Volume 3 takes another deep dive into the diverse range of styles that we love here at SB. Ranging from disco and soul tinged house, to ambient and deep house goodness to raunchy acid and techy stompers. Everything you would expect to hear at any one of our parties.

As always a huge thank you to all the incredible artists who’ve contributed to this edition. These wouldn’t happen without you…

Now grab your mates, stick these tunes on loud, and DANCE!

Conor, Danny, Ken and Pat x

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Our new remix for Freudenthaler is out now on Theresiopolis.
Dig into these summer vibes!
Download/stream available on all platforms: https://ffm.to/lorca_lowres_remix

Lorca (Ode To Flatmate) (Lowres Remix) · Freudenthaler · Lowres Drum Circle ℗ Theresiopolis Released on: 2023-06-09 Producer: Fabian Freudenthal Producer: Fedor Stepanenko Producer: Ivan Usanov Composer: Fabian Freudenthal Composer: Fedor Stepanenko Composer: Ivan Usanov Music Publisher: Copyright Control

It's a 3rd edition by Sundries label who used to us on fine selections of underground disco house gathering rising talented artists from around the globe.

This four-track beauty kicks off with the track "Your K", by Scruscru and Meowsn. Two prolific producers known for their avant-garde approach, blurring boundaries between house, hip-hop and disco joined forces to deliver tight beat soulful house jam with nostalgic radiance showered with wobbly fluttering atmosphere and blissed out keys carried by buttered slap bassline.

The A2 position is reserved for Mexican nu disco master Hotmood, who has been dominating the disco charts for several years. He's back with "Hard Feelings," a funk-geared groove infused with bluesy keys and a head-bopping drum groove. Vocals fit perfectly into drops, which build energy for the next hard-hitting section bump.

On the B1 flip side sits a dynamic duo from Moscow and Saint Petersburg Lowres, who is well versed and versatile, bringing some analog heat with the track "Slishish" . With sounds that harken back to the glory days of 90s French disco house. A track with a fat bottomed beat and a dusty cosmic atmosphere that is warped around near-perfect bassline grooves that seduce and tease. Lowres showed their sampling skills and technique by perfectly blending phased-out "Stardust" like guitar in warm air.

Erik Ellman, whose releases on SlothBoogie and Berlin House Music have made him a well-known name in the underground scene, contributed the song "Tribal Disco" to spot B2. This song's main driving forces are disco-inspired percussion rhythms, soulful pitched vocals, and strings, which together create the ideal fusion of disco and soul. Its key samples, which draw inspiration from everything from "Motown" hustle to disco house mood, ensure this.

Mastering: Dima K
Illustration: Kengo Shiroshita
Description : ProZoo
P&D: VinylFuture Distribution

Special thanks to Gazzz696, Maslow Unknown, Bombyce, Radio Electronica Jena for the premieres.

Thanks Juno Records for your kind review of our recent EP.

The latest missive on SlothBoogie's Jamz offshoot comes courtesy of Lowres, a Russia-based duo who already have releases on Minor Notes and Housewax to their name. There's much to enjoy across the EP, beginning with the musically expansive and intricately produced 'Janwary', a superb sample-house excursion that wraps filtered orchestral samples and twinkling jazz piano around a chunky deep house groove. Title track 'Mechta' is a deeper and warmer excursion notable for the pair's use of interesting percussion sounds, while 'Morozenhoe' sits somewhere between dub house and Afro-tinged jazz-house. Also impressive is closing cut 'Trenerovka', another patchwork sample-house excursion featuring typically sub-heavy bottom-end.

Since then we've changed our sound a bit, becoming less lo-fi and more jazzy, but this EP features all of our trademark warm and fuzzy sonics. A good soundtrack for a sunny spring!

Purchase 12"/stream/download - link is in the comment section.

Here's our bootleg edit of a magnificent downtempo tune released back in 2003 on this compilation courtesy of Tru Thoughts recordings: www.discogs.com/master/499528-Various-Shapes-One-Horizontal-Vertical

Hope you'll dig it!

released May 18, 2022

Original by Native Cell

This time label boss Guydee presents Lowres which is a project of two old friends with completely different musical backgrounds.

Until 2012, Fedor Stepanenko aka Nphonix spent many years productively engaged in drum&bass music, after which he switched to various versions of the modern sound of bass, techno and house. Ivan Voltanov (aka Zimmer-G) is a lounge and downtempo guru who has released several albums in this sound.

The symbiosis of such different views on electronic music has resulted in a sound that can best be described as classic house with vintage treatment. Semena EP provides 4 Deep, Melodic, Jazz tinged house cuts that will work just as well for listening as in the club. To round this EP off nicely Russia's finest purveyor of dancefloor soul Lay-Far is drafted in to provide a breaks lead rendition of Deesheetah.

Also available on label's page: minornotesrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/mnrv006-seeds-incl-lay-far-remix

The album "Krona Rutyn" was released in 2001 as the debut album of Zimmer-G. This project is a solo work by Ivan Voltanov and includes 12 tracks. The album stands out for its retro sound, which is the result of the artist's interest in old but forgotten musical elements, reinterpreted in a modern context. The album was released on CDR in Obninsk and had a significant impact on the Russian music scene in the early 2000s.

2001, up+teka

Lowres - Otpusk has been released on vinyl as part of the Out Of Obscurity compilation by the Serbian label Theresiopolis. We're catching summer vibes and searching for the secret sample at its core (bonus points if you can guess where it's from).

Our track shares the spotlight with some great names—Tiptoes, Swales, and Armless Kid have all delivered outstanding compositions, making this compilation a true success.

The vinyl is now available at all good record stores. There won't be a digital release. You can purchase it here: https://ffm.to/lowres_otpusk.

The intention behind this selection of tunes is to combine — in a balanced way, hopefully — easiness with experimentation, playfulness with interest and simplicity with abstruseness.

It still fits nicely within coffee shops and chill-out parties, but doesn’t have that sugariness common to music usually labeled as “restaurant lounge” and “easy listening”. Well, maybe it does, partly. But a certain amount of sophistication, peculiarity and irony has been added here. Thus, one can enjoy not only pleasing background melodies, but also listen to tracks attentively without risk of getting bored or disappointed.

This music was recorded in the period between 2001 and 2006, making “Mupy Mup” a collection of the best tracks from the two unofficial albums released at that time. Aside from several tracks that appeared on some compilations, this material was not presented to the general public before, residing within circles of friends.

Light, fair sadness is what distinguishes this release. A kind that comes when we look at an old photo album. A good feeling burdened by the fact that past cannot be reverted. However, the music carries a faint optimistic hint at the same time.

Situations this music suits depend on the listener’s temper — it may complement someone who’s falling asleep or provide an unobtrusive background for work. According to the composer, the only place this music does not belong to is a dancefloor.

“It is a great miracle that we appeared from the abyss of the void in the first place. Moreover, our daily lives are filled with small wonderful things that we tend not to notice, what, however, doesn’t make them any less significant. These small things is what inspires me.”

The name “Mupy Mup” comes from a popular in the 80s Soviet slogan (“Miru Mir!”), and this association is supported by the extensive use of samples from Soviet movies. A kind of transliteration gives us a mysterious Mupy Mup — a fantasy land from the musician’s childhood, that special place in his soul that keeps fairy tales and pleasant, naive experiences. Characters who live in this land are depicted on the album cover.

Some time ago, there was a local legend among teenagers of one town. It was believed, that any automobile with the letters KJ on a registration plate belongs to the mafia. That doubtful assumption had hazy origins, but kept all the boys horrified, for real. Every kid of the place knew the rule: if you see a car with the sinister letters, you run. Who knows what those mafiosos are capable of, right?

Of course, growing up did the trick: guys have finally put the legend in doubt. Ivan Voltanov, a man behind the Zimmer-G alias, was one of those guys. He remembers the moment when he asked himself: “Wait a minute. Why am I afraid of two symbols?” That was the intermediate state of him becoming halfway more rational.

Transient phases are important for how things are getting done, in general. They are like tiny railway stations: unpopular, but necessary for the whole line to exist. They are like cider: this drink is just halfway between the apple and calvados, but can we enjoy it? You bet!

The music of this album is halfway between the bedroom and the dancefloor — which is an interesting place to be in. And this very text is halfway between bearable and too long — so, it’s better to end it right now.

Similar to the sadness that comes when you go out into the field on a clear August evening and look at the endless starry sky. Or the sadness that comes when you look at old photographs where you are still very small, or you are not there at all, and your parents are young, beautiful, smiling and posing in fashionable clothes at that time. This is the kind of bright sadness I wanted to convey. That's why I used samples from old records from Sofia Rotaru and Andrey Petrov to unknown accordionists with famous songs.

That’s what happened: various artists took a new look at tracks from “Halfway Sweeter” album by Zimmer-G. One might think that this is just yet another remix compilation nobody needs. Well, we have a response to this: our approach is to show that remixes can be interesting, elaborate and inventive. We are not interested in club-oriented dance versions. We want you to enjoy the results of thoughtful artistic reinterpretation.

It is always interesting to see how various creative minds work differently with the same material. Some of them concentrate on elements of rhythm, some prefer to deal with melodies, some deconstruct the whole composition on the level of sound and then gather something completely new from it. And the result is always unpredictable! That’s what we love the best. And our belief is that you love this as well.

A supermarket, in the general sense: isn’t it a nice idea? A place that is designed especially for people to get new stuff (and to waste their time)! It embraces so many thrilling things! Holiday sales and loyalty cards, merchandising and marketing, fast food and lousy coffee, corporate guidelines and operating procedures… Not to speak of advertisement panels and elevator music! Lovely!

It is hard to find a better target for our sonic arrows of mockery. So we have released them.

Here comes another product for you to consume — this discreetly charming music compilation. Be sure to get this one. You know you have to own it. Blow the expense, get a couple of copies, or even more! This will make you feel better. Guaranteed! Certified!

The mood of this record is obviously childish and certainly unserious. Of course, that doesn’t mean that the authors didn’t put effort into making it. A little-known rule of the art of cinema says — and there’s no reason why we shouldn’t extrapolate it into music — that it is much harder to make the audience laugh than to make it cry. Tru dat, as they say!

Some people still think that music cannot be funny and laughter-provoking. May the Lord (any lord, in fact, a landlord is just fine) judge them. By no means can we agree with those people, that is for sure.

Anyway, it’s time for an artistic statement. Here it is:

“I’m using my only hit ‘Semolina Porridge’ as a bait to lure naive listeners into the wilderness of psychosis, ha ha ha!”

— Yellowhead

Lowres return with a track that instantly showcases their signature sound — deep groove, subtle detail, and warm atmosphere. This time, the duo amplifies their familiar vibe with powerful layering of the bassline and chords, creating a dense yet airy texture charged with forward momentum. The track will be released on vinyl as part of an upcoming compilation from FROUFROUFROU — a must-have for any budding vinyl enthusiast. A perfect bridge between the intuitive physicality of deep house and meticulous production precision.

Eclectique Boutique

The mini-album Rest Street No. 1 is out on Lisztomania Records and marks the next chapter in Zimmer-G's sound. Across four tracks, the artist takes listeners on an imaginative journey — from the gentle lounge atmosphere of the title track "Rest Street" to the funky spirit of "Morning Toast" and the shifting scenery of "Bicycle Trip." The ride concludes with the deep and immersive "Electrosleep." This is music for those who seek balance between lightness and depth, morning energy and evening introspection.