Music Update: September 8th, 2010

Music Update: September 8th, 2010

What a weekend! Our event with Doc Martin at Sublevel in LA went until 8:30am, and Motor City Drum Ensemble and Pepe Bradock absolutely destroyed it at our event in SF! To get a taste of the vibe in SF, check out a short video on our Facebook page our friends at the Hawt minute put together of our surprise guest MCDE killing it on the outside patio. More pics and video to come, so keep an eye on our page for more.....

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The Funk
featured: artist. Sonny Fodera / label. La Pena




For THE FUNK fans--there are a lot of Stompy exclusives this week, with some gems you can only get at Stompy. Knocturnal Emissions drop their second release "Freak Inside Me" after hitting number one with their first one; MONOMAN returns to Guesthouse with his "Ask For Nothing" EP; the GROOVE FEDERATION drop "Wanna Move Like a Catfish"; Greenhouse releases several, including "Railroad Song" with WATTIE GREEN, JAM FUNK and GREENBAY JACKERS remixes, and sublabel Tastie's "Plans For The Weekend"; STEVE LITTLEMEN & TSI release "The Rubber Biscuit" for Steve's Mobile Trax; new label Lapento debuts with "Fizzy Powder"; Ficus Tree's "Deeply Rooted Sampler" features J CAPRICE, JANGATHA and MANJANE; "Turn Down The Heat" from FREAKY BEHAVIOUR and remixed by ERIK BO, CHEMARS and MR CLEAN is already climbing the charts; THE 1200 WARRIORS release their album of tracks and beats, "Remastered and Then Some"; the other half of the Swirl People, DEVIATE, releases the solo EP, "After Party"; and MARK FARINA's Great Lakes Audio is back with "Bubble Butt" from UNEAQ.

Staff Picks of the Week for The Funk

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Soul Full
featured: artist. Alton Miller / label. Deep Haven




On the SOUL FULL side--the versatile DEMARKUS LEWIS goes deep on "EP 2" for Batti Batti; ATJAZZ remixes "Moment" for Headset; the perfect team of RALF GUM & INAYA DAY release "Lose My Worries" for Ralf's Gogo label; "Streets of Africa" is the latest afro vibe EP from FUNK BUTCHER on Restless Soul; Seasons does it once again with the 12-track "Take Your Heart" EP from APHREME & JSOUL; RASMUS FABER's "Ever After" gets a smokin' mix for 2010; HAIN DUTT's "In And Out" is a fantastic Ep of deep house; Composite comes through with the magnificent "El Show La Trufa"; RICHARD EARNSHAW remixes "In Trust" for his Guess label; and KEITH THOMPSON & LICKSAMBA team up for "Still Feeling You" on Gotta Keep Faith.

Staff Picks of the Week for Soul Full

Check the full list of Features in SOUL FULL

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Tek
featured: artist. Martin Buttrich / label. Bass Culture




On the TEK tip--Rockets and Ponies is the new imprint from Timo Maas and Santos, and "Re-owned" gets the remix treatment from RIVA STARR AND MUTANT CLAN; DJ KOZE remixes "In The Gold Room" for Loeb; hot on the heels of his Barraca release from last week, NOIDOI puts out another monster on Oslo, "Aprille"; MR K ALEXI's "You Are" gets remixes from ORLANDO VOORN and MAURICE JOSHUA; "Meaning Formation" is the latest EP from DONNACHA COSTELLO's alias MSF; "The Basic Collective Pt. 1" from SASCHA DIVE is a peek into what the future of electronic club music is going to be like; the immortal techno icon SPEEDY J remixes "Operation A"; NICK CURLY's signature style of funky minimal is soaked up on "Ancient People" for his 8Bit label; following the amazing response for MR FLUFF’s outstanding 'Playpen EP', "Skateboard" comes in the form of a deeper Moody house follow up; and DEETRON's stand-out year continues with his album "The Green Edits".

Staff Picks of the Week for Tek

Check the full list of Features in TEK

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Down-N-Out
featured: artist. Ilija Rudman / label. Faces




On the DOWN 'N OUT side of things--Paper releases "We Could Be" from THE DEADSTOCK 33's, with a FLASH ATKINS and ASHLEY CASSELLE remixes; the Mullet Records boys are back with the funked out jams of "Re-arm"; THE MOLE gets a little moody with "From Villenuve to Damerow" for new label Fur Trade; MAX ESSA is back on Bear Funk with his "White Shoes Blue Dreams" EP; "Kings" is the new album from the nine piece instrumental Juggernaut, THE APPLES; and AZARI & III's hit from last year, "Reckless With Your Love" includes breakout remixes from TENSNAKE and GOOD GUY MIKESH & FILBURT on Permanent Vacation.

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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