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Juicy…a new label from Lyon (France) reared it’s head and dropped the “Sunrise Blend” compilation the other day. Nice little freebie for ya’ll to download with my favorites being Evil Needle and Prof.Logik so enjoy “What Tha Funk” and “Loungin'” and be sure to check out the rest of the compilation for yourself.

Prof.Logik – What Tha Funk

Evil Needle – Loungin’

It about that time for another instalment of love. Today “Label Love” Vol. 3 is out and available for free download. This time it features music from labels such as Decon Records, Fat Beats, One-Handed Music, Stones Throw, Tru Thoughts, Wah Wah 45s, and Wax Poetics. Shouts to Jazz for working on this project and to Greg for the artwork.

Mark de Clive-Lowe – Hooligan Ft. Nia Andrews [left click]

Union – Wings Ft. Elzhi [left click]

This Saturday we are celebrating the one year anniversary of Rotterdam’s (NL) finest vinyl-only party, Analog. This edition will be filled with brazilian music and latin vibes since it’s summer carnaval in Rotterdam. To get a taste of the party you can check out the previous video’s. All the video’s were shot & cut by Noel Schoolderman (Nano-Media), music in the video above is from Daniel William who’s working on a solo EP at the moment. Stay tuned for more info on that one..

Those freakin’ Kiwi’s are at it again! Been waiting for Christoph El Truento‘s “EP01” to drop for a while now, but this shit is just bananas! Get an early taste of this instrumental EP due to drop on Wonderful  Noise in September.

Christoph El Truento – EP01  (preview)

“LA♥JPN♥LA” Vol. 1 is a collection of tracks from L.A. and Japanese artists to support the earthquake victims of Japan. This compilation features L.A. producers like DāM-FunK, Samiyam, Carlos Nino & Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Mike Gao, Ras G as well as numerous beatmakers from Japan such as Mitsu The Beats & Fitz Ambro$e. Extra low bitrate this time, because we really urge you to make a purchase at . All proceeds go to Japanese earthquake relief so be a good sport and show some Japan Love!

DāM-FunK – Japan Love [096kbps]

Quite weird we never did a post about Ben Jones before. Always knew he was responsible for some great productions, but I just discovered some new gems he produced. Hadn’t heard this Leon King song before that goes by the name of “Fresh”. What ever happened to Leon….where you at bro? Also hadn’t heard this crazy nice Ben Jones remix of Matti Roots‘ track “OCD” before. Don’t know if they are still in the demo-fase, but these need to find their way out into the world if you ask me!

Leon King – Fresh

Matti Roots – OCD (Ben Jones Remix)

No Slept on Sundays today, but a laid back new joint from FlexFab & Chief (the beatmaker) that goes by the name of “Invazion”. Comes with a fun little video and is available as a free download! Kick back and enjoy..

So it’s been a while, but last month the Letherette‘s duo from the UK dropped their new “Letherette” EP 2 on Ho_tep. It’s been out for a minute, but no reason not to share it with those that missed it. Really liking the sound of “Bruse” with it’s heavy bass. Go get it at  or for you vinyl freaks head over to Boomkat.

Letherette – Bruse [128kbps]

After our Jamire Williams (ERIMAJ) and Brandee Younger posts we’re finally starting to get some more jazz influenced music in our inbox. The next one is from drummer/keybassist/producer Manuals. The first single from his upcoming debut solo album “MID One (Manuals Instrumental Disc One)” is the heavy afrobeat influenced tune “MPG”. Check it out below and show some support when the album drops..

Manuals – MPG

I saw this bad ass Opolopo remix of Tomson and Benedict‘s “Blind” come by earlier today. It features Bantu Soul and comes with some very promising remixes by Alton Miller and Opolopo. Check out a sneak preview of Opo’s Boogie Remix and expect the full digital to release on September 5th via Tone Control Music.

Tomson & Benedict Ft. Bantu Soul – Blind (Opolopo Boogie Remix Clip)