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Take Me to a Higher Ground…   !!!! Warning: some expletives and drug references !!!   Set could have been called “15 Shades of House” or “What is House without Big Piano Keys?” But I thought I shouldn’t pass on the opportunity to give Blonde and Grant Nelson a some exposure..   14 good tracks … 13 from the last quarter of 2014.. Proud of that!   In the past few months, I have been utterly bored with Soulful and, to a certain extent, with with any non-progressive house. "Take Me to a Higher Ground" reunites me with the genre..   What changed my mind?   -  Mixing it up between true soulful gems and edgier tunes with some rasp built-in gave depth and colours to my set.   - Inviting House royalty to the party did help! Grant Nelson, Richard Earnshaw, Sandy Rivera, Kings of Tomorrow, Spiritchaser, Eric Kupper and Miguel Migs.. Need I say more?   - Finally finding great, very recent tracks! “Higher Ground”, “Need 2 Know”, “Bang, Bang” and “Special”… The latter 3 released in the last fortnight and all of them in my 2014 House top five..   The pleasure to discover new tracks, associated to the relief of not having to include old ones, rekindled my interest.   There you have it.. A very decent House set to listen to! I promise it will grow on you. Playlist: 1969 Intro Apollo 11 Counrdown. NASA Soundcloud Page 2014 Higher Ground (Taft_Purple Disco Machine vs Taft Remix.) [Xtian Daft Disco Edit feat. Erick Decks]. Blonde feat. Charli Taft 2014 Higher Ground (Grant Nelson Remix). Blonde feat. Charli Taft 2014 Need 2 Know (Richard Earnshaw Remix). State Unknown feat. Cassandra London 2014 BANG (Kings Of Tomorrow ReVox Mix). Sandy Rivera feat. April 2014 Don't Look Any Further (Babysitters & Deep Criminal Remix). Levan Kay, Gary Caos 2104 Special (CamelPhat vs Grant Nelson HC Remix) [Xtian F@kin’ Special Booty Edit]. Billon feat. Maxine Ashley 2014 Secret (Full Intention Remix). DJ Anna feat. Beverley Ely 2014 We Love You  (Mandela Tribute). U-Ness, JedSet feat Madiba     2012 Paradise Row (Extended Mix). Spiritchaser            2014 High Enough (Inaky Garcia Remix). Daniel Trim & Monica Mira feat. Maximilian G. 2014 My Feelin' (Unique2Rhythm Remix). AM2PM 2014 Missing You (Eric Kupper's 'Director's Cut Tribute To FK' Mix). Artful, Ridney, feat. Terri Walker 2014 Kissin  Huggin Pt 2_(Jay Vegas Remix) [Xtian My Naughty Way Edit feat. Phil Weeks). Boy Orlando 2014 Let It Play (Original Mix). Miguel Migs feat. Martin Luther   Highlights:   “Higher Ground”:  I first heard the track on Grant Nelson’s housecall.  Grant had done a private edit of the Blonde’s tunes, it was clear it had anthem potential. You get a mash on my 3 favourite remixes. I am sure more will come, too much potential for other producers not to have a go. Big keys, heavy bass and an outstanding melody line.   “Need 2 Know” from Richard Earnshaw, heard it first unreleased on Jask’s ThaiSoul podcast on MixCloud.. Immediate love. Earnshaw is one of the top five house producers and never, never disappoints. As to the vocalist, Cassandra London, absolute respect. Production is immaculate.   “Bang, Bang”: Sandy Rivera, April and the KOT outfit.. Sandy and April, not sure who is the muse of the other, but very much like the previous track, this tune is intricate and goes way beyond the melody line.. I needed a wider appeal than a purely melodic one to regain interest in Soulful House.. Grant Nelson, Richard Earnshaw and Sandy Rivera just provided it.. As for April, what a vocalist! Listen every word is expressed not just sung.   “Don't Look Any Further”: old tune, new take.. My wife was cringing a bit with the tenor sax.. I had to tell her that the sugary, well-know tune needed the edge.  The sax solo is not too long and without it.. It would just be another cover of a classic..   “Special” from Billon feat Maxine Ashley.. I discovered the track on Housecall # 120.. Must have been a private edit because the track was only released on the 7th of November.. I waited all that time for I wanted to use a legal cut and check out the different remixes.. So catchy! And the CamelPhat remix is perfect.. I could not resist to fuse in Grant Nelson’s edit but left the Housecall jingle to acknowledge the source. I believe I did a decent job of fusing both version.. and yes this tune is F@ckin’ Special!!!   With “Secret” we delve back into classic but recent soulful house. A track, which I think is more for the dancefloor than just podcasting.    Jumping quickly straight into a bit of U-ness and Jedset with their Mandela’s tribute to steer the set back to true soulful   “Paradise Row” from Spiritchaser.. The only relatively old tune of the set ( 2012), an old time favourite of mine and I felt I deserved dropping a classic by that time. I have to mention the vocalist, Emily Cooke, full respect!   “High Enough” , new take on an old classic.. Inaki Garcia, whom I have played a lot of tracks, gives the tuen an edge it needed to make it relevant.   “My Feelin’” from AM2PM. I discovered AM2PM on Housecall recently with a mini mix they did. It blew me away. AM2PM is a collaboration unit where the amazing singer adlib on instrumental tracks, this is House at its absolute finest.. Do to miss and go to their soundcloud page to hear how creative and amazing they sound.   “Missing You” Kupper’s Director’s Cut of the Frankie Knuckles classic..  The track would not have made the playlist if it had not been for all the rest.. This is what I mean by being bored with Soulful.. As it is and by the time it dropped, I felt it was perfectly suited to play it.. It is really all about mixing it up…   Kissin’ and Huggin’… Old househeads will immediately recognize Peter Heller’s Big Love, Boy Orlando inspiringly twisted it to Kissin’ to Huggin and Xtian had to play around with the Phill Weeks sample to had the personal naughty touch.   Last track “Let the Music Play”.. fitting ending and loving the swag, the production, the “now” feel.   Just by the length of the highlights you can see I like this set.. Give it a fair go, this is a little journey into the various colours ( hence the 15 shades) of current melodic House Music.   It will grow on you.   Next up could be another soulful though most probably will return to progressive before embarking into TranceMission Episode 03   A bientôt   Xtian

Welcome to the latest installment of the Soulful House Sessions from your truly. Hope you enjoy the show :)  Tracklisting: Raffa Scoccia, Cato - Honey Drip (Ristretto Music)Da Capo – I Choose To Stay (DNH)Mr Funk Daddy, DJ Sue - Set Me Free (Tambor Music)Jask – Paradise (ThaiSoul)Osunlade – Butterfly (Yoruba)Dolls Combers, Jacy Mai – I’m Gonna Go (Dolls Combers Records)Neil Thompson, Nicole Mitchell – Façade (Solid Ground Recordings)Ralf Gum, Kenny Bobien – The Only Way (GoGo Music)Artful, Ridney, Terri Walker – Missing You (Extra Dry)  **Tune of The Week**Booker T, Katherine Ellis – Give Me Joy (Liquid Deep) Akabu, Alex Mills - Everybody Wants Something (Z Records)Dan-E-MC – Freak Your Body (Sound Division)Fabrizio Marra ft. Tracy Braithwaite – You’re Getting Me Started (Sounds Of The Booth)Random Soul – For All Seasons (Random Soul Recordings)Justin Michael, Phonic Funk, Maiya - My Destination (Seamless Recordings)DJN Project & Fuzion – Feelings (Fuzion)The Vibes Organization, Maggie Smile - Only (Stimulated Soul Recordings)Sasha Alazy – Alright (DiamondHouse)Chieko Kinbara – If You Only (Nite Grooves) Tracks available from Traxsource:http://www.traxsource.com  

Tracklisting:01: Knee Deep feat. Cathy Battistessa - All About Love (Knee Deep Vocal Mix)02: Vincent Kwok - Las Llaves (UPZ soWHAT Remix) with ThaiSoul presents - Set Me Free (Spoken Wordapella)03: Lisa Shaw - Like I Want To (Fred Everything Vocal)04: Bah Samba feat. Tasita D'Mour - Live In The Summer (Andy Ward Sunshine Mix)05: N' Dee Ft Cleo Sol - Time To Let Go (Louis Benedetti Vocal Mix)06: Grant Nelson - Brave New World (Original Mix) with John 'Julius' Knight & Roland Clark - This Is House (This is House-A-Pella)07: Physics - Viva L'Amour (Grant Nelson Remix) 08: DJ Jorj feat. Michelle Weeks & Byron Stingily - Back 2 Me (Original Mix)09: Dutchican Soul feat. Andrea Love - Back In The Day (Original Mix)10: Heather Johnson - Destination (Sean McCabe Main Vocal Mix) 11: ThaiSoul presents - Thai-Rican-Soul (Main Mix) with Joey Negro - Can't Get High Without U (Acapella)

Welcome to this week's show which is an extra special one! Playing some classic vibes as usual plus I play my interview with legendary producer Rasmus Faber from Farplane recordings. In addition I treat you to a 30 min mix of some of my favourite tunes from that man. Hope you enjoy!Tracklisting:Hippie Torrales feat. Rosie Gaines - Never Quite The Same (MN2S)Stephanie Cooke - Thinkin' I'm Beautiful (King Street)John Oudo Feat Adeola Ranson & Ann Browne - Cant Stop Believing (Bigspin Music London)Spiritchaser - These Tears (Guess)Cookie Monsterz & Michelle Weeks - Spread Love (King Street)Shane D ft. Donna Hidalgo - Inside Out (Look At You)Chieko Kinbara - Time To Love (King Street)**Rasmus Faber Interview **** Special Rasmus Faber Mix**Chieko Kinbara - Stay With Me (Nite Grooves)Rasmus Faber feat. Melo - Come With Me (Farplane)Ron Gelfer feat. Tiger Lily - Your Beat Sounds Like (Farplane)Mambana - Felicidad (Soulfuric Trax)Knee Deep & Rasmus Faber feat. Emily McEwan - Free (Knee Deep USA)Dubtribe Sound System - Autosoul (Defected)Rasmus Faber - Ever After (Farplane)DeepCitySoul feat. Rainy Payne - Remember Me (SOLE Channel)Tracks available from Traxsource:http://www.traxsource.com