Music Update August 4th, 2010

Music Update: August 4th, 2010

Can you believe the Dog Days of August are already here?! Time flies when you're having fun, so we must be having a blast......

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

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The Funk
featured: artist. Funk Mediterraneo / label. Alphabet Music




On THE FUNKy side of things--JOSHUA HEATH has built a lengthy discography on other's people's labels, and he's finally breaking free with his new outlet Golden State, and he saves one of his best tracks to date, "Copacetic" for the premier; JACKIN BOX gets the "Slap 'N Tackle" together for Flapjack; CHRIS SIMMONDS' Cross Section returns with a beater from PRIVATE FUNK, "Love Dancing"; "Nobody's Home" but things are still moving over at TIM NOBODY's house; JEFF SERVICE is in Shak Street's "Purple Room"; JAM FUNK's "Just Do It" is exclusive to Stompy; MARC MADINA has the standout remix of "Bon Dapp" on Kinjo; ANGEL RIZE gets a bit more funkier for "The Commencement", the first EP to debut on brand new label Artefact; and DJ SNEAK comes correct again with the Stompy-exclusive "Only One" for his Oomph label.


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. Roland Clarke / label. SSOH




For those that like it Deep and SOUL FULL, this was the week for you--the pristine beats of ABICAH SOUL are present on his latest, "Obalata's Song"; MOODYMANC, DELANO SMITH and JUAN FIERO remix "Vide Verde" for Centric; Amenti enlists deep house mainstay CHARLES WEBSTER to remix TODD OMOTANI's "I Left My"; the dynamic duo of IZ & DIZ are back again with "Juvenated"; the next chart topper from KAROL XVII & MB VALENCE's Loco label is "The Song", which features THE TIMEWRITER remix; PETE MOSS remixes "Telemath" for Seattle's Uniting Souls; deep & meaningful yet soulful and pure, "It's Very Deep Baby" on Kolour serves up it up from all possible angles; JAY TRIPWIRE and STEVE 'SOUL' BASICS remix MARTIJN's "Lost It" for Baker Street; "Get Large Chicago 2010" is the new comp from Large to showcase the talents of the Windy City; and the vocals of STEPHANIE COOKE's "Old Friend" are reworked by WIL MILTON, LICKSAMBA and GREGORY DEL PIERO exclusive to Stompy.


Check the full list of Features in SOUL FULL

Staff Picks of the Week for Soul Full

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Tek
featured: artist. Jin Choi / label. Time Has Changed




On the TEK tip--the remix talents of JOHNNY D are part of new label AMA Recordings' first release "Special One"; GIL ABRIL remixes SLAM's "Variance"; Wolf & Lamb's ZEV drops the genre bending "Don't Break It", which was featured on their recent XLR8R mix; "Fifteen" tracks from Ovum's stellar catalog are highlighted in their latest comp; seminal techno label R&S release FABRICE LIG's "Digital Forest"; M.IN remixes "Yato Ma" on Saved; DAPAYK SOLO stays busy with "Berlin Badlam" on Leena; we've started to add the catalogs from JEROME SYDENHAM's techier sublabels Apotek and Avocado to Stompy; and JON TEJADA remixes "Pagan Imagery", the single from Funk D'Void & Sian's HELLFIRE CLUB project.


Check the full list of Features in TEK

Staff Picks of the Week for Tek

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Down-N-Out
featured: artist. Dikjokke / label. Versatile




The Down 'N Out sound had a solid week--Lovemonk has long been one of our go-to labels for future beats with a certain sound that works just as well on the disco floor as it does in your speakers. We added a bunch of digital releases from the label, including remixes from CRAZY P, Bugz in the Attic's SEIJ, and RAY MANG. "Forever and a Day" is the new one from FRANC SPANGLER on the red-hot Delusions of Grandeur; BAD CAN drops some midtempo with style on "The Rattlesnake" for Grande Buffo; new label Affine debuts solidly with "Twice Upon Two Times" from JSBL; KENTON SLASH DEMON's "Sun" features a BODYCODE remix; and "Don't Turn It Off" from our local SF boys, 40 THIEVES, gets some super remixes from disco heavyweights BRENNAN GREEN and GREG WILSON.


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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