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atmosferix on August 29th 2010 in Mixtapes, Music

3 Things Aaron Ross Plays

Liquid People – Soul Central – Peven Everett

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Aaron Ross started buying records back in 1993 and immediately began bedroom DJing for hours on end, landing him a spot on a local pirate radio station. By the age of 15 he was playing at the radio station’s local events and club-nights, which he also helped promote. In the following years Aaron had temporary work placements at various record labels including V-Recordings, Island Records, BMG and most notably Virgin.

In 2000 Phil Asher officially made Aaron a member of his long running, well respected DJ / production crew, Restless Soul and 2 years later, the BBC launched 1xtra, their first digital black music radio station. Aaron was chosen to host the soulful house show every Friday night and only recently has left the station to take care of his label.
Here is his selection for “3 Things People Play”:

Liquid People “Son Of Dragon” (Aaron Ross 2010 Re-Fix)
One of my favourite signings to Soul Heaven records – such a simple track in its original form…And I just had to have a mess around with it! I guess this is somewhere between a re-edit and a remix – I didn’t actually change the arrangement I just added parts – new drums and percussion and a bassline from Mood II Swing legend Lem Springsteen.

Soul Central  “In-Ten-City” (Aaron Ross 2010 Deep Dub)
Another solid record from the back cat, there’s a dope little techy, arpegiatted sound towards the end of the main mix, I was messing around with an edit and I looped up that part as and then as the breakdown was made up of that musical part it was all without drums so I added new beats and worked an arrangement around that techy part. It totally changes the energy of the record and hopefully opens it up to the DJ.s who play that deeper techy sound.

Peven Everett  “Stuck” (Phil Asher’s Soul Heaven Version)
One of my proudest signings and the record that launched the label, a soulful classic with a tight edit from Phil Asher…

The Sound Of Soul Heaven Records mixed by Aaron Ross & Neil Pierce

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atmosferix on August 27th 2010 in Mixtapes, Music, Records, interviews

The revolution that killed Soho’s record shops

Long before it featured on the cover of the best-selling Oasis album (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? London’s Berwick Street was a mecca for any self-respecting record collector.

Hailed as the “Golden Mile” of vinyl, in the 1990s more than 20 independent stores once lined the street alongside the fruit market and sex shops, earning this corner of Soho a reputation as host to the greatest concentration of record shops in Britain.

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atmosferix on August 26th 2010 in Music, Records

US & Gospel House & Disco group in SoundCloud.com

Welcome to US & Gospel House & Disco group in Soundcloud!
If you have Soundcloud account and you are one of the house or disco lovers, dj’s or musicians, join us! share your music to the world. spread the word! :)

Groovy summer to all house heads!

http://soundcloud.com/groups/us-gospel-house

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Dj Beat on August 10th 2010 in Mixtapes, Music, Records

soulfulgrooves with Paul Phillips

Paul Phillips love of soul music began in 1978 with the discovery of radio shows such as Greg Edwards and Mike Allen (Capital Radio), Robbie Vincent (Radio London) and the original soul pirate Radio Invicta.

During the early 80s more and more pirate stations started to appear on London’s airwaves playing soul funk and jazz. JFM, Horizon, LWR and Solar while DJs such as Phil Allen continued on Capital Radio. It was at this point that Paul started to take his record collecting more seriously.

In 1982 he decided to start his own pirate radio station and although only small it attracted a cult following around south east London until in 1985 the DTI raided and confiscated the transmitter and studio equipment. By 1986 even more pirate stations had taken to the airwaves of London including Starpoint Fm. One day in October 1986 on hearing a request for new presenters Paul made contact with station manager Carl Lewis and within a few weeks was doing regular shows plus assisting with engineering, using the experience he had gained through running his own station.
Between 1986 and 1990 when Starpoint FM finally ceased broadcasting Paul presented many shows playing the best of the new releases of the day alongside the classics of the 70s and 80s.

After life as a pirate Starpoint Fm went on to broadcast under various RSL’s during the 90’s at Windsor and at the Southport soul weekenders and he continued to be involved in all of these until joining Solar in October 1998.


Over the years Paul has taken a keen interest in all aspects of soul music as well as traveling around the UK and USA trying to hunt down some of those obscure 70s and 80s soul records to play along side the classics.

http://www.soulfulgrooves.com

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Dj Beat on August 3rd 2010 in Mixtapes, Music, Online Radio

Strictly Rhythm hires Seamus Haji

Prolific New York house label Strictly Rhythm has tapped house producer Seamus Haji as its new head of A&R.

With a multi-faceted career spanning back to the mid-’90s, Haji seems a perfect fit for the job. In addition to being a successful DJ and producer with dozens of releases to his name, Haji also has his fair share of management experience, having launched his own label, Big Love at the beginning of the last decade. He’s an old hand at A&R as well, after filling the role at labels like Defected and Slip n’ Slide.

The appointment comes at a particularly momentous time in Strictly Rhythm’s history. Just two months ago, the label finally went independent again after working as a joint venture with Defected for several years–an arrangement the UK-based label had offered as a lifeline to Strictly Rhythm following its legally and financially disastrous partnership with Warner Music in 2002.

In a message sent out yesterday, Strictly Rhythm founder Mark Finkelstein said: “I have known and respected Seamus Haji since he first worked at Defected over a decade ago. He has the perfect ear and talent to creatively guide Strictly Rhythm into the future while staying true to its heritage and tradition.”

http://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/seamushaji

http://www.myspace.com/djseamushaji

http://www.strictly.com

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atmosferix on July 24th 2010 in Labels, Music

Mario Romay – grooveparlor

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atmosferix on July 20th 2010 in Mixtapes, Music

Discogs – Vinyl Revolution

Record stores are slowly dying off, but one marketplace is healthier than ever. RA’s Richard Carnes takes a look at how Discogs has changed the face of record buying.

Where do you buy your records from? While many vinyl lovers lament the closure of countless record shops due to the rise in internet shopping and a growing digital-only audience, diggers worldwide have had to find new ways to source their fixes of the black crack. Warehouse operations such as Juno and Chemical Records, and popular specialist electronic outlets like Phonica, Boomkat, Hardwax, Rubadub and Piccadilly may be the main ports of call for listeners only interested in brand new records, but if you talk to people who are interested in disco, boogie, ’80s and ’90s house, UK garage, jungle and other genres of yesteryear, it’s likely at least some of their collection has been procured via a website which holds no stock at all: Discogs.
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atmosferix on March 26th 2010 in Music, Records

gospel house music

The mission of GospelHouseMusic.com is to be a light in the darkness; providing the best Christian/Gospel House aerobic club music to whosoever shall come.

GospelHouseMusic.com is a Christian/Gospel Music company that serves the world the best underground Christian/Gospel dance and aerobic fitness workout music, offering its music for purchase of instant MP3 downloads or physical DJ mixed CD compilations. Once you have downloaded your music you can burn it to a CD and transfer it to a portable device.
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atmosferix on February 15th 2010 in Labels, Records

RealDEEP Radio

::: ::: ::: ::: ::: Come join us for another installment of RealDEEP Radio! ::: ::: ::: ::: :::

*** Now available for Streaming & Downloading online @ ***

RealDEEP Radio Station
or
RealDEEP Radio on PodOmatic

Featuring Music by:
Artists: Cesar Ramirez, Apple Jazz, Dubbyman, Trinidadian Deep, Alex Agore +++ More
Labels: RealDEEP, Deep Explorer, Submerge, Sonar Kollectiv, 4lux, Future Vision +++ More

Full Tracklisting available on our website @ www.realdeeprecordings.com

ALL TUNES on This Mix are available for download from our friends @ S*T*O*M*P*Y

KeepItDeep & Enjoy…
RealDEEP Recordings

www.realdeeprecordings.com

RDRadio.003 feat. BJAK

RDRadio.003 : “Depth Charge” (DeepHouse Mix)
Mixed by: Bjak

You can find ALL THESE TUNES and many more available online for download @ www.S*T*O*M*P*Y.com …music on the download.

You can now also listen & download RDRadio Broadcasts on our new PodOmatic station!

Tracklisting:
1. Leo Gunn – New Day – Deep Explorer Music
2. No Milk (Colors Original Mix) – Rhapsody Records
3. Native Sound – Almost Famous – Minuendo Records
4. Jesse Saunders – Nasty Girl (Scott Langley’s Deep Jazzy House Mix) – Broken
5. Trinidadian Deep – Deep Talkin – Future Vision Records
6. Ross Couch – Changing Seasons – Body Rhythm
7. Alex Agore – Whos Gonna Lose – 4lux Black
8. Woolph – Jangmeen – Classic  Records
9. TheoDuminie – No Demons No Magic – Submerge Recordings
10. Apple Jazz – Endless Hunger – RealDEEP Recordings
11. Soulphiction – Deranged – Sonar Kollectiv
12. Dubbyman – Green Sunday- D Press Industries
13. Cesar Ramirez – Sweet Tooth – RealDEEP Recordings
14. Mr De – Please Believe It – Submerge Recordings

RDRadio.002 feat. CESAR RAMIREZ

RDRadio.003 : “Gotta Keep Trying” (DeepDisco Mix)
Mixed by: Cesar Ramirez

Tracklisting:
1. “Maybe This Time” by Serenade : N/A [N/A]
2. “It’s A Better Than Good Time” by Gladys Knight & The Pips
3. “I Really Love You” by Heaven & Earth
4. “Don’t Fight The Feeling” by Master Force
5. “Evening Of Love” by Main Ingredient
6. “Express” by 52nd Street
7. “Gotta Keep On Trying” by Tenderness
8. “N/A” by N/A
9. “Chance To Dance (Rahaan Edit)” by Lemon
10. “L.A. Sunshine” by Aura
11. “Music (Rahaan Edit)” by Montreal Sound
12. “Do The Beat” by Sweet Talks
13. “Love Magnet” by Freda Payne

RDRadio.001 : RealDEEP WMC 2009 Spring Sampler

RDRadio.001
RealDEEP Recordings WMC 2009 Spring Sampler : “Amuse Bouche”
Mixed by: Bjak

Tracklisting:
1. “Paradise” by Bjak : RealDEEP Recordings [RDR001]
2. “Free2Love” by Bjak : RealDEEP Recordings [RDR001]
3. “So Blue” by B.Gardner, Bjak, Brenda D. (BCBG Prod.) : RealDEEP Recordings [RDR004]
4. “Spirit”by Bjak : RealDEEP Recordings [RDR003]
5. “Spanish Moss” by Bjak : RealDEEP Unreleased [RDR000]
6. “Boogaloo” by J.Bishop & Bjak (JBC Prod.) : RealDEEP Unreleased [RDR000]
7. “Fashion (BC’s DeeperLuv mix)” by Bjak, J.Bishop (JBC Prod.) : RealDEEP Recordings [RDR002]
8. “Feelin’ Moved”by B.Gardner, Brenda D. : RealDEEP Recordings [RDR004]
9. “Libra Rising” by Bjak, B.Gardner (BCBG Prod.) : RealDEEP Recordings [RDR004]
10. “DarkHarmonie” by Bjak, J.Bishop (JBC Prod.) : RealDEEP Recordings [RDR002]
11. “Horizons” by Bjak, B.Gardner : RealDEEP Unreleased [RDR000]
12. “Organique” by Bjak : RealDEEP Unreleased [RDR000]
13. “The Minstrel” by Bjak : RealDEEP Unreleased [RDR000]
14. “So Good” by BrianG., Bjak, BrendaD. (BCBG Prod.) : RealDEEP Recordings [RDR004]
15. “BC Bonus Beats” by Bjak : RealDEEP Unreleased [RDR000]
16. “GimmeAllUrLove” by Bjak : RealDEEP Recordings [RDR003]

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atmosferix on February 14th 2010 in Labels, Mixtapes, Online Radio

DJ Darzniex in The MiX

Latest tracks by darzniex

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atmosferix on February 1st 2010 in DJ's / Artists, Mixtapes

Basement Freaks on SoundCloud

Here it & Grab it Here:

The multi-talented George Fotiadis,aka Basement Freaks, has been successfully churning out track after funky track for over ten years now with releases on labels such as Jalapeno, Goodgroove and Wack.
His music has a great live sound to it which is quite probably down to the fact that he can play the guitar, bass and drums.

He launched his Basement Freaks project in 2005 and in the space of a year he had an album out on the Greek label Music Kitchen Records which received high praise from the likes of Kraak & Smaak and Stereo MCs. It earned him remix work for acts like Smoove & Turrell, Chris Joss, A.G.F.A and Rephrase.

US label South City Recordings then released his first solo 12″ EP and in the same year he met Quasamodo and began their long and illustrious working career by collaborating with him for a release on Goodgroove which became a top seller and gained them both even more recognition.

Not happy to settle with the steady the stream of releases being notched up next step was to work on a live act and so the Smokey Bandits was born in 2007. Linking up once again with Quasamodo and another 17 musicians he recorded an album of nu-jazz, balcan beats and cinematic musical pieces which got released after 3 years by Klik Records to smash all the Greek indie radio charts.

This was merely a side project though and Basement Freaks have continued to go from strength to strength with releases and remixes on countless labels that have received radio play from the likes of Craig Charles (RadioBBC 6) and Ali B (Kiss FM). Add to this a steady stream of DJing gigs at clubs and festivals all over Greece and Europe and you can see why this guy is big business.

Since late 2008 he has been living Cologne in Germany in order to enhance his career. Same year becomes a member of Bureau45 agency, and co-operate with the radio station “Funkhaus Europa” (of the WDR stable!) As Global Player (Resident Dj of Funkhaus Europa) has toured across NRW.

2010 sees Basement Freaks looking to gain even more exposure and take things to the next level. And how about this for a statement of intent: he has a whole load of tracks waiting to drop and has kicked the year off with not only a promotional mix but also a 10 track booty LP. That’s the way to get yourself noticed!

In Feb 2010 Basement Freaks release the first E.P for Jalapeno Records with the title“Disco Life” The release has been a huge success for the Basement Freaks with some DJs even saying it’s their best release to date. The EP appealed to a wide range of DJs and there was plenty support across the board. The pioneer Producer/Dj of the Nu Skool Breaks scene Rennie Pilgrem gave 9/10 on his review for I-DJ Magazine. Great feedback also has been received from producer/djs such as : Fedde Le Grand, Crystal Method, ATFC, Groove Armanda, Ali B, Plaza De Funk, Freddie Fresh, Fort Knox Five, Groove Diggerz and directly got radio airplays on BBC1 Annie Nightingale show BBC6 Craig Charles Funk & Soul Show & Kiss FM in U.K.

Next record for Basement Freaks is “Jam In The Jungle feat Mc Coppa,one of the most talented Nu skool vocalists/mc to become no1 on Juno Records shop and smash the dj charts with the help of Parker s dubstep mix! The 12 came out from Badboe s label Breakbeat Paradise, was the first release on wax for the label has been sold out!
The summer of 2010 finds George recording a full album with the 2 vocalists of Disco Life Jazzmin & George Perin to come out later this year on Jalapeno Records. This is a Nu born Funk written in the Troutman s grave George Perin screams in the opening song

For just giving you an idea! Add to that a collaboration with the famous Nigerian Afro Rap singer “Ade Bantu” a song that is featuring on the album. One of the most hard working man is the title often used to present George and that s true!

In 2010 George launches BOMBASTIC JAM label and wins the respect of the scene with droping the one release after the other and all original Nu Funk quality tunes just like those that people are used to hear from the Basement Freaks. The label is smashing it only in 3 months get noticed by everyone in the scene and been in charts as well. There is no doubt that there is something new coming and as we get you out we d like to repost what Rennie Pillgrem wrote:
Greece has got the nu-funk massive and leader of the pack is Thessaloniki’s George Fotiadis the man known as Basement Freaks

http://www.goodgrooverecords.com
http://www.jalapenorecords.com
http://bureau45.com/?c=0&style=alle&a=12
http://bj004djwood-turnmeon.blogspot.com

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atmosferix on February 1st 2010 in Mixtapes, Music, Records

Deep Inc

Two brothers – Tadeu Nice and Domino – concentrate on promoting the quality sound of soulful garage and deep house in Lithuania. They have been known as true deep & soulful music lovers and Vilnius leading underground house DJs for a decade.

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atmosferix on January 25th 2010 in DJ's / Artists, Mixtapes

Good Groove Records Podcasts


http://www.goodgrooverecords.com/
http://soundcloud.com/goodgrooverecords/

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atmosferix on January 18th 2010 in Labels, Mixtapes, Music, Records

unknown fm

Always looking to push musical boundaries, Unknown FM has been at the forefront of the London Dance scene for many years since its conception in 1998. So much so that our DJs have graced the decks at the cream of London’s leading clubs and promotions as well as representing internationally.

Unknown FM inspired parties have taken the roof off at venues such as the Ministry of Sound, Turnmills, Pacha London, The Cross, Canvas and the Egg. Not forgetting lining up alongside Subliminal Sessions with Erick Morillo, Bora Bora, Danny Tanaglia, DJ Sneak, Blaze, Kenny Dope, Sandy Rivera, Tony Humphries, Marshall Jefferson, MYNC Project, Bobby & Steve, Hoxton Whores and Soul Avengerz to name a few.

Diversity has always been our aim with a full spectrum of house genres from deep, soulful, funky, latin infused house to dirty tech electro minimal jackin laced house. Not forgetting our 70s and 80s DJs who play the music which inspired many of the dance anthems heard today.

The concept of Unknown FM was never about money, egos or fame. Purely about the music, the vibe and the feeling. Hence the mysterious name for the station. Well known by nature, Unknown by choice. Some people have music running through their bones and can not live without it, it’s hard to explain. It’s like not really being happy with what you do, music is life you cannot live without. There is no better feeling then playing the music you love and having people respond to and share that experience.

In 2002 was approached by two like minded people in the form of a concept to take Pirate Radio to the next level. Taking a professional approach, to represent a genre of music we felt was being neglected by most of the mainstream and pirate radio stations. We did not want to saturate the radio with ad breaks, the idea being to present good quality music in a way that is respectful and professional. An ethos which is still in place today, with minimal adverts and shouts, the emphasis firmly on broadcasting quality music.

As we move with the times and keep up with technology, we find ourselves moving away from the FM band, not knowing how long our life there will last. Therefore looking to the future, we see the launch of UnknownFM.Net, where we will strive to reach a larger more global audience, spreading our sound worldwide.

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atmosferix on January 3rd 2010 in Online Radio

 
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