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The Touch gain exposure with ‘The Touch EP’

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• Filed under: Music News: the touch trunkfunk

The Touchhttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif and their ‘The Touch EP - Part One’ on Trunkfunkhttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_l.gif has been slowly gaining support that has seen it dent the Coolcuts Chart and garner BBC Radio 1 support from the likes of Annie Mac, Dave Pearce and Kissy Sell Out.

They have a varied following — thanks in part to the equally varied and eclectic mix package that features additional production supplied by DJ Assault, Pig & Dan, Trevor Loveys, Zombie Disco Squad, Patrick L, and several more.

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‘Oye Como Va’ by Tito Puente gets remixed

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• Filed under: Music News: andy boph big in ibiza tito puente

Even several years after his death, Tito Puente’s classic ‘Oye Como Va’ still has enough clout to make a near perennially re-release.

Afro-Cuban music at its very best with the assistance of India’s dreamy vocal interplay variations of ‘Oye Como Va’ have been filling dancefloors — of the both cool and commercial variety — since it debuted back in 1995.

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Japan’s Tanabu reveals ‘Pulsation’

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• Filed under: Music News: hollister shigeru tanabu

From Italy via the land of the rising sun, Hollister Recordshttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_l.gif open their account with the sun-kissed driving tech house ‘Pulsation’ by Shigeru Tanabuhttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif.

It’s a superb slice of underground dance displaying a hypnotic quality that exudes a rare blend of sultriness and innocence through a simple yet effective instrumental hook created by the Japanese producer.

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‘Revenge’ makes a comeback

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• Filed under: Music News: darryl dbonneau jellybean soul scott wozniak

Darryl D’Bonneau’s relationship with Jellybean Soul dates back to 1995 when the New York indie, run by the man that first put Madonna on the map, released ‘Revenge’.

13-years on, the cut returns, newly improved and updated by Scott Wozniakhttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif.

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‘Future’ by Dirty Funker returns

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• Filed under: Music News: dirty funker spirit recordings

‘Future’, the record that started it all off for Dirty Funkerhttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif back in 2002, returns once more on Spirit Recordingshttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_l.gif.

Made with one foot firmly rooted in the past and one in the present, this creation comes from the booty alchemist — who’s always flown pretty close to the sun, having previously added their unique takes on proceedings to previous releases by Nirvana, Adam Ant, David Bowie and even Steve Winwood.

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Kenny Thomas and Soularis get deep with ‘If You Believe’

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• Filed under: Music News: kenny thomas soularis sun soaked sunsoaked

Old soul boys don’t die — they just end up making soulful house records!

Cue 1990s pin-up Kenny Thomashttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif [pictured], a man who enjoyed no less then eight top 40 UK crossover hits and a brace of top 10 albums, too.

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Ben Mono ‘Hit The Bit’ is remixed

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• Filed under: Music News: ben mono lorenz rhode yo majesty

Ben Monohttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif, know to his mum as Paul Beller, had a pretty nifty album last year on Compost called ‘Hit The Bit’.

It fared so well with fans and critics alike so much so that the label has now decided to restyle the lead track and issue it under the guise of ‘Hit The Bit Remixed’.

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Di Scala and Whelan team up for ‘Outta Time’

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• Filed under: Music News: bachelor pad dave whelan mike di scala whelan & di scala

Mike Di Scalahttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif is one of the Northwest of England’s hardest working deck spinners, while in the studio he has mixed an array of artists including Tom Novy and Axwell.

In partnership with Dave Whelan, the two are Whelan & Di Scala and no slouches at creating their own tracks either with ‘Outta Time’ for their debut release on their own Bachelor Pad Recordingshttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_l.gif home – following on from last year’s ‘Spaced Out’, ‘Sunset To Sunrise’ and their pop-dance cover of Womack & Womack’s ‘Teardrops’.

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Lewie Day grooves with ‘Phasebook EP’

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• Filed under: Music News: eq grey lewie day

There’s more mind enveloping sonic textures on offer on Lewie Dayhttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif ‘Captain Haddock’s Phrasebook EP’ via Australia’s EQ [Grey] Recordings.

Of the two cuts on the EP it’s ‘The Thousandth Typhoon’ in particular that really captures the imagination and takes you away into the music.

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Gold Ryan: From Bedroom Bedlam to Cr2

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• Filed under: Music News: cr2 gold ryan

New from Cr2 Recordshttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_l.gif is their ‘Cr2 Promo 011’ EP featuring the return of Gold Ryanhttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif with interestingly titled ‘Clacker’.

Ryan, as you may recall, was the first Bedroom Bedlam competition winner of Pete Tong’s Fast Trax show with ‘Clean Track’.

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The house formula still works with Knee Deep and DJ Spen

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• Filed under: Music News: biblical jones dj spen knee deep

For those that wanna live in yesteryear when house music was more then just a feelin’… (yes, you know the script), then look no further then Knee Deephttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif [pictured] and DJ Spen’s ‘Gotta Have House (Do You Remember)’ on Knee Deep USA.

Equally parts Marshall Jefferson ‘House Music Anthem’ blended with Blaze ‘Do You Remember House?’, and hey, presto!

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StoneBridge gets even closer

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• Filed under: Music News: stoney boy

Having first made his name in his native Sweden via acclaimed DJ-only mixes in the early 1990s, Stone Bridgehttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif remixed Robin S ‘Show Me Love’ for the service and hasn’t looked back since.

After years of remixing, StoneBridge reinvented himself as a DJ and producer in the late-1990s, creating the Ibiza anthem ‘The Beach’ as Coco & StoneBridge, before a deal with Hed Kandi led to the critically acclaimed debut album ‘Can’t Get Enough’ featuring the hits ‘Put ‘em High’ and ‘Take Me Away’.

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‘Givin’ All My Love’ is reworked

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• Filed under: Music News: breakloose starjackers wilson roberts

Over the years, dance producers have dabbled with updating Gwen McCrae’s 1980s soul weekender standards more often then most.

‘Keep The Fires Burnin’’, ‘Funky Sensation’, ‘90% Of Me’, and ‘Givin’ All My Love’ just a few that have been embraced by later generations.

Now in the hands of the Starjackershttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif, the latter is neatly made-over once more with LA vocalist Wilson Roberts delivering a male twist to ‘Givin’ All My Love’ for the London-based Breakloose Musichttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_l.gif imprint.

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Freerange celebrates No.100

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• Filed under: Music News: manuel tur square one

Congratulations to Freerange Recordshttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_l.gif for notching up 100 releases with the aptly named ‘Freerange 100 Part 1’ EP.

The release is another great example of how the label was able to reach that benchmark while many have failed to even reach double figures.

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Danism hit big with ‘Feeling You’

• Written by: Lewis Dene
• Filed under: Music News: danism groove assassins kenny bobien

Danismhttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif & Kenny Bobienhttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif unite for the soul-etched ‘Feeling You’, another feast of delectable house delights from the Mn2S stable.

The man with the larynx to melt the polar caps is again on top form in the hands of Danism (Messrs Dan Gresham and Dan Smith), and it’s another quality garage reconstruction with additional beef supplied by the Groove Assassinshttp://www.beatportal.com/images/site/misc/wiki_box_a.gif.

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