Hiem, who created the stunning ‘2.A.M’ single with the Human League’s Phil Oakey earlier this year on Nang, return with an LP of gigantic proportions. 10 years together, Nick “Nico” Eastwood and formed Hiem from the ashes of Sheffield collectives The All Seeing I and Venini, with The All Seeing I bothering the charts with […]
Four years after setting up the label here they are with release number 100. For their 100th release Nang have come up with possibly the most bonkers of an idea since they started: Take the coolest Simple Minds song, two (ex) members of Simple Minds, the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra and plenty of Nang flavour. Label
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It’s that time of year again! Nang Present’s the forth volume in it’s Array series, showcasing a collection of the past year’s highlights and surprises including cuts from Brioski, Escort, Rayko, Space, Hiem, Toomy Disco, Sare Havlicek and many more. Rayko kicks of proceedings with his recent debut for the label, the woozy, synth-laden groover
Disco Doubles is the brainchild of Gilberto Caleffi a.k.a. G-CLEF, with his friend Erio Simonini a.k.a. E.R.I.O. There was a well know club in Modena during the golden age of disco (between 1975 and 1985, I mean, yeah including italo disco) where G-CLEF and E.R.I.O used to go dancing to good music. Nowadays that building
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Upon the first listen, the work of Fernando unfolds directly on your brain and leaves a long lasting feeling of drama. Fernando Pulichino is one those lucky guys who can pick up any instrument and write songs without breaking a sweat. He first caught Bearfunk’s attention with a remake of the Bauhaus classic “Kick in
It’s always a special occasion in the Bear Funk HQ when we get to rub shoulders with royalty, but that moment has come round again and the one and only King DJ has stepped down from his throne, graced us with his presence and delivered another prestigious album for his subjects. Coming at you with
Prins Thomas turns Carmen Villain’s psychedelic/avant/rock into a great 9 minute disco epic. The original track is taken from Carmen Villain’s album “Sleeper”, out 12 March, and was described, in comparison to the Prins Thomas remix, by Fader Magazine as “The original is melancholy and beautiful and does not sound anything like this.” Smalltown Supersound
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After a string of solo releases on United Recordings and some cracking remixes for Nang and other labels, the brilliant production team Situation join us to release a rendition of Kevin Saunderson’s 90’s classic ‘Good Life,’ with a brace of remixes from Mr Mulatto and Venice Beach. The Original is a bumpy, soulful edit of
After being rescued by a submarine from Garth’s perilous cliff ride in his truck Goliath, Garth has managed to salvage Goliath from the depths of the ocean. With updated source code from Megatron, Garth Knight has painstakingly re-assembled Goliath to once again challenge Michael Knight and KITT. Filled with awesome bass lines, killer synth hooks
This is their debut EP in mythical label Southern Fried Records, after receiving great feedback and hitting number one with their first single on the collection “Midnight Riot Volumen 3”. Wish & Consyn launch four soulful electronic tracks based on the analogy of their passion for organic and synthetic silence. F**k Art Let´s Dance is
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Guadalajara, Mexico’s finest young Disco, Funk & Boogie DJ’s and founders of the Mix Le Fun label, Dan Solo and Iñigo, join forces to release their debut two-track EP on the No Static imprint. Their sound is warm, colourful and full and soul like the climate they grew up in. ‘La Nueva Era’ kicks off
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Rudy’s Midnight Machine offer up their latest release on FAR with special guest Zeke Manyika featured on vocal duties. For those that remember, Zeke’s Afro inflected chants featured on Faze Action’s Kariba and he subsequently toured with the Faze Action live show across the globe culminating with a legendary performance at Glastonbury. Here he has
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Oliver Nickels’ latest effort out of Rhombus HQ branches out from House and Techno with a collection of bubbling analog basslines, 1980’s futurism, and a classy bootleg of Feist’s ‘One Evening’. The E.P. pays homage to a few of Oliver’s influences. On ‘Crockett’s JX3P’, the classic 1983 Roland synthesizer meets Jan Hammer’s masterful ‘Crockett’s Theme’.
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Russia seems to be a fertile breeding ground of excellent music of late, and, thanks to the internet, we’ve found another gem from these far away lands. Let us introduce Easy M and their fabulous ‘Sleepless Weekends EP.’ Lead track ‘Sleepless Weekends’ is story about night-life antics in Moscow. It\’s an uber-catchy, concise bit of
Ahead of the release of their next full-length album, Crimea X (DJ Rocca and Jukka Reverberi) offers up a singles package that has already been doing damage across the world. The EP includes three tracks from the forthcoming Another album, namely Essential and Yev, all of which, like the album, were written and produced with Norwegian magician Bjorn Torske. The latter of
Disco edit-not-edit mayhem! Hold Back The Night is built around a guitar loop manipulated in multiple ways to accentuate three distinct sections. The triple treat begins with a straight-up floorfilling groove and strong vocal before monster delays herald the arrival of a Moog-style bassline that drives the track into peaktime territory. Bouncy bongos maintain the
Future Tease! 6 tastemakers 6 new up & coming talents with styles ranging from Nu Skool Deep & Disco to the more tougher sides of G house with lots of R&B flare. Just A Dream is a really tasty disco treat sitting on that ever illusive fence torn between Deep House & Nu Disco, Power In The
We welcome new member to the F*** House Music Family OR’L from France. OR’L unleashes his ‘Confusion EP’. Having recorded for labels such as Fake Records (FR), TIMID records (Fr), Big Mamas House Records (GER) & Soul Shift Music (USA) amongst others. From an early age, OR’L has graced the turntables at clubs in Europe
Introducing The Tiger Cubes, from Russia! The Tiger Cubes sound is a forward-thinking, uniquely-Russian soundscape, bringing together the sounds of disco, electro, Czech ‘Jolana’ guitars, basses and Soviet Era 70s synths. Just the ticket for us here at Nang! ‘2012 Thinking About You’ is a gracious introduction to the band, accompanied by a stunning little
A year after the launch of Sleazy Deep with the mighty No Artificial Colours and what a year it’s been. The labels seen amazing support from the worlds Elite from Solomun to Maceo Plex and would of released 12 EP’s and 2 Future Sleaze compilations by the time the year is out! This EP is without doubt
Los Grandes is gladly presenting the second release from the greek producer Groovedown a.k.a. Alex Kokkis. This EP is truly the essence of Groovedown; four re-edits between 96 and 110 bpm’s full of groove, tastefully picked and reinterpreted. These four cuts (mostly Moodymann and LTJ – Xperience influeced in terms of production) drive us from
With its sound oozing with super raw sexy eighties funk flavor, Never Let You Go EP by Maseratay takes us right back to the era of silky smooth synthesis and boogie fresh crush grooves, marry that with the ultra cool deep soul vocals and you know your listening to something pretty damn special. Little is known about
Classic track by Dj Kaos that was inspired by Manuel Gottsching got a well deserved remix treatment by Quiet Village and Elitechnique! (Rumour is that Manuel Gottsching actually was involved playing the guitar on the original version! but we can’t confirm this 😉 ) The epic QV remix is a 24 minute long tribute to
The next release on the ever original Hell Yeah Records comes with a romantic back story, as told by boss man Marco “peeDoo Gallerani… “I was at a boat party in Venice arranged by Spiller & his crew and he invited my friend, hero and living legend Bjorn Torske to play. One of his last
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Sixth instalment from the Shack and another generous exult in aural pleasing for the intelligent of House heads out there. Two original tracks, two in-house remixes, you know the score with these guys…this is how they work. Key to the label and artists success is being reliable and consistent with the flow, something obviously being
Deux Tigres are Alex Nieminen and Heikki Liimatainen from Helsinki, Finland. The duo has extensively been active in the club scene since the 90s and this is the first time they hit the studio together. Alex Nieminen is known from the famous Finnish club radio show DanceMob, and he has been djing since the end
Sare Havlicek is back on Nang following the release of his second full-length album ‘Escape Machine’ back in June. This time it’s a lean selection of variations and edits of his track ‘Diamondback’, a 2-part nu-disco opus laden with real strings and serious groove. Parts 1 & 2 we’re included on ‘Escape Machine’; this EP
For Foto’s 8th release OOFT! supplies 3 tracks of deep and meaningful house music. The A side “Arbitrary” stakes out its intentions early with a solid groove and dubbed out stabs. A little vocal in the main breakdown increases the tension before it all kicks back in with a reassuring thud. On the flip “Galaxy
After a string of records for the likes of Nang, Cyclo Records and their own self-titled imprint, Welsh collective Situation arrive on United Recordings for a sumptuous 6 track EP of smokey vocal house – Situation – Midnight EP. The title track sounds effortless in its execution, an enviable blend of wispy vocal phrases from Lauren
Nu Skool Sleazy Deep Disco, futuristic vibes with one of the labels earliest signings Ben Clarke. Hailing from Manchester with tracks signed to Sleazy Deep label favorites Electronique & Cream Couture, this is a seriously HOT talent. Ben Clarke – Everybody EP consists of three original tracks spanning various sonically modern genres touching on Nu Skool Disco, G House Deep
The debut album “LAND OF LIGHTS” draw a soundscape of a grand scale, it is deep and bewitching while beautifully clear, a masterpiece that has been spelled out in the direction of good music for everyone. In Europe, there is already a lot of buzz, and is reputed to be a great board leave to posterity, featured
Lunar Boogie has now landed and presents it’s first release titled ”Lunar Launch” by Hekr and Kov! After being stranded on Space Station DMX808 on the moon, Astronaut Hekr and Cosmonaut Kov decided to start a label of funky, disco, new wave and electro influenced tunes. Being aspiring music producers they had one record with
PH Groove titled ”Hot Dub Disco”. Being a fan of the retro sound PH Groove brings his signature style of Funk and Space Disco. Having Disco subconsciously implanted into the mind as a young child since the 70’s then developing an increased awareness of music in the 80’s, it’s only fitting to hear the style which is most
