Purveyor of the finest deep house grooves Dimitry Liss delivers yet another slice of goodness for our pleasure with a little help from the awesome vocals of Kevin Bassett on “Nothing In Particular”. This track also comes backed up with a superb remix!
The original mix kicks off in true Dimitry style with a very unique shuffle style goin on. We get down to business soon after with a sublime synth chord that just oozes deep house. Cool strong and steady groove with a very catchy bassline and rhythmic percussions. The shining star here of course is the outstanding vocals of Kevin Barrett, soulful, sultry, sensual and funky! The lyrics are an absolute joy to listen to and they tell a cool interesting story, a must have in any club playlist.
Czech DJ and producer Michal Schwa and Australian DJ and producer Nick West make up the talented duo of Shades Of Gray. This duo have a very impressive list of releases and remixes and have had their own tracks remixed by the cream of the crop in house music. Here the guys have created a simply stunning remix, they have chopped the vocal beautifully and the arrangement allows it to stand out well. The track takes on a much more deep tech approach with the deep bassline contrasting well with a real cool house chord and some chunky often grungy synths. A wonderful array of FX adds texture with an acid blip or two filtering through, awesome stuff!
JR From Dallas (France) and Lurob aka Luis Roberto (San Francisco) join forces to deliver an absolute stomping house fuelled EP. While the guys make their Piston debut with this release they have already a very impressive list of tracks on labels like Tango Recordings and Robsoul Recordings to name just a couple. Both these guys have house music in their bones which enables them to produce such quality, they also DJ regularly playing at amazing house inspired venues all over.
The first track up is “Deep Into”, pure and simple straight up house vibes, cool steady grooves carved up with tight drum and percussion patterns with a very effective synth line throughout. The big focus here would be the use of an all time classic vocal sample which does not disappoint.
“Cigarettes & Frites” is a much more deeper and energetic affair with a solid harder edged kick with sharp and crisp hats accompanying, the percussions are expertly crafted and we also get a top notch bassline. Again we see great use of some spoken vocals that adds flavour to the track, great stuff.
“Acid Mathematics” takes us on a different path with super laidback downtempo breaks with an awesome kick and filled with many FX and some classy sounding deep house synths. Short vocal samples pop up throughout tying the track together nicely.
Support from Dj Sneak, UGLH, Phil Weeks, Stacey Pullen, Patrick Zigon, Severino Panzetta, Piek, Infestus, Mi Ke, Shades Of Gray, Figueroa, Hector Couto, Anderson Noise, Dave Dubbz, etc.
Detroit legend Rick Wade joins the Piston stable with a stunning deep house release. Rick aka Big Daddy Rick and Dr. Low-Tech has literally released hundreds of tracks throughout his career on almost 50 different labels since the mid 1990′s. He is also owner of Harmonie Park Records which specialises in deep house and has been running this label since 1993. Born just outside Chicago’s South Side he started spinning in the mid 80′s in the same club where Jeff Mills was cutting his teeth. From there he went on to run his own show on WCBN and gained a name for himself on the circuit to this day.
Kicking us off is the title track “Night Flyer”, a super cool and sophisticated slice of deep house, nice steady rhythm with the arrangement backed up with little funky guitar licks. The deep vibe is generated from the wonderful synths that lock you into the sound beautifully.
“Berlin Days is a slightly more hard edged sound with a harsh, infectious bassline over some well crafted drum patterns. There is also a slight shuffle here that adds character to the sound with a high pitched string giving a contrasting vibe.
“The Well” is a true representation of the quite unique style in which Rick delivers us his sound. We have the deep house vibe on the organ, bass and drums, but there is a whole 1960′s type thriller movie sound in here also which works so well. The background flute and strings coupled with the spoken word is something very different from the norm but something that will keep any floor on the move.
Support from Chris Fortier, Chuck Flask, Detroit Swindle, Dj Sneak, Hermanez, Laurent Garnier, Lee Curtiss, Louis Osbourne, Maceo Plex, Mirco Violi, Olderic, Piek, Rompante, Severino Panzetta ,Shades Of Gray, Shur I Khan, Slam, etc.
Hailing from Portugal and now residing in Barcelona, Carlos “Fauvrelle” marks his Piston debut with a superb four track EP entitled “4 Piston’s”. No stranger to the electronic music scene, Carlos has a host of quality releases to his name on many labels including, Glam Records, Insert Coin, KULT, Nervous Records and lots more. He has graced the decks all over Portugal and around the world, playing in parties such as Zouk in Singapore, Pacha in NYC, Womb in Tokyo, Space in Miami, Rex in Paris and Circus in Montreal. His brilliant style of DJing allows him to fuse the old with the new and on his label In Flagrante Music he breaks down the genre defining barriers in order to avoid the dreaded pigeon-holing phenomenon.
First up we have “LSTU90″ which is an awesome classic style house party tune with some deep funky elements. The tune intros with that unique New York house synth organ and progresses well with the drums and crisp percs giving a steady rhythm. Great vocals used here with a few old school samples thrown in that will have any crowd on their feet.
“All Night” gets deeper into the groove with a cool laid back house sound, smooth steady beats with some great synth keys providing a bit of funk and a super bass keeps this groove moving. The tune gets all Barry White with a deep deep vocal popping up throughout and this adds a real cool flavour.
“Blues Train” shows us where Carlos’ style is going, he is able to give out an electro type vibe with all the elements of modern deep house groove. Familiar percs stand out well here but the big hitter on this tune is for sure the synth work, an infectious hook drives on and on with the added vocal snippets coming through, big big sound destined for a load of playlists.
Finally we have “Keep Doing It”, just simply a pure solid, driving deep house groove. Real sharp hats and a nice thump on the kick marry well with very simple yet highly effective keys. What a joy to listen to, this will grab anyone and hold them on the floors against their will!
FEEDBACKS:
Rick Wade – Blues Train is Real Right! 10/10
Patrick Zigon – great moody stuff! 8/10
UGLH – Nice EP, thanks 7/10
Shades Of Gray – All night! BOMB… love it. Blues Train also amazing 9/10
Inkfish – Pure house true to its form. Keep doing it is my favourite, although all the tracks are strong and very crisply produced. 8/10
Noah Pred – Classic Piston-style deep house. Thanks. 7/10
Olderic – great deep ep! 9/10
Hermanez – nice deep tracks, tnx 8/10
Figueroa – Amazing EP, love the full pack. Full support. 10/10
Severino Panzetta – All tracks are groovy .. Last one is sweet 8/10
Mi Ke – HOT EP!!!! Love all of them! 9/10
Slam – cool trax – will road test thanx guys 7/10
HNQO – Will test ALL NIGHT – thanks for the pack 7/10
Nils Nurnberg – Al Night is cool. THX 7/10
Chuck Flask – nice cuts! 8/10
KISK – Cool vibes, full support 7/10
Sasch BBC – good tracks here! thank you 7/10
Ka§par – Very well produced, sounds great. Thick no nonsense house that anyone can relate to, hard to pick a fave, but “Blues Train” is my choice after a first listen 8/10
Ken Fan – As always a great release 9/10
Digital release of our last vinyl is now available at Beatport
Get your digital copy here: http://www.beatport.com/release/txuribeltz-ep/1031913
Suport from Robert Dietz, Coyu, Ray Okpara, Danny Serrano, Radio Slave, Shades Of Gray, UGLH, Slam, Michel de Hey, Patrick Bateman, JR From Dallas, Pole Folder, Toni Rios, Mark Knight, Anderson Noise, Mihai Popoviciu, Butch, etc…
If you are a vinyl junkie theres still some copies left around:
www.decks.de/t/piek-txuribeltz_ep/c0m-tc
www.juno.co.uk/products/txuribeltz-ep/478704-01/
http://www.technique.co.jp/item/102646,PRV2012002.html
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