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GULF114 Olmos - Luna's Groove 12" Vinyl/Digital

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Olmos (real name Oliver Graham) has been one of the busiest influencers on Australia’s underground music culture this side of the 90s. Through family-run operation Paradise Loft Records, he has quietly imported tens of thousands of dead stock Disco, Boogie and early House records into crates across the country - affording tastemakers a slice of music culture only a trip to NYC would previously have allowed. Thus Ol’s arrival at Gulf Point gleams with the jewels you’d expect from a producer with such inspired tastes. These are set free on “Luna’s Groove”, a star-chasing collection of slick, nouveau post-disco works, crafted in earnest with dancers in mind. Raised on a healthy diet of Levan mixes and M+M dubs, his own use of juicy Moog basslines, progressive arrangements and glittering melodies form an EP that modestly harnesses the New York Garage aesthetic he loves so dearly. Three Olmos originals are teamed with an astral mix by Benny Badge, reigniting his Freekwency namesake to re-wo...

GULF101 Nite Class - Love Scenes (Deluxe Edition) CD/Digital

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Nite Class is truly a labour of love. Hailing from the same hotbed as his Freekwency works, Benny Badge's debut alongside vocal enchanters Drew Konichiwa and Penelope Shum gives greatly to lovers of modern soul and funk music. Pleasantly reminiscent of Boo gie's early 80s heyday—with significant endorsement from genre tastemakers Dâm-Funk and PPU (People's Potential Unlimited) —this deluxe edition was exclusively distributed by Diskunion Japan and includes instrumentals and additional band photos. Digital:  Juno Download   CD:  Discogs