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Review: Few labels were quite as badly hit by the infamous PIAS warehouse fire as Finders Keepers, the oddball imprint dedicated to unearthing and reissuing classic "B-music" - alternative pop oddities from the fringes of the global musical underground. In a bid to raise funds to replenish stock, they've asked friends and fellow B-music freaks to compile their own limited edition, mid-priced CDs from the label catalogue. Perennial digger David Holmes is the latest musician to answer their cause, putting together a delightful selection of previously forgotten vinyl-only oddities. Holmes typically digs deep, unearthing a kaleidoscopic collection of kitsch Indian grooves, psyche-rock, Hammond grooves, Horror-core, skewed jazz and acid-flecked soft focus pop.

Review: Altered Moods strides into its 11th year of active service with a delectable platter of sumptuous house music presented by Jesus Gonsev. The Spanish producer has previously been spotted on deepArtSounds, Music With Content and his own Troubled Kids label. "Fuerza" is a billowing, dreamy trip loaded with heavy pads and submerged acid, leading into the gritty but soulful crunch of "Old Times." "Gargantua" is a loose-knit creation that celebrates skittering drums pinging around the anchor of the kick while wistful keys smooth the whole jam out. Life Energy taps into this feeling and runs with it on a remix of "Gargantua" that creates a more pumping backbone while amping up the romantic wooze of the melodic content too.

Review: Dama Dama: a brand new label co-founded by Pedestrian himself. They launch with a great conceptual EP that takes from sun-up right through to the deep of the night. From the twinkling early bird chorus and rising fog of "Simple Minded At Dawn" and the breezy, emotion-laden garage skips of "Deep In Daylight" we're then hurled much deeper into the day with the persistent chugs of "Torn Blue" and the come-to-bed shuffle of "JNT" featuring long-time friends and collaborators Maribou State. Sweet dreams, let's do it again the morning...

Review: Based in Banja Luka in Republika Srpska, Night Light is the brainchild of pioneering
Bosnian DJ duo Sinisa Tamamovic and Mladen Tomic. Sinisa and Mladen have cut out a
groove as leading lights in the techno field, establishing their reputation by releasing cracking
tracks on only the finest techno labels such as Adult Records, Fly Life, Patterns, Relatives,
Shadow Fax, Bassethound and Dolls amongst more. Here they are with 'Night Light 001 EP'.

Review:  Having previously surfaced on Optimo back in 2014, Shift Work now sidle over to Houndstooth with their crafty take on a modern kind of electro house. "Abandoned Hands" shakes and quivers with chunky bassline synths and fragmented vocals, powered by a technoid urgency and peppered with industrial noise flairs. "SBFM" meanwhile gets into a more edgy mindset with its nagging arpeggio, setting up Factory Floor perfectly for a remix which actually ends up pirouetting into a cyclical slice of abstract techno. DVA Damas meanwhile remixes "Abandoned Hands" and turns it into a slow-creeping pressure cooker of unreleased tension.

Review: After five years of breathing new life into forgotten Eastern European music, The Very Polish Cut-Outs is taking its' final bow. Pleasingly, this fifth and final installment of the label's vinyl sampler series is packed to the rafters with high-grade material. MIod kicks things off with "Kiedy Bylem Malym Chlopcem", a rolling, dancefloor-friendly rework of a killer blues-rock/AOR disco killer from Polish bluesman Tadeusz. Fast-rising Moscovite Beard In Dust steals the show with a killer interpretation of Polish B-boy fave "Biala Sowa, Biala Dama, Bialy Kruk", before Daniel Drumz heads into warmer waters with the sun-kissed loveliness of "Na Kolana Pastuszkowie". Another superb EP is completed by two tactile touch-ups of obscure, evocative gems that sound like long lost Balearic classics.

Review: Taylor Burch and Joe Chocherell's DVA Damas project has always inhabited a sound space all of its own. While heavily influenced by post-punk rock, new wave and minimal wave synth-pop, quite a few of their records also draw on contemporary minimal techno and Visionquest style tech-house. It's the latter that comes to the fore on "Clear Cut", with Burch's stylized, groaning, Mascara-clad vocal riding a dubby, hypnotic tech-house groove and spiraling, EBM electronics. It stretches out for a mesmerizing 10 minutes, too, and subsequently overshadows the fine - but not quite as potent - bonus tracks.

Review: VARIOUS HOUSE MASTERS: DJ GREGORY DEFECTED/ADA/CINRAM
2CD HOMAS10CD 0826 1941 9382 9 £5.56
DEAL File Discount RELEASED: 06.12.10
TRACKLISTING: CD1) Productions: 1 DJ Gregory & Gregor Salto ft The Serafim Crew - Paris Luanda (Main Mix),
2 DJ Gregory - Hypnose, 3 DJ Gregory & Gregor Salto - Canoa, 4 DJ Gregory - Sookoos,
5 DJ Gregory - The Joburg Theme (Original), 6 DJ Gregory & Gregor Salto - Vem Rebola (Main Acid Mix),
7 DJ Gregory & Nikolai Dimitrov ft Dama s - Batucada, 8 DJ Gregory - S2 (Original), 9 DJ Gregory - Soldiers,
10 DJ Gregory & Sidney Samson ft Dama s - Dama s Salon (Main Mix),
CD2) Remixed: 1 DJ Gregory & Gregor Salto - Canoa (DJ Chus & David Herrero Balearica Mix),
2 DJ Gregory - Tropical Soundclash (K-Dope Mix), 3 DJ Gregory - Elle (Eol Ritual), 4 DJ Gregory - And (Rancido's Deep Dub),
5 DJ Gregory & Sidney Samson ft Dama s - Dama s Salon (Loopers Remix), 6 DJ Gregory - Attend 1 (Yass Remix),
7 DJ Gregory & Gregor Salto - Con Alegria (Sherry Flavour Arabic Bellydance Remix),
8 DJ Gregory - Breeze (Scandalo Mix), 9 DJ Gregory - Don't Panic (Gregory & Karizma Dub),
10 DJ Gregory & Gregor Salto ft The Serafim Crew - Paris Luanda (Franky Rizardo Remix),
himself with the celebrated Africanism project and ultimately founding his own label, Faya Combo, in the new millennium.
In 1996 DJ Gregory made his recording debut with a Cerrone Sample, 'Take the Cash & Run', on Basenotic Records as Cheesy D. Then he hits the charts with his remix of cheek 'Venus' Sunshine People. Throughout the remainder of the decade, he produced additional tracks under a series of monikers - namely Bobby Ewing, G, Prassay, Carinhoso Project, and DJ Gregory - for a variety of labels, most notably Yellow Productions, home of DJ Yellow and Bob Sinclar. In 2000 he began producing tracks as Africanism, a collaborative project on Yellow Productions.
Established as a hit maker, DJ Gregory founded his own label in 2002, Faya Combo, and released 'Tropical Soundclash', and 'Elle' (2003). During this same time period, he and Bob Sinclar mixed the double-disc Africanism (2002); plus, he and Julien Jabre produced a series of tracks for Basic Recordings under the Soha moniker. In 2004 Gregory was awarded 'Most Innovative Producer' at the House Music Awards. In subsequent years, DJ Gregory affiliated himself with Defected Records, on which he released Faya Combo Sessions (2008), a three-CD collection of his work (the first disc a DJ mix, the second a compilation of his productions, the third a compilation of productions as remixed by others). Year 2008: Gregory relocates to Amsterdam, now exploring the Dutch club scene and collaborates with Holland's finest producers. Meanwhile he takes on a couple of projects, travelling back and forth to Brazil and Angola and working with the local artists.
Gregory is without doubt the current king of the House beats and it's with this that he is awarded the honour of House Master with a 2 disc package of original productions and those who have remixed his work.
Including the brand new 'Paris Luanda', 'Vem Rebola', 'Soldiers' alongside classics such as 'S2' and 'The Jouburg Theme'; CD1 is the roundup of his original productions.
CD2 is a collection of those who have been given the hefty task of re-interpreting Gregory's trademark beats and remixing his talents. Highlights here include: Kenny Dopes 'Tropical Soundclash' remix, Louie Vega's EOL rework of 'Elle' and Karizma's 'Don't Panic' dub.
PRESS: Extensive print and online campaign with focus on dance music and urban press
RADIO: UK radio and online pirate radio stations targeted with 60 second adverts and supplied with a sampler highlighting key tracks from the compilation. Exclusive 60 minute mix featured in Defected In The House radio show, syndicated to 36 radio stations Worldwide
MARKETING: Press ads, Online activity

Review: Doing the leg work at the Miami Winter Music conference this year pays off for Defected yet again as they give dj's around the world a superb collection of the biggest and freshest tunes from this annual shindig. Available unmixed and ready to go, these all of these tunes hae been tried and tested and guaranteed to go off.






Riva Starr's mix of Tear Down The Walls (featuring the inestimable vocals of Labelle's Nona Hendryx) kicks things off in just the right direction - soulful, jacking and anthemic to the max. Shapeshifters have a ball with the gospel-like vocals of disco dame Candi Staton, who interpolates lines from You've Got The Love into Musical Freedom - "sometimes I feel like... it gets harder every day". The effect makes your ears stand up and a broad smile break out over your face.






Major names obviously abound in this stellar collection - Crookers and Miike Snow colabborate on Remedy, Steve Angello's makes the cut with the lush vocals of La Candela Viva while Dj Gregory and Sidney Samson's Dama S Salon continues to become essential party food for dj's. One of the unexpected gems though is from Defected newcomer Ridney, whose At Night gets the nod here and has all the hallmarks of a future classic, a funky yet deliriously epic worker. As with most Defected compilations, this is a one-stop shop for summery greatness.