After first appearing on the label back in 2016, Florence-based Italo house stalwarts Minimono return to Vibraphone with another selection of illustrious dancefloor gems for subtler moments in the dance. "Oldest Friend" is an airy, dreamlike track laden with upper register chords, tones and FX pinging around in a reverie of deep house delight, while "Questions" gets locked into a loose, swinging groove with some mysterious pads swirling around the middle distance for added atmosphere. "Some Day" is a more rugged affair that bumps and wriggles in all the right places, while "Eleven Days" explores broken beat territory without losing the hazy atmosphere that permeates the EP. More

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Vinyl Only. Fresh from releases on the legendary Vibraphone and Robsoul labels, alongside their own long-running Bosconi imprint, Fabio Della Torre & Ennio Colaci aka Minimono join the Inner Balance family for an EP of four fine house dishes. Each cut gives us a different taste of classic house, from the sharp Melchior shuffle of 'Goblin' to the sweet rhodes and walking bassline of 'On The Edge', which wouldn't sound out of place in the Fair Park catalogue. 'Still Alive' is a light confection of soft pads topped with subtle improvisations, while 'This Side Of The Forest' delivers a more flavoursome Sir Lord Commix-style groove. Satisfaction guaranteed.

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Having kicked of 2016 with their firey and funky ‘Buddy My Buddy’ ep, Minimono return to Robsoul with their first for ’17.
Bosconi boys, Fabio and Ennio, never fail to impress with their tight, tidy tools and floor burning house gems. Tracks that are loved for their no nonsense ‘party’ perspective, making them essential to all.
The laidback smoove groove and cut up vocals of ‘Let’em Come’ opens us up, before we’re whisked away by the jitterbug vibe of ‘Know Is Fonk’. The chopped and dropped sample-heavy kicks of ‘Estroverso’ leads the flip before Minimono sign off with the shimmering guitar licks and hungry horns of ‘Junior’.

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After “Theory Of Strings (part1)” Ennio Colaci and Fabio Della Torre present the second part! The first track of A-side is the one who gives the title to the whole project, " Theory Of Strings", a dubby groover with a funky and psychedelic feel in the vein of a more coloured and dirtier Studio 1 or Soundhack. The "Feeling good vibe" keeps going relaxed and chill with the smart up and down mood of the track "Forty Degrees" while on B side Minimono get drier, minimalistic and more mysterious with the subtle after-hour jam of Rewind. This strong effort by Fabio and Ennio ends trough the cinematic atmosphere and the romantic piano notes of the gentle but raw closing act "Still Mine". Mind the Strings!

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Following the well acclaimed comeback on Bosconi "Gang of Fools EP" and the releases on Robsoul and Vibraphone, Fabio Della Torre and Ennio Colaci aka Minimono strike again with a double release that might be considered as a split album in 2 vinyl records named "Theory Of Strings".First of two Eps starts with the chuggy, jazzy and edgy vibe of "Get The Groove", an intelligent partial rework of an underground disco-not-disco old gem. Second cut gets more funky-filtered, bouncing and suspended with the fresh broken atmosphere of "Back in Dc" .On the B side Fabio and Ennio go back to jazziness adding more broken grooves, some twisted rhodes solo goodness and a persistent hypnotic driving feel to the track "Actually", and then ending this first part with another smooth filtered and toolish winner for the summer called Meningi. Mind the Strings and wait for the second part!


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Minimono delivers an amazingly unsuspected release from the historical Italian Cult label from Rome, Vibraphone Records. We heard Fabio Della Torre and Ennio Colaci back on Bosconi and Robsoul recently with their trademarked funky sound, but this time the Florentine duo goes for more challenging atmospherical and spacey house vibes with this solid four tracker called, in fact, "Next Step": the first track, which gives the title to the EP, is a bouncing and uplifting old-not-nu school deep house gem reminding us of some DIY or Charles Webster mid 90's works; the second track instead, called "Sailing", is definitively more faithful to some true early Italo-house with the heavenly smell of Riviera-sound magic. On the flip side Minimono drops "Suspended", probably the most conceptually modern piece of this vinyl: a deep-driving underwater and cinematic trip through subtle soulful cuts and psychedelic accents. The final cut has a romantic and deeper mood of the Deep Burnt which inspired the closing track, "Take Your Time", because it can be always the time..for a Next Step when Minimono meets The True Underground Sound Of Rome. More

Minimono finally strikes back on Bosconi records since 4 years from their last hot album"Runaway". This four tracker vinyl named "Gang Of Fools" represents the perfectcontinuation of their trademark sound aesthetic dense of funk, warm vibes and west coast house attitude: the record starts on A side with that unmistakable "shake-yo-booty" disco riff of the "Gang Of Fools" track which follows the deeper and keep on going groove of " The Rapid Fall" on the second cut. On B side instead you'll find the sliding and subtle "no excuse" driving jack-house-funk of "Bring It" followed by the melancholy and romanticism of the"Under The Influence" closing track. No Tools for Fools !

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Veniceberg collective proudly presents label's second instalment by 100Hz ! longstanding Uk duo Lee Renacre and James Chapman deliver eclectic and trippy visions of techno and broken beats. B2 track features collaboration by Lee Renacre and Jules Giles, formerly known as the Junction Chaos project.
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Verona's finest underground club space Veniceberg is proud to introduce its newly minted label with a brand new deep house EP from Italian maestro Enrico Mantini. Since debuting in 1990, Mantini's tough yet sensuous cuts have appeared on tastemaking imprints such as UMM and Smoothsounds, and have seen him make his mark internationally as a DJ at venues like Tresor, Pacha, Ministry Of Sound, and Space. ToGETher bears the signature of producer's decades of experience, and announces a special outlet for crafted club music. It contains two Mantini's originals, which artfully marry the physicality of a chugging pulse with warmer textural elements. Opener 'Inside Of You' allows smooth keys stabs, a relaxed jack, and a mantralike vocal to gently propel one another forward. A prickly Rhodes line takes the fore on 'The Creator', punctuated by slowmo cymbal crashes, vocal snatches, and seductive convulsions of bass.
Testament to Veniceberg's sense of intimate community, both of Mantini's cuts receive inspired remixes from burgeoning producers working with the deep house templates pioneered by the Italian producer. British producer and Lize Records' affiliate Isherwood submerges 'Inside Of You' under an unnerving layer of haze, and errant machine pops, recalling Actress at his most clubready. But ToGETher's pick is Imprint Records boss Domenico Rosa's sultry take on 'The Creator', where undulating synths and a distant monologue hovers on delicate tinkling percussion More