Death By Chillwave

The Phantom's Revenge – Death By Chillwave
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The Phantom is back with another hard hitting house banger. You can instantly hear that this was made by a french producer; it radiates such a strong french house spirit. The track is a bit sample-heavy i.e. a big part of it is purely playing out the sample, ergo after the drop the impact is correspondingly much heavier (do tracks like these have "drops"?). And there's nothing wrong with the sample either. Typical to Phantom's Revenge, the track ends via a speech sample, which for some reason simply is really a great way to end such a track. Wonderful.

Oldschool SHM

Here are a couple of gems back from the days when I still enjoyed music by the members of the SHM. Axwell, Ingrosso and Angello all used to make such wonderful funky tunes which can't even be compared to their present day productions. Knock yourselves out.


DJ Flex & Sandy W – Love For You (Axwell Remix)
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One of my all-time favourites; this one is funky house at its absolute best: growling fat bass, phaser-heavy background loop, smooth mashed drums, and a high pitched vocal sample.



John Dahlback & Sebastian Ingrosso – Lick My Deck
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Despite its partly ominous mood, "Lick My Deck" doesn't fail in delivering that true oldschool funk. One of Ingrosso's greatest achievements.


Steve Angello & Dave Armstrong – Groove In U (Steve Angello Mix)
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Last but not least is the result of Steve Angello's and Dave Armstrong's collaboration from 2005. There surely was a groove in all of these guys back then.

Sofi Actually Needed More Disco

Deadmau5 – Sofi Needs A Ladder (Blindateight Remix)
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Today I want to present to you a brilliant disco powered remix by nu-disco producer Blindateight hailing from the UK. The original heavy electro banger is transformed into on of the sunniest jams in a long time. Cheryl Lynn's grooves fit surprisingly well with the vocal track of "Sofi Needs A Ladder" creating a mixture of stupendous feel-good vibes.

The track is non-commercial, but there was no download link on SoundCloud – which the world needed though – so I contacted Blindateight who was willing to provide us with a link to freely share with everyone. You can find the exclusive link below the audio player above.

Big thanks to Blindateight!

You Got Your Sucker Jam

Alistair Albrecht – Sucker Jam
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The first time anyone had really heard of UK-based DJ/producer Alistair Albrecht was in 2008 as his first release "What Would We Do" produced with Patrick Hagenaar (as Hagenaar & Albrecht) hit the number one spot in various online stores. To be completely honest, the tracks these guys produced together after "What Would We Do" never really took my fancy, but the newest yield by Mr. Albrecht alone in the form of a two-track-EP is quite inspired.

I would like to drag special attention to the title track "Sucker Jam". It features a At Night (Kid Crème Remix) -type of bassline, clean e-pianos, and a bit later on even a catchy sax riff is introduced.


Audio Jacker – You Got Yours
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Also UK-based Audio Jacker has already become a regular here on the blog. His style has been gradually changing from disco-heavy house to a more jacking funky house style recently; the percussion has become a bit more straight-forward and plain, and influences from the current trendy house trend can be heard here and there. Although this might even sound like a negative thing, I still like the "new" Audio Jacker very much. "You Got Yours" remains to bring the disco, and carries a very positive vibe.

A Wish

Frenssu – A Wish
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Over the past years my perception of Finland being more of a trance / progressive house -land has completely changed. Timo Juuti & Hector 87, Lenno, and Something Good (to name a few) have all been turning Finland into a land where some of the most catchy house tracks come from. Finnish producers truly now they're business when it comes to creating feel-good tunes that get everyone moving.

Now let me introduce you to another Finnish super-producer. I've just recently bumped into Frenssu via SoundCloud, and instantly fell in love with their fresh french house sound. I didn't find any additional info on Frenssu anywhere, but their description on Last.fm is quite incisive: "The best kept secret of disco house, that never fails to amaze and make you move." Frenssu's latest creation "A Wish" is just that: a catchy sample, a huge wall of synths and bass, and "Call On Me"- type of heavy sidechaining (pumping). As it just happens, this beauty is also completely free, so there really is no excuse for not downloading it and playing it 'till your ears bleed.

It would be completely wrong if this act was kept a secret any longer.

Bastille vs Hott 22

Bastille – One Night Love Affair
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American R&B/soul act Inner Life's "I'm Caught Up (In A One Night Love Affair)" has been sampled on numerous occasions since its release in 1979, and most recently LA-based producers Bastille have taken their spin on the track. "One Night Love Affair" is true to the disco sound of the original adding a bigger bassline and chopping up the sample in a very catchy manner. What's also good: it's free if you're willing to like Bastille's Facebook page (I'd encourage you to do that anyway though).



Hott 22 – Before I Let You In
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Although Bastille did a great job, Hott 22's classic originating from 2005 still takes the prize in my book. "Before I Let You In" could also be classified as disco house, although you can instantly hear the more classic house sound on this one. Such a great bassline, such smooth drums and rhodes – this track is one of my all-time favourites.