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Back on the track: One of my favorite Edits-Label, Beats House Records, returns in 2022 (yes, we have to wait much longer) with some new stuff. They announced 4 new releases (too little, when you ask me) for 2022. Three 45s and one LP. Once again Djar One shows his skills in editing stuff for pure dancing and asshaking. This time there will be two brazilian edits on the 45 called "Eu Bebo Sim" on Side A and "Marraio" on Side B. Both are around the same speed, i define as uptempo, e.g. "Eu Bebo Sim" is 124 bpm. Djar One did his best to make (again) funky edits for the dancefloor to jump around and have fun. I can't wait to put them on the decks and play them.  "Eu Bebo Sim" was originally released 1973 by Elizeth Cardoso and "Marraio" originally released in 1975 by Sonia Santos, which is, as i hear it, the source of this edit.   The release date is 04 February 2022 if everything goes well with the pressing, where some labels had trou...

2021 and Dusty Donuts are back with Release No.20 and  Weapons of Choice No. 2.  No. 20 brings again two bangers with samples everyone knows. On side A is an edit of „Feeling Good“ by Nina Simone which was recreatet by J Dilla as intro to a Slum Village show. Nice pianobeats with the fabulous voice of Nina Simone. Sorry to say, that this HipHop-Tune first lent my thoughts to the amazing House-Version form 1997 by Huff & Herb, but that is nothing worse, just my emotions. I love this tune and the arrangement of it here. Just play it everywhere and all people will feel good and i hope they will smile like me, About side B there is only one thing to say: Kanye West - Golddigger! This 2005 track with „Ray Charles“ - „I‘ve Got a Woman“ to me is a alltime classic. So no more words needed. IMHO. Weapons of Choice is a Scratch-Tool 45 for all (mobile) Scratch-DJs „portablists“ with their PT01 Scratchs or Spins (just to name the two of the biggest namens in the game). Golden era Hip...

  T he year 2020 will end with another Dusty Donuts Joint. Dusty Donuts 019 will drop on 12 of December 2020 right before christmas and to get under your christmas tree.   A gain they are bring the mixture of solid Hip-Hop beats and the roots of the samples used to us. This one, No. 19, is by the new production team member DJ Goce.    O n the A-Side there is The Beatnuts "Ya Betta Belive It" with the origin "Family" by Hubert Laws. New member, same style. And that is nothing bad. "Belive in Family": a tune to get into the groove. Start your evening with this soulful candy filled with Discostabs and everything will be allright.   A  perfect mix of the beats with the style of the original brings a cool RnB style flava to this dancefloor gem.   O n the B-Side is my favourite of No. 19. "Who’s Phenomenal" That is because of that i love LL Cool Js "Phenomenon". For me one of his biggest tracks that doesn`t get mentioned so often. I 💚 it. Th...

Dusty Donuts Number 18 is on it's way. Continuing releasing mixtures of source and sample here is number 18. On the A-Side there is a rework of the sources used by Ugly Ducklings "Rio De Janeiro". Using the Hook and Vocals by Mário Castro Neves & Samba S.A. "Nanã" and the Vocals by Os Cariocas "Samba Do Avião", this one is a 100 bpm latin banger dancing lightly over the beach of Rio De Janeiro. The B-Side is a rework of "It's so sweet here" by Rachel Sweet as it was used in "We Got The Funk" by the Beatnuts. Puting some extra Drums and Bass unter the original which makes this one a real Hip-Hop-Groover on the dancefloor. The DD018 is a summertime 45 with the A-Side to dance on a summer party at the beach with a  Piña Colada in your hand. Chilling and relaxing. The B-Side is the backyard-BBQ sound grooving with your friends into the sunset on a saturday afternoon.  Listen to those two tracks here:

Dusty Donuts are back. With two Donuts for your 45 pleasure. Once again Dusty Donuts strike with homages to the early days of Hip-Hop. For their 5th label anniversary they are releasing two "Donuts" to celebrate the label. After listening to both on hearthis, i must say, that i love them all but i have one that i like a bit more.  The use of original songs that created Hip-Hop classics is a speciality of the Dusty Donut guys and they know how to teach you well: DD016: The native tongue 45. On the A side there ist the remix of "Just A touch Of Love" by Slade that was used for De La Souls "Keeping the Faith". Also used in this remix are the other Samples like "Could It Be Love" by Bob Marley that where used in the De La Soul song. The Use of the Bob Marley sample adds a little bit of highlight to this tune. Love the use of the sample. The B Side comes around with the samples of "Bonita Applebum" by A Tribe Called Quest. The trac...

Here my June 2019 mix. As i got much to do on my job as a civil engineer in Germany, there is less time for blogging at the moment. I´m glad i could make this mix this month in time. enjoy listening to it!

New 45even Heaven mix, April 2019. After the starter "Autobahn" from Kraftwerk, which was in German magazine "Musikexpress" as a blue 7", we get into one vs. another: "Origu/Our Label"  vs.  Breakin Bread     vs. A funky, hiphopy trip through two labels. ENJOY!

 The new Dusty Donuts 45 is on it's way. Coming in mid-December 2018 with two homage tracks to New York. Again we have two tracks that are originals to two boom bap Hip-Hop Tracks. On the A-side we have "Our Dreamworld". Known from DJ Premiers "Our Street" ft. A$AP Ferg and as original tune from "The Continental 4 - (You're living in a) Dream World". The Naughty NMX Harlem Mix is the perfect mixture of both tracks. The soulful Original tuned up with some DJ Premier like drums. On the B-side there is "Let Me Go A Million Times". Also from a DJ Premier beat. This time a remix for Jay-Z. "A Million and one Questions" is the name of the track. Aha, he did it again! Naughty NMX took the original of the DJ Premier sample and pimped it with some new beats. Latimore is the band and "Let Me Go" is the song. The two sides are a trip through NY. From Harlem to Brooklyn with two reworked originals, used in songs produced ...

I hope you remember  Daytoner  the DJ/Producer/Band from Cornwall, UK. Their Northern Soul bangers "Need You", "Sicka" and the follow up "Second Stomp", "I Get By" are great 45s. Now they got a new 45 out. This 45 got some "Shedits" on it. One is a edit of "Apache" by the "Incredible Bongo Band" and the other is a Edit of "Beardsman Ska" by "The Skatalites". Two tunes you should definitively check out. The 45 is from the "Friday's Funky 45"-series and brought to us by "Dinked Records. Buy it here: Friday's Funky 45 - Daytoner Listen here: Apache Shedits 7" Vinyl by Daytoner

Melting Pot Music Logo Melting Pot Music is a label that is on since 2002. They feature a lot of styles like Soul, Beats and Hip Hop. As i found out while surfing on my 45-trip in the internet. They also sell 45s in their mail order. The 45s are all in the genres that i wrote above.  One of those 45s is a 10 Years HHV/MPM release. This one is also the last 7inch released by Melting Pot Music. Sadly it is from 2012. But you should definitively check the releases in the store. Buy their 45s here: Melting Pot Music 7" Here something to listen to: the 10 Years HHV/MPM release:

News News News.. Tramp Records 45s released some new stuff. Today there was coming in the new "Number Nine Records" with German Hip Hop by "Teecain" (aka MC Teekanne) from Munich. "Rentners Rap" is about being retired as a Rapper and watching the actual business on a nice funky guitar beats. "Brudermuehl No. 1" is a more chilly Track. Seems like Munich still is the No. 1 City for Hip Hop that is more real life than gangster. Also cuts on "Brudermuehl No.1" are from Munich using David Pes vocals from the track "München halt" from Main Concept ft. Blumentopf (the best known Munich Hip Hop crews). Listen here: Rentners Rap by TEECAIN Buy it here: Rentners Rap by Teecain Now to the next that came in today: "The Vicious Seeds" from Saint Petersburg, Russia. I got one 45 from them on Lugnut Brand Records  and i love it. What should i say. I fell in Love again, when i pressed the play button on the Bandcamp sit...

Behind Soul Flip there are the two DJs Del Gazeebo and Aldo Vanucci. "Don't call it a comeback, for us it never went away." is what they say on their Facebook site. With Soul Flip they started to release edits of funk and soul classics. With that new style those classics rock every party even more. As examples i name a few: Marvin Gaye - It's Not Unusual Aretha Franklin - A Change Sugar Pie Desanto - Go Go Power The Jackson 5 - The Love You Save Actual there are four 45s out. Buy them (exept FLIP-001, that is sold out) here: Soul Flip on Bandcamp Here is a short Soul Flip mix:

As i was into Mashups some years of my Dj Career, somehow i stumbled across "DJ Detweiler" and his "flute drop". Last week i found out through some of my existing Mashup Channels, that he has a limited 7" out called "The Eminem Paradox" together with "DJ Dadmagnet". The release is limited to 150 pieces. As it is not available for prelistening it is some kind of lottery to buy it. But you can wait till it drops and some one posts a video or snippet where you can hear it or just risk it and order one of the 150 45s you almost don't know anything about! Get it here: "The Eminem Paradox" on Big Cartel Check all Chin Stroke stuff here: Chin Stroke Records on Big Cartel Here is a video of the Chin Stroke 001 a 7" by DJ Detweiler:

Rocafort Records are back with a new release. They bring us a funk 45 from L'Eclair. The six men band from Geneva bring us two instrumental funk bangers. As they describe their genre "Exogroove post internet" they bring you groovy down to earth funk with oldschool and afro flavors. On the A-Side is a composition by the band it's self called "Funky Splash". The B-Side "O Caminho Do Bem" is a cover version from brazilian Tim Maia. Check, pre-order and listen to the release HERE .

Another label on the bigcartel platform is Fresh Pressings. Their style is Hip Hop. Fresh Pressings is a sub-label of "Diggers With Gratitude" with only new releases.  The Artists on the label are "Goodafther Don", "The Good People", "Jorun Bombay" and more.  Get some cool, funky Hip Hop on the 45s of them here: Fresh Pressings Store

Picture "stolen" from hhv.de for style reasons One of the big German online vinyl stores comes along with some Boombap Hip Hop 45s. As the attention to 45s is growing and the No.1 Genre seems to be changed from Soul to Hip Hop, "hhv" is bringing you some BoomBap Classics. Those classics are released as limited edition 300 pieces. First one was: "Da Bush Babees - Brooklyn Movement", followed by "Juggaknots - Clear Blue Skyes/Rob Swift - I'm leaving" and as third end of July there was "Das EFX - Real Hip Hop". As i wrote in my post about  Easy Now Records , you can always get me with some "Das EFX". So they got me now. I'm looking forward to more cool Boombap 45s from "hhv" coming soon, as the first three came in a period of about 2 to 3 weeks between the releases. As the first one is already sold out, if you want some try your luck here:  hhv Boombap 45s "Das EFX coming":

Evil Ed is a Hip Hop Producer and DJ from the UK. He started his DJ carrier in the mid 80s and producing in the early 90s. His Production here is instrumental Hip Hop Beats. This Beats vary from heavy dark to light soulful. On his shop there is at the moment only one 7 inch vinyl available. The Release Ill Out / You & Me is limited to 300 Pieces. Check his 45 here: Evil Ed Shop on Bandcamp

Logo Hip Hop on 45s. Hip Hop Be Bop is a site dedicated to Hip Hop from 1979 to 1986. In their shop they sell two releases of an artist called Silver Fox. Cool oldschool Hip Hop food for your hungry turntables. Check it out! Hip Hop Be Bop Shop Check the Video here:

After their debut 45 in march,  Soul Dynamite  announced their 2nd release this weekend. The 7 inch vinyl will be out around July 31, 2018. This release is a Hip Hop 45 by Mr. Lif, produced by EL-P. The songs named "Return of the B-Boy" (Part I and Part II on the flipside) are two different styles and where first released on Mr. Lifs 2002 Album "I Phantom". Part I is a classical Hip Hop tune with deep dark 92 BPM beats in a kind of Cypres Hill style with some really cool scratches on the beat. Part II ist a more brokenbeatish track turning up the tempo to about 117 BPM (depending on how you count that broken monster!!!). The broken beats of part II are filled with spheric synthesizer sounds that are also providing a deep feeling. Part II is reminding me of the 1988/1989 Electro tracks "Professor X" by " Professor X " and also the "X-Men" by "The X-Men" that is on the same EP. This beat challenged the MC as well as me when...

Dont know who is behind R.T.D.T. Records, but it seems that Jorun Bombay is involved with his releases in this thing. They are located in the UK. In this shop you can get mixtapes of Jorun Bombays "Rock The Diskothek"-series and also 7 inch vinyl of edits from 80s live Hip Hop action. First one (i missed) was from Kool Moe Dee vs. Busy Bee Starsky. The second one is from Sha Rock & Lisa Lee with DJ Jazzy Jay. Both are/where limited to 300 pieces not to be repressed. So go and check them out before they are gone! As there is no pre-listening possible, you can listen to a mixtape snippet of "Sha Rock & Lisa Lee with DJ Jazzy Jay" on Section 3 of 4 on Joruns Bandcamp starting about 2:30 ( https://jorunbombay.bandcamp.com/album/jorun-bombay-rock-the-discotek ). Shop link: Rock The shop of Diskothek Records here Listen to the Busy Bee Starski vs. Kool Moe Dee Edit here: