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- Pick of the Week: Michelle Ayers "Change is coming" (New Generation Records Promo)
- In the Spotlight: Cee ElAssaad featuring QVLN "Ore yeye o" (Doug Gomez Remix) (Ensouled Promo)
- Reviews May 18, 2025
- Charts May 18, 2025
- Pick of the Week: Michele Chiavarini featuring Pete Simpson "Staring at the sun" (Ezel Remix) (SPRY Records Promo)
- Reviews May 11, 2025
In the Spotlight: Michele Chiavarini & Hazel Fernandes "Save me" (SPRY Records Promo)
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Italian multi-instrumentalist/producer Michele Chiavarini and UK singer Hazel Fernandes truly grace us with the expertly crafted soulful cut "Save me" forthcoming to SPRY Records. Featuring the amazing spirited vocals of Hazel Fernandes, luxurious jazzed-up keys, sublime horns and celestial strings over a smooth yet downright spell binding funk drenched musical backing, "Save me" is by no means to be missed...
Reviews November 17, 2024
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We've prepared a truly eclectic update for you this week... enjoy !!
Pick of the Week: Ed Ramsey "Love Shaker" (POJI Records Promo)
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Finally, the wait is over and we can enjoy "Love shaker" the highly anticipated full-length album by vocalist extraordinaire Ed Ramsey in its full glory. The album includes fourteen phenomenal productions from the likes of Joe Padilla, DJ Oji, Rico Mclam, Distant People, DJ Pope, Richard Payton, Terence Toy & Smash West, Rick Lenoir and Sylvere Soulface, not to forget to mention the illustrious list of guest vocalists and musicians: Coco Street, Charles Dockins, Nicolas Laget, Cheryl Givens, Rico McClam and Rufus Roundtree. Indisputably, "Love shaker" loaded with an awe-inspiring collection of soulful gems guaranteed to stand the test of time is by no means to be missed... Be prepared for (many) single releases in the coming weeks and months.
In the Spotlight: Beatkozina featuring El Mago & Axel Camil "Merhba" (Compost Records Promo)
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We welcome Beatkozina (the duo of Mehdi Naami and Gregory Jouandon) to Spirit of House with their upcoming release "Merhba" (which means 'welcome' in Arabic and is a traditional Moroccan Gnawa song) featuring El Mago on vocals and guembri as well as Axel Camil on saxophone and flute. Without any doubt, the soulful yet hypnotic expertly crafted "Merhba" blending afro house with a wide range of influences from North African, the Middle East, Indian traditional music, jazz, and afro-latin music is downright ingenious and guaranteed to send shivers down your spine...
Reviews November 10, 2024
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The soulful heat continues with lots of gems to discover... enjoy !!
Pick of the Week: Fred Everything featuring Stereo MC's "Soul love" (Remixes) (Lazy Days Recordings Promo)
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Back in April of this year, we were celebrating "Soul love" by Fred Everything, an ingenious slice of dance floor goodness featuring the unmatched spoken words and vocals of Rob Birch (of Stereo MC's fame). Now Lazy Days Recordings present a killer selection of remixes taking the track to all new heights: First up, the enigmatic Clive From Accounts reworks the track into an enticing deep house affair, next Fred Everything himself contributes the 'Lazy Vox' and 'Lazy Dub' mixes transforming the original into a straight-up 4/4 dance floor weapon, and the 'An Afterthought' mix oozing with a tempting deepened late night vibe. Completing the package are the original version, a radio edit and the unreleased instrumental and breathless versions.
In the Spotlight: Alexander Flood featuring Cazeaux O.S.L.O "Life is a rhythm" (AtJazz Recordings Promo)
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Acclaimed AtJazz Records Company bless us with "Life is a rhythm", the first single taken from the forthcoming album "Artifactual rhythm" by renowned Australian drummer Alexander Flood (scheduled for an April 2025 release). Most definitely, this glamorously soulful and enchanting production featuring the pre-eminent spoken words of Cazeaux O.S.L.O, fantastic flute and bodacious keys over a smooth yet intriguing percussive rich organic musical backing is sure to make you yearn for more... Don't miss out on this timeless gem...
In the Spotlight: Carla Prather "Here for it" (Good Vibrations Music Promo)
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Coming soon to Good Vibrations Music is an awe-inspiring collaboration by Bristol soulful house maestro Sean McCabe with esteemed vocalist Carla Prather entitled "Here for it". Beyond question, we are graced with a paramount soulful production that pairs Carla Prather's unrivaled majestic vocals with sumptuous keys, heavenly pads and enthralling deeply groovin' rhythms. Next to the vocal and instrumental version, there is the 'Raw Vibe Dub' oozing with a fervid underground-esque vibe you can't resist to dance to.