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Explorer of the week: Specter

yeah, i know. The picture looks like he is saying  “hey man, how long  do you need to take the  pic?     But behind the face you will find a really nice guy that loves music with a really inteligent  way of live, testing  all the flavours that earth can show.   At least that was the vibe that i felt talking to Andres Ordonez aka Specter in the last Beatdown party in Madrid where he was playing records in a really cold night in the city even with snow in the morning…  We were talking about the making of “Windtalker” his first track for the Deep Explorer sampler compilation of 2008 called “Up to the surface”  and about a new remix that he will have in process for Deep Explorer.

And of course we were talikng about Tetrode music. The big label that he runs  with his partner Damon Lamar. Untyl today only four releases in nine years but more that enough to make Tetrode one of the most important labels of the undergroud scene.
Andres told me that with his last releases in Eargasmic, Downbeat and Deep Explorer, he feels his batteries recharged again so we’ll see more often the Tetrode stuff.
Was really nice to meet him in my city, I hope to see you again, bro!

More info about Specter:
Listen his sound:

Windtalker- Up to the surface (Deep Explorer 018)

Above Smoke “The Fix Ep” – “Dubbyman Rmx”

Tracklist
A1 – Awfully
A2 – Get down
B1 – The fix (Dubbyman remix)
B2 – The fix

Yore returns with yet another Deep Master Piece. Javier Alvarez, a Madrid-based producer and proprietor (along with his younger brother Dubbyman) of the underground label Deep Explorer Music, brings his relaxed Above Smoke sound to the Yore imprint.

In the first of four warm and atmospheric mood pieces, “Awfully” drapes dense synthetic winds over a deliciously grooving, bass-prodded deep house pulse. “Get Down” does exactly that with five funky minutes of Rhodes chords, disco hi-hats, and synth swirls; a percolating bass line lends the track a propulsive charge, while crowd voices give the cut a party vibe. On the B side’s “The Fix” Javier scatters chopped fragments of the spoken line, I’ve got a lot of shit to say and I can’t say it all in one day, I can’t say it all on one piece of tape, over a funk-house groove, after which Dubbyman offers variations on the theme in his remix of the track;

Dubbyman’s version digs deeper into the cut’s bass science and warms the tune’s slinky pulse with hand percussion and claps.

Old-school in its embrace of classic house sounds, Above Smoke’s EP is tailor-made for those who like their material laid-back, groove-centered, and funky.

You can buy it at wordandsound

 

 Above Smoke - Get down [3:44m]: Play Now | Play in Popup

 

 Above Smoke - The Fix [3:27m]: Play Now | Play in Popup

 

 Above Smoke - The Fix Dubbyman rmx [6:06m]: Play Now | Play in Popup

DJB.067 Podcast: Ernie

01. Ernie – Soul of the Night (Minuendo 16)
02. Above Smoke – Save Us (Minuendo 14)
03. Ernie – My little Mia (Minuendo 15)
04. Ordell feat Amado – Hardface (Minuendo 14)
05. Dubbyman – Equinos (Minuendo 13)
06. Dubbyman ft. Jus-Ed – Sunday Manifesto (Deep Explorer)
07. Dubbyman – One for Detroit (Tranquilo Recordings)
08. The Lady Blacktronika & Mattski – If Some Rain (Deep Explorer)
09. Patrice Scott – Nuonce (Minuendo 14)
10. M. Pittman – There´s Somebody Out There (Unirhythm)
11. Ernie – Rotary Body (Minuendo 16)
12. Schatrax – First Heartbeat (Vintage Vinyl)
13. Keith Worthy – The Angry Edit (Aesthetic Audio)
14. Antonelli Electr. – A Ghost Should Care (Minuendo 6)
15. Ernie – Sandstorm (Morris Audio Citysport Ed. 48)
16. Theo Parrish – Solitary Flight (Sound Signature)

Deep Explorer at Estrella damm lounge

Tracklist:

CD1:

| 01. Kero One – In all the Wrong Places
| 02. Gecko Turner feat. Eska – Monosabio Blues
| 03. The Bamboos – Get In The Scene feat. Ohmega Watts
| 04. GAGLE – Eastern Voyage (Instrumental)
| 05. Mocean Worker – Shamma Lamma Ding Dong
| 06. The Lions – Think About It
| 07. Breakestra – Family Rap
| 08. Speedometer – Answer To Mother Popcorn
| 09. The Soul Snatchers – People People ft. Jimi Bell Martin
| 10. The Juju Orchestra – Kind Of Latin Rhythm (Smoove Remix)
| 11. Oscar – Silent Day

CD2:

| 01. Above Smoke – Desperately in Love
| 02. Patchworks Ginger Xpress – Brothers On The Slide (Jimpster Remix)
| 03. Mop Mop – Living Beat (Patchwork Remix)
| 04. Rick Wade – Whistle Bump Track (Vinyl Refresher EP)
| 05. Hugo Giner – Este Es El Ritmo
| 06. Larry Heard presents Mr. White – The Sun Can’t Compare
| 07. The Littlemen feat. Crash – Holding On (Nacho Marco Remix)
| 08. Alex Santos & DJ Jazzy – The Look in Your Eyes (Alex Santos Remix)
| 09. Subharmonics – Snowman (Original Mix)
| 10. Matthias Heilbronn – Brooklyn Sun (Soulflower Sax Mix)
| 11. Pepe Link – Cyclone Soul (Garcynoise Re Twist)
| 12. Catalan FC & Sven Lve – Vanishing Point
| 13. Kirk Degiorgio presents Esoterik – Starwaves (Spiritcatcher’s Time Modulator Mix)

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Deep Explorer 012 – Cornuta Explorers Ep

W&P Hgg / Dubbyman
- Cornuta Explorers Ep

Cornuta (picture side)
01.W&P Hgg – Space part II
02.W&P Hgg – Soulmarv

Explorer side (this)
03.Dubbyman – Rise of  equality (Original extended  mix)
04.Dubbyman – Rise of  equality (Piano take beats)

01&2 written and produced by Hugo Giner courtesy of Cornuta sound records. 03&04 written and produced by Dubbyman

Originally released of Ferrispark Records 014. more info at www. ferrispark. com. All tracks mastered by Above Smoke at the Hole of dub studio.
With only 3 releases in the streets, Cornuta recordings is one of our favourite labels from Spain.  They spread the word of the black house music movement with a personal touch full of emotional vibes.  W&p Hgg aka Hugo Giner is the owner of the label and sign all the releases until the date.  His contribution to Deep Explorer are a couple of tracks that really represent what his label need use to express.  The both  tracks ( called Space part II and Soulmarv  combines soulful rhodes  with  dynamics beatbox rhythms  and a special use of the voices that reminds some records of Sade or Marvin Gaye, in fact the second track it´s his special tribute to the famous singer of Motown.
In the B side of this duet-label release  we can find two tracks that was edited at the beginning of the year in FerrisPark by Dubbyman but only in a digital way. So..here is the vinyl version for all the vinyl collectors that asking for it in plastic.
If you can´t listened  in the past  you must know that Rise of the equality (Extended mix) and his dub version Rise of equality (Piano take beats) are a total statement of principles about the meaning of groove. Speech style under a slowhouse
rhythm with hypnotic keys The Piano version  is an instrumental take with other kind of hypnosis that  increment the mix

Don´t miss it, bro!.

W&P Hgg & Dubbyman – Cornuta Explorers Ep

The Lady Blacktronika

A born and raised Californian, But I’m dedicated to the dirty sounds of Detroit Techno and Old School Chicago House. Most recently I’ve been getting into Disco re-edits since I love disco so much its a natural transition. I hope you all enjoy my re-edits I’ve posted.
Hoping to make a mark as one of the great women (but not just) producers with integratiy to what this house and techno shit is really about, the feeling and soul!!!

Contact:

http://www.myspace.com/ladyblacktronika
Releases:

“It´s all about survival” Deep Explorer 008