once again with: Bargrooves " Citrus "
“Citrus”, like its definition, is ripe, fresh and juicy.
Oozing with some of the finest cuts from some of the world’s leading players
in soulful house, Latin-infused rhythms and spiritually-kissed garage.
Soul aviator, and captain of the ship, Ben Sowton is behind the first disc
that features an aural wall of languid beats, ethereal vocals and smooth
musicianship, typified by the multi-talented Ross Couch on the lush and
dreamy “Across the World”, setting a tempo that rarely fluctuates until
the closing refrains of Kerri Chandler’s rich keyboard flourishes and firmly
muscular bassline on “So Let The Wind Come”. --Ben’s sound is typically
inspired by his peers – MAW, Blaze and Jazzanova – with a mixture
of feel-good dance-influences and jazzy flavours underpinning
the foundations of his mix.
Less-is-more with warm strings, soothing vocals, guitar-riffs
and brass-stabs that are as contemporary as they are timeless,
with “Cuban Blues” typical of these ingredients; its enveloping sound
sucking you further-and-further in with each successive looped bar.
Like his contemporaries this is a musician-lead mix with an equally
strong selection of vocalists plying their trade throughout. --The tempo ups a
notch on Matthias Heilbronn’s disc, which opens with Âme’s acclaimed mix
of Roy Ayers’ and sets a tone to a more abstract journey.
His love of warm danceable grooves, with a strong and sometimes
leftfield-edge that reflects not only his DJ style, but also the
very essence of this collection.
Now well into his second decade as a DJ and producer, Matty’s
style of mixing is uncomplicated yet still slick, allowing the music
to speak greater volumes than the DJ’s skills. A true quicksilver
talent he’s created a mixture of pizzazz and pathos that swings to a soulfully
sophisticated pendulum. From stark house sounds of Rodamaal’s cult
underground classic-in-the-making “Insomnia” to Bobby D’Ambrosio’s
equally anthemic remake of “Runaway Love”. Edgy in parts, deeper in others,
click to listen sampler
Side 1
1. MP3 Ross Couch - "Across The World"
2. MP3 Robert Burian - "Esplendor" (original mix)
3. MP3 Soularis feat Mandy Edge - "I Told You" (Jay - J's Shifted Up mix)
4. MP3 The Atwater Syndicate - "Only 4 U" (original mix)
5. MP3 Autosoul feat Madeleine Kate - "Crazy 4 U" (Kid Massive dub mix)
6. MP3 Matt Caseli & Slide - "Penthouse Bitch" (Marquito & Pane's Thaigarden mix)
7. MP3 Uneaq - "Only You" (Johnny Flasco dub)
8. MP3 Scott Wozniak - "My Light" (feat Dirty Turk)
9. MP3 The Department Of Social Sound - "Hold On"
10. MP3 Primo - "Cuban Blues" (Sunrise dub)
11. MP3 Numatik Soul - "Touch" (original mix)
12. MP3 Kerri Chandler - "So Let The Wind Come"
Side 2
1. MP3 Roy Ayers - "Tarzan" (Ame remix)
2. MP3 Quentin Harris & Carla Prather - "No More Love" (dub mix)
3. MP3 Pastaboys Inspiration Manocalda - "Body Resonance"
4.MP3 Rodamaal feat Claudia Franco - "Insomnia" (Ame remix)
5. MP3 Jon Cutler & Matthias Heilbronn - "640" (JCMH original mix)
6.MP3 Daz-I-Kue feat Colonel Red - "Rockstone" (Bugz In The Attic remix)
7. MP3 Behind The Groove feat Carla Prather - "What You Gonna Do" (original mix)
8. MP3 Afromento - "Human Wave" (original mix)
9. MP3 Bobby D'Ambrosio feat Lasala - "Runaway Love" (Marquito's classic rework)
10. MP3 Timmy Vegas & Barbara Tucker - "Dutty Funk (We Can Do)"
11. MP3 Dennis Ferrer - "Change The World" (feat K Brooks Sr)
12. MP3 Jihad Muhammad - "No Way Back" (Chi-Town mix)
13. MP3 Henrik Schwarz - "Leave My Head Alone Brain" (Luke Solomon remix)
14. MP3 Knee Deep - "Take Me By The Hand" (feat Sharlene Hector)
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