DjOriented

“Please don’t call” was one of my favourite tracks from the beautiful Duffnote WMC 2007 sampler, and finally this
awesome gem is released as a single. This great soulful-jazzy track is provided in various hot mixes. The “Soularis Sunsoaked remix” is a solid soulful version in
Soularis classic style, Dolls Combers delivers another intense and impressive soulful remix, while Richard Earnshaw provides two deeper mixes, combining
soild beats with that infectious soulful and jazzy flavour. The awesome “Original jazz mix” and the “Jazz instrumental” are also included in this “top quality” package. 
(Franco Martinelli)

For his new release on MN2S, top Brooklyn producer Alix Alvarez teams up with international soul icon Nate James. “Not to mention” is a wonderful soulful track with solid beats, warm keys and an infectious deep flavour, enriched with the beautiful and intense vocal performance by Nat James. Beside the Main and Dub Original mixes, the package also includes
the hot Sole Channel reworks, two pumpin’ , stripped down and groovy remixes for the
dancefloor. 
(Franco Martinelli)

Deepswing returns with a
strong house track titled “Listen to my power” featuring new talent BriJay Harvey on vocals. The “Original mix” is a classic Deepswing
track, with pumpin’ beats and infectious filtered sounds, Soularis provides the beautiful “Sunsoaked remix”, taking the track to soulful territories, while Rob King & Steve Baca adds a more intense funky-house flavour in their rework.
Finally, the “Airex mix” is a beautiful and more soul influenced variation of the Original mix. 
(Franco Martinelli) 

Holland’s rising producer Raul Moros returns to Soulfuric Trax after his “Amazonica” debut. Moros new release is a powerful 2 tracks EP for the dancefloor. “Back to basic” is a simple but effective track with a pumpin’ bassline and melodic synths, while “Way back when” is a groovy and bouncy rhythm tracks with scat vocals, hot piano riffs and an intense old-school flavour. The package also includes a deeper
“D-reflection dub mix” of “Way back when”, as well as the “Back 2 basic” Synth
tool. 
(Franco Martinelli)

Oscar P team up with singer Ama for his new release on Open Bar and provides a rich package with various hot remixes. “You are my house” is a solid house track with an infectious latin flavour and spanish
female vocals. The “Ospina & Oscar P" mixes are solid pieces of house music with solid beats, hot latin elements and some cool old school synths. Arnaud D & Frederic G delivers a deeper and driven underground mix, while Javi Lopez
provides an irresistible groovy mix enriched with fresh latin percussions,
spreading an infectious uplifting vibe. Finally, Adriano Dodici and
DjPremiumOne remixes are darker and electronic-house
versions. 
(Franco Martinelli)

For the 4th release of Deep Connectors, Enrico Mantini presents his own track “Pleasure of the high sense” served with a strong set of hot remixes. In the “Original mix” Enrico combines perfectly the pumpin’ rhythm elements with soft, soulful and jazzy sounds for an unique and effective result. The remixes are provided by some heavyweigth names in today’s house music scene. Born To Funk delivers a fresh
and groovy remix, Redsoul presents an unusual, techy-house 
mix, Oscar P and Davidson Ospina provides a deeper and
electronic influenced rework, while the "Matt Sofo remix"
is a beautiful laidback, deep version, with a warm soulful flavour. 
(Franco Martinelli) 

Behind the Brazilian Soul Crew there are some top Brzilain DJ/Producers from Grooveland Music
and their new release on Conya is a fresh, latin tinged, Brazilian soul track. The package also includes a few hot remixes, Can 7 and Henri Kohn provides a deep remix, with catchy vocals, hot percussive groove and warm chords, Brzilian remixer Jota Wagner takes the track into even deeper territories, adding some warm, electronic and techy elements, while Italian producer Haldo delivers a brilliant soulful
remix. 
(Franco Martinelli)  

The new Barcoda release is an awesome soulful track from Central Avenue titled “Keep me coming back” and provided in 8 excellent mixes. The “Central Avenue mix” is simply beautiful, a superb soulful track with solid beats, intense vocals and an infectious jazzy vibe, the “Panevino remix” is a deeper affair, while Soularis adds their trademark funky influenced style in their brilliant remix. The package also includes a nice 80’s inspired 3D’s remix and a catchy White Craviare rework, as well as a few solid dubs from Central Ave. and Soularis. 
(Franco Martinelli)  

Gotta Keep Faith returns with another fantastic soulful house masterpiece, this time courtesy of Pablo DJ aka Logicalgroove who provides an intense and irresistible soulful house track featuring the great vocals of Savio Vurchio. The original mix is a pure soulful track with solid beats, great Rhodes keys, hot horns and beautiful sax. The “Sax mix” is a more jazzy influenced affair, with the intense saxophone solo by Pako in
full evidence. Finally, the “Live in domionicious beach” is a
wonderful nu-jazz / chill-out influenced mix. 
(Franco Martinelli) 

Park Street teames up again with Diana White for this excellent soulful influenced track titled “Sometimes”. The “Original mix” is a catchy soulful track with funky beats and fresh instrumentation, the “Classic synth vocal mix” is a more melodic and classic affair, while the “Stripdown dub” is a deeper and underground version with an infectious percussive groove and great breakdowns.
The package also includes the instrumental mix and the beautiful
"Reprise". 
(Franco Martinelli)  

Christian Hornbostel and Keith Thompson joint forces again for this brand new single on Reelgroove. “The
measure of life” is a solid house track with pumpin’ beats, great piano chords and the intense vocals from Keith Thompson, the “Tribe mix” has a catchy percussive groove and some extra electronic elements, while the “Sunset mix” is a laidback, soulful affair. The package also includes a pumpin’ “Azzetto remix” and a
fresh, uplifting rework from Deep Josh and Angel Pina. 
(Franco Martinelli)  

Chicago’s producer The Blak Beatnik debuts on Prog City Deep with a solid deep track titled “Change”. The package offers, beyond the Main mix, a rich set of remixes. Samir Maslo’s rework goes
deeper, providing an essential groovy mix that perfectly fits with the warm vocals of Big
Ed. Ralf Gum adds his trademark soulful flavour in his beautiful remix, while Bernardo Garcia and ProgCity Deep’s label owner Deep K delivers their very unique deep
interpretations. 
(Franco Martinelli) 

“Hypnotic love” is a pumpin’ house track with an infectious latin flavour, hot saxophone and sexy sopoken-word female vocals. This Haiti Groove release is enriched with some hot remixes, Lego delivers two beautiful reworks, the Lego’s Vocal mix is a warm soulful affair with an intense latin flavour, while the “Lego’s dub” is a
stripped down, hypnotic and groovy affair. Chris Ortega delivers a powerful electro influenced remix for the dancefloor,
while the “John Moss dub” is a deeper and underground stuff. 
(Franco Martinelli)