUCA M, LIL MARK, ATAPY, FREAKY BEHAVIOUR, LARSE, ROB SALMON, JAM FUNK and Abicah Soul's PARIS CESVETTE.

This week, Up seems to be Down, Left seems to be Right, and everything seems to be switched. The Funky guys are going Deep, the Deep house artists are making Tek, and the Tek fellas are getting Funky. Everything isn't always what it seems......

* click an image to get an earful of our featured artists and labels...

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The Funk
featured: artist. RTHM / label. Serial Sickness




On THE FUNK tip---JR FROM DALLAS pulls double duty this week with Volume 2 of his "California Sunset" series, and also steps up with "Sneaky Freak" for Maracuja which also features remixes from PECKOS and SOUTH OF ROOSEVELT; one of The Freaks, JUSTIN HARRIS, drops the catchy groove of "Ride"; CHEMARS continues to make a name for himself with the Stompy-exclusive "The Mad Skunk Burner" featuring remixes from WILL JAX, MEL ROSARIO and FORREST AVERY, whose Serial Sickness label also drops the CURDUROY MAVERICKS' "Bumpin in the Pocket"; newcomer LEONARDUS makes his Guesthouse debut with "Disko"; the INLAND KNIGHTS release the scorching "Half Steppin" on Bambino; NICK MAURER adds his signature goofy vocals to "Lowride"; CHRIS CARRIER shows up with remixes of "In My System" as well as "Everybody" for All Inn; MOOD II SWING's classic "Move Me" is re-released on PND; TODD TERRY releases some "Rare Grooves" from his massive vault; the COUNTRY GENTS team up with KINKY MOVEMENT for a bit deeper affair, "Bristol Bus Soul"; and JESSE ROSE and RADIO SLAVE remix DJ SNEAK's "Southern Boy" for a special release from Scion.


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. Dazzle Drums / label. Eight Fifteen




For the Deep and SOUL FULL set--one of the most consistent labels around for years, Compost continues with another essential in "Black Label 67"; ROCCO remixes DJ LE ROI's "Hooked On You" for MN2S; IAN POOLEY teams up with SASSE for "To My Room", more standout deep house for his Pooled label; BRAZILIAN SOUL CREW, HALDO and APHRODISIAX all remix NICK DOE's "Wishy Washy Guy" for Grooveland; the soulful sound of PIRAHNAHEAD's "Badly" features SIMBAD on remix duty; AARON ROSS has some fantastic jazzy elements on his "Talia" release for Restless Soul; we happily add SHE Recordings to the site, whose debut "What Am I To Do" features a stellar RICHAR EARNSHAW remix; JOSEPH JUNIOR's vocals are featured on the Stompy exclusive "Chains" on Paradax; "Something's Gotta Give" from CHRIS PEREZ & LOUIE GORBEA on Nite Grooves; NACHO MARCO's Loudeast label follows up with "Rising" featuring SILVER CITY on the remix; Hudd Traxx goes deeper with IRON CURTIS' "Stansfield"; and we're loving the vibe of RALPH SESSION's "Soul Deep" for Liberate;


Check the full list of Features in SOUL FULL

Staff Picks of the Week for Soul Full

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Tek
featured: artist. Todd Sines / label. Simple




On the TEK side of things--the masked German DJs and production team SNUFF CREW launch their highly anticipated new label with "Snuff Trax 001"; one of the most popular artists in recent years, JOHNNY D, remixes "New Day" for Diaphan; DAVID DURANGO, TILL VON SEIN and CHOPSTICK remix "Jewels/Old Times" for Soulfooled; another winner from Freerange with NIKOLA GALA's "Keep Walking"; part 3 of the Mobilee "Hi Five" series is one of the most emotional yet, with tracks from ANJA SCHNEIDER, SEBO K, HECTOR and MARTIN LANDSKY; the moody vocals of BLAKKAT's "In This World" stand out on the latest Mild Pitch; POL_ON has been on fire lately, and his remix of "Mud Skipper" adds some more fuel; NICK CURLY and STEFFEN DEUX are the next two artists to step up to Air London with "Clapton Dry"; get your Acid fix with the first EP from "K-Starke" BROTHERS VIBE teams up with CHRISTOPHER GROOVE for the latin vocals of "Juan Pachanga"; ART OF TONES opens up with the first volume of the "My View of the Room" series; and STEVE BUG's "Loverboy" gets some top tier remixes from JOSH WINK, GUIDO SCHNEIDER and CASSY on his Poker Flat label.



Check the full list of Features in TEK

Staff Picks of the Week for Tek

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Down-N-Out
featured: artist. Lee Douglas / label. Friendly Fire




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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