Chances are, if you download a lot of deep house podcasts, you’ve already heard Toky. The Hot Since ’82 remix of his track About You is currently making itself known to all and sundry after appearing on Noir’s latest ‘Recommends’ podcast. No surprise there really as it’s due for release on Noir’s label on 30th January. There is another remix by hot tip Fur Coat but it’s the Hot Since ’82 version that’s the big draw here. Pushing what seems to be January’s sound, of deep, down-tempo melancholic house; the remix is the type of track you might miss first time round but then you hear it again and say oh hey what’s that? Then maybe you’ll hear it another time and this time it sticks in your mind. With haunting androgynous vocals coupled with a dirty and deep bassline; it’ll be a 4am killer on the dancefloor for when everyone’s ultra-smashed.

Toky – About You (Hot Since ’82 remix)

Toky’s certainly set for big things this year despite only getting into dance music production last January after a live session with fellow Italian Karm from Tale Of Us. To be on Noir’s label, remixed by two very upcoming acts *and* gained such attention in a year is staggering. And if that weren’t enough, he’s already formed an ace side-project called Superhero with Italian DJ and producer Leon. There’s only a preview available of their new track Drugs And Choices but it’s fucking ace so do check it out. Dry humour laces spoken word lyrics over a sparse beat creating a surprisingly addictive little number.

Superhero – Drugs And Choices (preview)

It’s actually the first track on Toky’s recent Purp & Soul podcast which is well worth a listen and a download. Definitely keep your ears out for more from this man.

Toky – Purp & Soul podcast [Download here]

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You may have missed it at the time, but back in October Soul Clap posted a free EP on their blog by an artist called MAM. No big fuss was made at the time, so it would have been easily enough passed you by. Since then, however, we bet you’ve definitely been hearing a lot of MAM, just without knowing who it is.

MAM is compromised of Miguel Campbell and partner in crime Matt Hughes. All three of their free tracks have since been staples in many a house and disco-infused mix or podcast. And the good news? THEY’RE STILL FREE. Have a listen and you’re sure to recognise at least one. Sunday treats for you all. Head over to Soul Clap’s blog to download all three tracks for free (or buy them if you wish to support the artist).

MAM- Can’t Live Without Music

MAM- One Of Those Nights

MAM- Reel Sweet

It’s a perfect time to remember MAM, or indeed, discover them and wonder how the fuck you missed them before, as their new EP, Modern Heat, is due out on Fina Records on Monday 30th January. Have a listen to this little gem from it and know that these are boys are due big things under the MAM name.

MAM- Sunset Funk

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Over the last few months the internet has been ablaze with clubbers trying to track down a mysterious song that, by all accounts, has been doing the rounds since at least October. Championed by Damian Lazarus and Art Department; the whole unknown quantity of the situation has sent these seekers into fever pitch. Armed only with the lyrics “I just wanna make you high. Cocaine, ketamine…” and an unquenchable desire to get their mitts on this tune, they’ve been posting all over forums, YouTube, Soundcloud and Resident Advisor; anywhere they thought they’d get an answer.

And now they’ve been sated. Turns out it’s the track that’s bound to propel Venezuelan duo Fur Coat into dance music’s collective consciousness. Sergio Muñoz and Israel Sunshine grew up “streets apart… in their hometown of Caracas” before meeting at a party in 2004, joining forces to make music and subsequently catching the ears of Crosstown Rebels boss Damian Lazarus.

Featuring Cari Golden on vocals, ‘You And I’ is scheduled for released on Lazarus’s label sometime just before everyone’s favourite Miami-based jaunt Winter Music Conference. With only a few remixes and tracks floating about, it’s great they have everyone so excited without anyone really knowing yet who they are.

The track is already massively mega-hyped but even now its identity is known it’s still proving a slippery beast to listen to at home with the only versions on the internet consisting of shoddily recorded-in-nightclubs-on-my-iphone affairs. Luckily for you lot Art Department foresaw this problem and decided to film their set at recent Mexican festival BPM in *gasp* decent quality. Oh and guess what the opening track is? Enjoy.

Art Department play BPM Festival

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His latest podcast, Episode 9, landed yesterday. The first half is very deep, but picks up after about 30 mins when H.O.S.H’s incredible ‘What Do You Want Me To Say‘ drops.

Stay tuned for more podcasts in this series as and when they arrive.

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TrackID:

01. M.A.N.D.Y. & Booka Shade – Home (Kollektiv Turmstrasse Remix) – Get Physical
02. Toky – About You (Hot SInce 82 Remix) – NM2
03. Odd Parents – Fame (Catz n’ Dogz + Martin Dawson Remix) – Ellum
04. Gavin Herlihy – Endless Feeling (Larse Remix) – Culprit
05. Hollis P Monroe – I’m Lonely (Laura Jones Remix) – Noir Music
06. Tevo Howard & Tracey Thorn – Without Me (Noir & Martin Thompson Remix) – Defected
07. H.O.S.H. – What Do You Want Me To Say (Original Mix) – Diynamic
08. Atapy – You & Me (Kolombo Remix) – NM2
09. Louie Fresco – So Good (Russ Yallop Remix) – No.19 Music
10. Life & Death ft Scott McCloud – Step Aside (Original Mix) – Visionquest
11. Unknown – Promo Only (Original Mix) – Jolly Jams
12. Blawan – Getting Me Down (Original Mix) – White Label
13. Climbers – Go WIth The Flow (Original Mix) – Culprit
14. Noir & Richard Davis – Found Out (Original Mix) – Noir Music
15. Nicolas Masseyeff – Mugen (Original Mix) – Herzblut
16. Kollektiv Turmstrasse – Uneins (Aril Brikha Remix) – Connaisseur Recordings

Mexican producer Louie Fresco is set to release his latest EP on Johnny White of Art Department’s record label No 19 Music, and it seems the Russ Yallop remix is getting more than a few DJs over-excited. With it’s driving bassline and hypnotic Donna Summer sample it’s no wonder. It’s the track that catches you unawares in a club and makes you go woah as you sway to the beat, instantly feeling way more fucked.

It’s a shame that it’s such a short snippet of the track up on No 19′s Soundcloud as the whole track is an utter beast. Luckily you can find it on both Noir’s latest ‘Recommends’ podcast and My Favourite Robot’s podcast for Electronic Groove (both are downloadable and worth a listen).

Truly though, the best way to experience it is going to be in a club and frankly it’s inconceivable that Russ Yallop won’t be shoe-horning this into any and every set he plays for the next few months. It’s too good not to. It’s definitely worth checking out when he’s next in town and making sure you get down there.

As so often happens with exciting tracks there doesn’t seem to be a release date as yet, leaving fans guessing as to when they can get their paws on this beaut. However, it is interesting to note that this release marks a noticeable change in the No. 19 artwork. Apparently 2012 releases will mark a series of work featuring Toronto based illustrator Hugh Steele whose work Johnny White stumbled across whilst visiting his hometown. It’s a good fit for the label as the dreamlike quality of his work certainly suits their output.

EDIT: After posting a link to this on his Facebook, Louie Fresco commented that it will be released “Jan 28: Vinyl, 2 weeks later: Digital”. Thanks Louie- can’t wait!

Louie Fresco – So Good (Russ Yallop remix) [No. 19 Music] – snippet

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1. A-Trak & Zinc “Stingray” (A-Trak Intro Edit) (Fool’s Gold)
2. Hijack “Pudding”
3. Obi Blanche “72 Hours” (NT89 Remix) (Bang Gang)
4. Sacha Robotti “The Major” (Dirtybird)
5. George FitzGerald “Shackled” (Hotflush Recordings)
6. Beyonce “End Of Time” (Claude VonStroke remix) (Columbia)
7. T “Gangster” (Snapped)
8. CSY & Stripes “Speak Easy” (Body Work)
9. Jack Beats “Make The People” (Dubs for Clubs)
10. Bobble “Zefix” (Jan Driver remix)(Guys N Dolls)
11. I:Cube “Transpiration” (Versatile)
12. Para One feat. Surkin “Compute” (Marble)
13. Mount Kimbie “Before I Move Off” (Star Slinger Remix) (Hotflush Recordings)
14. La Fuente “Bang Bang” (Mixmash)
15. Bart B More & Tai “Nobody Canna Cross It” (TWR72 Remix) (Secure Recordings)
16. Astronomar “Back to the Beat” (Jeffries)
17. DJ Naughty “Dangerzone” (Kicks & Snares)
18. MJ Cole “Red and Black” (One-Armed Bandit remix)
19. Justice “On ‘n’ On” (Brodinski remix) (Ed Banger)
20. Drexciya “Water Walker” (Andrew Ross Edit) (Submerge)
21. Bazar “Hard To Find” (Maceo Plex Funk Drop) (Ellum Audio)
22. Gramophonedzie “Number One” (Guesthouse)
23. House Republic “Nuggetz” (Ego)
24. Little Boots “Shake” (Crazy P remix) (679)

O hai epic Potty Mouth line-up. What’s that you say? Inxec has coaxed his LA cohorts Droog over to London town to play with him? And Polish duo Catz N Dogz are in town playing a rare live set? And somehow Danish DJ and producer Noir has been thrown into the mix too??

It’s no surprise that clubbers have been going mental for Droog Vs Inxec‘s tech-house track Westbound. It’s got a dark tone to it with a wonderful build-up that will excite both experienced ravers and those new to the scene. But it’s one of the more deliciously darker track from the Westbound EP, Unhinged, with its melancholic female vocals that’s really what 2012 is going to be about.

Inxec Vs Droog – Unhinged

Catz N Dogz are amazing DJs and with a whole box of tricks from their own record label, Pets Recordings, to delight crowds with, seeing them play out is a treat that London get’s its fair share of (luckily). But how often do we get to hear them play their own stuff? This is no doubt a problem that has been eating away at you for some time and thank god for Potty Mouth to the rescue. Expect choice picks from their latest album Escape From Zoo, maybe even a bit of their recent side project with Soul Clap on Hypercolour’s off-shoot label Glass Table, the wonderfully named Clapz II Dogz (if we’re really lucky), and most certainly recent tracks like Jon Bovi.

Catz N Dogz – Jon Bovi (snippet)

Aside from being one half (the music half) of one of the biiiiigest hits from last year, Noir & Haze – Around, Noir also has one of the most downloaded deep house podcasts going. And when you consider how many DJs and producers are constantly churning out podcasts for our ears, this really is no mean feat. Couple that with the fact that HIS tracks regularly pop up on all those other podcasts and you know you’re in for something a bit special.

Noir – We 2 / Are 1 (snippets)

Get your tickets NOW for the very next Potty Mouth before they all sell out.

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Even if you don’t recognise Iranian-born Amirali from his spectacular opening track ‘My Way’ on the recent Crosstown Rebels compilaton Get Lost 4, one thing is certain: his style of melancholic house is most definitely going to be punctuating your year. His latest track Beautiful World has been popping up on Rebel-related podcasts and mixes, and should be known to hardcore Damian Lazarus fans at the very least. The seminal label describe the track as:

“Laced with the gothic sound of Depeche Mode colliding in the future with the spawn of Art Department and Underworld at Burning Man’s Robot Heart, the original cut of ‘Beautiful World’ is a seductive, space-age concoction of weird and groovy magnitude. Driven by bass swagger and imbued with an air of cinematic harmony, the penetrating vocal injects a gothic pop sensibility and marks out Amirali as the new voice in dance music. In this near epic package, the song is given cubic dimensions from a pool of current world-class talent.”

And one of these world-class talents is none of than Rebel favourite Deniz Kurtel who has remixed the track and slowed it aaaaaaallll down and given it a bit of a disco vibe. Both versions are worth treating your ears to.

Amirali – Beautiful World

Amirali - Beautiful World (Deniz Kurtel remix) – snippet

Beautiful World by Amirali is released on Crosstown Rebels on Saturday 28th January 2012

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Spaniard El_Txef_A seems to really enjoy tinkering with other people’s music. His latest re-edit is unusually enough one of American folk band Bon Iver. Not quite what you’d expect from an artist on Hypercolour. Previous re-edits include a haunting version of Fink’s See It All which even popped up on a Visionquest mix early last year. Download them both for FREE now.

El_Txef_A – Calgary re-edit [download here]

El_Txef_A – See It All near u edit [download here]

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All over the internet regular people have been moaning about how much 2011 sucked and how 2012 is going to be amazingly epic. Whilst all this has been going on every DJ and producer has proclaimed what a brilliant year they’ve had and how it’s absolutely been one of the best years of their lives. And you know what, listening to Exploited Records head Shir Khan’s Best Of 2011 Mix, it’s stunning apparent that that it *has* been house music’s year. Every track is a killer and is the type that’s going to have you dancing round your kitchen remembering every great night you had raving with your pals, and every great moment that helped blot out all misery you experienced in between. From Noir & Haze to 2 Bears to Tensnake to Julio Bashmore to Maceo Plex; it’s all there and everything in between. Have a listen to all two and half hours of last year’s musical joy and make sure you get on the download. Tracklist after the jump.

Shir Khan – Best Of 2011 Mix

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SHIR KHAN’S BEST OF 2011 MIX

1. Art Department – We Call Love feat. Soul Clap & Osunlade (DJ Harvey Remix) – Crosstown Rebels
2. Homework – 1986 – Black Jukebox 02
3. Martin Dawson – Think About It feat. NRG (Maceo Plex Remix) – Pets
4. Noir & Haze – Around (Solomun Remix) – Noir Music
5. Cocolores – Heart Quest – Exploited
6. Doctor Dru & Adana Twins – Juicy Fruit – Exploited
7. Daniel Steinberg – You Got It – Arms & Legs
8. DJ Le Roi – Valdemossa – Black Label Compost
9. Bas Amro – Soundkilla – Freerange
10. Oliver $ – Doing Ya Thang – Play it Down
11. Homework – I’m Into This (Andre Crom & Martin Dawson Remix) – Exploited
12. The 2 Bears – Bear Hug – Southern Fried
13. Kyodai – Mi Rumba (Genius of Time Remix) – Freerange
14. Eats Everything – The Size – Dirty Bird
15. Red Axes – The Tower – Klasse
16. Daniel Dexter – No House for Old Men – Pokerflat
17. Green Velvet – Millie Vanillie – Relief
18. Julio Bashmore – Battle for Middle You – Futureboogie
19. Black Rose – The Anthem – Play it Down
20. Hercules & Love Affair – My House – Moshi Moshi
21. Mercury – The Sweetness – Gomma
22. Motor City Drum Ensemble – L.O.V.E. – K7!
23. Tensnake – Something About You – Mirau
24. David August – Hamburg is for Lovers – Diynamic
25. DJ T – City Life feat. Cari Golden – Get Physical
26. Osunlade – Envision (Ame Remix) – Innervisions
27. Maceo Plex – Can’t Leave You – Crosstown Rebels
28. Miguel Campbell – Something Special – Hot Creations
29. Coat of Arms – Is This Something? – Futureboogie
30. Lovebirds – Want You in my Soul feat Stee Dowes – Winding Road Records
31. D.B. – Limit – Keinerechte
32. Chris Carrier – Spaceshaft – One Records
33. Manolo – Night Rhythm – Dsiko
34. The Magician feat. Jeppe – I Don’t Know What To Do – Kitsune
35. Pollyester – Concierge D’Amour – Permanent Vacation
36. Washed Out – Get Up – Mexican Summer