DE015 : Brotherly - Breathe: Shur-i-kan Remixes

Its time for a brand new DE joint, a somewhat unusual project for us this time. So we'll let Shur-i-kan explain all about it in his own words: Well, I got the call from Brotherly's lawyer whilst relaxing in the outdoor hot tub with my lovely assistants Natalie and Coco. I was so surprised I knocked my diamond encrusted Rolex (which was stupidly perched by the bottle of Dom Perignon) into the hot soapy waters. Luckily it is waterproof up to a depth of twelve thousand feet. She explained that they were very sorry to ask but they desperately needed a completely amazing remix for their little project; they didn't want to insult me by offering a fee from their meagre multi-million dollar budget but could I help nonetheless? Well I paused to reflect as I gazed over the glittering lights of London from my fortieth floor penthouse apartment and then it hit me - Deep House has been good to me, perhaps it's time to give something back. "I'll tell you what old girl", I stated, "I'll do it. I'll give you a bit of my remix magic, but if we're going to do it let's release the remix on Dark Energy as well." "Oh my god thank you thank you", she blubbed. I can't stand hearing a woman cry. Thankfully the call was interrupted by a golf ball splashing into my left over truffle soup (which was btw historic). It had come from the direction from my neighbour and good friend Sir Michael Caines roof garden. "Oi Michael", I exclaimed, "mind the bloody cross wind!!"

DE014 : Shades Of Gray - Concord Jazz

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DE013 : Yofunk - Marmot

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A surge of interest in Deep House amongst the yellow-bellied marmots of Yosemite National Park inspired Yordan Petrov a.k.a. Yofunk to write an entire six minute beat about (nearly) everybody's favorite genus of the squirrel family. This delicious twist of fate means that the once notorious marmota-o-phobe Petrov now depends almost entirely on a living scratched out by playing night clubs filled with the furry creatures. We asked fellow Scotsman and Dark Energy co-founder Milton Jackson (recently awarded Master of Horsemanship from the Bahrain Dressage Board) about this phenomena. He explained "I heard about Yofunk, as one usually does, from the members of my local bridge club. So I arranged a visit to Edinburgh to check him out. When I entered the place was packed with the nasty critters and Yordan was in the DJ booth sobbing into a copy of Kerri Chandler's Atmospheric Beats, can't say I stayed long." On remix duties we have rising star Hiro, a man who's identity is so well hidden that we had to torture his entire family for four whole days just so we could complete the paperwork, which to be fair might have been a tad excessive, but we're a stickler for detail here at DE.

DE012 : Shur-i-kan - Ultimate Besides

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It must surely be one of Dark Energy's top ten proudest moment so far this year to present the first volume of co-founder Shur-i-kan's collection of ultimate b-side nuggets. However rather than trivialise such an important occasion with the normal promotional dross we decided to ask key industry figures what this release meant to them. "You know the feeling you get in a club when the energy builds and builds and builds then the breakdown comes and the crowd goes wild", raved Stu Maverick, resident at Roxy in Bournemoth, "I try to picture that when playing this record". We tracked down Milton Jackson, recently awarded Playmate of The Year at his Ibiza villa for his reaction "This is exactly the kind of record you will have in your bag for years but never play out: there's a reason for that." Dark Energy's distributor made this statement "This is going to be big, we expect to shift literally tens of copies". "The beauty is that with this release Shur-i-kan has in effect shifted the boundaries, or should I say, changed the paradigm of modern dance music by releasing not one but three tracks of what could have been premium dance floor pressure. The record reminds me of a wounded deer on the roadside - do we drive on leaving it to suffer alone or reverse and bludgeon it to death with a golf club? - either way it will haunt our dreams for years" waxed Tony Humphries in his weekly Daily Mail column. "I'm so excited", shouted Jimpster during morning exercises on his bouncy castle, "with b-sides this great, just imagine what the a-sides could have been like!"

DE011 : Pablo Fierro - Time To Change

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Please take care to follow these notes when listening to this record in order to achieve optimum pleasure. The listeners head should be placed 18 inches above sea level precisely. Elevate forehead to an angle of *not* more than twenty one degrees (352 Kelvin) and raise left leg slightly off ground to avoid any resonating bass frequencies. Speakers should be positioned at perpendicular right angles to each other and the listener. A ratio of one and two thirds the distance between the right toe and the left nipple should be observed at all times. If at all possible use a catholic priest to absorb corner reflections. Congratulations! You are now be ready to listen to Pablo Fierro's "Time To Change" (catalogue number DE011) promotional hi-fidelity recording at a safe volume. The listener will appreciate the subtle 2.3db roll off of 2KHz frequencies at roughly 2 minutes and 11 seconds and 57 milliseconds into Get Up Away. Notice how the side band compression phases in a graceful dance with the left channels sub harmonic content in Time To Change. Experienced observers may initially question the interplay between the 200, 4K and 13.7Mhz frequency bands in Shur-i-kan's remix but when placed in the context of the events of the Spanish Civil War we'll sure you'll agree that it delivers a most satisfying counter point to whatever it was we were first talking about.

DE010 : Kris Wadsworth - Deep Inside

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One is often asked how it is possible to maintain ones creative peak over the years. To which the answer is that every morning before sitting down to work one needs to experience the full gamut of emotions - joy, laughter, pain and loss. Admittedly knocking one off to a DVD of Paris Hilton's House of Wax then sobbing remembering the death of your pet hamster 'Houdini the 4th' through the vinegar strokes won't work for everyone. Kris Wadsworth from Detroit has no such problems since a childhood accident rendered him unable to communicate except through interpretive dance. Which is lucky for us here at Dark Energy as the years of pent up frustration has produced a second EP of dirty funky filthy depravity that includes the sheer awesomeness of Deep Inside. Milton Jackson (recently voted Luxembourg's greatest living fire conjurer) once described Kris Wadsworth's sound as 'like a baby pig being spit roasted by Cheryl Cole and Armin Van Buurn' and we'd be inclined to agree with him if he hadn't been high on crystal meth at the time. As always please search deep within your imagination to find ways to tell us how aroused this release has made you feel as we like touching ourselves whilst reading them.

DE009 : Milton Jackson - Revolutions EP

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Ninth time round here at Dark Energy and who do we find but none other than everyone's favourite haggis-eating-non-stop-kilt-wearing-hoots-man Scot: Milton Jackson. Growing up with a name like Milton Jackson wasn't easy for our Milt, especially in the mean streets of Edinburgh's leafy Corstorphine area. Middle-class put downs are pretty sophisticated and Milton suffered some hum-dingers. He's managed to get over that though and produce this superb EP of deep dub tech deliciousness. Fresh from picking up a DJ award at Pacha for being the world's greatest synchronised swimmer Milton has rustled up this three tracker with one track a world-exclusive download only available to people accessing this promo. Actually that's a lie (as well as a poorly structured sentence), we'll probably chuck that up on Beatport too. These tracks have been a huge hit from Yeovil to Taunton. Basically anywhere east of Plymouth. For some reason Dark Energy is label non-grata in the Plymouth area due to an altercation Shur-i-kan had there with a local mob. The less said about those heady times the better. Anyway when all is said if you remain unmoved after listening to the sublime Open My Eyes then quite simply you should consider a career change to tax accountancy.

DE008 : Sebastian Davidson - Gaze

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Sebastian Davidson is becoming a name all too familiar within the higher echelons of the deep house illuminati. When he's not planting elaborate clues to the true birth place of Christ in his extensive collection of quality remixes and original productions he is touring the world doing what all international DJs do best - drinking and leering at young women. Shur-i-kan and Milton Jackson (who is now officially the best deep house dj in the world) are very happy to welcome Mr. Davidson to their Dark Energy imprint with a set of tracks so deep that even the dark lord himself Peter Mandelson couldn't dig his way out of. If you don't understand that reference consider yourself very lucky indeed. Complimenting the package perfectly is a great remix from the omnipresent Soul Minority who has been on something of a high since the overwhelming success of his Come Back 4 More track on Pack Up And Dance. However we enticed him out of his Beverly Hills mansion with the promise of immortality which we will honour once we've managed to capture and eviscerate Bruce Forsyth (again consider yourself lucky ...).

DE007 : Office Gossip - Sirius A

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Nathan Boddy a.k.a Office Gossip has been releasing top quality house for a while now on labels such as Winding Road and Urbantorque and so Shur-i-kan and Milton Jackson are very happy to welcome Nathan onboard the Dark Energy express with what we think is an truly excellent new EP.. The title track Sirius A features a wicked rolling percussive loop with booty-line warm and sexy enough to defrost an Eskimo's lap and as the title suggests are juxtaposed against chords so science-fiction and ominous that Ming the Merciless asked us to license it as his official theme tune. Next up we asked rising superstars Florian Kruse and Nils Nuernberg to put their collective brains into a large beaker and simmered at boiling temperature for 5 minutes to see what would happen. Despite this they were still able to knock us out this rather excellent remix which is bound to satisfy even the most jaded DJs in their search for dancefloor satisfaction. Last up, Nathan once again demonstrates that naming a track after a kitchen utensil is a guaranteed road to success as we present Tava - a synth-laden twisted monster of a tune. No weak griddle links in this release we can tell you!

DE006 : Milton Jackson - Never Be Wrong Remixes

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Following hot on the heel of Kris Wadsworth's smash "Warm Midnight" we bring you two of the most exciting producers to emerge from the last couple of years. Burnski and Sei A have stepped up to the plate to remix the debut Dark Energy release by Milton Jackson: "Never Be Wrong" These two young guns require no introduction to any self-respecting beats aficionados, having recorded for labels such as Poker Flat, Dessous, Missive, Tronicsole & Turbo. They turn in two highly original remixes and one can "play them out" to an audience of ravishing young ladies with confidence a forethought. Such is the ability of the tracks to invoke a kind of cosmically erotic divination in large groups of females that when Shur-i-kan played the tracks at one of his recent gigs, he had to fend off the resultant female interest with a cricket bat. "It was a harrowing yet incredibly satisfying experience" he said afterwards. Unencumbered by the rules and regulations of house music as decreed by Moses himself we find ourself in a very pleasant and swinging musical experience. Akin to listening to Matt Monro singing "Born Free" whilst sipping Pimm's aboard a large yacht in the Adriatic. A better description I'm sure you'll agree would be hard to enunciate. We enjoy your views here at Dark Energy, so much so that we often mock them via instant messaging. Even if they involve highly specific threats towards our close and immediate family we would still love to hear from you. Handily, Shur-i-kan has programmed a system whereby with minimum effort from yourself you can both react AND download the aforementioned slabs of exciting house music.

DE005 : Kris Wadsworth - Warm Midnight

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Dropping science like a Kansas City school board we present Kris Wadsworth here at Dark Energy. Following on from the excellent Palm Skin Productions, Kris lays upon us 3 slabs of super-programmed rambots with more swinging going on than a cul-de-sac in Hull. Having already delighted the world with previous releases on Morris Audio & Hypercolour, KW's debut release on DE doesn't disappoint and should appeal to house-heads, feet shufflers and professional wrestlers alike. Warm Midnight features a familiar vocal sample (trust us it works) which grooves along nicely until we reach the middle section - at which point a dark Daft Punkesque bassline descends upon you, much like a friend pouring treacle on your head from atop a ladder. Deep Heat continues us on the same trajectory, this time skywards towards a mountainous area on the dark side of the moon. Dreamy chords underpin a bouncy melody over a funktabulous groove. That Nod completes the trio with chords, beats and errr niceness. The kind of track Princess Diana would approve of were she still here with us today.

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DE004 : Palm Skin Productions - Done

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Fourth time round here at Dark Energy Recordings and after the success of Daniel Kyo's "Shake It" EP we bring you the mighty Palmskin Productions. Discerning DJs should know Palmskin from his previous EPs on Freerange. The trainspotters amongst you will remember him from way back when on the Mo'Wax label. Palmskin's Done has been parked firmly in our CD wallet for some time now and has been slowly gathering steam ahead of this official release. The breakdown in Done is an absolute monster and has raised the roof during recent Milton Jackson & Shur-i-kan gigs. Talking of Shur-i-kan, the man himself steps up for remix duties and remains respectful to the original whilst injecting some additional dancefloor energy to the groove. This is coupled together with a Curly-esque growling bassline for maximum impact. Bass-bin insurance is probably a good move before playing this out! Finishing off the package is a warped and wonderful track called Pig Iron. With its twisted chords, amazing ambience and subtle jazz touches this will appeal to the deeper heads and fans of Pepe Bradock's earlier releases.

DE003 : Daniel Kyo - I Can

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Daniel Kyo should need little introduction to deep house heads who had their eye on the ball in 2008, his releases on Elevation, Plastic City and Lost My Dog cemented his stature and sound. Already producing beats like a veteran at a young age, he has created an EP we are really excited about at DE. First up "I Can" is a vocal sample extravaganza, not too dissimilar to SIS's Nesrib and some recent Lauhaus outings, but still very much parked in deep house territory. Already popular with the likes of Jimpster on CDR this track has been road-tested by Shur-i-kan & Milton Jackson and is proving popular to say the least! Daniel has provided the original plus an Afro-beats mix for maximum dance-floor effect. We have also secured Mr Milton Jackson on remix duties since he liked the track so much. Next is "Shake It", one of those 'go-to' tracks in your CD wallet (or laptop screen) whenever you're in a spot of bother on the 1s and 2s. Solid beats and programming in the Rozzo style this track grooves along until it releases a chord spectacular and builds to a very satisfying climax.

DE002 : Shur-i-kan - Jingle Jangle EP

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Shur-i-kan has been in great form of late with his remix of Motorcity Soul's Change You on Simple Records and his Twist EP on Urbantorque both charting very highly. To celebrate his first release on Dark Energy Recordings (his joint venture with Milton Jackson) he has decided to release two of his darker and more energetic tracks. Jingle Jangle is a no holds barred assault on the dance floor, electronic percussion and tough beats are underpinned by the spacey appreciated chord sequence that Shur-i-kan is well known for. Already lauded by the likes of Neil Quigley and Funk D'Void this is sure to please. 287 on the other hand uses a simple riff to full effect, dark and brooding yet organic. When the grumbing bass line hits mind those bass bins.

DE001 : Milton Jackson - Dark Energy EP

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Milton Jackson's first release on Dark Energy Recordings, lauded by many top DJs and topping the download charts - shows the power and versatility of his productions. Never Be Wrong is a dance floor killer, deceptively simple the precision and swing of the groove shows off his production prowess. The other track Never Be Right explores a deeeper sound with a dark and dreamy landscape that will worm into your subconscious.