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Kicking off 2012 with a bang, LOUNGIN’ RECORDINGS welcomes CHUBBY DUBZ (aka Oliver $ and Gene Siewing) to the family. Chubby Dubz background and origins combine all manors of influences, as Oliver is native to Germany and Gene to the US. With this chemistry comes a fusion of minds that produces great house music with enough musical soul to have real longevity and keep the dance floors moving. The pair’s first release, The Album Sampler #1, as the name suggests is the first release of 4 from the self titled Chubby Dubz album due out on loungin’ later this year. All the 12”s will feature full length versions of the album tracks crafted especially for the dancefloor plus remixes by key players from the loungin’ fold plus some very special guests.

Here’s a release that made me turn off the lights and turn the volume up. It’s quite simply, house music at its best with subtle basslines and smooth melodies. This entire record is beautiful – deep and lush yet not over produced.

First we have a free download…followed by the rest of the EP.

Free download

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Loungin’ Recordings Links:
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As summer drew to a close I went “camping” with my wife and her family. By camping I mean we stayed in a gigantic RV on some land they’re developing near a lake in Southern Manitoba. No we weren’t roughing it. In fact, my brother-in-law brought a pretty swank and deluxe sounding iPod/iPhone stereo thingy. While the others went to sleep, he and I listened to PRETTY LIGHTS in front of a fire. Editor’s note: This portable piece of stereo equipment was one of the most rich-sounding units I’ve ever heard. It was the perfect setting (excluding one of the many festivals Pretty Lights plays) and if I weren’t the family man I am, I’d say the only thing that could have made it better would be some Mary Jane. Okay, I confess, if there was some Mary Jane around I totally would have partook.

The new single from Pretty Lights would have been very welcome in this setting too. It’s full of soul, super chill, and rich, like many of life’s subtle moments.

MP3: Pretty Lights – We Must Go On
Free download from prettylightsmusic.com

Derek Vincent Smith (aka Pretty Lights) and his creative director, Krystle Blackburn, made this video for the tune too. Is there anything this guy can’t do?

Free download from prettylightsmusic.com

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I played this warehouse party last halloween and some hoochies, very very good looking hoochies mind you, kept requesting Avicii. I had one track of his and to be honest, despite the million promos we received I didn’t really know who he was. I played the tune it went off so I looked back through the promos and educated myself a bit. In my mind he didn’t have game.

This bootleg from the FUNK MOGULS, is a bit different. It has game and I can’t wait to drop it the next time I get a request for Levels. Grab the free download below courtesy of Bombastic Jam in celebration to their newest members.

If you’re in doubt about the Funk Moguls, peep these.

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Funk Moguls Links:
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BombasticJam.net
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YUKSEK has won my heart and ears many times. Released on ULTRA MUSIC, his latest long player is no different.  At times, Living on the Edge of Dreams is an etheral dream and at others a wash of melodic distortion and stomping kicks.

We have a video, a couple previews from the album and pre-released singles. Oh there’s also a free download to boot.

MP3: Yuksek – Always on the Run (Tom Furse Remix)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xci-PaaD-o

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Links:
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Say what? Massive summer vibes here, appropriate, no? VICEROY lays out some calypso in the classic hiphop tune, transporting it to a super sunny, robotdisco beach party.

If you missed this, it’s a must have, although no word of a release date for it.

…and some older tunes for download as well! Check out his SoundCloud page for a shit tonne more.

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Links:
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Conjuring sounds of 80s and 90s electro and next generation house music, ELI ESCOBAR‘s first release on DITHER DOWN RECORDS easily worked its way into high rotation here at Manalogue. Ideally, this one is for dark spaces but if you can’t find yourself listening to any of the tunes in this single, close your eyes.

Buy the 12″ here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pLmC_JgcLc

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Eli Escobar Links:
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Dither Down Records Links:
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