Tuesday, July 31, 2012

The Glue out on Digital!

The "Love Generator" EP from The Glue is now available digtially. It features the highly touted remix by Dead Rose Music Company as well as a digital exclusive bonus remix from the City Soul Project boys.




Quick links:
Juno Download
Beatport
Stompy

Alex Agore interview on Media Service NYC

www.mediaservicesnyc.com was kind enough to share our interview with Alex Agore on their site and even included a banner on the front page for it. If you missed it on here, you can read it again by clicking here.

Monday, July 30, 2012

Stompy recommends The Glue!

Stompy has posted up their "The Deep End" chart as well as the "Down-N-Our" charts for the week of July 30 and it includes the "Love Generator" EP from The Glue.


To see all their The Deep End selections, click here!


To see all their Down-N-Out selections, click here!

Friday, July 27, 2012

New Mike W chart on Juno Download


Yes, oh yes.. chart time again from the Sausage King of Chicago! Oh wait, that was Abe Froman.. so, who's this Mike W fellow? No idea, but he's put together a ripper of a chart with tunes from The Glue, Volta Cab, Tornado Wallace, Debonair, and more.

Check it out, by clicking here!


Thursday, July 26, 2012

Jimpster plays The Glue at Sonar

I have been meaning to throw this up for weeks and absolutely spaced it. If you missed it, here is Jimpster's live set from the 2012 Sonar. A really great set and we're psyched he played the Dead Rose Music Company's remix for "Love Generator" from The Glue in there! That EP is out on vinyl now and you can grab it from Juno by clicking here.

Press play, sit back, and enjoy!

Jimpster Live at We Love Studio 80 - Sonar 2012 by Jimpster

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

KLR 024 Debonair - Rhodes To Nowhere coming soon

Here's a sneak peak of the forthcoming "Rhodes To Nowhere" EP coming soon from Debonair. More info and full release date coming soon!

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Cottam charts Klic & Lokiboi


Astounding new chart up on Juno from Cottam that includes the "Slow Down" EP from Klic & Lokiboi! "Wax In No Particular Order" is what the chart is called and it includes names like Pepe Bradock, Bicep & Ejeca, Ben Le Desh, and Jazzanova just to name a few.

Sit back, relax, and click here to listen to this chart!

Friday, July 20, 2012

Undertones 015... coming soon

Coming soon to a turntable near you - Undertones 015 with The Nathaniel X Project! More details soon...


Wednesday, July 18, 2012

KLR023 - Klic & Lokiboi - Slow Down EP out now!

Super psyched this one is finally out! Vinyl now available at Juno.

New "Slow Down" EP from Klic & Lokiboi with remixes from Ethyl and Frank Booker out now on Kolour Recordings! This one has received some of our best feedback to date and we're extremely excited to finally see it out on vinyl. As always, we appreciate the support from everyone. We couldn't do this without ya!
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Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Patchworks on July Freerange podcast




Alright folks, here's another mix for your listening enjoyment.

Delusions of Grandeur and Freerange front-man Jimpster with Part 2 in the brilliant Freerange Podcast that features an exclusive sneak peak (well, sort of) at a forthcoming release of ours by Patchworks on Kolour LTD. Fill ya boots!






Freerange Podcast - July 2012 Part 2 - One Hour Presented By Jimpster


Patchworks - Million Toes - Kolour LTD
Crooked Man - Preset - Crooked House
Moomin - Don't Fly If It's Foggy - Aim
San Soda - You Hear Me - We Play House
Glimpse & Martin Dawson - Fat Controller (Roman Flügel Mix) - Hypercolour
Amir Alexander - Eyes Open Mouth Shut! - Finale Sessions
Steve Reich - Nagoya Marimba (HNNY Edit) - White
Tony Olivierri - Phase Down - Yore
Roland Klinkenberg - Swamp Rat - Everysoul
Kirill Tepo - Feel The Broken Line - Amplified
Protect U - Ultra (Basic Mix) - Vibrations
Eric Ericksson - Let Them KNow (Dub) - Freerange


KRDCD1 - Best Of Kolour 1 out now!


The Best Of Kolour 1 (KRDCD1) is out now!

Brimming with 10 hit singles that span the the labels incredible and varied releases, this eagerly anticipated first ever Best Of collection contains releases from Delano Smith, Soul Minority, Rhythm Plate, Aki Bergen, as well as an exclusive bonus track from Huxley!

Out now on digital and check out the full track list below!


The Best Of Kolour 1

01 Rhythm Plate - Dirty (Original Mix)
02 Pol_On - Hope To See You There (Original Mix)
03 Huxley & Jonny Cade - Light Up (Original Mix)
04 Delano Smith - I Fly (Original Mix)
05 Soul Minority - SIX-NINE (Original Mix)
06 Audio Soul Project - What Youve Been Missing (Original Mix)
07 Hustle N Flow - Mixed Signals (Busy Remix)
08 Aki Bergen - October 14 (Original Mix)
09 Soul Minority - When The Summers Gone (Original Mix)
10 Mikkael - Southwest (Sun City Hustlers Remix)
11 Huxley - Dark Bourbon (Special Bonus Track)

Available now from:
Traxsource
Beatport
Juno Download

Stompy

Monday, July 16, 2012

Dowload Mike W's guest Mix for THE LOOP radio show

If you missed it, here is Mike's guest mix for the radio show The Loop! Listen, download, share... Enjoy!


Kolour Recordings - Guest Mix for THE LOOP radio show track list:

?? - Hidden Track - Insruments of Rapture #10
Pittsburgh Track Authority - Now's Tomorrow - Pittsburgh Tracks
LTJ - Aint Nothing But A Groove - Hot Groovy
Willo Schubarth - Cherry Lips & Roller Skates - In The Woods
Tornado Wallace - Rainbow Road *Lewie's Bowser Castle Rmx - Instruments of Rapture
6th Borough Project - Without You - Kolour LTD
Klic/Lokiboi - Slow Down *Frank Booker Rmx - Kolour Recordings
Ben La Desh - Don't Stop That Groove Girl - Sleazy Beats Black Ops
Trujillo - You Keep Me - Apersonal Music
Heion - Shame - Midnight Riot
Ben Sun ft. Slow Hands - Love Hotel - Delusions of Grandeur

Dave Allison charts Klic & Lokiboi on Juno

New chart up on Juno from Dave Allison that features the "Slow Down" EP from Klic & Lokiboi! He also included Part 2 of "I Love You, But I Have Chosen Disco" EP that features his track "Soda Poppin'" on Kolour LTD as well. Lots of great EPs on there from Editorial, Outernational, Sccucci Manucci, Deep & Disco, and more. Lots of deep, disco treats for you to go through.

Check it out by clicking here.

Sunday, July 15, 2012

New Volta Cab chart on Juno

A new 20 EP deep chart is up from Volta Cab on Juno that included the "My House Your House" EP on Kolour sub-label Undertones. Other selections on there from No Matter What, Wolf, Morris Audio, Future Drop, Teardrop, and more.

To check out the whole chart, simply click here!

Saturday, July 14, 2012

James Johnston charts The Noodleman

One of my favorite Scotsman, James Johnston, has a brand new chart up for July on Juno that he was kind enough to include the "Dub Sauce" EP from The Noodleman! James charts are always jam packed and this one is no less with 25 releases for you to dig though. Excellent EPs from names like Washerman, Mateo & Matos, DJ Steaw, Deymare, Orlando B and more. Be sure to also give a listen to his new EP with Alex Agore, the "AJ22" EP, on their No Matter What imprint as well! Check it all out by clicking here!

Thursday, July 12, 2012

Mike W on The Loop July 16th



Broadcasting from the heart of Standford University in Northern California, The Loop is a weekly radio show dedicated to underground electronic music. Hosted by Dru Deep, The Loop has had guests like Motor City Drum Ensemble, Pepe Bradock, James Curd, Mark Farina, DJ Heather, and Pezzner all grace it's airwaves as well give an outlet to promote local DJs as well.


Catch Mike's mix Monday July 16, 2012 at 9am-noon Pacific Standard Time on 90.1 KZSU or you can stream it live on http://kzsulive.stanford.edu/


Hope you'll tune in!

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Ben La Desh charts The Glue!


New chart up from Ben Le Desh that features the "Love Generator" EP from The Glue! A nice selection of Deep House and Disco grooves on there. Be sure to check out his new one on Sleazy Beats Black Ops too! Other selections on there from House Of Disco, Let's Play House, Nothing Special, and more.

Check out the whole chart by clicking here!

Sunday, July 8, 2012

Sleazy beats July chart on Juno


Our dear friends over at the wonderful Sleazy Beatz label have a new vinyl chart up over at Juno that features the our new "Dub Sauce" EP from The Noodleman! Always payched to have them chart one of our releases, so thanks for the love guys! Be sure to check out their brand new release from Ben La Desh on Sleazy Beats Black Ops!

Check out those and all the other selections by clicking here!

Saturday, July 7, 2012

Soth West Seven chart 6BP!


New chart up from South West Seven that includes the Kolour LTD ep from 6th Borough Project! Lots of great stuff on there from Seven, 4 Lux, Local Talk, Hot Creations, Sccucci Manucci, and more. A well rounded chart with Deep House, Disco, Minimal, Techno, and more.

To check it out, click here!

Chubby Dubz chart Gene Sieewing

New chart up from Chubby Dubz that finds them dipping back into the Kolour back catalog with charting the "Tell Ya'll Some" EP from Gene Sieewing featuring Dizza Da Don! I love this chart as it see's release from all over and not just stuck on the latest and greatest. From Smoove on Winding Road to a brand new release from Chubby Dubz on Loungin, just a proper chart.

Check it all out by clicking here!

Friday, July 6, 2012

Exclusive Interview: The Noodleman



To help us commemorate the release of The Noodleman's new "Dub Sauce" EP on Kolour LTD, we are pleased to bring you a special Kolour Blog exclusive interview with the man himself! The EP is out now on beautiful mint green vinyl and we hope you'll go out and pick it up.

He shares his thoughts on the new EP, the "Starlight" EP, Music, and much more. Enjoy!




You’re originally from Kazakhstan, when and why did you move to Toronto?

I moved to Toronto back in 2003 to reunite with my girlfriend (now my wife); her family moved to Canada in summer of 2003, I couldn't bear the loneliness (true story!) and I followed her.


As a music fan, I am always fascinated to find out about the music producers are really in to. What was some of the music and artists you connected with that got you into producing your own stuff?

I started producing just a year after I got into buying records and DJing, which was in 2004. My favorites at the time included Inland Knights (and the whole Drop Music catalog), Swirl People, Lawnchair Generals, Halo, Hipp-E, etc. Later I got interested in earlier house music (late 80’s early 90’s sound, Marshall Jefferson, Mr. Fingers, the Acid House movement, etc) which led me to discovery of the whole proto-house thing, underground disco, and boogie.


You seem like a big vinyl junkie, have you been collecting long and what kind of records do you typically pick up these days?

I have been collecting records since 2003, the same year I moved to Canada. Back in Kazakhstan we didn't have any record stores since USSR collapse, and although my parents had some records with popular pop songs and kids fables, I didn't really get into buying records until I moved to North America.


These days I buy about 90% of the records on the internet (Juno, Discogs, Decks, Ebay) and the rest comes from occasional dollar bin surfing session. I buy a lot of disco (both new and old), soul, funk, jazz, house, and boogie. Mostly groovy stuff, you know, records that make me smile :) I don't shop for mp3s or wavs, I find it utterly boring.


When you first starting producing tracks, was there one defining moment when you really realized this was something that you wanted to do rather than just having some fun experimenting?

This is very interesting and tricky question. When I started making tracks my goal was to actually finish at least one track. It's easy to get sucked into never ending noodling and experiments (I realized that as soon as I did a first sketch of a tune), my hard drive is still packed with sessions from 5 years ago that I will probably never even open again, let alone making complete tracks. I can't say that I had a moment like "yes, this is what I wanna do!", it's rather opposite: I said "Yes, I definitely want to have a go at making a track" and then I actually start trying to produce something.





There are some people who feel that certain songs are just too classic and shouldn’t get edited or remixed, what are your thoughts on this? Is there anything off limits or is everything up for a rework?

Well there are also people who think that eating meat is not cool. There are people who voted for Bush for god’s sake. So is it surprising that some people say that some tracks shouldn't be remixed or edited? Who are those people? Some kind of music police? Some kinda authority? I think that you can do whatever you want as long as the end result is meaningful and makes you happy.


Your remix of the classic "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now” from McFadden & Whitehead for the Philadelphia International album (on Harmless Records) was actually officially cleared by the band right? How did that come about?

I did that remix a couple of years back for strictly personal use and I posted a demo on soundcloud. For some reason it got really popular with lots of plays and likes (and demands to make it downloadable), so I wasn't surprised when some time later people from Harmless got in touch with me and they said they were going to release a compilation of Philadelphia International Re-Edits. And yes, all the tracks on that compilation were officially approved by Mr. Gamble and Mr. Huff!


The first EP you did for us was for the track “Starlight”, but the song originally appeared on Eddie C’s album “Parts Unknown” (on Endless Flight) as a Noodleman remix. Can you tell us about how that track came about and your connection with Eddie C?

Originally Starlight was supposed to come out on 12" and digital on one of the UK labels, featuring remixes by Eddie C and Cottam. Eddie did two remixes and Cottam came up with two as well. After about a year of uncertainty and confusion we thought that it's not going to come out at all. Eddie went ahead and included one of the remixes on his Endless Flight album.

Around the same time Eddie showed the original track to Justin from Kolour and Justin really loved it. That is where my relationship with Kolour Recordings started (Thanks Ed!) Me and Eddie started to chat over email and Facebook back when he was working on the remixes of Starlight, we didn't really know each other until then, although we both had tracks come out on one of the Toronto Labels. Later we met in person when Eddie was playing a gig in Toronto and all I can say is that Eddie is one of the coolest and chillest people that I know. I wish he still lived in Toronto :)



















That EP was stacked pretty tall with diverse remixes from OOFT!, Eddie C, & Medlar…. Are you pretty comfortable having your songs remixed and what did you think of the remixes?


I love when other producers remix my tracks; it's always interesting to see how people can reinterpret a basic set of sounds. It's almost magic when you play remix for the first time and recognize elements of original used in a way that you didn't even think was possible. I love that. On that particular EP my favorite is OOFT!'s remix, followed by Eddie's rasta-dub, followed by Medlar's heavier version.


Your new “Dub Sauce” EP for us just came out this week, how did those songs come together? I hear our own Mike W. had a little bit to do with your take on the PM Dawn track?

Well almost all of the tunes on that EP were made for my personal use. I shared them with the Kolour boys and they loved them and decided press them on vinyl. I didn't actually make those tracks with intention to put out a record or to have a release. I was just having fun in the studio, making tunes that I would play out and nobody would have anything similar, you know, a DJ tool. While we were knee deep in preparing a release, Mike asked me if I could take a look at one of his all time favorites. I loved the track, it had really great atmosphere and that 90’s shine to it, so only a few hours later “PM Dawb” was born.


After some delay, the “Starlight” EP just recently saw its digital release. The “Dub Sauce” EP is vinyl only… how do you feel about these songs being exclusive to a vinyl only release?

I feel great about that! I don't care much about digital releases anyway, I wouldn't mind if all of my releases were on vinyl only.






Are you pleased with your tracks or do you always hear something in them that you want to touch up? What about the four songs on this EP?

It's a mixed feeling. In general I'm happy with how my tracks sound (the ones that I don't feel are good enough will never leave my studio, hehe :), but from the technical perspective there is always room for improvement and I can clearly hear some nasty stuff in my earlier tracks. So in other words, the most important thing for me is the vibration that track creates (in broad sense), and technical side of things is only second. For me it's much better to have a nice groove and shitty mix, as oppose to stellar mix of meaningless sounds.


What can we look forward to from The Noodleman?

Look forward for a bunch of new stuff coming out (both vinyl and digital); brand new Live show, and some international gigs!



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