House

Nachtbraker is back! It's been a huge year for the Amsterdam deep house juggernaut who returns to Dirt Crew with his all new and colourfully titled Really Ties The Room Together EP.Constantly on the move, he's found time between touring throughout Europe, Asia and South America to continue to push his a-typical house sound forward with this year's HEIST release and his quirky jam Busy Bee that was featured on our Deep Love 100 Compilation.This three tracker is jam packed with bouncing club tunes and a whole lot of flange. Things kick off with the title track Really Ties The Room Together. It twists and turns over an unconventional but irresistible groove, shimmying shakers, brass stabs and a serpentine riff work together creating a super tight dance floor cut.Rew begins somewhere in deeper territory, suspense building beneath the clouds, a rumbling bass rolls in from over the horizon before a glorious funk guitar blows the whole thing wide open, letting the sun's rays burst through and that familiar Nachtbraker good time energy shine in.The rerub of Rew is something altogether new from our deep house protagonist, a break beat and casual groove guide gently towards an ever intensifying acid trip. Don't be fooled by the lovely deep chords, things get nasty in the end.It's best to expect the unexpected from our adventurous resident producer, and this EP is no exception.

Kian T, a self-confessed analogue synth addict, steps up for the 6th Secret Reels release and with an EP on Big Bait already under his belt and one forthcoming on Toy Tonics, 2016 is looking like a vintage year for this Italian producer.This EP is all about tough beats, warm & punchy synth lines and a few dusty vinyl samples thrown in for good measure.Kian's production values are always on point, and these 3 tracks are no exception, instantly standing out from the crowd.On remix duties is man of the moment Daniel Leseman. His solo productions and remixes are firm favourites with a vast swathe of top DJ's.He is also one half of Fouk, alongside Junktion, who have absolutely taken over recently with releases on Heist, Razor-N-Tape, House Of Disco and not to mention their own label Outplay.Daniel turns the tough syncopated beats of Flughafen into a shimmering, funk-laden piece of house.

For its very first release, Sankofa is proud to present you this four tracker : Deep House, Breakbeat, & Disco all in one record. We hope to bring you some high quality releases in the future, ranging from Deep House to Broken beat, Future Jazz and more…Gregory Dub delivers two hoy cuts on A side, starting with ‘Session One’, a Detroit flavor track with a joyful mood followed by Tape, deep and atmospheric which sounds quite simple yet the result is definitely on point for this one. Ufuk K brings his punchy style all along his Untitled track on the other side : this one has proved it’s efficiency concerning the rhythmic…. Floor banger !Last but not least, Spice in Life by Ségur is based on a T-connection sample and manages to flow through in your living room’s speakers, or in a club who knows.

Alma Negra is a Swizz collective that consists of four musically driven friends, the Figuiera Brothers Dersu & Diego who's roots are established firmly in their Cape Verdian heritage, Dario with his half and half Portuguese/Italian mix and finally Mario with Spanish roots.They are all passionate diggers who love playing music from all over the world, something that's evident in their productions as well. Encompassing jazz, african and latin sounds to soul, funk, disco, house and even techno.As far as inspiration goes they mention Donald Byrd ,Fela Kuti and Theo Parrish. Their creative output has let them to release on such fine labels as Sofrito, Highlife and most recently Basic Fingers.Fans of Alma Negra include Gilles Peterson, Ben UFO, Axel Boman, Detroit Swindle, Africaine 808 and Tim Sweeney. Digger's Workout Part 2 continues where Part 1 left us, proving once again Alma Negra are on a roll.Included is a killer remix from Osunlade and his Yoruba Soul Mix of Safari is deepness on a new level.

Zarenzeit is a band project by the label owners with lead keyboarder and producer George Btp, also known as Allstarr Motomusic or Dan Piu. After several live projects back in the 90ies, the band releases its first full album as "Black Inside" with vocalist Debra Jones Davis and Sarignia Bonfà.The LP infuses deep soulful house and 80ies funk elements, starting with the ambient house drift of "Time Travel", which soon settles into a classic rare synth pop as "2Souls, 1Heart", while "Let them know they won" blasts more into the spacy and light dancefloor.Sarignia's lovely gospel version of "Talk about a child", ends the album on a spare, but no less grooving, note.Quality house music