dionne warwick is one of the most classic and iconic soul singers of all time. over her career she has recorded a string of hits and a legacy of music of outstanding quality. “move me no moiuntain” was first released in 1975 on warner brothers and has since become her most played song on the ‘modern soul’ scene. “(i’m) just being myself” comes from an earlier album (1973) produced by holland-dozier-holland’, a connoisseur soul track gaining support in recent years.
FEEL DA RAIN (INCL. STACEY PULLEN, ALTON M, DPAC & BRIAN HALL REMIXES)
12 Inch 08.04.15
more heat from kms. another rarity this time from dionne circa 1994. focusing on the deeper end of detroit s spectrum this features mixes from stacey pullen, brian hall, alton m and the deep house classic d pac dub of feel da rain. released in full conjunction with kevin saunderson / kms records. fully remastered for 2015.
smallpeople member dionne aka just von ahlefeld debuts on his co-owned smallville label! entering the smalville record shop in hamburg city on a rainy afternoon you would find co-owner dionne to be working on some arrangement of his tracks. the room fills up with that unique kind of deepness and beauty we already know from dionnes works as a part of smallpeople. after releases on jus eds underground quality, the dial sublabel laid, new deephouse imprint tersiptone and his own smallville label dionne is back on the planet with a heavenly 3 track ep to spread sweetness and love on the dancefloor.
third outing from terpsiton imprint, made by dionne aka just von ahlefeld (smallpeople), backed up with a remix by christopher rau (smallville / giegling).
z records continues its commitment to unearthing the obscure and long forgotten tracks from the last 40 years through the ever-popular under the influence series. following on from red greg, paul phillips, james glass, nick the record and sean p it’s now the turn of one of the scenes most respected live disco acts and renowned dj’s, faze action.
legendary deep soul french complation(s) featuring many soul classics, sometimes forgotten, which have been sampled countless times by some of the biggest hip-hop acts. cut from original masters. original packaging, beautifully and precisely reproduced to the original standards. original year of release: 2014
z records continues its commitment to unearthing the obscure and long forgotten tracks from the last 40 years through the ever-popular under the influence series. following on from red greg, paul phillips, james glass, nick the record and sean p itÕs now the turn of one of the scenes most respected live disco acts and renowned djÕs, faze action.
this collection documents the two-decades-plus recording career of r&b icon luther vandross. even before he started putting out records under his own name, he was a first-call session singer (hes the one who created and sang the chorus hook on david bowies -young americans,- for just one example). throughout the 80s and the 90s, he was (both commercially and aesthetically) one of the most consistently successful r&b singer/songwriter/producers. this healthy two-disc selection of highlights from the impressive vandross catalogue moves deftly from heartfelt ballads (-a house is not a home-) to percolating, poppy numbers (-never too much-), spotlighting the mans mellifluous voice and tasteful phrasing at each turn. this is quite clearly the definitive career summary for this deeply influential r&b titan.
the smallville collective has injected a real breath of fresh air into the house music scene. after launching their record shop in hamburg city in 2005 they invited the most sophisticated artists of the european and american underground scene- such as jus- ed, keith worthy, shinedoe, sleeparchive, omar s, baby ford & thomas melchior and many more to play at hamburgs love-spreading allnighters.