The New Jersey-based label Phuture Sole, owned by house masters DJ Carl Dupree, Mark Mendoza and Dave Lalla, releases “uptempo soul” and has such artists as Kenny Carvajal, Stacy Mallory, 280 West, Moses McClean in the roster. The label gets its 14th release on February 19th with Chris Forman & Damon Bennett together aka Steal Vybe and their new one, read more »

Another soul classic from 1980s gets treatment by house masters. Glenn Jones’ “Show Me” was re-worked by Degrees Of Motion and vocalized by Billy Porter. The man behind Degrees Of Motion is Richie Jones who is responsible for loads dance music productions including Jennifer Lopez’ “Waiting For Tonight”. read more »

Switzerland based DJ and producer Stefano Rizzuto aka Steven Stone is in the soulful industry for quite some time. With productions and remixes for such labels as Reelgroove, MoD, Staff Productions, Barcoda, SoulFunk Digital, Hermosa and PINO Music, he has recently put out a debut album “Entering My World”. Taken from it and scheduled to March 31th, “Makes You High” marks the first release on Steven’s own and newly born Soul Deluxe label. read more »

Germany based Ralf Gum’s label GoGo Music continues a series of African collaborations. After December’s “Uyangichomela” from South African SHANA collective, one of this trio, and one of the SA’s most respected house music artists Blackcoffee delivered his new “Turn Me On” on February 2nd. Blackcoffee djs all over his country, has a couple of awards and had a good release on Frank Roger’s Real Tone Records in 2007. read more »

dunnEASY is a production duo of Ed Dunn (resident of 3 Degrees Global) and Ethan White from Tortured Soul. We’ve enjoyed their “Won’t Stop” last year, and now it’s time for a new one, their third work together. Teamed up with Leslie Carter, they delivered “Reach For The Sky“. Released on January 27th on Jellybean Soul and filled with bunch of mixes including instrumentals, Pad-A-Pella and Beat-A-Pella, that’s a beautiful one with lush percussion and smooth melodic transitions. read more »