Filed under: Download Only | Tags: download, Greg Parker, MP3, Plastic City, Tech House, Techno
In the Year 1996 Greg Parker began to work for the Distribution “DMS” and the Recordstore “Imports”. In 2002 he started to manage the recordstore on his own and changed the name into “Smoove Records”. The insight into the different kinds of electronic music allowed him an extended overview in the electronic music scene, which is actually reflected in his individual and bulky Sound. At the End of the 90’s Greg Parker was a wellknown Dj in Darmstadt and it’s outer regions. In 2002 he became Resident Dj in the famous House Club “Room 106” where he got in contact with Terry Lee Brown Junior. From this point of time on they started a close friendship which was not only based on the shared Interest in electronic Music. Inspired by their friendship the first own production from Greg Parker was released on the compilation “Imagination Of The Shape”. Greg Parker also produced two tracks together with Terry for his albums “Karambolage” (I Feel Lost) and “Softpack” (Headache). After his success with his first 12″ called “All Good Things” it was only consequential to ask him to compile his first DJ Mix compilation “Deep Meltdown” for Plastic City.
Available Format: mp3.
Filed under: Download Only | Tags: Lounge, Mole Listening Pearls, Downbeat, Hip Hop, Kurtis Blow
Kurtis Blow, one of the founders and creators of recorded rap, stands as an emerging leader in a new generation of rappers with street sense, social criticism, and commercial savvy, a timeless artist and hip hop legend, Kurtis Blow has been instrumental in raising up a generation of MCs, and he will soon carry the torch for hip hop music into new arenas. In 1979, at the age of twenty, Kurtis Blow became the first Rapper to be signed by a major label. Mercury released “Christmas Rappin”, and it sold over 400,000 copies and it became an annual classic. Its gold followup “The Breaks” helped ignite a stillspreading international Rap Attack. He released 10 Albums over 11 years – the first entitled Kurtis Blow, his full length debut and his second, a Top 50 Pop Album Deuce, a big hit across Europe; “Party Time” which featured a pioneering fusion of Rap and GoGo; “Ego Trip”, which includes the hits “8 Million Stories”, “AJ”, and “Basketball” and in 1985, “America”. The “America” video innovation received a MTV Monitor Award. From this album, the song If I Ruled the World became a top 5 hit on Billboards R & B chart. Columbia/Sony recording artist Nas debuted at #1 on the Billboards Pop Album chart with a cover of the song in 1997. He was honored to coordinate King Holiday, along with Dexter Scott King, a song to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther Kings Birthday. The Mercury/Polygram single coproduced by Kurtis Blow includes the collaborative efforts of Whitney Houston, New Edition, Stephanie Mills, El Debarge, James JT Taylor of Kool & the Gang, The Fat Boys and Run DMC among others. It has become an annual Holiday Classic. Besides his own work, Kurtis has been responsible for Rap hits by The Fat Boys and Run DMC. Run began his career billed as The son of Kurtis Blow. Love Bug Starski, Sweet Gee, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Full Force, Russell Simmons and Wyclef Jean all have been produced or have worked with Blow in the past.
In 1995 Kurtis Blow started working on-air in radio. Power 106 (1 CHR). Radio station in Southern California had Kurtis Blow on-air Sunday nights with The Old School Show, a highly rated specialty show that features Blow playing the hits from the past. The show was rated #1 for 4 years. Kurtis is now working for Sirius Satellite Radio on the Classic Old School Hip Hop station Backspin 43. In 1996 Kurtis Blow was featured in a Hip Hop display at the Rock-N-Roll Hall of Fame. The display still stands. In 2002 after 9/11, Kurtis went overseas to the Middle East to tour the Armed Forces Bases for 17 shows to bring a little bit of back home to the troops stationed there. The tour consisted of shows in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Krgystan, Jordan, Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman. “It was a tour I will never forget”, Blow says, “I did the Bob Hope thing”.
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Future Funk was one of the first international respected house acts from Germany. They were respected by artists like George Morel and Masters At Work because they used to play on events all live. Founded by Jerome Isma-ae and Marcel Krieg, Future Funk released many records on their own labels Flavour Rec. and Toasted, but also on more underground orientated labels as Delirium, Compose, Plastic City and Hey Babe! or on international labels like for example Strictly Rhythm. Jerome Isma-Ae is also the owner of the label „jee-productions“. Based in his native Munich, he played gigs throughout Europe, as well as in South America, Australia and New Zealand. International gigs have included appearances in Ibiza (Privilege, Amnesia), Brussel, Warsaw, Kiev, Prague, Vienna, Salzburg, Zurich, Sarajevo, Zagreb, Hvar, Kitzbuehl, Venezuela, Sidney, Melbourne, Darwin, Auckland, all cities in Germany and many other venues. Jerome Isma-Ae also wrote the movie soundtrack for the German film „100 Pro“ in 2001. This is a ReRelease of the classical album originally released on Plastic City UK in 1998. Available Format: mp3.
Filed under: CD / Download
The latest coup of the label luxury house comes as a delicious composition in a sound box. The stylish package contains 13 surprising tracks ‘House This?’- assorted with love and mixed by KneeDeep: the producer duo from Hamburg, Basti Döhring and Toddie Freese aka KneeDeep have been standing for top quality house tunes for over ten years now. They sticked to their passion for the true, the pure soul as basis for their producing- even when the electro wave flooded the club scene. This passion for their own style and the large spectrum of their talent was recompensed by production orders of big names like Jamiroquai, Brandy, Rihanna or David Morales. The duo from Hamburg apply themselves to their deep house side with groovy bass lines, elegant melodies and selected vocals on their tribute to luxury house. Here belong exquisite ingredients like tracks from Jimpster, Milton Jackson, KneeDeep and Lovebirds. Pure seduction for every club floor… hmmm, delicious!!!!
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| 1. Florian Kruse feat. Saara – Thrill (Vincenzo & Elmar Schubert’s Satinsoul Remix) | |
| 2. Soulphiction – Ghana Wadada feat. Phlegmatic (The Lost Men Remix) | |
| 3. Jimpster – I Got A Hold On Your Soul | |
| 4. Lovebirds – The Night | |
| 5.Tim Fuller – Beautiful (Fred Everything Remix) | |
| 6. Lovebirds – In The Shadows | |
| 7. KneeDeep – Sweet Love | |
| 8. Dan, Phil – Brighter | |
| 9. KneeDeep – All Nite | |
| 10. Alex Piccione – Floppy | |
| 11. Justin Martin – The Fugitive (Winners Circle Remix) | |
| 12. Milton Jackson – Crash (Lovebirds Remix)? | |
| 13. The Timewriter (with Theresa Baltimore) – Vintage Circuits (Nacho Marco Remix) | |
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