Aroop Roy’s star is deservedly in the ascendancy! As one of London’s most exciting selectors, he’s managed to position himself in the sweet spot of being the DJ’s DJ and causing wild scenes wherever he plays, with headline grabbing sets at Defected Croatia, We Out Here, Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide and many more. As a producer, musician and label owner, he continues to excel, armed with a vast knowledge of outernational sounds, from rare African disco, jazz, funk, to house, UKG and seemingly everything in-between. His open-minded approach has led to brilliant releases and remixes for labels as diverse as Soundway, Heavenly Sweetness, Permanent Vacation, Club Bad, Delusions of Grandeur, Atjazz Recordings and his own Vive La Musique imprint. Having played a few gigs together, it was only a matter of time before Jimpster convinced Aroop to get an EP together for Freerange and the resulting Re Bulele EP couldn’t be any more satisfying! Leading the charge, 'Mama Mwana' captivates with entrancing thumb piano loops and a traditional African vocal all propped up by a subtle yet chunky house beat to lock the dancers in. 'Re Bulele' features the hypnotic vocals of Botswana native Fox Meropa. Aroop masterfully combines a deep, techy Afro House groove with glassy synth pads to form a stripped back instrumental with the vocals front and centre. Seemingly disparate elements shine on this wonderful alternative to the deluge of maximal Afro House tracks being released these days. Moroccan producer FNX Omar delivers the goods with a sublime remix of Re Bulele. Creating tension with layers of looping vocals along with a rolling, percussive groove. Like the original, this remix transcends genres and will create special moments on the dancefloor, whether it be in a dark, sweaty basement or daytime festival in the sunshine. More

The ever-dependable Aroop Roy kicks off a new imprint with a superb EP, comprising 3 super rare cuts, expertly but faithfully bringing them into the 21st century... More

Boogie Café continue their incredible form by offering up three tracks of deep house goodness from Aroop Roy. The A side ‘Good Times’ sweeps in with a bumping house cut, laced with feverish vocal cutups whilst the B side hits first with a hazy, deep synth stab groover, and finishes on a blistering, afro-tinged slice of funk fuel More

Aroop Roy has been making waves with his unique sounds for the past few years, with a wealth of successful releases and a busy gig schedule at the helm of some of the best clubs around the world. By fusing elements of Jazz, Afro, Latin, Funk and Soul with the deeper end of House and Disco, Aroop has forged his own style with EPs on revered labels including G.A.M.M, Basic Fingers, Freestyle and Lazy Days. For his Delusions Of Grandeur debut he pulled out all the stops, delivering three original tracks which further show his diversity as an artist and ability to produce left of centre, quality underground music without losing sight of the dancefloor. Things kick off with Save Our Love, a track that’s absolutely brimming with energy thanks to punchy Wurlitzer chops, tension-building Philly strings, and a rock-solid disco groove. Next up we have What I love which sees Aroop take an altogether more freaky approach flipping an uptempo rolling break, distorted synth line, cross-rhythm stabs and rasping vocal cuts into an edgy dance floor workout. Closing this brilliant EP is the low-slung bump of Walk That Walk featuring original vocals from Oakland, CA based Blacktroniks who delivers his flow on top of a bass-heavy slice of deep electro boogie. More

Kampana's debut release was a global hit across the house, disco and tropical scene, with support from heavyweights such as Francois K, Soul Clap and Gilles Peterson. The label is back just in time for summer with three more doses of peak time fire from Aroop Roy, who has gained a fine reputation for the quality and widespread appeal of his releases. ‘You Say' is a funk-fuelled number with gritty retro vocals and guitar, driven by a warm disco groove and 80s arp-synth. The feel-good vibes gradually build into an anthemic floor-filling climax. ‘Taj Mahal' reworks a Brazilian classic into a full on house workout, reminiscent of Roy's popular series on Gamm. ‘Mapora' is an original number that will blend well into both deep house and afro-centric sets. The track builds nicely with filtered samples and syncopated vocals, coming in with an infectious highlife guitar line and late night synth stabs, to get mind and body moving.

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The prolific Lay-Far has had a string of stunning 12's over the past few years and nothing seems to be stopping him either. Aroop Roy's eclectic work as a producer has been supported worldwide by numerous tastemakers including Gilles Peterson, Kyoto Jazz Massive, Patrick Forge and Laurent Garnier. We got in touch with Aroop after hearing his brilliant contributions on G.A.M.M. (Brazil Breakdown part 1 & 2) and on his Basic Fingers debut he continues his trait of delivering top quality reworks. Three versatile tracks that pack a mean punch. Rare groove, steel band disco and a slice of funk - it's all in here. Come get it while it's hot! More

Paris based DJ and producer Reverend P have been on the GAMM radar for quite some time. But its not until now that we managed to get his wonderful edits released through GAMM. Spread out over two EPs Reverend P delivers soul, funk and boogie reworks that sets himself up there with all the big players on the edit scene. On part 2 you'll find two killer edits of Diana Ross and Merry Clayton that together will please all the soul and boogie fans. More

Az aka Lodger is back on Stamp with this great double-header of edits - it's a soul/funk classic on the A side with an excellent new interpretation of an early UK house hit on the flip.

VERY Limited copies. More

Ben Gomori & Josh Ludlow from Make a Dance/Pigeon give us some excellent dancefloor-friendly edits of everyone's favourite 80s synth duo!

VERY Limited copies. More

Stamp is back with a special three tracker of disco edits from J1mi Beyonders!
A trio of unashamed hands-in-the-air pumpers to induce dancefloor euphoria... More

Limited new Stamp 12" with a special edit from Ben Gomori of an overlooked 80s Electro-Soul jam, complete with dub version on the flip! More

Casino Times debut on Stamp Records with four carefully diced grooves.

With acid-tinged disco and house-infused jazz on the A side, and not one but two tributes to Austropop on the B, the duo show-off both their eclectic tastes and loose approach to crafting an edit.

Much like the style established by the Casino Edits series,'Enough Acid' is a disco excursion that rolls with lively organic percussion, funked up guitar, singing strings and a meaty analogue acid bass line.
Perfectly timed piano breaks pays homage to the monstrous source material, creating an abundance of dancefloor drama...

'The Glow (Estate)' achieves the seemingly unfeasible; an enchanting jazz sample is seamlessly arranged across a tight drum groove creating rich, soulful rhythms. At points the track seems to take flight to create space for a tender vocal hook, fascinating for both diggers and dancers alike.

Flipping to the other side, Casino Times go all in with a tribute to Austropop, with two stripped back new wave and punk inspired cuts. 'Gaze Into The Future' shakes bodies and pushes the bass bins to the limit, with the sound of a siren letting us know it's time to report to the dancefloor.
Its counterpart 'Overly Dramatic' lives up to its name - a jaunty slap bass groove bounces away underneath roaring synthetic atmospheres, sporadically launching into bellowing choral hits that'll make your head spin. More

Repress!
A pair of cunning edits of two 80's mega-jams from Mo Disko (The Glimmers), AppartMAN & Nico Juice.
If these don't get your party started we're not sure what will! More

JB Edits is the edit project of UK & Australia based house DJ / producer Jerk Boy. Off the back of the success of his first four releases which have gained love and support from an array of taste makers and DJs around the globe along with multiple premiers on YouTube channels. The first four EP's sold out of its first press in weeks and now he's back with a new 3 x tracker... "EP Number Five"..... with loads of extra keys, drums and magic sprinkled for extra dancing juice. More

JB Edits the edit project of UK & Australia based house DJ & producer Jerk Boy. Off the back of the success of his first two releases “EP Number One, EP Number Two” and most recently “EP
Number Three ” which gained love and support from an array of taste makers and DJs around the globe including Axel Boman, Skream, Tensnake, Elliot Adamson, Moon Boots, Soul Clap, Jimpster, DJ Aakmael, Auntie Flo, Boris Dlugosch, Peter Kruder, Robert Owens, Harri, Terry Farley, Kiko Navarro, Nuno Dos Santos, Tilman, Fred P, Bill Brewster, Kassian, Ryan Clover,
Souldynamic, Joshua James, DJ Supermarkt, Yam Who?, Clandestino, Llorca / Art Of Tones, Carlo, Doctor Dru, Jad & The, Nightmares on Wax, Dom Servini (Wah Wah 45's) & Jacques
Renault to name but a few along with multiple premiers on Youtube / channels like Gaz696, Maslow Unknown and Ben Gomori’s Turned On.

With the first two EP’s selling out of its first press in weeks across stores like Rush Hour, Phonica, OYE and many more. He’s back with a new 3 x tracker… “EP Number Four”….. let’s not make it
complicated….we’re just keeping it chronological, boogielogical and discotastic. More

Az aka Lodger is back on Stamp with this great double-header of edits - it's a soul/funk classic on the A side with an excellent new interpretation of an early UK house hit on the flip.

VERY Limited copies. More

Repress!
A pair of cunning edits of two 80's mega-jams from Mo Disko (The Glimmers), AppartMAN & Nico Juice.
If these don't get your party started we're not sure what will! More

Stamp is back with a special three tracker of disco edits from J1mi Beyonders!
A trio of unashamed hands-in-the-air pumpers to induce dancefloor euphoria... More

Casino Times debut on Stamp Records with four carefully diced grooves.

With acid-tinged disco and house-infused jazz on the A side, and not one but two tributes to Austropop on the B, the duo show-off both their eclectic tastes and loose approach to crafting an edit.

Much like the style established by the Casino Edits series,'Enough Acid' is a disco excursion that rolls with lively organic percussion, funked up guitar, singing strings and a meaty analogue acid bass line.
Perfectly timed piano breaks pays homage to the monstrous source material, creating an abundance of dancefloor drama...

'The Glow (Estate)' achieves the seemingly unfeasible; an enchanting jazz sample is seamlessly arranged across a tight drum groove creating rich, soulful rhythms. At points the track seems to take flight to create space for a tender vocal hook, fascinating for both diggers and dancers alike.

Flipping to the other side, Casino Times go all in with a tribute to Austropop, with two stripped back new wave and punk inspired cuts. 'Gaze Into The Future' shakes bodies and pushes the bass bins to the limit, with the sound of a siren letting us know it's time to report to the dancefloor.
Its counterpart 'Overly Dramatic' lives up to its name - a jaunty slap bass groove bounces away underneath roaring synthetic atmospheres, sporadically launching into bellowing choral hits that'll make your head spin. More

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JB Edits the edit project of UK & Australia based house DJ & producer Jerk Boy. Off the back of the success of his first two releases “EP Number One & EP Number Two ” which gained love and support from an array of DJs around the globe including The Blessed Madonna Shir Khan (Exploited Records, Dave Mayer, Paco Osuna, Can "Khan" Oral, Chris Coco, Dom Servini (Wah Wah 45's), JEPE, Jacques Renault, Timmy Stewart, Giom, Guy Garrett, Erol Alkan, Beaner, Chrissy, Dasha Rush, Dustin Alexander, Moodymanc. Nikola Baytala, Holger Hecler to name but a few.

He’s back with a new 3 x tracker… “EP Number Three”….. let’s not make it complicated….
we’re just keeping it chronological, boogielogical and discotastic. More

Ben Gomori & Josh Ludlow from Make a Dance/Pigeon give us some excellent dancefloor-friendly edits of everyone's favourite 80s synth duo!

VERY Limited copies. More

"Detroit Stories" is the name of this cool social project happening in Motorcity, USA, aka Detroit. Check it out at soundcloud.com/detroit-stories. It's a rad way to capture and show off the history and present of the city and its peeps. They're doing it by interviewing OG residents and immigrants from way back, the ones who lived through all the ups and downs of the Motor City. You've got stories of good times, hard work, opportunities, but also struggles, violence, and social movements that shaped Detroit's rise and slow fall. This city's always had a lot to offer in terms of music, culture, and beyond.

And guess what? DJ and producer Luca Fronza gets in on the action, finding some of those interview podcasts. He's turning their stories, the vocals, and speeches into some killer beats, with the distinctive motorcity raw house touch that we absolutely love here at Flexi. And to top it off, you've got a remix by the master himself, Prins Thomas! It's gonna be lit!



All tracks (except B2) produced and composed by Luca Fronza Remix of “Gipsy” is by Prins Thomas

Mastered by Francesco Brini at Spectrum Studio, Bologna.

Released by Flexi Cuts, 2023.

Artwork is by Pietro Galeati More

JB Edits the edit project of Sydney, Australia based house DJ & producer Jerk Boy. He’s now turned his focus to vinyl only dance floor edits of all his favourite Boogie, Balearic, Funk, Soul & Disco tunes cut, sampled, tried and tested for lower lights, bright nights and the ultimate dance floor jiggathon.
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