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          The Power” originally came out in 1999 and was one of Karizma biggest hits. Now the inimitable DJ Spinna has touched it for the year 2012, giving us two very different, but equally enthralling versions for future dance-floors. These versions caused mayhem at Miami Music Conference this year, and no doubt did the same at Southport Weekender. To add to the package, Karizma’s longtime production partner from the Basement Boys DJ Spen has given “Good Morning” the full soulful house treatment it’s been waiting for. Finally, Ralf Gum takes the melancholy “Sad Isn’t It” and twists it into a journey to fulfillment. Lose yourself on the dancefloor  

                                Kapote is back with a new EP. The Berlin based head of Toy Tonics, passionate vinyl digger and DJ comes back with 3 new tracks. As always the Kapoteâs music is hard to file under one genre. "I hate clichees in dance music" he says. "My DJ sets are never committed to just one style and so i want my EPs to be more open than most DJ records are." In fact - if you ever heard Kapote playing records you will recognize his amazing ability to create a flow out of very different records. He might start with downtempo Hip Hop, swap into mid tempo french house and fly over to broken beats and techno in just one hour. The main connections: he loves Funk. And he has a groove. And like his DJ selector style are his own productions: On the new EP he starts with a very deep, sample based 118 bpm house track: Temptation. Quite similar to the mood of the recent Black Loops or Coeo tracks on T...

With this release we welcome Thomas Brenner and Asia Yarwood to our Soulstice Music family! Another Soulful killer project is coming out, and we are sure you will accept this beautiful song with open arms into your life and music collection! We kept it in the family this time, with special remixes from two of our best! Reelsoul and Mark Di Meo. As the holidays approach we know this one will fit right into the season, we promise this soulful tune will make your life even more beautiful!

                              During this Holiday season, Ron Carroll is re-releasing all of his self picked remix and production gems from years ago, to give YOU the DJ a front row seat of songs RC felt didn't get the right spotlight!!

                     Quantize Recordings presents two killer kuts from a brilliant dance producer outta Scottsdale, AZ by way of Detroit; Jodadj. Employing smooth melodies and a stellar performance by vocalist Cinnamon Brown, “Living This Life” is a soulful house lover’s call to the dance floor. Joe’s deeply moving track simply engulfs Cinnamon’s beautifully written song. Meanwhile, “7 Mile Soul” is a pure modern day house anthem! Featuring spoken word vocals of Smooth Perry, it is a song that defines soulful house unlike any other recording. Additionally, Quantize’s own DJ Spen & Soulfuledge give up a funky rendition of “7 Mile Soul” complete with both vocal and dub mixes. Enjoy!    

One of the most loved UK soulful labels, PAPA RECORDS, celebrate 15 glorious years of brilliant musical output with their special anniversary compilation ‘PLAY IT LIKE PAPA’.  Established in 2002 in East London by producer/DJ OLI LAZARUS, PAPA quickly established themselves as one the best labels for soulful music. Sticking true to their sound, they have gone from strength to strength releasing approximately 100 singles and nearly 50 albums to date.

Music written and produced by Andy Compton. Vocals written and performed by Tenisha Edwards. Published by Peng Music Mastered at the Peng Studio, Bristol, Uk