This Canadian house & progressive talent is among the top rising producer/DJ/engineer combos in the past decade. Current and forthcoming releases on several international labels in just the past few months are keeping him busy both in and out of the studio.

Experience in the city’s better-known venues have led the path for him to know how the next best music should be delivered. “Nothing short of power and quality” is one of the many ways to describe his work in DJ booths, and studios alike.
 
 

Tracklist:
1. Giano – Jazzy Disposition (Original Mix)
2. Amadeo – Beach Hotel (Original Mix)
3. Ivan Pica – Freak (Vocal Disco Mix)
4. Soul De Marin – It’s Alright (Original Mix)
5. Joey Negro & Z Factor – Keep on Jumpin (Luigi Rocca Remix)
6. Mario Ochoa – The Rooster (Original Mix)
7. Valero – Wavin Street (Original Mix)
8. Jaydee – Plastic Dreams (DJ Falk Remix)
9. Mamas Choice – The Beat Goes (Original Mix)
10. Crazibiza – Eastchester (Crazy Mix)

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Juan Sanchez and The Bullet team up to form “Speedboats and Big Explosions”. These retro cops bring together the funk and the tech to create a sound that is as awesome as their glorious moustaches.

They’ve just wrapped up their first EP “Strange Justice ” featuring the tracks “Trouble Woman ” , “Menagerie” and the title track “Strange Justice”. The delicious Martini of funk, tech and soul is shaken but not stirred, and has just been picked up by System Recordings in NYC.

Check out the latest in scotch-drinkin’, moustache-strokin’, funky house music from the boys known as SBBE.

01. Speedboats & Big Explosions – Strange Justice (Original Mix)
02. Truelove – Rock The Casbah (Original Mix)
03. Joey Negro & Gramophonedzie – No Sugar feat. Shea Soul (Club Mix)
04. Danny Freakazoid & Matt Casel – Long Legs Running 2011 (Graham Sahara & Central Avenue Mix)
05. ATFC – Dazzle (Original Mix)
06. Frederico Scavo – Other Side (Original Mix)
07. Pink Fluid – Bitch Lady (Crazibiza Remix)
08. Plastik Funk – Everybody Dance Now! 2011 (Stefano Noferini Remix)
09. Anthony Louis – Groovebox feat. Julie Blax (Libex Remix)
10. Sharam Jey pres. Soundz Fresh – Straight Up! (Olav Basoski Remix)
11. Katherine Ellis & Asbo – Let The Beat Hit ‘Em feat. Katherine Ellis (Stefano Noferini Remix)
12. Dave Kurtis – Big Bottom (Original Mix)
13. Speedboats & Big Explosions – Trouble Woman (Original Mix)

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Dj Ups and Kukoo Wasps are brothers from the UK who produced and Dj-ed in London England during the boom of the initial rave scene in 1990.

After a 13 year break, the guys returned with groundbreaking new albums from Obviously High and The Moog, and EPs from Kukoo Wasp, DJ Ups and Thundermental.

A refreshing mixture of nu-skool, progressive breaks, old-skool, deep house, and prog house. In June 2006, WXM Music relocated to Toronto, Canada and evolved into Liquid Stairs.

The boys showed up to the Liquid Stairs and Vital Radio boatcruise afterparty and showed Toronto what funky house really means.

Tracklist:

1. Hott 22 – Dont You Need
2. Tim Fuller – Show Me Right (Spirit Catcher Vox Mix)
3. Bionik Phunk – In My Head (Playmaker & Pilch’s Silky Club Mix)
4. Freemasons – Vacancies
5. Cassius – 99
6. Jamie Lidell – When I Come Back Around (Freeform Reform Mix)
7. Wet Fingers – E Samba 2010 (Club Mix)
8. Funk Fanatics – Love Is The Answer (Freemasons Remix)
9. Yogi & Husky – It Feels Alright (Miguel Migs Petappusher Rework)
10. Nightriders – La Morena
11. Milk & Sugar – Stay Around (Till West & DJ Delicious Remix)
12. Can Kosmas – Che Malakita (Diego Noble Remix)

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Ever since Ultra released the internationally renowned deep house classic, “It’s Over Now” with the esteemed Basement Boys in 1989, Naté has been a perennial force in dance music. Considering the ephemeral nature of dance/electronica music (e.g. Hot today, gone tomorrow), Naté’s endurance attests to her musical acumen. She attributes solid songwriting and being a true artist, as opposed to an anonymous voice, to her longevity. “I’m a songwriter. I’ve written about 95 percent of my material,” Naté explains. “In that music, there’s a very specific personality that comes across, which really transcends the dance-floor moment and becomes a part of people’s lives.”

Rocking the decks for over five years at Deep Sugar (at the Paradox every 2nd Saturday) Ultra has secured gigs in Australia, Montreal, Brazil, the UK (at Ministry Of Sound, no less) and France, where she drops a regular radio mix on the respected dance station, Radio FG.

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I was going to save this for tomorrow’s Tuesday Tunes posting but it’s too good to wait. Check out this super laid back set of funky/deep house tunes courtesy of Milton Jackson.

You’ve gotta love this one of a kind mix. In case you didnt already know:

Milton Jackson (aka Barry Christie) Released his first EP aged 19 on Solemusic’s Tronicsole imprint. Known for his dark, almost techno influenced deep house music. Milton Jackson tends to fuse straight driving beats with eclectic, techy production styles. His first and so far only long player, ‘The Bionic Boy’ was received well by critics and the house fraternity and it spawned the Pepe Bradock influenced ‘Sunlight’.

After having mainly appeared on Glasgow labels such as Solemusic and Glasgow Underground, 2006 sees Milton spread his wings with EPs due out on Freerange, Silver Network, Urbantorque and Luke Sardello’s Icon Recordings. He has also recorded under a variety of pseudonyms, even venturing into the down-tempo domain as Napoleon Solo. His Bear Trax imprint released Mylo’s first vinyl release when the pair recorded as ‘The Pretty Boys’.

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This week’s Friday Flashback takes us back to 2003 – newcomer’s Etherfox release a 12″ of this record on a Ministry of Sound subsidiary Hussle Recordings. The Whirled You Live and their follow-up record Something Different To Say were both included in numerous compilations by Ministry of Sound and Ked Kandi.

In 2009 The Shapeshifters featured Something different to say on their first Nocturnal Grooves compilation. You haven’t heard the last disco-house smash from Justin Shave & Antigone Foster, trust me.

In 1985 Cem Berter aka Jamie Lewis made his first appearance as DJ on the swiss clubs circuits playing classic disco and Funk, but it wasn’t too long before he soon become heavily involved in the developing House music scene in the late eighties thanks to his love and passion for music. From 1987 to 2004 he owned one of the first and most famous record-shop of Switzerland (Dee Jay Service inWinterthur).

He produced his first records in 1992 for the Italian label UMM & in 1994 for the Canadian label Definive rec. (John Acquaviva).

In 1997 Jamie Lewis created his own record label Purple Music, recognized today as one of the most impressive house music label worldwide with artists, producers and remixers like Bob Sinclar, KOT, Sandy Rivera, Dimitri from Paris, Brian Tappert, DJ Pippi, Cerrone, Michelle Weeks, Lisa Millett, Michael Watford, Andrea Love, Jocelyn Brown, Alfred Azzetto, Luca Cassani, Panevino, Kemal a.m.m.
Jamie collaboration’s are not only the most appreciated house music artists but also pop and disco stars like Etienne de Crecy, The Weather Girls, Cerrone and Billie Ray Martin.

His most successfull productions «The light» and «Be thankful» with Michelle Weeks were accalaimed as the records of the WMC inMiami (2002 & 2005) granted him nominations at the UK «House Music Awards». His productions orremixes for «Hooked on you», «You are the one», «Not too Shabby», «Tatoo Woman» by Cerrone, «For you», «It’s over» and «It’s not over» with Michael Watford and «Give you» with Djaimin have been together some of the most plaid titles worldwide

Jamie’s main collaborations are with Defected, Mn2s, Yellow, Universal, Malligator, Salted, and Soulfuric. He mixed over 25 CD compilations incl. the serie Mykonos, Streetparade house, Waxwars, DJ Pippi & Jamie Lewis in the Mix, Defected International and his own serie «My girlfriend is out of Town» and he created  his own t-shirt collection «My Girlfriend is out of town» and «My Boyfriend is out of Town»to expand his business not only into the music branche. His Swiss residencies with the legendary «Purple Music Nights» take place every last Saturday of the month since 1997 at Kaufleuten (Zurich), and bi-monthly at Atlantis (Basel).

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How can you not love this soulful classic?

I hit out with a techy (yet funky) set on this week’s Resident Mix. This is a further extension of the tech-infused uplifting house sound that’s been so prevalent in my recent sets.

This one’s low key, with some deep grooves, and some big time leads – perfect for that Sunday Afternoon patio beverage (or recovery Booster-Juice).

Enjoy!

Tracklist:
1. NOIP – December
2. Mark Knight & Funkagenda – Man with the Red Face (Original Club Mix)
3. Yousef – Come Home (Original Mix)
4. Nicone – Everything So Clear (Marek Hemmann Remix)
5. Sunshine Jones – If You Wouldn’t Mind (Tiger Stripes Remix)
6. Laurent Pepper & Ceeryl – Disconnected (Jordy Lishious and Bjorn Wolf Remix)
7. Pirupa & Pigi – Sweet Devil (Original Mix)
8. Joan Reyes – Shakedown (Bass Kleph Remix)
9. Steve Watt ft Jean Phillippe – Give It Up

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Steven fell in love at an early age: with music.

At the age of 17 he bought the necessary equipment, practiced his DJ skills and made entertaining the crowd with groovy & funky House his premier focus in life. While fulfilling a weekly residency in the exclusive Rotterdam club Jackie’s Steven was asked to play for the Dutch Hed Kandi party’s. This launched his career and increased his number of bookings through-out Holland.

Nowadays Steven is a world-wide resident of the Infamous Hed Kandi label and is playing in big clubs around the world. It brought him already to places like Ibiza (El Divino), Vancouver (The Opus), Paris (Queen), London (Pacha), Dubai (Elegante), Toronto (Century Room), Barcelona(CDLC), and many other amazing places on earth…. Steven holds three residencies: Franchise @ Escape Amsterdam, Club Vie (Rotterdam), Club OneFour (The Hague) and plays at every Hed Kandi party in Holland.

This Vital Radio guest has rocked his brand of uplifting house everywhere from Ibiza to Paris and from London to Barcelona. He is more than ready to share his love… of music

Tracklist:
1. Leventina – Nightshift (Nikola & Groovenatics Remix)
2. Example – Watch the Sun Come Up (Kurd Maverick Remix)
3. Deep Zone – It’s Gonna Be Alright (Help Is On The Way) (R.O.N.N. & Thice Santoro Full Vocal Mix)
4. Phonat – Set me free (Avicii Remix)
5. Steve Angello,Eric Prydz – Woz Not Woz (Norman Doray & Arno Cost Tribute Remix)
6. Clearcut Ft. Trix – FIREWORKS (Arno Cost Remix)
7. Solu Music – Fade (Avicii 2009 Remix)
8. Kid Massive ft. Elliotte Williams N’Dure – Touch Me (In The Morning) (Avicii Remix)
9. Ralph Falcon feat. Alex K & Alan T – Whateva (Peter Rauhofer Remix)
10. Steven Quarre – UP
11. Reza Feat. Nicole Tyler – More Then A Friend (Steven Quarre & Morris Mavado Rmx)

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