Music Update: September 1st, 2010

Music Update: September 1st, 2010

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The Funk
featured: artist. House Inspectors / label. Integrity




For THE FUNKY ones--Two of house music's elite--Lawnchair Generals' PETER CHRISTIANSON and Nordic Trax boss LUKE MCKEEHAN, come together for a brand new collaboration, MVP, and their first EP of techy funk is "Music", featuring DOZA's remix. Smoke City comes through with more heat on "Sel Shower" with a wicked JT DONALDSON remix; after owning the top spot for a while with the last release, Hector Moralez's The Factory label looks to repeat the success with CRAIG HAMILTON's "Digital Love"; Top 100 King, SONNY FODERA releases his new EP for Salted, "Got You On My Mind"; THE NEIGHBOURS PROJECT comes through again on Azizula with the sounds of "Warm Bed"; Funk Mansion drop their "What's Next Sampler"; SOYDAN, CHEMARS and MANUEL SAHAGUN rock some bangin' disco house on the Stompy-Exclusive "Feel My Groovz" from Dirty Monkey; Twisted Minds puts together the hotness of JUICE OPERATOR, WALLY CALLERIO and JR FROM DALLAS for "Don't F-ck With Us"; CAMOUFLAGE is taking "No Reservations" with a UNEAQ remix on Phobic; ANDRE CROM & LUCA DOOBIE goes deep and funky for their latest EP "Verve"; FUNKYLOCO's "Locomotion" hits the right spot on Uma; after creating one of the tracks of Summer 2009 with 'Deep Down Chicago', Barraca talents NOIDOI to follow up once again with "Reverstrip"; Juiced Music's new sublabel HARD, debuts with a tasty EP from J CAPRICE, "Batteries Not Included"; the BLUE BELLY BANDIT is on the loose with "Chi Town Jivin' Pt 1" exclusive to Stompy.


Staff Picks of the Week for The Funk

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Soul Full
featured: artist. Dubbyman / label. Conya




On the deep and SOUL FULL tip--EDDY MEETS YANNA's third album for "Compost Black Label" gets the remix treatment, including RAINER TRUEBY's mixes which he co-produced with Danilo from MOTOR CITY DRUM ENSEMBLE! The always consistent JIMPSTER remixes "Rainy Things" for his Freerange label; FRED EVERYTHING lays down a super remix of "Lay it On The Line" for his Lazy Days label; "Love Will Find a Way" on Soundmen on Wax features a MELCHYOR A remix; "My Expedition" features blazing afro deep remixes from KAT LA KAT, MINDLO & ESSENTIAL, and DJ BULLET; Adaptation puts together a stellar package with RALF GUM, ANANDA PROJECT, CHRIS BRANN, and DUTCHICAN SOUL all remixing "Wave of Love"; JESSE SAUNDERS releases his "Old Skool New Skool" compilation; Houseology kicks off their label with FUNKBUTCHER and SHEA SOUL's "Pull me Close", with the broke beats of ALTERED NATIVES and ZED BIAS; LOVEBIRDS searched his hard drive and found three deep house treasures in "Best Before 2008" for Knee Deep; and we're proud to welcome the chart smashing label Foliage, whose catalog includes titles from BLACK COFFEE, HALO, RAW ARTISTIC SOUL, and many other top tier producers.

Staff Picks of the Week for Soul Full

Check the full list of Features in SOUL FULL

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Tek
featured: artist. Markus Fix / label. Beef Records




For the TEK heads--RICARDO VILLALOBOS takes his sweet time with 12 minute remix of precision on "Since We Last Met"; another techno icon, CARL CRAIG, remixes "Nairobi" for KIRK DEGIORGIO's label; Tuning Spork returns with the ambitious new 6-track EP "Nuevo Dial" from the Italian collaboration of MATTEO SPEDICATI & MR BIZZ, and Tuning Spork boss JAY HAZE "Enters the Darkness" on his sister label Contexterrior; Back To Basics returns with a quality slice of Tech-House from JO MILLS, "Lullaby"; the seminal techno label Delsin adds two more to their catalog, "Setup One" and "Grace"; the live virtuoso OLENE KADAR is back again with release #4, "Filthy Rich", on his homebase Mo's Ferry; JOHANNES HELL is taking stock of his 15 years of musical past in a modern and at the same time traditional way on his "Loving" album for Cocoon; and FABRICE LIG adds a nice combination of downtempo and classic Detroit techno on his Genesis of Deep Sound" album.

Staff Picks of the Week for Tek

Check the full list of Features in TEK

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Down-N-Out
featured: artist. Beat Fanatic / label. Electric Minds




On the DOWN 'N OUT side--NIGEL HAYES channels the sound of Jazzanova and Atjazz for his chill album "Tales From the Shed" on Intelligent Audio; FLIPPSON & ULYSSES "Escape From New York" on Internasjonal; AREA SOCIAL takes it to the "Stratosphere" on Cold Rockin; the FIRM artists decide to come together with the release of a real cooperation on "Firm 2010 All Stars"; the FRESH UP PLAYERS lay down some funky downbeats on "Spaghetti Sauce"; and MONODELUXE's smooth vibes permeate his "Glamorous Life" album.

Staff Picks of the Week for Down-N-Out

Check the full list of Features in Down-N-Out


Enjoy the Music!
-Stompy Crew

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