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Miguel Migs "Those Things" launch party in London
Miguel Migs makes a rare UK DJ appearance in Bristol and London next week, in support of his new album, "Those Things". Miguel, riding high on the album and current singles "Mesmerized" and "So Far", comes into the UK alongside songstress Lisa Shaw for two evenings of solid house pressure and live vocals.

The London party on Saturday 21st April is the official UK launch party for "Those Things", and takes place at Plan B in Brixton. NRK are lending their support to the night by hosting a second room featuring DJs Shur-I-Kan and NRK's Nick Harris. Joining Miguel in Room One are the Favouritism residents Sarah Foote and Simon Reid. The event runs from 9pm til 5am, and Plan B is on the Brixton Road. Entrance is £10, and we have a pair of tickets to give-away alongside a copy of the CD. Just click on the competition link below and leave your name and mobile number in the email body. First name out of the hat wins the bounty! Competition closes Weds 18th April and remember you need to be able to get to London on the 21st to attend the party.

Miguel also appears in Bristol at Club Soho on Friday 20th April, again with Lisa Shaw providing the live PA.

Having culled together a world class team of featured artists, ‘Those Things’ includes collaborations from regular cohorts including the fantastic Lisa Shaw (Naked/Petalpusher/Aquanote) who is featured on the deliciously soulful cuts ‘Things Happen’, ‘Side To Side’, and the fabulously funky album title track ‘Those Things’. Another favourite stepping up to the mic is LT (aka Aya), who you may recognise by her unique smooth voice from previous hits with Blue 6 'Sweeter Love' and 'Love Yourself' among others. LT delivers beautiful dreamy vocals on 'So Far', the first single from the album with Rasmus Faber mixes for Salted (US only), ‘Get Down’ and ‘Giving It All’. LT also appears on the exclusive European single for NRK titled ‘Mesmerized’, a stunning deep outing that features mixes from Shur-i-kan and Alix Alvarez. The album also features hip hop & roots heavyweights Sadat X (Brand Nubian) who performs on the hip-house flavoured cut ‘Shake It Up’ alongside Lisa Shaw; and the legendary Junior Reid on the rootstastic ‘Fire’. Joining the party for a slice of funked up boogie, Fred Ross, who has worked with greats such as Lionel Richie, Aretha Franklin, and The Family Stone, makes an exciting addition to the project with his silky smooth sounds on ‘Let Me Be’ and Tim Fuller on ‘Can’t Get Through’, ‘Sometime’, and ‘Body Never Lies’.

Enter London launch party comp here Purchase "Those Things" CD Mesmerized (Shur-i-Kan/Original Mix) 12" Mesmerized (Alix Alvarez Mix) 12"

Joey Negro's Back In The Box available now on CD & vinyl LP
BACK IN THE BOX is a brand new series from NRK, launching in April. Taking the World’s leading and longest serving DJ legends, B.I.T.B. invites them to plunder deep into their collections to those old house records that rocked the party time and time again, records that have since been left dormant on the shelves, waiting for the right moment to be dusted off (and this is that moment!). We’re talking about those records that shaped and influenced a whole music scene, from that golden era of house music from the late 80s-mid 90s. A mix that will evoke great memories of lost nights on the dancefloor, B.I.T.B is the trip back in time you’ve been waiting for.

UK house pioneer Joey Negro (AKA Dave Lee, Jakatta, Doug Willis, Sunburst Band, Akabu) steps up to the platters to mix the first in this new series. Joey Negro began producing in 1988 and also founded the influential Republic Records (home to Blaze, Turntable Orchestra, Kym Mazelle & more), producing and releasing a string of acid house tracks, the first wave of garage house records and disco sampling club hits. Setting up Z Records after the demise of Republic, Joey Negro became a much sought after producer, working with the likes of Take That (“Relight My Fire”), Crystal Waters (“Gypsy Woman”) and recently Robbie Williams. Negro also found considerable success with the Jakatta project, spawning a Top 5 single in “American Dream”.

And so it is no surprise that a DJ with so much heritage has excelled himself with the selection on the very first BITB compilation. A memory evoking selection of vocal stormers (“Love Commandments”, “No Time For Crying” and “True Love”) sit comfortably side by side with acid and techno house classics from the likes of Underground Resistance, Bam Bam and the groundbreaking LFO. Reaching deep into his collection, stone cold remix classics have been placed back in the box from the likes of David Morales (“Strobelight Honey”), Danny Tenaglia (“When U Love Someone”) and Joe Smooth (“Let’s Go”), with more forgotten gems unearthed by Mood II Swing, Neal Howard and Derrick May’s “R Theme”. Joey Negro’s trip down memory lane finishes up with the beautifull nu-disco classic of Faze Action’s “In The Trees”.

The mix CD comes with a bonus unmixed CD, and there are also two double pack vinyl LPs featuring choice cuts, all available now from the NRK webshop. Dave Lee play at The End in London on April 27th.

Back In The Box CD Back In The Box vinyl LP deal Gisele Jackson - Love Commandments Underground Resistance - Jupiter Jazz

Âme confirm COAST2COAST May release
NRK’s COAST2COAST series proves why it’s the most forward thinking comp series on the market with this amazing mix from Germany’s Âme. Quite simply the most groundbreaking and relevant house team on the planet right now, Âme lay down a stunning mix of deep and minimal house, including old and new cuts from the likes of Carl Craig, Oscar G, Ferrer & Sydenham and Stefan Goldmann.

The COAST2COAST series proudly adds Germany’s Âme to the roster (following in the footsteps of Ron Trent, Quentin Harris and Kerri Chandler). Frank Wiedemann & Kristian Beyer show us just why they are being hailed as the best production & DJ team on the planet right now, with a sophisticated and well programmed DJ mix that teases and touches with dubby house sounds, intricate minimal techno and soulful instrumentals.

There genre-breaking "Rej" track from 2005 was perhaps one of the biggest underground records that year, and was subsequently licensed to Defected from Sonar Kollectiv, the German label that the guys began honing their sound for. Kristian and Frank first met up through Kristian's recordshop "Plattentasche" in Karlsruhe , Germany. Frank, already experienced with his former project Soul FC (release on FSOJ), and Kristian, being a scientific music nerd in a positive way, one day decided to tweak the knobs together. Kristian has always been turned on by the voices shouting out of motor city, by the likes of Moodyman, Underground Resistance and Carl Craig as well as the New York City Sound of Blaze and Metro Area, whereas Frank’s broad spectrum of influences ranges from Chateau Flight, John Tejada over to IG Culture and Jazzanova. Brilliant remixes for the likes of Roy Ayers, Rodamaal, Akabu and Ferrer & Sydenham have put Âme on the production map, and the duo have been tearing up nightclubs with their no-nonsense, intelligent house sounds all over the World of late.

Âme's Coast2Coast comes out on May 14th on double CD (CD1 mixed & CD2 unmixed tracks), and two double unmixed vinyl LPs. In the meantime, check Frank & Kristian at the following destinations this month; Mafia, Bologna, IT (April 13), Club 11, Amsterdam NL (14), Suicide, Ulm GER (20), Robert Johnson, Frankfurt GER (21), Madame Butterfly, Ferrara IT (24), Loft, Barcelona ES (27), Fabric, London UK (28)

Coast2Coast website Ron Trent Coast2Coast Kerri Chandler Coast2Coast Quentin Harris Coast2Coast

Audio Soul Project's "Community" comes back round again...
Originally released in 2000, Audio Soul Project’s “Community” featured an unforgettable vocal and lyric from Ron Carroll. Often sampled over the last seven years, but never bettered, NRK line up some brand new official remixes of a track with just as much, if not more, lyrical relevance in 2007 than it did in 2000. Ireland’s deep house doyens, Fish Go Deep, supply three first rate remixes here, heading straight for the “back to basics” route of heads down, percussive, warehouse style house music, adding haunting delays to Carroll’s vocal and teasing the production with delicate chords and strings, all jogged on by a fat bassline riff.

Greg Dowling & Shane Johnson are Fish Go Deep, and have been involved with the deep house scene since time, passionately, and without media attention, promoting house music in Ireland and being responsible for enticing a who’s who of house DJs to their club Sir Henrys (which sadly shut down a couple of years back). 2006 saw their dedication pay off, with the release of “The Cure & The Cause” on Defected, which hit the national Top 40 thanks, in part, to its great Dennis Ferrer remix. Most recently, the FGD guys have had a release on the ultra cool Innervisions label with “ESL”, as well as well received remixes of Kerri Chandler’s “The Promise”.

The 12" is available to buy now, exclusively at the NRK webshop. Look out for more mixes of Community coming soon from Peace Division and Mazi himself.

Purchase 12" Community (Fish Go Deep Vocal) Community (Fish Go Deep Dub)

Peace Division remix Kerri's classic "Bar A Thym"
NRK pay a timely re-visit to Kerri Chandler’s genre-crossing house track from 2005, “Bar A Thym”. One of the UK’s most prolific house duos, Peace Division, AKA Clive Henry & Justin Drake, lay down a fat n’ juicy 10 minute remix of this underground classic. Throbbing minimalist beats with a late nite groove pulsate whilst those familiar Bar A Thym growling stabs build and build. As the title implies, this brand new “Soft Heavy” remix goes for a more subtle take on the original, rather than a peak time stormer, and it’s all the better for it. Fans of Luciano, Villalobos, Radio Slave etc. will appreciate the sounds on offer on this remix.

Originally out on NRK/King Street in 2005, “Bar A Thym” clocked up chart positions, radio and club plays across the genres, with house, techno and even breaks DJs heralding the track as one of the best pieces in recent years; it’s heavyweight cowbell driven percussion and truly anthemic synth line has been driving club crowds wild over the last couple of years, uniting DJs of all musical persuasions. It also helped Kerri Chandler kick-start his career, with multiple releases and remixes since for labels like Defected, Soul Heaven, Freerange and Deeply Rooted under his belt recently.

Vinyl copies of Bar A Thym (Peace Division Soft Heavy Remix) will be available shortly at the NRK webshop, and on Beatport very soon. In the meantime, check out the Original & Tom Middleton mixes, still doing the business on the floors to this day!

Bar A Thym (Peace Division Soft Heavy Remix) Bar A Thym (Tom Middleton Mix/Original Mix)

Faith/Strobelight Honey fanzine with every NRK webshop order
Those rather nice people at Faith/Strobelight Honey have shipped us a few boxes of their latest zine, and a great read it is too! We are giving away a copy with every order at the NRK shop, and it just so happens that we've a few brand new releases on offer, so get ordering today!

The Winter 06/Spring 07 issue of Faith/Strobelight Honey containes features on Derrick Carter, Dixon, Rub n Tug, Body & Soul, Fabric, Dennis Ferrer and much more. House, House and more house for your digesting pleasure!

Faith/Strobelight Honey is the brainchild of London house stalwarts Terry Farley, Bill Brewster, Roual Galloway, Jimmy P, Leo Elstob, Dave Jarvis and Stuart Patterson. Together the crew are responsible for the Faith parties. Having know each other through various vague and possibly illegal connections (the charges were eventually thrown out of court), they came together to A unique concept of club nights and a quarterly fanzine, Faith epitomizes everything that makes the underground music scene so special. The fanzine fuses articles on those who helped shape the music (Levan, Knuckels, Hardy etc.) and those who carry it forward together with humorous cartoons, lists , charts and photo galleries.

Faith Fanzine online NRK Shop Faith "Different Strokes For House Folks" CD