Category: House

Sonny Wharton ft Roland Clark – I See U

Fresh out on Skint Records is this banger from Sonny Wharton featuring the well known voice of Roland Clark. Both Sonny & Roland are renowned for great releases and with both of them on the same track, it’s bound to be great!

Ok, so the main part of this track for me is the breakdown. Sat underneath Roland’s preaching vocals are some awesome snares, claps and a great rising synth. Roland’s words are very deep and meaningful and his tone seems to rise along with the synths before the drop. A great bassline pattern takes over with some high airy synths and a repeating one-liner vocal. All round, this is a nice release. I haven’t tried this out in the clubs yet but will be giving it a go this weekend! Check it out..

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PHUK Podcast No 6 mixed by Lawrence Friend

The sixth podcast of the series, this is the April edition, showcasing some of Public House UK’s blogged tracks and a few exclusives. This is slightly more upbeat and main room than the previous podcasts. As every month, we were sent some awesome music and really struggled to filter it down, but here you go!

Tracklisting (click on the individual tracks to buy on Beatport/Traxsource):
01. Cor Caroli – Downpinpon (Original Mix)[Arcko Digital]
02. Sonny Fodera – Can’t Deny (Original Mix)[Suara Records]
03. Mickey – Sweet Baby (Original Mix)[Exploited Records]
04. Fabricio Pecanha – I Want You (Crocy Mix)[D2 Records – Exclusive]
05. Sonic Future – Bring It On (Original Mix)[Suara Records]
06. Kobhi – Inner City (Bootleg Mix)[No Label]
07. TKNO – Proxy (Original Mix)[Family Grooves – Exclusive]
08. Andrea Raffa – Bring It Down (Manuel De La Mare Edit)[Hotfingers Records]
09. Black Legend Project – Fanf’r (Vocal Mix)[Kidology London]
10. Sam Dungate – Break Ya Speakers (Vocal Mix)[Subterraneo Records – Exclusive]
11. Barry Obzee – Cairo (Original Mix)[Influential House]
12. Carl Hanaghan – Strings Of Life (Original Mix)[Zulu Records]

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Barry Obzee – Cairo (Inc. Mike Newman Remix)

You may recall a few weeks back in a previous review, that you would be hearing a lot more from the name Barry Obzee, and I weren’t kidding!

This is a two-part release on Influential House consisting of an original version and a remix by Mike Newman. If you’ve heard tracks from Barry Obzee before then you’ll know his unique sounding old skool stab chords and his deep sub basslines. Starting off with the original, this is a perfect example of main room house music. He has married together some deep bass, stabby chords and a familiar horn pattern in an arrangement that breaks down and builds with a huge riser, into an almighty drop. This is a guaranteed dancefloor smasher!

Next up is the remix from well known Hungarian producer ‘Mike Newman’, this version couldn’t be more different! Mike has taken to a slightly more chilled approach to the track with a flowing warped bassline sat under some bouncy tech drums. The drums eventually filter down with the bassline, and the old skool chord pattern from the original comes in. After some more filtering, a long riser builds the track back up and drops back into the warpy b-line. This makes me want to dance!

Personally I’m torn between which version I prefer, they are both great. Grab your copy now!

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Hoxton Whores – Everybody Dance Now

Here’s a track that was released at the beginning of April but after dropping it recently at a student party on the South Coast and watching everyone go mad, I thought it was time to shine a light on it!

I’ve always been a big fan of the Hoxton Whores and in the past couple of years they have really stamped a unique sound into the tech house scene, even to this day I still occasionally drop their remix of Blueboy’s ‘Remember Me’ and now there is this fantastic remix of ‘Everybody Dance Now’. Sure, it still keeps some slightly cheesy elements from the original but they’ve also added some awesome tribal drums, big risers and a whopper of a bassline! If you haven’t come across this yet then check it out and add it to your set! It’s big..

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Blind Truth ft Tata Vega & Toney – Why Can’t We See (Soulmagic Remix)

Next up on Soulmagic Records is this quality remix of ‘Why Can’t We See’ by Blind Faith ft Tata Vega & Toney. The remix was done by the labels very own Soulmagic and is absolutely brilliant!

Keen followers of this site will remember not so long ago I reviewed the Soulmagic track ‘I Wonder’ which I am still playing in pretty much every set I perform, this track put them on my watchlist!

They are back and this time with a remix of a classic from 1991. They have expertly fused a nice funky, and almost dirty bass rhythm with some nice piano chords and the great vocal, all sitting on top of some fresh modern sketchy drums. This is proper house music that needs to be heard in the sunshine!

Everytime I hear tracks from Soulmagic, they just ooze positivity and happiness! Regardless of what mood you start the track in, you’ll be in a better one afterwards! I can’t wait to hear more. This was released on 16th April exclusive to Traxsource.

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Stanny Abram & Cole Jonson – Masamba Olufunke

Forthcoming on Whartone Records by two big-name producers who are both individually havin it at the moment, ‘Stanny Abram’ & ‘Cole Jonson’. Stanny is signing tracks to all the big labels at the moment including Vamos Music & Family Grooves. And as well as running his own label that you may recognise called ‘Influential House’, Cole Jonson also puts out his own productions on the big labels, such as Housesession & PP Music. With their talents combined they have come up with this absolutely awesome release!

The original of this is already available on the ‘Sound of Whartone Miami 2014’ release that came out a few weeks ago. And now Whartone have releasing it now as a single, complete with a remix from Karlos Cheadle.

The original is techy, bouncy and lively all the way from the sketchy drums to the high trumpet sound. During the breakdown, what sounds like panpipes or a flute filter in playing a really catchy riff, and then this huge summery spanish sounding vocal comes in before a big drum fill and sub-bass drop, I can’t wait to drop this in a club! The Karlos Cheadle remix is a lot more underground, with a big main room stomping kick throughout and the original trumpet sound all cut up, it breaks down with some shuffled hats before the vocal kicks in, then builds right up and bangs into a big subby b-line. Huge release on a huge label!

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Peter Brown – Keep It Down

This one was sent to me just over a week ago which has given me ample time to test drive it on radio and out at gigs. This is the first release for a brand new label called ‘Subterraneo Records’, owned and operated by UK dj/producers ‘The Dolly Rockers’, and what a debut release this is!

Along with the original version, this release comes complete with a meaty remix from KillerBeatz. For me, it’s the original version that really makes me twitch, and it’s that mix that I’ve played out over the past week. It has an infectious bouncy bassline sat nicely under some great hats and a lovely pitched down vocal. I love the airy chords and side-chained strings in the breakdown before the stabby chords, the big zappy laser build and almighty drop, great work! The KillerBeatz remix sticks to the same airy chord pattern during the breakdown, but adds a deep bass underneath and some panned arpeggiated synths. It then rises up and drops with a sub-bass pattern sat under some great tech drums and that big pitched down vocal. This mix is a lot livelier than the original but I can definitely imagine both getting some main room play time.

Already getting support from some of the big players such as My Digital Enemy, this release is bound to smash it.

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Barry Obzee – Gettin’ Funk

This is the first track in a huge line up of releases from Barry Obzee on a collection of top labels and after hearing this one, I think it will be safe to recommend bookmarking the name ‘Barry Obzee’ for future releases. Some might say I am slightly biased in my review of Barry’s music because he is in-fact a good friend and also my co-host on our weekly radio show on Select UK Radio (selectukradio.com), but I am so confident that my words will do nothing except point you in the direction of some awesome production and the music will in-fact speak for itself.

This track is called ‘Gettin Funk’ and is a part of the Rezonation Music Miami WMC Sampler 2014 along with 8 others. Firstly, upon clicking play on this Soundcloud sample you get hit with this great old skool sounding piano riff that filters out, then builds up and drops into a huge techy monster. A massive 3-note deep bassline takes over the show with some stabby chords and a great rappy style vocal over the top. Throughout the track different elements drop in and out and features some nice building breakdowns too. I have tried and tested this in the clubs and it ALWAYS goes off! Getting support from a few of the big players already, grab your copy now and keep an eye on this guy in the future. I promise you won’t be disappointed!

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Carl Hanaghan – Strings Of Life

So, about a month ago I thought to myself about how refreshing it would be to hear a fresh new version of Strings Of Life. Obviously the original Derrick May version was amazing, then the Danny Krivit Edit of the Soul Central version was outstanding back in the day, and even still today. It got absolutely hammered in the clubs everywhere! This time around, producer Carl Hanaghan has brought it right up to date with this really nice version. During the breakdown of this he has used the original keys, with a few slight tweaks and those awesome strings playing the original melody, eventually the filters kick in and a huge riser raises the track up to an almighty organ drop and keeping those strings in. So much love for this! This was released on 21st April on Zulu Records! Check it..

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Area 94 Records – Various Artists – South Beach EP

A nice new EP released for the Miami WMC on Area 94 Records, consisting of four huge tracks. I recently reviewed a track on this label that was remixed by Federico Scavo and it’s still doing it for me. Let’s go through this EP individually.

First up is ‘Alex Kenji & Federico Scavo – Never Give Up‘, this is a very lively old skool sounding, funky house track. They use a high noted string stab which repeats throughout, and a big funky bass rhythm. Very bouncy with a one-liner vocal sitting on top.
Then there’s ‘Rhythmoholia – Sing It Again‘, this is another old skool sounding track with a great female vocal. I really enjoy the first breakdown where it has a nice 80’s funk feel then a build into a big twitchy tech track, I love it!
The third track on the EP is ‘Flynn Nolan & The Satori Sound – Only You‘. This track has a punchy deep warpy bassline sat under some nice 909 hats and some good vocals. I’d definitely drop this one in a set!
Finally there’s ‘Michael Clark – Broadway‘. In complete honesty, this one isn’t for me! I like the idea and the feel of it but its probably a little too ‘euro-commercial’ for me. I could imagine this going off in a club though, it’s got some big stabby bass synths and a punchy deep bassline which I do like.

Good times 🙂

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DJ Licious – People (inc. Funkerman Remix)

This is something forthcoming on Can You Feel It Records by DJ Licious. I haven’t really followed much of DJ Licious’s former productions but this one caught my eye as it features a remix by Funkerman. This one verges on the electro tip with both mixes, the original has a dark bass pattern with some stabby synths laid over the top. The key feature to this one is the rap vocal that flows with the rhythm. Very nice. The Funkerman remix uses the same pattern but has changed the sound to a more sawtoothed synth, the builds are a lot bigger and some nice little elements are added. All round this is a great release, the original mix just about wins it for me. See what you think..

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