Monday, March 31, 2014

Choices - March 2014

various artists - Analogue Signal EP (Batti Batti)
Released on vinyl past Summer 2013, this hot number five of the Maltese Batti Batti label series sees its outing in digital format. Four amazing tunes by different artists; from Marco Nega, to label boss Owen Jay and his studio partner Melchior Sultana, South Italian Nasty Boy, and Nino.

Dan Mela - The Day Of Black Panther EP (What Ever Not)
Dan returns to his home i.e. What Ever Not label, after launching it with release number one in 2012. This new extended player features two tracks by Dan, plus two remixes of title track by the hot Vakula.

We Are Mam - WRM 03 EP (Back To The Future)
We Are Mam is a trio of Italian producers who for the third volume of WRM look at Back to the Future. Here they present some serious deep stuff, with track 3.3 being a very close border with techno.

Harley and Muscle - Creative Power (Little Angel Records)
The Italian duo do it again, with an amazing sixth album. 21 tracks to choose in this.

Max Graef - Bummse EP (The Gym)
The German Max Graef is making 2014 an active one so far, with his deep yet jazz funky old school inspired tracks getting high attention.

Deep88 ft Robert Owens - Beleive In You (Zomarec)
Hot release! Italian but German residing Deep88 plays tribute to the legendary Robert Owens in a Larry Heard similar style production. Excellent remix duties for this by Dadame who goes a bit rougher on the edges.

STL - Good Vaporations (Something)
Stephan Laubner continues the transformation of his vinyl series into digital downloads. This is number nineteen and goes into his usual deep raw analogical sounds.

Luke Dave and Brian Que Soul Feat. Matthew Yates - Keep Your Mind On God, various artists - WMC 2014 Music Sampler (New Generation Records)
New Generation Records is very active in recent times, and proof of this is its sixteen track sampler presented during the Miami Music Conference.

Dokta Venom - Burnt Roses EP (Five Fold)
After a super first release by Italian AD Bourke, new Five Fold label follows it with another great second. Keep this label in high priority watch.

DJ Nature - Let The Children Play (JAZZY SPORT)
A nice and varied eight track album from the long standing DJ Nature. Varied Afro Latin sounds mixed with house and slower lounge beats.

Men From Nobu - The Best Of Us EP (Nylon Trax)
Men from Nobu is an interesting French production team who debut on Nylon Trax. I like the remix by Jaymz Nylon of the title track.