Deep House Archives Vol. 31 - Better Days

Greetings,

The latest installment of the Deep House Archives comes, as per the blog's traditions, right before the official start of the summer season. "Better Days", mixed by Theo Zanos, is filled with the latest offerings of the nu disco genre, a style featured almost a year ago in this blog with the 24th DHA volume. Although nu disco has been receiving increased attention lately, several artists managed to retain the originality and freshness of their sound until now and this mix provides a testament to their creative abilities. Named after the legendary NYC club, where the late Loleatta Holloway performed the "My Loleatta" acapella featured in the mix, the new DHA update provides the right soundtrack to welcome those better days ahead.
Special thanks for the original art for this mix go to a very talented friend and fan of the podcast, Jesse Nunez.

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Here's the tracklisting for the mix

ron's edits – back 4 more – wolf + lamb black
soul clap – between the edit – glass table
dj harvey pres locussolus – next to you – international feel recordings
grooveman spot – ur luv (woo) (my loleatta edit) – jazzy sport
mid air – ease out (the revenge reekin'struction) – z records
cosmic kids – reginald's groove (classixx remix) – thrown of blood
fred everything with 20for7 feat vanessa baker – friday (crazy p's remix) – lazy days
tensnake – you know i know it – the vinyl factory
roberto rodriguez – i got – fina records
todd terje – ragysh – running back
maceo plex – your style – crosstown rebels
thugfucker – disco gnome (tale of us remix) – life and death
azari & iii – reckless with your love (tensnake remix) – permanent vacation
junior boys - work (prins thomas diskomiks) – philomena
black science orchestra – sunshine (soul weekender mix) – afro art records

Enjoy!

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Deep House Archives Vol. 24 - Voyage of Discovery

Greetings!

It has been way too long since the DHA blog was updated, but we hope this update will make up for all this time. The Deep House Archives podcast celebrates it's 3rd anniversary since it's revival, with a mix that deviates from the usual DHA style, but stays true to the spirit of constant search for new sounds, fusions and ideas in contemporary electronic dance music. Voyage of Discovery, mixed by Theo Zanos, explores the nu-disco genre and the incorporation of deep house elements, creating a style that is not limited to re-edits of original-era disco songs but serves as a full-fledged continuum of the 70s space and 80s italo disco. Named after the pilot episode of Canadian-produced, early 70s sci-fi tv series Starlost, but also a very fitting wordplay, the latest DHA issue might have lower BPMs than usual, but won't have any problems operating in the dance floor realm. Special thanks go to Allard One, who provided the photo art for this mix.

As we mentioned earlier, this update serves also as a (belated) 3rd year anniversary issue of the Deep House Archives podcast. Revived in March of 2007, the blog has served it's mixes to more than 25k unique visitors and quickly became one of the most popular deep house podcasts. The 24 sets featured 360 different songs (no song has been featured twice in this blog). Most popular labels in here are Plastic City (18) and Nitegrooves (11), while most popular artists are Ananda Project (6), Timewriter (5) and Nick Holder (5). Throughout these years, the blog has received overwhelming positive response, both from old faithfuls as well as new listeners. To all, a warm thank you for your kind words.

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Here's the tracklisting for the mix

dolle jolle - balearic incarnation (todd terje’s extra doll mix) - permanent vacation
tensnake - holding back (my love) - running back
i:cube - falling - versatile
jay shepheard - absolute voltage - compost black label
nufrequency feat ben onono - fallen hero (motor city drum ensemble remix) - rebirth
atmosfear - dancing in outer space (the revenge rework 2) - wolf music recordings
chateau flight - baltringue (the body language remix) - get physical
lindstrom - another station (todd terje remix) - feedelity
linkwood - barely eagle - firecracker recordings
trusme - good god - prime numbers
rainer trueby - to know you - not on label
nick holder - feeling sad - dnh
damian schwartz vs mountain people - Holloway 005.2 (theo’s live mashup) - oslo / mountain people
chris lattner - sick - fear of flying
mymy & emika - price tag - aus music

Enjoy!

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