Parisian DJ and producer, the “French King of the underground”, Yass has delivered his first single on Defected on May 26th, after a number of remixes for this label. “My Only” continues the best traditions of Yass’s club bombs like “I’m Free”, “I Believe” or “He Reigns”, features pumping beats with male soulful vox. read more »

London based DJ/production duo Sam Holt and Gavin Mills aka Copyright is another victim of debuting album for this year. Their “Voices & Visions“, released on May 26th on respected Defected, is a collection of “soulful house, classic song writing with latin, afrobeat, disco, funk and tech influences and outstanding vocal performances“. read more »

Soulful Sessions, a sub-label of Louis Benedetti‘s SoulShine Recordings, just dropped a promo after a year since previous release. A new Melchyor A‘s EP is scheduled to be released on May 29th. “The Next Best Thing” is a strong deep house with jazzy keys and spoken words, arranged in 4 slightly different versions. read more »

It’s nice to have oldie re-polished and released with new mixes nowadays. Originally out in 1997 by Jellybean Recordings with B.O.P. mixes, “Fly Away” by Eddie Stockley is now repackaged with new mixes from US deep house gangstas B.O.P./Quentin Harris and Jovonn. The track is written and produced by B.O.P. which stands for Brothers of Peace, was formed in the early 1990′s, and comprised of Bryan “Shank” Thompson and Paul Scott, two talented artists from New Jersey. read more »

Sound Famiglia are cousins Michael Barbara and Paul Hatzaras from Australia. Michael, a multi instrumentalist who has played in a variety of his own and cover bands, and Paul, who has been DJing in the Sydney bar and club scene for over 8 years formed the production duo in 2005. read more »

UK band Reel People presented their second album “Seven Ways To Wonder” earlier this year. Being a great follow-up for their critically acclaimed debut “Second Guess”, second one brings lots of new ingredients, musicians and solid soul flava.

Taken from the full album, singles are now being released with a variety of remixes. On April 11th, Papa Records dropped another version of “Alibi“, this time with two new mixes by the major house talent that is Dennis Ferrer. read more »