Adelaide producer & DJ Inkswel introduces his new project 'The Snaglepuss' with 'Chasing Infinity,' a concept LP with a star-studded guest list that takes us on a stylistic journey from hiphop and g-funk to up tempo broken beat, boogie and house. With guests including Talib Kweli, Amp Fiddler, Steve Spacek and Kylie Auldist the album describes a cosmic quest for a new galactic home, searching for a better place and stopping on every dancefloor on the way. Inkswel (aka Jules Habib) has spent much of the last two decades in the Northern Hemisphere DJing every party and club from Rhythm Section in London to Output in New York and released music on BBE, Atjazz, Sonar Kollektiv, Tokyo Dawn and Motor City Wine. He's produced tracks for artists like Pugz Atoms & Georgia Anne Muldrow and remixed artists including Amp Fiddler and Dez Andrez. On the Snaglepuss material, he's taken a more collaborative approach and much of this record was co-created with bassist Stephen Lane, Sloth on horns, UK broken beat royalty Kaidi Tatham and Inkswel's wife and musical partner Erin Buku. Inkswel and the team's genre bending productions draw influence from P Funk, 80s Pop, Boogie Funk, Classic 90s Hip hop and Contemporary Soul stitching it all together into a seamless multicoloured package. The album kicks off with a nod to Inkswel's musical roots, golden era hiphop. 'Let It Grow' features the legendary Talib Kweli, supported by Erin Buku and Baba Israel. Next up, staying in the hiphop lane, is 'Everything' feat. Dudley Perkins, followed by the spacey stylings of 'Mystical Magic' featuring Lee "Scratch" Perry and Elf Tranzporter and 'Butterflies' featuring Steve Spacek. From there the album turns up the tempo and the heat with the bouncy rollerdisco jam 'New Day' featuring Melbourne legends Kylie Auldist and N'fa Jones and the title track which features UK Soul luminary Oliver Night on vocals. Amp Fiddler jumps on organ and vocal duties on 'How I Feel' and Kaidi Tatham steps up on keys for 'Cosmic Love Affair' featuring the princely vibe of Erik Rico and contributes again to the instrumental cut 'Intergalactic Bboy Anthem'. The album is rounded out by remixes from UK legend Mr Scruff, Detroit don DJ Dez Andrez and Adelaide's Funkwig. More

Threading their way across house, hip-hop and downtempo electronic landscapes since 2019, French imprint Cosmocities re-emerge with their fourth studio iteration “Say Goodbye” by Aussie-born / Berlin based vibist Inkswel featuring Phat Kat and Jitwam, supported by a choice pair of reworks courtesy of Adelaide's Beyond June and Amsterdam’s Jacob Otten, alias Kid Sublime.

Presented in both vocal and instrumental form, Inkswel’s hydroponic new single “Say Goodbye” blends the finest of sun-baked hip-hop and hazy R&B into a fine-grained slice of ethereal Cali-funk, as masterly provided by Phat Kat’s raw, choppy verses and Jitwam’s velvet-like timbre. Weaving a silky-smooth narrative out of retro string samples, intricate drum-programming and vaporous envelopes, Inkswel’s newest is poetry in motion, making the most of the self-balancing, therapeutical power of music.

Up on remix duty we find OZ talent Beyond June, laying down a playfully oneiric revamp, halfway cosmic abstraction and down-to-earth urban character. Transcending both spheres with non-conformist dash, the track reaches for uncharted galactic recesses. For his part, Kid Sublime takes on the cut with more of a fevered boogie approach, pulling out the infectious Rhodes stabs and athletic bass moves to keep every dancer on their toes as the drum beats a steadily sensual tempo. More

Being one of the finest exports Australia has to offer, Jules ‘Inkswel’ Habib has become very well respected the world over for his excellent musical output and undying dedication to his art.

Countless Inkswel recordings, remixes, and collaborations circulate the airwaves and internet as project after project surges through with an unstoppable force. Inkswel is a prolific artist, known for his superb album trio on BBE Records, his relentless cooperative EPs & collaborations on Rush Hour, Boogie Angst, Wolf Music & Oye, and recent output with Pugz Atoms on Jazzanova’s own Sonar Kollketiv imprint. Jules reaches even further as he launches “Inner Tribe”, his own labels boasting artists such as Ahu, Planetself with his amazing wife and vocalist Charli Umami, Kid Sublime, Stan Smith & Colonel Red to name only a few. knowing himself that working with great talent makes great music.

His latest album offering Astral Love on ARCo. is an outstanding 9 song Long-player featuring a plethora of brilliant artist backing up his bouncy-rough-cuts. Naming only a few, you will find maestros such as Dwight Trible, Stan Smith & Andrew Ashong among many others who elevate this album to great heights. More

Hot on the heels of his brilliant 'Superfoods' trilogy of albums on BBE, Australian production powerhouse Inkswel returns with a brand new solo effort entitled 'Unity 4 Utopia'. Stellar collaborators Steve Spacek, Recloose, Crazy P, Lay-Far, Kid Sublime, Mark de Clive-Lowe & Colonel Red all make an appearance help to make Inkswel's quest for musical utopia a reality, and the album certainly does not disappoint. As the man himself puts it: "we need to work together if we want happiness and furthermore if we want positive change- this is mirrored in music, collaboration being key". Echoes of early hip hop, 80's boogie, disco and House can all clearly be heard, all woven together by Inkwel's uniquely soulful, futuristic yet vintage production style. Drawn together by an abundantly positive feeling, vocal performances and beats are all faultlessly smooth and highly polished, but somehow the album retains a real sense of fun. Already touring tirelessly, 'Unity 4 Utopia' could well be the project which elevates Mr Inkswel from an underground phenomenon into a household name. More

Ex bboy turned worldwide rumpshaker. Inkswel holds the torch for those who cannot be pigeon holed. Australian native, worldwide resident. Here he pops up on WOLF Music's vinyl only series with 4 tracks of modern boogie featuring collaborations with Tom Trago, Freekwency and vocals from Charli James. More

Release : 25.01. 2014 UPC 827170141421
Tracklist: A1: Inkswel - No More Suckas ft. Dave Aju A2: Inkswel - Mind Yours ft. Cazeaux O.S.L.O A3: Inkswel - Saturated ft. Isaac Aesili & Charli James A4: Inkswel - Oishi Stylus (bonus beats) B1: Inkswel - No More Suckas (DJ Nature remix) B2: Inkswel - Minds Your (Iron Curtis remix) B3: Inkswel - Mind Yours (IG Culture remix)
Hot on the heels of his successful autumnal tour of Europe, the antipodean beatsmith and low-riding soul-brother, Inkswel, arrives on the eighth 12" from Burek Records. Considering Inkswel's been working with people like Merwyn from Virgo Four, Gifted & Blessed and Linkwood for the third release on his own Hot Shot Sounds imprint, we weren't surprised when he told us about the recent collaboration he'd had with Dave Aju. Naturally we were keen to get this out into the world, complementing it with great remixes and additional tracks from Inkswel. The A-side comprises three funkadelicious, shape-throwing, pop-locking slices featuring the talents of San Fran's Dave Aju, Melbourne's Cazeaux O.S.L.O, Christchurch's Isaac Aesili and Adelaide's Charli James. They wear their shared love for hiphop on their sleeves, replicating old school sampling techniques and twinning them with a feel for modernity. The open kicks and sax thrills that begin 'No More Suckas' cement syrupy pads and swirling keys as Dave Aju rhymes about that classic conundrum, being given the chance for a night of intimate relations. Rotascoping blips and pads combined with fat bass work underpin the conscious spoken word poetry of 'Mind Yours', and 'Saturated' closes the side with razor-sharp claps, wonky chords and 808 cowbells laying the foundation for vocal call and responses. In classic turntablist style the bonus beat track 'Oishi Stylus' is also included, evoking the Pacific Rim's interconnectivity with its Nipponese flavours cut over solid beats. This ain't hip-house, it's hiphop-house. On the B-side our trio of heavyweight remixers let rip, each in their characteristic inimitable styles. NYC's DJ Nature edits and extends No More Suckas, playing with the vocals and adding strong drum patterns with a lilting flute melody to turn in a true hypnotic deep house chugger. Berlin's Iron Curtis uses the pads and spoken word component of the original to prelude a darkly evocative late-night slice of enticement, with heavy off-kilter kicks, haunting bells and floating chords drawing the listener deeper and deeper. London's breakbeat legend IG Culture uses the same spoken word parts as Iron but recombines them into new patterns as he lays down massive echoing big-room bass and jukey snares to fashion the original into a tour-de-force of footwork. Inkswel proves that hiphop is the sibling of house music, and this EP helps join the dots between those two forms of music whilst taking it to future forms.
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A health conscious Inkswel (Superior Elevation/Boogie Bash) on the newly revitalised Dopeness Galore. More

Known for his contributions for Lumberjacks in Hell, Seven Limited or Black Key Records, Giovanni is a talented musician/dj from South Italy, producing music for over a decade now. For his FACES Records debut, Gio is going deep, straight back to his latin/jazz roots with "La Dame et Le Conga" and "What U Feel Like". While paying tribute to the old NY / Garage sound on "Tell You What I Do" Cherry on the top, Detroit legend Rick Wade offers a new take on the title track, crafting a magnificent deep mix of « La Dame et Le Conga" Recommended to every Deep House fans and Children of the Drum! More

Loaded comp of DJ gear and smoker interludes...TIP! Le Sampler Des Copains (litteraly, "The Friends Sampler", in french) is a 10 tracks, 2xLP bundle,
showcasing both established and upcoming talents who currently gravitate around the FACES Records family. Remember Danilo Plessow first full length offering (even before his MCDE project, when he was producing under the Inverse Cinematics moniker), or Mono/Poly debut 12", "The George Machine EP"?
FACES allowed those then-newcomers, soon to be stars to release their first pieces of wax, because that's what the labe's all about. This time we're happy and thrilled to present you a sick draft of new talents and friends music, ranging from Deep House to Techno, without forgetting the Hip Hop, Instrumental roots. Friends? All producers on this compilation are close personal friends, old and new. A Sampler? This 10-tracks selection will give you a taste of what's the future sound ventures of FACES will be about (As a matter of fact S3A, Roman Rauch, Hugo LX, LB aka LABAT, Steven Wobblejay and Pablo Valentino are all working on new material for the label) Recommended to any Children Of The Drum, beatsmiths, and any repepetitive beats lovers! More

After "Stride EP" and "Root Bound EP" the Japanese deep house king is back with his third release on the FACES imprint. "Escape to The Vibe EP" is Kazuki's first release after his relocation to Berlin. As usual mixing ingredients from Detroit, Chicago House, Funk, Disco & Afro to the cooking pot that blends Kez YM into a serving of signature recipe. His reputation extends beyond his productions, as one of the standout Japanese House Djs endlessly rocking dance floors and hearts from Berlin to Tokyo. More

Fabricio Gerardo Tepetitlan aka 4004 is a Mexican producer known for his previous works under the name of 4004 & Sebastien Vorhaus and Soul Of Hex for labels like FACES, Quintessentials and Vicario Musique. He's now back on FACES Records with a killer 4 tracks EP. 3 Original tracks and one remix from our good friend and Concrete Paris resident : S3A (Sampling As An Art)" From Mexico to Paris via Amsterdam, serious weapon for the dancefloors from a name to watch in 2015! TIP! More

The Creative Swing Alliance are back! After creating a buzz with past releases on MCDE, Wolf Music and Tsuba Records, the french duo is back to their home base on FACES Records More

Cologne based lone ranger, producer, coffee drinker and occasional bike rider Steffen Baldo aka Ugly Drums has been fine tuning the spokes of his career for 10 hard working years. Making early marks in the scene with his "Next Room EP" on German based label Polyfon, which received support from Moodymann, MCDE and cemented his reputation early on. Steffen later released dance floor workouts on Rush Hour, Fifty Fathoms Deep, Black Key Records, Quintessential and KOLOR LTD. His 2013 album left a burning mark on the sample based house scene, pushing the boundaries of the melting pot of his home base Cologne. Mr Drums has also extensively backed up his original works by remixing the likes of Manuel Tur, Toby Tobias, Holly Backler, Andy Ash, Inkswel and Bartellow. After the smashing "Get Up" edit released on FACES alongside Kid Sublime and Jayson Brothers, Ugly Drums is back on FACES Records with his best work yet "The Freak EP". Co-produced by Kalakuta Soul System, Chesney and featuring Detroit based MC/Producer :brownstudy, Steffen deliver a multi dimensional, raw, untainted EP, that displays a splash of all colours- House, Disco and Hip Hop. A definitive weapon for the record crate! More

Quality House Music with that b-boy feel that will set all floors on fire! Don't sleep! Limited Vinyl copies only. Here we go! New tasty sampler on FACES Records featuring S3A (Concrete, Paris) & Creative Swing Alliance (MCDE, Wolf Music) as well as 2 newcomer producers : Aurelian aka KM3 (from Paris) & 4004 & Sebastien Vorhaus (from Mexico) More

After his stellar 'Stride EP' release (FACES 1210) and his latest offering 'Late Night Blue Sound EP' (on the UK's City Fly's Records/ featuring Andrés remix), Japanese deep house king- Kez YM is back on FACES Records! More

Tidy discofied house EP from the faces boss.... also featuring the talents of Tokyo's Kez YM... TIP Friends come first, so to speak. We hold the words of those we hold dearly as gospel, and this EP mirrors that feeling. After his last release "One" on Room With A View (w/ Detroit Swindle remix) and several contributions to labels like MCDE, Endless Flight or together as Creative Swing Alliance on Wolf Music, Tsuba & City Fly - FACES Records & MCDE labels head honcho Pablo Valentino decide to release what he describes as his first full EP on his own imprint FACES. "Friends Say So" is a nicely stripped down filter-jam; you don't need much when all the elements are good like this: a haunting female vocal sample, gritty lo-fi beats, a disco loop. Reminiscent of early Shake or the very first Sneak records, this beauty will definatly set the floor on fire. "What Does It Take" sounds like a straight up Shelter anthem from '92 that just got unearthed. Heavy on the 909 and Juno keys, its the kind of late night jam that leaves everybody with a smile on their face. On the B-side, "Nuff Thangs" opens up things nicely; lush keys on top of a disco sample set the mood for things to come with "Can't You See", a female diva singing her ass off over dirty-as-hell MPC beats and rhodes stabs. You cant go wrong with this package!
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After his excellent "Devotion EP" (Faces 1211), Rondenion is back on FACES Records with another killer 4 tracks EP, including a remix by Australian drum machine maestro Inkswel (Firecracker, Dopeness Galore). TIP! The next release in our "Nihongo series" featuring only Japanese producers and excellent artwork/pictures from our man in Japan : Paul Geler. Rondenion deliver another strong release with a proper mix of hipnotic House (Convulsions), a splash of Andrés b.boy house (Surely), a twist of Moodymann (Herb) and a shake and stir of truly dope original Rondenion signature sounds! Paired with Inkswel's voyage to Detroit via Beirut on the remix duties.
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Killer 3 tracker from this Tokyo based house king! Disco vibes all the way, if this were 97 we'd say "always in the box!... probably! The reach of Japanese born producer Rondenion is consistent and impressive, releasing stand out productions over the years on great labels such as Still Music, Rush Hour, Aesthetic and Bosconi and his own imprint Ragrange Records. Following the "Nihongo series" after Kez YM and his excellent "Stride EP" Faces proudly brings you his latest dance floor killer, a 3 tracks EP jamming between the fringes of hypnotic Disco (Volare) to soulful House (Song A) and the pure floor filler Anthem (Devotion). Big tip for fans of soulful house, a splash of Andrés, a twist of Moodymann and a shake and stir of truly dope original Rondenion signature sounds! For Real House Music Lovers, B.boy house to move the soul! Limited to 500 copies worldwide! More

Kez YM brings 4 excellent Detroit-style house tracks... sure fire TIP! More