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SoulfuLips (Bar Grooves Edition)
Still riding on my holiday vibe, I felt it was time to revisit soulful house. Soulful tracks were beginning to accumulate in my hard drive and I thought it was time to present it in a series of sets.
I am attempting to offer a classic soulful mood using mostly current releases. First one in the SoulfuLips series, the Bar Grooves Edition.
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Looking at the playlist with 8 2015 tracks, a couple of late 2014 releases, I feel I stayed within my format. I also included a couple of mashups gems from Mike and Tess.
Set does lose focus and oomph midway but nothing can be perfect.
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Playlist:
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Highlights:
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Love the 2 initial Purple Disco Machine tracks. PDM is definitively the revelation of 2014. Fresh funky, disco and sometimes soulful vibe, with impeccable german production. And I do not mind my mashup attempt introducing one of my fav track King on my castle on top of their Song of O.
Please check up PDM SoundCloud and Facebook pages (https://soundcloud.com/purplediscomachine) (https://www.facebook.com/purplediscomachine)\\xa0and buy their music.\\xa0
\\u201cWhat Do You Want\\u201d Miguel Migs cannot do anything wrong and I love when he departs from strict deep sounds. SoundCloud page (https://soundcloud.com/miguelmigs1). Facebook Page (https://www.facebook.com/DJMiguelMigs).
2 gems from Mike and Tess (https://soundcloud.com/mikeandtess ). I have been using a lot of their mashups lately. Incredibly talented French duo, most of their tracks available as free downloads on SC. Their take on the Temptations/Doll Combers mash is remarkable and even if it brought the original mood of the set down, I still enjoyed dropping it. The MJ mash is not mad either.
\\u201cA Gentleman\\u2019s Song FK\\u201d from Mark di Meo is the absolute stand out of the set. The song, which I believe refer to Frankie Knuckles, has the FK feel and is impeccably constructed. The way every instrument is introduced, very similar to a jazz or a classical construction is truly sublime. Mark di Meo on Soundcloud Page (https://soundcloud.com/markdimeo) and on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/markdimeofan)
\\u201cSomething About You\\u201d from Jamie Lewis (UK)\\xa0is purely a result of serendipity. I misspelled Jaime Lewis (Purple Music) on Traxsource and it returned Jamie and this very good soulful track. Jamie Lewis (UK) on Traxsource (https://www.traxsource.com/artist/201511/jamie-lewis-uk)
Closed the set with a free download from the Checkup, done at the time of the death of Whitney Houston as a tribute.. Good stuff.. Go to their traxsource page (https://www.traxsource.com/artist/184310/the-checkup) and buy some music.
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I will be back soon with another instalment of SoulfuLips.
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A bientot
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Xtian
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