Final volume in the ‘WALK.MAN’ mix series. A 4 track of burners and disco thuds.
‘CLOUD BREAK’ bolts out the blocks with deadly bongo drums and heady vocal whilst ‘DON’T YOU?' opens it out on the breakdown with xxxy. ‘MAGNOLIA' is looped up phaser disco distilled. Finished with the glacial ‘UR SALVATION’.
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Hot on the heels of both Save Me and the Robert Owens collab is the third instalment of the WALK.MAN series. Big wide-eyed club womper ‘Better Dayz’ on the A and the subtler soul rolla ‘Stay Away From Music’ on the flip. These go off. The WALK.MAN mixtape will be released in full on Cassette and Digital at the end of the Summer.
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Vol. 1 of Doc Daneeka’s Mixtape series ‘WALK.MAN’ This is the first in a series of 12”s dropping over the next few months, & will be compiled into a mixtape on Cassette and Digital at the end of the Summer. Before we announce the guest vocalists on the rest of the mix, get stuck into this summer soul burner.

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Warm house heaters from label boss Doc Daneeka.

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Glasgow/London label collective Numbers announce their newest release and their second from the fast rising Welsh beatmaker known as Doc Daneeka. ’Treptow’, set for release on 9th June 2014, follows the breakthrough club anthem ‘Walk On In’ which rightly appeared in a swathe of end of year round-ups including Time Out’s Top 10 dance tunes of 2013. The eponymous Side A on the Doc’s new offering, a banger titled ‘Treptow’, is designed to move heads and feet via the medium of thunderous kick drums and slamming piano stabs, and showcases some of his darkest, starkest work to date. The pounding, grunting rhythms of the A-side could sit pride of place amongst the back-catalogue of any of the Detroit's intense second wave godfathers, while its deeper flip-side, 'Paname (Piano Vers)', in its full near nine-minute glory, takes a similar propulsive formula but via a journey of keys and filters that expands and builds gradually to dazzling effect.

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Walk On In, Walk On In, Walk On In…. These are the words you've no doubt heard reverberating around clubs and festivals all year. The man behind this Gospel-powered beast is none other than Welsh-born, Berlin residing Doc Daneeka. Walk On In will be released on 4th November on limited vinyl and digital, with the slightly darker but equally demolition friendly b-side Trife pt II. Support so far from Jamie xx, Joy Orbison, Oneman, JD Twitch, Will Bankhead and Panorama Bar stalwarts Nick Hopner and ND Baumecker.
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Following a 12’’ single for the Church label, released in Autumn 2012, Lorca reappears with his first full EP containing 3 brand new tracks for 2020 Midnight Visions. Breaking into the scene in 2011 with ‘Moments’ and ‘Hold Back’ on Throwing Snow’s Left_Black imprint; Lorca’s profile has only continued to rise. 2012 saw The release of his first single on Dummy Records, ‘Can’t See Higher/Missed Me’ which was championed by everyone from Scuba to Rob Da Bank to Deetron to Bonobo. This latest release continues to demonstrate the young producers versatile sound. His blend of harmonically rich melody, unassuming vocal snippets and oblique rhythms will work just as well in your headphones as they do on the dancefloor. More

The latest emission from the 2020 Midnight Visions camp comes from Bristol’s Behling & Simpson. Producers, label owners and general men about town, Behling & Simpson are familiar faces on Bristol’s bass music scene with 6 years of experience touring the globe as DJs and over 100 previous releases between them (under various guises). Having honed their production skills and in need of a new challenge, Behling & Simpson are now in the business of crafting fresh and original house cuts, dropping the tempo to allow space for highly swung drums, RnB-esque vocals and deep 808-bass.They are part of the new wave of house music coming out of Bristol that has brought us Julio Bashmore and the fusion sounds of Applepips and Futureboogie, which are the two labels they have previously released on.Their 2020 Midnight Visions EP showcases their love of a shuffley house groove, classic boogie influences and shows how to work the dancefloor without working the bpm. 'Closer' features the sexy vocals of Shanti Celeste, she may not say a great deal, but she definitely gets her point across over the bumpin New Jersey house grooves that recall classic MAW or Todd Terry on -8. 'Fuse Strategy' feat James Foxx fires up some deep bass with the slick house beats, which fits in perfectly with the Bristol sound, and 'Fuse Strategy' rounds off the EP in style with a deeper take on their sound. More

2020 Midnight Visions return with another superb ep of fresh club music. The third release on the new offshoot label comes from Holland's Presk whose previously released on Ramp offshoot Fourth Wave and on Doc Daneeka's Ten Thousand Yen label. This EP follows where those left off mixing techno, skippy garage drums, and classic house styles with a close eye on the rave. The two a-side tracks 'Nobody Makes Me Do' and 'Akola' are cut from the same cloth, channeling classic electro and jackin house styles with choice vocals samples, but with an undeniable 2012 twist and are both aimed squarely at the dance. Cerano City on the flip takes a slightly different route to the dancefloor, with its hypnotic Detroit pads and definite C2 influence, in the right hands at the right time this will cause some serious damage. This is another excellent EP from 2020 Midnight Visons and another clear statement of their intent to release forward thinking club music More

2020 Midnight Visions follow up the excellent Photomachine debut ("As an overall statement of intent, it's a bold and successful one." Resident Advisor) with a killer EP from Ossie. His previous EP's were released on Hyperdub and Lightworks with 'Tarantula' making Fact's top 50 tracks of 2011. He also supplied a killer remix to the massive Joe Goddard track 'Gabriel', and recently released an excellent EP as Black Orange Juice on Somethinksounds, which saw him collaborate with Paul Black and Orial, who he brings along to supply live vocals on this new EP. Coming from the London underground scene Ossie is definitely a name to watch, he effortlessly blends garage, classic house and R&B influences into an infectious sound that he can call his own. Whether working with a full vocal on Super Cali, the lush strings of Love Crazy or dealing with classic house styles on Housedabass Ossie operates with a deft touch and builds his tracks with the dancefloor at the forefront of his mind. It's rare that an EP unites the different house and garage tribes, but early reactions to the variety of styles on display this EP have seen positive feedback across the board. With a single on Hypercolour later in the year, gigs at fabric, and high profile fans like Benji B and Mary Anne Hobbs Ossie is definitely on the ones to watch list, much like 2020 Midnight Visions who have delivered another fresh take on modern club music.
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The minds behind somethinksounds and 2020 Vision have linked up to launch 2020 Midnight Visions, a new, forward-thinking dance imprint with a strong visual focus. The imprint's inaugural release will come from Brixton native Ph0t0machine on May 28, the On U EP. With A&R being handled by Kazim Kazim Kazim of garage aficionados somethinksounds, 2020 Midnight Visions will look to bring forward "a diverse pool of artists at the forefront of electronic music." The label's artwork and creative direction will also feature an integrated visual aspect by Simon Wellbellove, and additional releases have already been lined up for 2012 from Presk, Doc Daneeka, and Ossie. More