French house scene has of course produced authoritative figures like Laurent Garnier and St. Germain, but the new generation is coming out, and Franck Roger is surely among the first ones (not forgetting DJ Deep & DJ Gregory tho). He was discovered at 2004 Miami Music Winter Conference, had releases on well respected labels like Kenlou, Versatile, Needs, BBE etc., released his debut full-length album “We Walk to Dance” at Seasons Recordings in 2006, now read more »

Quickly gaining a reputation as respected UK producers with their Espresso Music label, Matthew Early and David Doyle aka Mystery have now teamed together once again to launch their new outfit called Coffee n Creme, which presumably will release more soulful house stuff. read more »

Small Italian indie label Gotta Keep Faith specializes in deep soulful house music with funk, soul, latin and afro feeling, and recently has been droping the beautiful releases. During its first year of activity it has released such great names as Dom Navarra, Melchyor A, Spiritual Blessings, Mr Fuzz. And on January 4th another great one appeared – “Release The Beauty” from Rhody & Kaydee. read more »

It’s no secret I tend to play more chilly and loungy house these days. Well, I still love those dancy soulful move-ya-feet tunes, but such mellow and luscious really touch my soul. One of such tracks was released on January 7th 2008 by Germany’s Sonar Kollektiv. It was established by Jazzanova in 1998 and since then revealed many wonderful artists and releases, besides Jazzanova themselves. read more »