United 8 & Tony Alvon & The Belairs - Getting Uptown (To Get Down)After last year's musical excursions to Central & South America and South Africa, Berlin based reissue label "Matasuna Records" is once again making a detour to the USA for its first release in 2023. Two funk milestones by "United 8" and "Tony Alvon & The Belairs" have been selected from the archives of "Atlantic Records". Apart from a release as part of a Funk45's box set by Warner in 2004, the songs have only appeared on various bootlegs in the

Using hex SPC data crudely converted to MIDI

As a DJ and live performer

This is a track I like to drop bang in the middle of the evening out the blue to slow things down before taking it back up

with his productions often sat atop the Traxsource and Beatport charts

He now unveils yet another side of his impressive production prowess with new single ‘Exotica’ featuring the Italian electro funk producer Mind Enterprises on vocals

The title track ‘Tear My Heart’ has been doing the rounds for a while now

Veritcal Form and BSI Records

This instrumental was nowhere to be found on the master tapes

Happiness Therapy continues a standout run of releases this December

The English Beat

the idea was not to appropriate a non-European heritage and to interpret it in the company of musicians from these countries

It would be fair to say that Charlie's "Spacer Woman" is timeless