Grooveland Music, is proud to present it’s seventh release, courtesy of respected world-citizen Tarek of the Licksamba crew.
Hailing from Rio de Janeiro, the producer/musician/composer Tarek creates a unique musical experience, which he achieves by blending in his productions influences from musical genres like Bossa Nova, Jazz, Funk and Broken beats. As a DJ, Tarek as shared his musical vision across the globe, performing at key cities like Beirut, Istanbul, Amsterdam, New York, Dallas, Chicago, Miami, Los Angeles, San Diego, Lisbon, Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, and, of course, his home-town Rio de Janeiro, where he hosts the monthly party “Ritual”.
With Desabafo, Tarek showcases all his talent as a musician. Every instrument – apart from the acoustic guitar - were played by the man himself. The result is a groovy latin-house tune full of brazilian influences.
On the remix job, Grooveland Music presents newcomer Henrique Fishi, also hailing from Rio de Janeiro/Brazil. Keeping the original bassline intact, Fishi added his own beats and fx’s, and dropped the guitar solo in favor of funky guitar licks, creating an irresistible vibe. Second, Vancouver’s most famous DJ and producer Shawn Ward, whose work was released by important labels like Polyphonics, Tweekin, Blockhead, Sensei, Mettle Music, Flat & Round and Elevation, turns the music into a late-night deep-house affair, featuring smooth beats, an electroish bassline, lovely keys, some sexy vocals and spacey fx’s thrown here and there. Rounding the package, John Kumahara, from Iwanai Music/CA, who previously remixed Grooveland’s debut release Afrika, by eDeep, reworks the tune to the deep/tech headz, by using a minimal bassline and some wicked and spacey keys, blending them perfectly with the original elements.
Backing up the already successful release of So Lonely, here we have part 2 to get things moving for the end of this year.
This new mixes by King of Soul (aka Booker T), Haldo and eDeep picks things up where the previous mixes left of, taking Domenico Navarra's production and Monique vocals yet to another level. Each producer gave the song his trademark treatment, turning out three different takes, all in a deep but uplifting tip, perfect to get the floor shaking and the girls singing.
As an added bonus, get the never-gonna-see-the light-of day full-length version of the Original Mix, a 10minute long journey into the deep & soulful elements.
So Lonely is a deep and mellow laidback house affair, featuring an outstanding and emotional vocal performance by vocalist Monique Henry. The solid production is enriched by subtle drums, played by Frank Martin and a lovely guitar by R. Dawkes.
On the remix job, Jersey's Jihad Muhammad, with the help from Vincent Jeffries on the piano and Kelton Cooper on the guitar, adds his trademark "Movement Soul" sound, taking the tune to another level by turning it into a jazzy soulful gem, sure to please any true house lover.
Last, Grooveland's own eDeep takes the track into a whole different direction, going for a deep tribal remix, witha a slight dark edge, featuring a wicked synthline, aimed to set the dancefloor on fire.
This time, we have our first Grooveland Music release for this year. A jazz laiden excursion into House Music brought to you by SoulBasics.
SoulBasics, arrived on the house music production scene early 2006 with releases 'City-Lite' on Soulfunk Digital and 'The Phusion EP' on Soultonic Records earning them respect from some of the scene's biggest names and guest mixes on numerous radio shows across Europe.
The collective of DJs Steve Fox and Nick D with production engineer/session musician Matt Bell hale from Darlington representing the UK's northern deep house and nu-jazz scene. The SoulBasics sound incorporates jazz, funk, disco, latin, tech, deep and soulful house influences with inspiration from artists such as Herbie Hancock, Roy Ayres, Kerri Chandler, Osunlade amongst many others.
With Cisco Bay, a jazzy little number they cooked up while working in their studios, coming in three different takes - a deep house mix, a loungy rub, and a broken beat affair - SoulBasics make it's debut on Grooveland Music.
New Compilations are coming with Groveland Music tracks.
Cafè Solaire 13 mixed by Henri Khon on Soulstar Recors. This cd featuring Grooveland Music's track Domenico Navarra Featuring Monique Henry So Lonely (Movement Vox Mix).
Deep House 4th Chapter mixed by Harley & Muscle on Soulstar Recors. This cd featuring Grooveland Music's track KC Jackson - All Things Praise.
Frank's Bar Milano on Club Star Records. This cd featuring Grooveland Music's track Soul Basics - The Theme (Cisco Bay).
Also, catch these following compilations all featuring Groveland Music tracks and in stores now:
Compilations House Affair Vol. 02 mixed by Soul Central & Francesco Diaz and Luxury House For A Fascinate Sunset At Benirràs Beach mixed by Dj Jeromé. These cds featuring Grooveland Music's track Jarrier Modrow - Rare Soul (Julian Bendall's Afternoon Edit Mix).
Brazilian Compilation 180 Graus Ubatuba 10 anos * Beach Mix vol 01. This cd featuring Grooveland Music's track eDeep - Afrika (Iwanai Music Mix).
KC Jackson - All Things Praise GM003
With only two releases out yet, Grooveland Music has already gained lots of respect in the community thanks to their addiction to quality music. Their third release is courtesy of young producer KC Jackson who presents a beautiful song with preacher vocals over a percussion loaded, funktified groove.
A deep and percussive house affair with a brilliant spoken words vocal, with three additional mixes ranging from the deep and jazzy groove by the Subwaysoul Music crew, the oldschool funky vibes by the Beat Brothers, to the straight up soulful danceflor stormer by e.deep. e.deep delivers a soulful interpretation that uses phat beats and a rumbling bassline topped with jazzy keys and a magnificent saxophone.
The Beat Brothers (J Wagner & Wander A) use great guitar licks and spacey keys to give the track an old school funky and laidback feeling, while Bradford James' reworking is on a deep and moody tip featuring jazzy keys that give it a relaxed feeling.
A seamless blend of african chants; brazilian congas, cuicas and whistles; sure to make all the househeads across the world go wild on the dancefloor, thinking they are enjoying brazilian's Carnival.
e.deep - Afrika (Original Mix) is avaliable now on Afrique Sensations vol.02 EP, through Waking Monster Media the innovative record label from the renowned artist, dj, singer and producer, Keith Thompson.
After the huge success of it's first single, Grooveland Music is back with another strong release, entitled Rare Soul, produced by newcomer Jarrier Modrow. Born in Porto Alegre, south of Brazil, Jarrier delivers a unique vibe, by blending together acoustic and analogic elements, reflecting all the influences of soul music in his productions. On the remix duties, Carlos Casamena (Yoruba Rec/Ocha Rec) and e.deep (Grooveland Music/Haus 33).
In his Basement Remix, Casamena delivers a deep and darker interpretation, while in his Backyard Mix, he gives the song an lovely afro flavor, adding amazing spoken words celebrating Soul Music. Grooveland Music's own e.deep goes for a beefed up version in his Bossa Dub Mix, bringing some brazilian elements to the dancefloor and letting the marvellous keys do their work.
Afrika (Remixes) is the first single of Grooveland Music
Brazilian first House label makes it debut, with a fantastic release, produced by Eduardo Curry, aka e.deep.
Afrika is a brilliant deep house production featuring african chants and wicked keys over a deeply stormin groove.
John Kumahara provides the first remix with the help of Martino (keys) and Tyrone Solomon (who's done the mixing). His interpretaton uses a sweet tribal groove as base for the various layers of keys and a wicked organ solo that add a hpynotic soul-tech flavor to the track.
The second remix is courtesy of Bradford James (with keys by Peter Martinez) who adds brazilian flavors to the track, creating a laidback and extremly groovy reworking that features a long intro.
