Danny Foster – To Be Real
UK label Groove Odyssey dropped a bunch of releases in December. Some of them are good to mention in this soulful space. First off, we have veteran Danny Foster who was brave enough to cover “To Be Real“, originally by…
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Soul Addict & Barbara Tucker – Love The Hurt Away
New Japanese label M2Vibe was launched in Autumn 2009. Their debut release is at the same time the first track of the new duo from Tokyo, Miss Envy and Yoshinobu Mizutani aka Soul Addict, who started in 2009 and claim…
Is Soulful House Dying?
US based house DJ Ricardo Torres recently posted a wonderful insightful article entitled “Is Soulful House Dying?“. With an accurate observations on soulful house scene and industry, this post caused a long discussion in comments (and on Facebook as well)…
Andrea Carissimi – Straight Up
Italian label Just4Funk running by Andrea Carissimi is back with the third release (check previous two: 2008’s “Lose My Mind” and July’s and already in my Top-2009 “Power In You“). Once again with Andrea’s powerful funk driven outburst and boisterous…
Summer Fondue on Facebook
Following the trends and in search of more publicity, Summer Fondue Sessions radioshow now has its own dedicated fan page on Facebook. It’s fully radioshow related, with the news, announcements and teasers, plus you can comment all those. So if…
Summer Fondue Sessions #84
This week’s show is the last one for 2009. Which means we’re gonna have kinda 2009 chart today, my personal Top-2009! Of course two hours is not enough to put all good 2009 tracks, but I did my best to…
Steven Stone – Change
Producer from Switzerland Steven Stone did a great groundwork this year releasing his album “Entering My World“. Now he’s dropping the singles quite frequently. One of them, “Change” is out on December 18th on UK label Barcoda. Featuring vocals of…
Jose Carretas – Take Your Time
UK producer Jose Carretas is another one who attract my attention as remixer. But now he also produce original tracks that are flourished by his great soulful approach. On December 16th, on UK label Tribe Records, Jose’s new “Take Your…
Summer Fondue Sessions #83
Another issue of Summer Fondue radishow has arrived with full two hours mix from today’s birthday man, DJ Soulmate. The first hour features extremely peaceful mellow grooves and really sends shivers down my spine, ‘cos I love it soooo much!…
Shane D – Inside Out
I would really consider South African Shane D as one of The 2009 House Discovery. Another great production from him came on December 1st on Look At You: so funky cover for 1982 Odyssey’s “Inside Out” featuring lovely Donna Hidalgo.…