Future Classics

Future Classic: Kool Vibe “Basics EP” (KV Records)

After months of anticipation due to major labels now running those vinyl pressing plants, Kool Vibe is back with the “Basics EP” on his own imprint. It’s been ages since I last waited as anxiously the release of a 12″ and months of yearning are now being fulfilled with 4 …

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The Raw House Supreme

The RAWHOUSE SUPREME – Show #159 (Hosted by The RawSoul)

This week we travel back to different days and times when House music was released on major labels and played on radio, when Marc Anthony (yes THAT Marc Anthony) was singing over “Little” Louie Vega productions. Lots of classic flavors courtesy of Blaze, Mark Rogers,Terrence Parker, Murk, Kevin Saunderson, Kerri …

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Tribute Mixes

Tribute to DJ DUKE – Selected & Mixed by The Rawsoul

There was a time in the New York underground House music history where DJ Duke was omnipresent. He founded his label, Power Music, in 1992 which later become a huge structure consisting of about ten sub labels around 1995. His massive body of work is really representative of the evolution …

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Forgotten Treasures

Forgotten Treasure: Hiroshi Sato “Orient” (1979)

The world of rare Japanese Funk & Soul is a vast and expensive one to visit. The kind of realm that can be dangerous for your record budget once you start falling deep into. But there is something absolutely irresistible about the pop music that was coming out of Japan in …

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The Raw House Supreme

The RAWHOUSE SUPREME – Show #158 (Hosted by The RawSoul)

Lots of different flavors in the mix this week. You’ll hear some Techno, deeper tracks and those classic NYC / Jersey Garage stormer. Choice cuts from Val G, Deep 88, Miguel Graca, Charles Webster, Pal Joey, L.B. Bad, Jovonn, Blaze, Domu and even 45 King! TRACKLIST 1.African With Mainframes – …

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Future Classics

Future Classic: Dennis Ayler “No Comment”

via DAM: Dennis Ayler was first introduced to us via 22a earlier this year. He now returns on his own imprint Dennis Ayler Music. His debut EP ‘No Comment’ gives the listener a chance to step into Dennis Ayler’s world, where drum machines play cards with electric guitars and lead …

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Future Classics

Future Classic: Pepe Bradock “Baby Craddock”

Pepe Bradock is back! Some ten months on from the release of his inspired Le Fada EP, the veteran Parisian beat-maker delivers another sublime, six-track assault on the senses. The mood is set by opener “Yazuke”, a pitch-black fusion of fizzing jazz drums, macabre electronics and razor sharp acid lines, …

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Forgotten Treasures

Forgotten Treasure: Soul II Soul “I Care” Booker T Remix (1995)

New Jersey House and early UK Garage connecting together courtesy of Soul II Soul’s Jazzie B. How did that happened? Well, when that record came out in the fall of 1995 we could definitely feel that something new was bubbling around in the UK. Labels such as Nice ‘N’ Ripe or …

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The Raw House Supreme

The RAWHOUSE SUPREME – Show #157 (Hosted by The RawSoul)

This week I’m exploring newer or forgotten Techno and Deep House cuts. New music from Nicolas Diez, Julian Kendall, The Angel Race, Ebony, Dexter St. Jacques, Kool Vibe. Lost tracks from Larry Heard, Julien Jabre, Herbert, Basic Channel, Burrell, Orazio Fantini and a classic CJ Macintosh devastating remix of Jodeci …

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Future Classics

Future Classic: Fudge “Lady Parts”

Fudge is a collaboration between Bostonian emcee Michael Christmas and producer Prefuse 73. ‘Lady Parts’ is their debut album. Fudge came together during several sessions in the summer and fall of 2015 at Nick Hook’s Green Point studio. Prefuse 73 brought along a hard drive full of beats. Christmas wrote …

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Future Classics

Future Classic: Pye Corner Audio “Stasis”

Conceived as a kind of sequel to 2012’s Sleep Games there’s an epic sensibility to Stasis. The haunted concrete caverns of the earlier album give way here, to vast, awe inspiring spaces. The album has a strong narrative flow that can be read either as the soundtrack for an interplanetary …

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Future Classics

Future Classic: Lahun “Slow Love EP”

via Bandcamp: Lahun is the latest signee to Apollo Records. He previously remixed Milch from Lakker on R&S Records. As well as being a skillful musician and producer he is also a handy DJ who joins the dots between Marvin Gaye, Innerzone Orchestra, Theo Parrish and J Dilla – all …

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