Free Track from Urban Torque

September 21st sees the release of the the Diogenes Club’s debut EP on Urban Torque, titled ‘Do You Know How To Feel It?’.

Following a string of wonderfully idiosyncratic and freshly skewed instrumental EPs and remixes, the Diogenes Club have now been bolstered by the addition of song-writing vocalist Paul Giles. The combination of the Club’s quirky take on ‘80s funk and synth-laden melodies and Paul’s sweetly melancholic vocals make a resounding match. The startling effect has not gone unnoticed; and Pete Tong has already made ‘Do You Know How To Feel It?’ one of his ‘Calm before the storm’ tracks on his Radio 1 show. This EP pioneers the way ahead for the reinvigorated Diogenes Club, trailblazing along a path of emotionally-charged melody-driven electronic song.

1. Come Back To Us
2. Do You Know How To Feel It?
3. The Ageless
4. Early May

The Inflatable House has been given one of the tracks - ‘The Ageless’ - as a free download, just follow the link below and enter your email address and the password to access the track.

Download Link: www.urbantorque.com/promo/
Password: free

It’s a superb EP and definitely worth tracking down - it really does have something for everyone. It will be available at all good download stores on the 21st of September.

Shur-I-Kan Podcast

I’ve been a fan of Shur-I-Kan’s productions for quite a while now, so it was a great to find out that he has his own podcast.

Featuring an hour of deep house mixed and introduced by Shur-I-Kan, t’s a monthly mix, usually released within the first few days of the month. He manages to squeeze in a lot of tracks into the hour, giving you previews of future releases by himself, or from his record label Dark Energy, run in conjunction with Milton Jackson, as well as the best Deep House records currently doing the rounds.

It’s well worth subscribing to, the consistency and regularity makes this podcast a rare treat from such a high profile DJ / producer. Others should definitely take note.

Shur-I-Kan podcast info and subscription details

Recommendation: Urbantorque Podcast

Urbantorque was set up in 2002 by Jason Moore and run in conjunction with DJ Leigh Morgan. The label drifts between many strands of house, from lush melodic deep house through to dubby tech cuts from producers such as Scope, François DuBois, Tiger Stripes and Neil Quigley.

The podcast is a weekly 60 minute mix from Leigh Morgan, Scope and other Urbantorque artists and DJ’s. The show is also syndicated to radio stations around Europe.

Find out more and subscribe to the podcast here.

It’s make your mind up time…..

So by now, I’m sure most of you would have heard Yes Maam by Visti & Meyland. It’s been getting rotation on Radio 1, and has been a mainstay in some DJ’s sets for awhile now. If you haven’t then today’s your lucky day, as below are two version of it.

The reason I’m posting two versions is simple- I like one,where Martin likes another. Martin is a fan of the first mix, which is by k7’s Henrik Schwarz who has been at the top of his game, in deep house circles,over the  last few months, and is probably due the recognition he deserves anytime soon- who knows perhaps he will even get his own Radio 1 show

The other mix is by a guy called Anders Trentemoller (but you can call him Trentemoller). You may remember him from a few years back when he was producing some interesting stuff, (with obvious exception to that Go remix he did-seriously come on!) and was the toast of the Techno/Electro/Deep House/’insert cool genre or pigeon hole here’ scene. Mr  Trentemoller has, in my very humble opinion, spent the last 18 months in a kind of ‘minimal wilderness’. It seems to this blogger that he had almost fallen into that ‘new sound’ trap that so many artists fall into (that was a Mighty Boosh ref BTW), and while experimentation is good for many many reasons, it just never seemed to work that well in this artists case…… However that all seems to have changed with his remix of this (sure to be the hit of the summer) track.

So make your own mind up,perhaps a comment on which is your preferred remix, or maybe if you’d like to comment on what I have said- either way enjoy!

Yes Maam (All Nite Long) (Henrik Schwarz Remix)

Yes Maam (All Nite Long) (Trentemoller Remix)

Podcast Recommendation: Fish Go Deep

Fish Go Deep are known for their deep and soulful productions, having released tracks and remixes on labels such as Defected, Innervisions, NRK and their own Go Deep record label. Outside of their studio work and DJ gigs they also produce a 2 hour radio show that gets aired on stations in the UK, Ireland and strangely, Istanbul. The show is also available as a podcast.

The Fish Go Deep podcast is weekly, and features 2 hours of up front deep house along with a few classics thrown in for good measure. There’s always a tracklist attached to the podcast file - which is ever so handy and you don’t realise until you see a podcast with out one!

You can subscribe to the podcast here; godeep.libsyn.com.