Format: (180 gr., Limited Full Cover)

Track list:

A1 – Orchid’s Wish
A2 – Make Me Feel Feat. Marina Trench
B1 – Blu Thang
B2 – Free Feat. Tour-Maubourg
B3 – Purple Corner Fig

Release Info:

Heist welcomes Belgian house maestro UC Beatz to the label with a 5 track EP featuring Marina Trench and Tour-Maubourg.

UC Beatz is a man who likes to do things his own way. You can hear it in his distinctive sound, but it also goes back to when he started producing and putting out records. If he would have asked us for advice back then, we would have definitely tried to talk him out of starting a record label without a good distribution deal. The hours of work to get the records made, printed and stamped is one thing, but going from shop to shop to sell your work, just because you believe in it? That’s just mad.

Thankfully, Belgian producer, DJ -and yes, label owner- UC Beatz didn’t ask our opinion when he started Entrepot Records in 2014 and we’re glad for it. It’s been a total success story for him and an inspiration for independent artists all around. His releases quickly gained momentum, all sold out in weeks and with that, helped him establish his name as stylish deep house producer with his own sound.

Fast forward to 2023, and we find UC Beatz on labels such as Classic Music Company, Razor ‘n Tape and now we’ve his debut on Heist for you. There’s no need for him to go from shop to shop this time, because we’re sure people will jump on this record the minute it hits the shelves.

UC Beatz delivers a stunning 5 track EP with guest appearances from Marina Trench and Tour-Maubourg. The EP sees the artist go from euphoric sample house (Orchid’s Wish) to his classic pad-driven sound on tracks like Purple Corner Fig and Blu Thang. The EP would be good without the collabs, but UC Beatz found a perfect match in style with fellow Heist artist Marina Trench on ‘Make me feel’. His co-production with Tour-Maubourg sees the duo dive deep into a classic Chicago deephouse vibe and deliver the most ethereal track of the EP.

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Tracklist:

A1 Nightzoom
A2 Saraska
B1 The Girl Who Loved Flowers
B2 Stars Keep Shining

UC Beatz delivers his 'Nightzoom' EP via B2 Recordings this December, comprised of four originals from the Belgian artist. Brussels-based producer, DJ and label owner of Entrepôt Records, UC Beatz has carved out quite the reputation over the past decade and a half, dropping material on reputed imprints such as New York's Razor N Tape, Cinthie's Collective Cuts, Derrick Carter and Luke Solomon's The Classic Music Company amongst others. Here he joins the B2 Recordings roster with his latest collection of works and title-cut 'Nightzoom' leads, laying down organic drums, hypnotic chants and circling synth strings to create a subtly blooming, loop-led groove. 'Saraska' follows and strips things back to choppy acid bass, swinging 707 drums, vocal shots and an amalgamation of airy resonant keys. Opening the flip-side is 'The Girl Who Loved Flowers', employing classic deep house tropes with fluttery Rhodes chords, tension building strings, snaking bass and crunchy drums throughout. Lastly 'Stars Keep Shining' then rounds out the release, leaning towards a more jazzy house aesthetic courtesy of intricately nuanced key melodies, warm subs, shuffled drums and winding Moog like synth licks.
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Tracklist 12":
A1: Ill ‘heritage (06:08)
A2: Yellow (05:46)
B1: Second Hit (06:41)
B2: Joint 6 (05:44)

Short Info:
Cinthie’s 803 Crystal Grooves Collective Cuts returns this June with
a fresh four- track EP from S3A aka Sampling As An Art.
Vital Sales Points:
Parisian producer and DJ S3A has been releasing his take on soul-infused,
sample heavy electronic music over the past decade via imprints such as Syncrophone’s Phonogramme, Lazare Hoche Records, 4Lux and Dirt Crew where
he dropped his debut album. Here after the success of his debut LP ‘Pages’
and the ‘92’ Anthem’ track, which featured on the inaugural Collective Cuts release alongside music from Asquith, KETTAMA and 9th House, S3A returns to
the imprint to conclude the story of his half acoustic half electronic album with
the ‘« Pages » Epilogue’ EP. More

Cinthie’s 803 Crystal Grooves Collective Cuts returns this May with its second release, a split-EP from Anaxander and Azuni.

Tracklist 12":
A1: Anaxander - For Cinthie (06:47)
A2: Azuni - Uranus (07:48)
B1: Azuni - Orkus (06:08)
B2: Anaxander - Blackalitt (04:22)

Vital Sales Points:
The 803 Crystal Grooves Collective cuts label was launched in 2019 by Cinthie as a platform for material from her collective of friends and producers she admires.
The project was launched with a four-track VA featuring S3A, 9th House, KETTAMA and Asquith and here we see two new additions to the roster in the shape of France
Anaxander and Azuni aka Washerman. More

Cinthie launches her new imprint 803 Crystal Grooves Collective Cuts this December with a VA featuring S3A, 9th House, Kettama and Asquith.
Genre: House

Tracklist 12":
A1. S3A – 92 Anthem (5:44)
A2. 9th House – Equinox (5:25)
B1. KETTAMA – Smoke A Sec (5:07)
B2. Asquith – Gurgle (5:55)

Vital Sales Points:
Berlin’s Cinthie launched her 803 Crystal Grooves imprint in 2018 and marked a new
chapter for her own productions, gaining widespread recognition across the globe for
her take on raw House, Techno and Disco. Now 2019 sees the label branch out off
the back of its success with a sub-label entitled 803 Crystal Grooves Collective Cuts,
as the name would suggest, a home for music from the friends and likeminded artists
of the label founder. More