Martinez - Moon Harbour Inhouse Vol. 3

In age of microfocused tastes, rare is the album that can appeal to a multitude of clubland tribes. That's doubly true when it comes to label compilations. Nowadays, most labels tend to focus their output with laser-like precision, releasing tracks for the often-tiny niche market that sucks up their every release. Moon Harbour, upon first consideration, would seem to be such a label: Founded by Matthias Tanzmann in 2000, it definitely has a sound, one that wedges into the small, whirling eddy where throbby techno, deep house and tribal rhythms rush past each other. But it's from that spot, documented on the new Moon Harbour Inhouse Vol. 3 comp mixed by Martinez, that Moon Harbour sings a siren song that's capable of mesmerizing everyone from determined minimalists to fans of party-time Latin- and Afro-house rhythms.

Label:Moon Harbour Recordings

Catalog#:MHR010-2

Format:CD, Compilation, Mixed

Country:Germany

Released:01 Apr 2009

Genre:Electronic

Style:Deep House, Tech House

Tracklist
01. Martinez - Blue Lagoon
02. Seuil - Double Room
03. Boris Werner - Feel Good
04. Matthias Tanzmann - Rugby (Mathias Kaden Penalty Kick Remix)
05. Mathias Kaden - Musica
06. Dan Drastic & Chris Lattner - Two in One
07. Matthias Tanzmann - Love-Shaped Feeling (Reboot Rework)
08. Gregor Trescher - Break New Soil
09. Luna City Express - Seven (Agnès Club Mix)
10. Matthias Tanzmann - Keep On
11. Martinez - Momomowha...
12. Dan Drastic - Slice Of Life
13. Vera - Hooked Up With Da Drums
14. Matthias Tanzmann - Left Behind
15. Dot - Kinda Strange
16. Luna City Express - Swing City

Source: Resident Advisor, Discogs

Wolf + Lamb vs. Soul Clap - DJ Kicks: 5 Years At The Marcy

We’ve never been to one of Wolf + Lamb’s alarmingly intimate—we’re talking 50 people, tops—Marcy Hotel parties, but here’s what Ghostly International founder Sam Valenti IV had to say about them the other day: “The Marcy Hotel is a tangible manifestation of the Wolf + Lamb ethos. Reverential to history, though perfectly tweaked, with a detail and character that is distinctly their own. The space is the party, is the label, is the music.”

Come to think of it, maybe we should just let the following mix speak for itself. Available as a DJ-Kicks bonus disc at indie shops overseas, “5 Years At the Marcy” is a fitting tribute to watching the sun come up among Omar-S, Kate Bush, Jay-Z, and a room full of your nearest—and soon to be dearest—friends. Not to mention the perfect complement to the main event itself, a friends and family sparring session with the duo’s labelmates/Marcy Hotel regulars Soul Clap.

Get your own loft party started after the jump, alongside the most thorough track-by-track breakdown of a DJ mix we’ve ever run…

Label:Studio !K7

Catalog#:none

Format:CD, Compilation, Mixed, Promo

Country:Europe, US

Released:2011

Genre:Electronic, Funk / Soul

Style:Soul-Jazz, House, Deep House, Hip Hop, Disco

01. Slow Hands – Fast Tongue
02. Just One Night – Dawn
03. Gemini – We Are The Future
04. Foolish & Sly – Come A Little Closer
05. Dj Ali – You Don’t Know (Ruff Cut)
06. Nicolas Jaar – The Student
07. Outkast – SpottieOttieDopalicious
08. Metro Area – Let’s Get
09. Omar S – Set It Out
10. Gadi Mizrahi – So Addicted To You
11. Tensnake – Congolai
12. POF – Running
13. Rockwell – Somebody’s Watching Me
14. Wham! – Everything She Wants
15. Kate Bush – Running Up That Hill (Beedle Edit)
16. Soul Clap – Love Light Edit
17. Michael Jackson – I Can’t Help It (Tangoterje Mix)
18. Jay-Z – Imaginary Players
19. Michael McDonald / Warren G – I Keep Forgetting / Regulate
20. Roy Ayers – We Live In Brooklyn

Source: Discogs, Self-titled mag

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