Christmas is here and it seems its not just me getting into the festive mood. Waking up this christams morning to find not one, two, three or four, but five free tracks from some of this blog's favourite artists... Soul Clap, PillowTalk, Danny Daze, Miguel Campbell and Alexis Raphael. Strongly recommend you download all five free edits by clicking through to Soundcloud links or for MAM's edit on the Mrtz link below...
1. Soul Clap - Shake Those Fries
Charles Levine and Eli Goldstein of Soul Clap have a tradition of spreading the love in the holidays. In 2008 they released the Thanksgiving In The Basement mix for Daily Candy, an absolute classic mix that helped gain their Hip-Hop House reputation. This time around Soul Clap have decided to release one track from their Soul Clap Edits IV EP that has just dropped on Wolf + Lamb Black Label. "Shake Them Fries" is a funky house edit of George Clinton 80's electro-boogie anthem “Do Fries Go With That Shake?” The track is definitely more upbeat than Soul clap's normal productions but has the same has the bouncy, sleazy sound that we have come to expect from Soul Clap edits.
Shake Those Fries by Soul Clap
2. PillowTalk Vs. Mayer Hawthorne - The Makings of A Lover Edit (Feat. The Festivals)
Next up is San Fran's PillowTalk. After my previous blog entry, I have been paying very close attention to all and any of PillowTalk's online profiles and came across this beauty this morning. The edit sees PillowTalk combining with the very talented canadian musician Mayer Hawthorne (Left). Similar to PillowTalk, Hawthorne's style is hard to pin down, but takes inspirations from Jazz, Soul and Hip-Hop. For more information check out StonesThrow bio.
Coming from Hawthrone's album Impressions, “The Makings Of A Lover” is a cover from the little know Dallas, Texas group called The Festivals, recorded in the 60's. PillowTalk’s version of “The Makings Of A Lover” includes vocals from Mayer Hawthorne, Sammy D (PillowTalk) and even original bits from The Festivals.
Mayer Hawthorne vs PillowTalk - The Makings of A Lover 'Edit' (Feat. The Festivals) by PillowTalk Music
3. Danny Daze - Niki And Da Dub
Third edit comes from Miami's Danny Daze. While the track name maybe comedic the track is certainly not, Danny Daze has produced the dark, moody dub remix for Swedish euro-pop group Niki And The Dove. Whilst not being quite in the christmas spirit the edit is an excellant piece of Deep House and im loving it!
4. Daft Punk - Around The World (MAM Edit)
The fourth comes from 2011 rising star, the disco-king Miguel Campbell and his counterpert Matt Hughes. Having spent quite a bit of time with Miguel i can tell you he is an absolute hero, and one of the biggest music lovers i have ever met! Perform under the moniker MAM, Hughes and Campbell have produced what maybe seen by many as a very bold edit of an all-time dance classic... Daft Punk - Around The World. With MAM's sound being heavily influenced by Daft Punk and the french house genre, the edit contains a lot of the original with the clear Miguel Campbell flavour that has given him so much success this past year.
5. Alexis Raphael - Cocktails Of Dreams
Last but by no means least is Alexis Raphael's edit of Wham 'Cocktail Of Dreams.' This track started to get a lot of play time earlier in the year being charted on RA by Dan Ghenacia as early as February. It now seems Raphael seems like he has mastered the edit and posted the track through his soundcloud for all of us to enjoy. The track itself is a very sexy edit wrapped in funk that’ll get you grooving real quick.
Cocktail of Dreams (wham edit) by Alexis Raphael
I'm loving the free downloads this year, hope you do too...
Merry Christmas And Enjoy The Music.
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