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Review: A well chosen selection by Parisian DJ Michael Canitrot, who concentrates on French house beats and female vocals on this mix for Defected. The unmixed tracks available really are some of the most feted and hottest tunes working dancefloors right now. Highlights include Simian Mobile Disco's collaboration with Beth Ditto, and Dennis Ferrer's "Hey Hey" - surely one of the biggest tunes of 2009. Some hidden gems too, such as Tensnake's funk-filled "Get It Right" and Breakbot's blue-eyed soul tribute "Baby I'm Yours".

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: 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: Grainy and overdriven machine house from Brazil on Berlin label 777 which sounds like it's been recorded from tape and will resonate with fans of LIES or Mathematics. This stuff is properly dirty in a seriously lo-fi way... First track "Charlie" is dirty techno punk using a rusty pawn shop drum machine pattern and backed by growling black metal guitar feedback; pretty serious! Next up "Mini Folia" clangs and clatters about the shop with a skipping and antagonising melody plus more overdriven guitar grunt in the background. On the flip "Metados" is more uplifting and dare we say... soulful? This melancholic deep house number still packs some punch with its overdriven kick and bumping bassline though, don't worry. Finally "Damas" is one more underground basement jam; a driving vintage groove with equals parts emotion and machine hiss and squeal!

Review: The Africa Seven label might not have been around for very long, but the London-Paris dynasty has certainly established itself as a no.1 outlet for rare, unhinged world music. This is Africa Airways Volume 3: The Afro-Psych Excursion, a gorgeous compilation spanning the years 1972 to 1984, and it clearly offers some of the most magnetic tunes that they label has put out thus far. There isn't a mediocre song in here and, as the saying goes, it's all-killer-no-filler; take African Black's "Nzango", for example, a twisted, FX-heavy tribal experiment, or the more soulful highs and lows of tunes like "Zinabu" by Bunzu Soundz. Rough, dusty, completely psyched-out, and inimitable the whole way through; if you're looking for something that'll get the heads turning, and the diggers jealous, then this is your LP. Highly recommended.

Review: Did you know that Britain was not the only country where street soul was a musical force to be reckoned with during the late '80s and early '90s? As this fine compilation from record collector Augusto Olivani shows, the sound also thrived in Brazil, where inner-city musicians embraced its post-boogie fusion of head-nodding grooves, smooth instrumentation and even smoother vocals. There's much to enjoy throughout "Street Soul Brasil", from the dreamy chords and sparkling melodies of Afrodite Se Quiser's breezy "Fora De Mim", to the Soul II Soul style shuffle of Luna E DJ Cri's "Acabou Como Comecou", via the rushing cheeriness of Junior's "Vim Te Buscar" and the sugary bliss of MC D'Eddy's "Jeito De Menina (Instrumental)".

Review: This fine compilation from Regis' Downwards label has been trailed as a kind of "family portrait" of where the imprint stands in 2019, offering a slew of exclusive tracks including a heap of cross-generational collaborations. There is plenty to set the pulse racing throughout the collection. "EBM supergroup" You Hung impresses via the moody and clanking, mid-80s industrial vibes of "The Truth Was Different (Live)", while Obelus' "Scale Reference" sounds like Richard D James after a particularly potent bong hit. Simon Shreeve's "The Space Between Cultures" is a creepy slab of ambient/noise fusion, Layne's "Raising Up, Removal" is a delightfully out there journey into metallic electro headiness and DVA Damas' sub-heavy cut "People Say I'm Cool" is as stylish and, let's face it, cool as the title suggests.