Vincent Kwok & Random Soul – Come To Life

Another transglobal collaboration here: “Come To Life” by San Francisco based Vincent Kwok together with Australian Sydney’s Yogi and Husky, aka Random Soul – looks like the receipt of uber-cool soulful funky stuff. But. Besides dreary mixes from Kwok, Julius Papp and Australia’s Ben Jam, I would highlight New Mondo…

Two new from Deep Haven

Deep Haven Music continues to deliver quality deep and soulful house music in our ears. Run by DJ and remixer from Minnesota with over 20 years of music industry experience, Thomas Spiegel aka DJ Man-X, this label is a home for such talented artists as Blvd East, Reelsoul, Scott Wozniak…

DJ Spinna & Ovasoul7 – You Should Be Loving Me

Pure soul from NY underground! Legendary DJ Spinna’s owns small label Wonderwax that is a slow-motion outfit releasing sparse gems from Spinna and his friends (such as Lady Alama, Selan, The Free Radikalz…) starting 2003. In November 2008, a new item has arrived: “You Should Be Loving Me” is a…

Kentaro Takizawa – Can’t Stop/The Youth Theme

More Japanese invasion with good house. Flower Records was established in 1995 by brothers Eitetsu and Kitetsu Takamiya, and is centered around dance music from domestic Japanese artists. One of them, Japan’s young upcoming producer Kentaro Takizawa has its second album, “Heart to Heart”, released in 2007. Taken from it,…

Kenny Thomas – Keep The Fires Burning

Originally released as Soul-Fi Rec. debut release in October 2007, “Keep The Fires Burning” by UK soul vocalist Kenny Thomas now gets gorgeous makeup by our brazilian main man DJ Meme! As usual, sparkling pianos and strings along with tons of smiling pleasures and latin disco house vibes – the…

Roed Svensk – If You Remain

Already available on vinyl since the end of September, “If You Remain” got digitally released on November 13th by UK’s Reelgroove. Made by Germany based DJ/producer Roed Svensk with help of UK vocalist Simon Green, this is track of true soulful standard. On remix duties here we’ve got UK outfits…

Cortes – Forbidden Love

Siberian deep house label Kolonki Recordings continues to reveal its back catalogue. Following up to “Wonderful” and “Emeraude”, another collaboration with Terry Anne Dexter was unleashed on October 10th. “Forbidden Love” includes four mixes: an optimistic Disco Re-blend from Cortes and Paulo S., old school flavored 80’s Funk Mix and…

Dolls Combers – Floating Vibes EP

Vincent Lacerenza and Manuele Tigani together known as Dolls Combers are based in Milan (Italy). Both are engaged in DJing since 1980s, both are into music production for some years, they met in 2004 sharing their love of house music, and debuted with “Globalizing” album in 2006 on Little Angel…

DJ Kawasaki – Most Wanted

One of the Japanese soulful house masters DJ Kawasaki just delivered his new compilation “Most Wanted“. Featuring a number of remixes for such names as Ananda Project, Towa Tei and Shuya Okino (Kyotto Jazz Massive) as well as four his own tracks, this CD sounds driving, uplifting, piano and strings…

Summer Fondue Sessions #55

In this week’s Summer Fondue Sessions you’ll have a chance to listen to some tracks those were reviewed here last weeks. I’m running all the two hours of today’s Fondue selecting freshness including the releases still in my queue to be mentioned on this site. Few darker house cuts as…