Artist: The Advocate Title: Astra Label: 3000Grad Records Cat: 3000Grad097 Format: Digital Release Date: April 9th, 2021 Tracklist: Astra (Original) Emi Go (Original) Astra (Mollono.Bass Remix) Emi Go (Space Motion Remix) Sel (Original) Emi Go (Space Motion Remix – Radio Edit)
The Advocate is a dj and producer based in Kyiv, Ukraine, who has been recognized for his catchy style, which melts in a – mainly – techno mixture the electronic music influences coming from east and ovest countries. With just a back catalogue of five releases put out, he’s ready to debut on the big 3000Grad Records with ‘Astra’, a release that features three originals and two remixes made by Mollono.Bass and Space Motion. The originals titled ‘Astra’, ‘Emi Go’ and ‘Sei’ represent a decise way to interpret the various faces of dancefloor oriented sonorities.
Flashmob returns on Toolroom Records with ‘Closer’, a solid house production infused of summer and radiant vibes. Hopefully in the forthcoming months we’ll be able to hear this hot track on big soundsystems, in situations like small parties and open air ambiances. The song will be available tomorrow in all the best mp3 shops and streaming platforms.
The market leading pre-release promo service Inflyte, today has just announced major new integrations for their promo platform, with the addition of Inflyte Tastemaker Pre-saves, combining promo and pre-save into an elegant all-in-one solution for labels.
The addition of pre-saves for Spotify and Apple Music adds to an expanding roster of integrations, which also includes Pioneer’s Rekordbox, Dropbox, Twitter, Amazon Alexa and more.
These exciting integrations are designed to provide additional layers of functionality that will offer a whole new dimension to Inflyte promo campaigns for the thousands of labels, PR’s and tastemakers who use Inflyte which has grown to become one of the most popular promo platforms worldwide in recent years.
For labels and PRs, Inflyte has added Tastemaker Pre-save functionality, which enables them to embed unique pre-save codes for their releases into any standard Inflyte promo campaign. This has the potential to help them maximise support on streaming services via their existing Inflyte tastemaker database and solves the issue of having to run pre-save campaigns separately on a third-party service.
Tastemakers now have the option of linking their streaming service of choice (Apple Music or Spotify) to their Inflyte account. This will create a special Inflyte playlist in their streaming library, which will magically add any pre-saved campaigns they have rated on Inflyte to their libraries on the day of release – it’s kind of like a personal Promo Inbox. Tastemakers can then use this playlist to keep track of all the releases they positively rated on Inflyte as soon as they become available – which for third party playlisters, radio programmers and DJs in particular will be a huge benefit.
CEO and co-founder Paul Hamill comments, ”Inflyte has proven itself to be the most effective platform in the market for capturing tastemaker support at the pre-release promo stage. These integrations with Spotify and Apple Music have been designed to help our labels leverage ongoing promotional support beyond that initial pre-release phase. This will bridge the disconnect between what tastemakers are doing on Inflyte at pre-release stage and what happens when those releases go live on streaming.”
“Inflyte has now made the process of getting our client’s music on the radar of tastemakers and playlisters using these platforms as easy as possible with a really elegant solution that adds genuine value to our platform for our labels, PRs and tastemakers.”
Unlike conventional consumer focused pre-save services, Inflyte Tastemaker Pre-saves provide audio previews, downloads and of course collect feedback and lots of rich campaign data for labels using the service. Inflyte is the first platform to offer this unique all-in-one solution that combines pre-save functionality and promo in this way.
Artist: AVIRA & Diana Miro Title: The Worship (Remixes) Label: Armada Music Cat: ARMAS1759R Format: Digital Release Date: 2021 Tracklist: The Worship (Patrice Bäumel Extended Remix) The Worship (Mark Knight Extended Remix) The Worship (KC Lights Extended Remix)
Previously published in May 2020, Armada takes care of this original with three outstanding remixes by Patrice Bäumel, Toolroom’s label manager Mark Knight and KC Lights. The sound featured in these interpretations is totally into house music, the Mr Knight’s version is particulary oriented to arena / festival vibes while the KC Lights one is totally into club situations. The Baumel’s remix is the calmest version, with its tempered sounbd setup and calm mood. Each remix is a real gem which offer a delightful listening experience. Each remix will be published as single track with the following schedule: Patrice Bäumel Remix – March 26th Mark Knight Remix – April 2nd KC Lights Remix – April 16th
Artist: Anthony Middleton Title: Wheel Of Life Label: Do Not Sit On The Furniture Recordings Cat: DNSOTF042 Format: Digital Release Date: April 9th 2021 Tracklist: 1. Wheel of Life 2. Magic Touch
The 50% former member of Audiofly duo Anthony Middleton makes a great solo appearance on Do Not Sit On The Furniture with the two tracker ‘Wheel Of Life’. He presents an intimate and stilish sound: the title track is oriented to the dancefloor with its warm four to the floor structure and tribal influences, while ‘Magic Touch’ detaches from the main production with its smooth and fulfilling sonorities.
MASTERS AT WORK RELAUNCH MAW RECORDS WITH REMASTERED TITLES AND PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED MIXES A BRAND NEW MASTERS AT WORK SINGLE – THE FIRST FOR MORE THAN TWO DECADES – WILL ALSO ARRIVE IN APRIL
Masters At Works’s iconic MAW Records will relaunch its full digital catalog on March 26.
Masters At Work and MAW Records have collectively been responsible for some of the most iconic house music ever produced. Tracks like The Bounce by KenLou and To Be In Love by MAW feat. India have defined house for generations of fans, and have endured as undisputed classics of the scene. Now, the entire MAW catalogue will be available digitally for the first time, giving fans both new and old a unique opportunity to explore this treasure trove of musical gems.
A number of classic Masters At Work releases have been specially remastered for the relaunch, including Voices In My Mind by Voices, Bangin’ Early Theme by KenLou and Like A Butterfly (You Send Me), by MAW feat. Patti Austin. Additionally, and perhaps most excitingly for MAW completists, a number of previously unreleased versions of various tracks will also be made available… for those with keen enough eyes and ears to unearth them.
As well as relaunching the catalogue of their label, Masters At Work will also be putting out a brand new single in April – their first in more than 20 years.
Named after an early drum machine that was a favourite of theirs, Mattel employs original sounds from the kit to produced a drum-driven electronic groove, with the percussion solo played live in the studio by Kenny Dope. Louie Vega compliments the beats and percussion solo with a bouncing bassline and hard hitting stabs taking this seven minute and fifty nine second track into the stratosphere.
Mattel marks the start of a run of new material from Masters At Work, with further releases lined up throughout 2021 and into next year.
Get ready for the fiyaaah from Masters At Work.
Masters At Work – Mattel is out 02 April ——————————
ABOUT MASTERS AT WORK
Their name says it all – Masters At Work. For over a decade, “Little Louie” Vega and Kenny “Dope” Gonzalez have shepherded dance music down new paths with their inventive production style and imaginative feel for different musical forms.
The two native New Yorkers have amassed an overwhelming body of work in that time, one that includes hundreds of original productions, remixes and side projects, redefining the way we think of music in clubs. Vega and Gonzalez defiantly mix everything they can find – house, hip-hop, funk, disco, Latin, African and jazz – into a universal groove. And in doing so, MAW has become a cultural mélange unto itself, emblematic of the multicultural society in which we live.
Artist: Lorca Title: Tribute To Larry Label: Live Ones Cat: LIVE006 Format: Vinyl Release Date: April 16th 2021 Tracklist: A. Larry’s Bomb B. Look What You Do
Lorca is ready to appear again in the shop vinyl crates with a tribute release deducated to the house music legend Larry Levan. This two tracker sees on the A side ‘Larry’s Bomb’, a hot house song where some samples from ‘Dee Dee Bridgewater – Bad For Me’ have been used to enrich the sound texture. On the flip ‘Look What You Do’ is another phat track that runs very well and smoothly: the instrumental is really solid but the introduction of a vocal chant from a Barber Holloway classic adds a magic touch to the entire piece.
The popular Toolroom Records shifts its focus to solid house music: Dombresky and Camden Cox don’t loose the occasion to get featured on the British imprint with their single ‘Do You Remember’, which shares a positive vibe and embraces a great dancefloor oriented motif. The song style proposed by the two artists is very catchy, even if there are some oldschool reminiscences.
Soothsayer is ready to put out the brand new second episode of the compilation ‘First Light Vol II’, a track selection totally infused into oldschool disco. Aside the digital bunch a few productions will be available in the 2 x 12″ vinyl edition.
Low Steppa proudly presents another track under Armada Subjekt label, this one is made in collaboration with Guy Burns: the single ‘Lay it On Me’ embraces again the solid house style proposed by both the producers, but the mood puts as opposite a radiant instrumental while the vocal shares a little sense of melancholy.
