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Tracklisting for Matthew Dear’s upcoming ‘Body Language’ revealed

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A few weeks ago we announced that Matthew Dearhttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif was about to mix the seventh installment of Get Physical’s prolific ‘Body Language’ series.

Now we have the final tracklisting. Check it out after the jump.

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Interview with Stefan Goldmann

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• Filed under: Music News: stefan goldmann

The Berlin-based producer Stefan Goldmann has always had a thing for eerie soundscapes and textures.

For his debut album which is coming out in September, he explored this love for dark ambient and multi-layered soundscapes even further, taking it beyond the dancefloor.

‘Voices Of The Dead’ as the album is aptly called, dives deep into the realm of multi-layered sound experimentation and electro-acoustic composition. Showing the producer’s experimental side on a full-length album.

But of course there is also the dance music producer Stefan Goldmann, who produced hits like ’Sleepy Hollow’ or ’Lunatic Finge’, which moved dancefloors worldwide.

After giving it a little thought, the Macro label boss combined both aspects of his productions on two CDs.

So we have the compilation of his dance tracks, previously only available on vinyl on one CD – which is called ‘The Transitory State’, and the second CD (‘Voices Of The Dead’), which features his take on electro-acoustic composition.

Reasons enough to ask him a few questions.

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Ibiza 2008: Quentin Harris audio interview

• Written by: Terry Church
• Filed under: Music News: pacha quentin harris

New York-based DJ and producer Quentin Harrishttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif is one of the hottest names in house music currently - his tracks have appeared on Hed Kandi, Kinky Malinki, Club Shelter and Soul Heaven compilations.

His recent deep house remix of Mr. V’s ‘Jus Dance’ is blowing up too.

Last night Quentin Harris was playing in the main room of Pacha for Defected In The House so after his set I grabbed him for an in-depth audio interview.

In the interview Quentin reveals his thoughts behind the role of the DJ, his studio style and a new project he’s working on with Ultra Naté.

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Shawnee Taylor teams up with Jorge Jaramillo on ‘Till I Feel OK’

• Written by: Lewis Dene
• Filed under: Music News: shawnee taylor

Around for a while and escaping many people’s attention (nearly mine too!), I’ve finally unearthed Jorge Jaramillo’s new Shawnee Taylor-sung offering, ‘Till I Feel OK’ on Lectro Chikhttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_l.gif.

This hot, big-room acid monster is a new direction for vocalist Shawnee Taylor, who is usually associated with more soulful house offerings and mooted to be retiring this year. 

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Spoon, Harris and Obernik team up in ‘Baditude’

• Written by: Lewis Dene
• Filed under: Music News: dave spoon paul harris sam obernik

The trio of Spoon, Harris & Obernik already had more than enough respective club credibility to their names before teaming up for what quickly became one of Pete Tong’s Essential New Tunes in ‘Baditude’.

Collectively, Dave Spoonhttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif, Paul Harrishttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif and vocalist Sam Obernik look like giving Toolroomhttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_l.gif the sort of track that ‘With Every Heartbeat’ was for Robyn’s career.

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Roland Clark releases ‘Life Time’

• Written by: Lewis Dene
• Filed under: Music News: king street sounds roland clark

The unmistakable vocal talent that is Roland “The Voice” Clark is again at the forefront of his game on Urban Soul’s new King Street Sounds release, ‘Life Time’, which isn’t another of his archetypal “docu-tale” speeches of house music’s history.

Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

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The Sunburst Band’s third installment

• Written by: Lewis Dene
• Filed under: Music News: the sunburst band

When producer Dave Leehttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif isn’t remixing hits for the pop elite or scoring Top 10 hits in his own right under a variety of guises, he likes to take time out from the sampler and remix desk to make live music.

Regrouping with his über-talented muso team, they finally deliver the third installment from The Sunburst Bandhttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif (after the acclaimed ‘Here Comes The Sunburst Band’ and their sophomore opus ‘Until The End Of Time’).

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‘Going Back To My Roots’ gets remixed on Subliminal Records

• Written by: Lewis Dene
• Filed under: Music News: inusa dawuda lamont dozier subliminal records

‘Going Back To My Roots’, Lamont Dozier’s socio-political track was inspired in the ‘70s by the apartheid regime’s treatment of Africans in South Africa. 

It is a perennial favourite to the club fraternity, although I’m betting few know the roots to the song.

(See, it’s an education reading my blogs!)

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George Morel brings it with ‘Let’s Take Drugs’

• Written by: Lewis Dene
• Filed under: Music News: george morel yoshitoshi

To quote Frankie Knuckles: “George Morel is one of the best producers of House Music. I’ve been a big fan and staunch supporter for a long time. I love this man!”

When the Godfather of House Music says that about you, it’s bound to make people take note.

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Christian Smith & John Selway’s ‘Total Departure’

• Written by: Lewis Dene
• Filed under: Music News: christian smith john selway

Like Etienne De Crécy’s ‘Fast Track’ from some four years ago, Christian Smithhttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif & John Selwayhttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif ‘Total Departure’ on Adam Beyer’s Drumcodehttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_l.gif imprint, is a storming techno instrumental.

Amazingly simple in its constituent parts, it’s such a crazed, driving number that, when added to the relentless bassline, it’s likely to drive you over the edge in more ways than one.

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Hirshee drops ‘From Above’

• Written by: Lewis Dene
• Filed under: Music News: hirshee

Hirshee’s ‘From Above’ on Stereo Soul Recordingshttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_l.gif is another of those catchy-as-ya-like instrumental numbers rich in Balearic Latin spirit.

Only the label’s second release, Hirsheehttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif – an acclaimed house DJ and producer from Vancouver, Canada who’s previously recorded with Blow Media and Gossip - unfurls a rumbling house beat, catching chords and a jittery funk bassline that’s immediately infectious, making this slow-burning chugger an obvious favourite. 

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TWM ‘Rock Da House’

• Written by: Lewis Dene
• Filed under: Music News: lugano records twm

Production trio TWMhttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif follow up their 2006 club hit ‘Repossessed’ with the strings-laden summer sizzler ‘Rock Da House’ on Lugano Recordshttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_l.gif, featuring one-time Sounds Of Blackness vocalist Carrie Harrington (she sang backup on ‘Testify’) and lead with Mint Condition on their 1994 R&B hit ‘So Fine’.

The original mix is an uplifting slice of gospel-kissed vocal-house, but the real show stealer is Kinky Rolandhttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif [pictured] and his chunkier reworking. 

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Candido gets remixed by Johnny Vicious

• Written by: Lewis Dene
• Filed under: Music News: candido johnny vicious warehouse records

In the UK in the late-‘70s, if the Gap Band’s ‘Oops Upside Your Head’ was responsible for the novelty rowing craze, then ‘Jingo’ by Candidohttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif started the now-embarrassing formation we call line dancing, complete with twirl, kick and shuffle!

Percussionist Candido, with Kleeer vocalist Woody Cunningham, created near mayhem with their ‘Dancin’ And Prancin’ album that also included the club classic ‘Thousand Finger Man’, but it was the curiously titled ‘Jingo’ that took a full two years to eventually cross the Atlantic and hit the lower reaches of the UK pop charts, later dominating dancefloors for years to come. 

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Inaya Day Releases ‘Say You Will’ on Nervous Records

• Written by: Lewis Dene
• Filed under: Music News: inaya day nervous records

With a trio of Billboard Dance No.1s to her name, Inaya Dayhttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif will be hoping for another on ‘Say You Will’, her new Nervous Recordshttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_l.gif release with producer DJ Mike Cruz.

A tough act to follow, considering their previous chart-topping partnership on the singles ‘Movin’ Up’, ‘Can’t Stop Dancin’’, ‘Lift It Up’ and ‘You Spin Me’. 

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Kaskade’s ‘4 AM’ gets remixed

• Written by: Lewis Dene
• Filed under: Music News: kaskade

To those in the know, Kaskadehttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif can do no wrong. 

They are indeed the quintessential purveyors of sophisticated soulful house, infused with funk and jazz traits and vocals to match their sublime production qualities.

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