City to City: Johannesburg, by Freerange Records

City to City: Johannesburg

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1.	KaySoul - Icey Baby ft. Mr Beale (Vocal Mix) 05:57	buy track
2.	SculpturedMusic - Midnight Talk 05:04	buy track
3.	SizLeCaude - Far Apart 05:54	buy track
4.	Radic The Myth - Love (Kinda Thing) 06:07	buy track
5.	Persie Botta & Jade Nickels - They Never Loved Us 05:58	buy track
6.	Thabang Baloyi - Lost In 05:07	buy track

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City To City: Johannesburg is the first in a new series of V/A releases which will shine a light on exciting producers from a different city for each edition. What better place to start than The City Of Gold, somewhere synonymous with deep and soulful house and whose scene and artists have finally begun to get global recognition despite the relative geographical isolation. Labels such as Kid Fonque’s Stay True Sounds have been an important platform for South African artists and who can deny the incredible journey of Black Coffee. Deep house really is a way of life for many young people growing up in often challenging conditions and it’s been exciting to see many becoming known outside of their own country and starting to gig internationally.

Here on the debut City To City we showcase 6 tracks from 6 different artists hailing from Johannesburg, relative newcomers rubbing shoulders with more established names. Kicking off the release we have one such producer who has been slowly but surely stamping his mark over the last 10 years: KaySoul. With output having appeared on labels such as Shall Not Fade, Dirt Crew, Lazy Days and Tribe KaySoul is definitely making waves with his soulful take on the South African deep sound. Icey Baby featuring Mr Beale keeps things raw and minimal, letting the vocal stay front and centre, a naivety and playfulness giving an almost demo-feel to the production.

Sculpturedmusic steps up next with Midnight Talk. Another SA artist who has earned his stripes with some huge tracks including Sad To Think which deservedly became a substantial hit, Sculpturedmusic’s contribution to the release keeps things deep, percussive and rolling with an African vocal sample backed up by pensive piano chords.
With just a handful of releases on his own Herbal Soundz label as well as the much lauded vinyl label Adeen, SizLeCaude is one of the exciting up and coming artists worthy of attention. Taking a classic early 00’s deep house approach on Far Apart he reminds us of the output Ben Watt’s Buzzin’ Fly sounding both timeless and contemporary with buckets of warmth and soul.

Flipping over we have Love (Kinda Thing) from Radic The Myth whose harmonically rich take on house music brings a floating yet punchy feel to the release. Persie Botta joins forces with Jade Nickels on the next track entitled They Never Loved Us. The duo deliver a sublime slice of true Joburg-style deep house with lush layers of pads, reverb-soaked pads, snaking sub bass and a powerful, low slung groove. Last but not least we close out the release with Thabang Baloyi who joins fresh from releases on established SA labels Just Move and Basement Art. Lost In goes in DEEP with a syncopated snare groove and simple, repeating vocal line.

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released March 1, 2024

1 Written & Produced by Katleho Monaheng Matseke
2 Written & Produced by Willy Lubisi for SculpturedMusic. Keys by Tshepo King. Additional Keys By Siya Sandelo
3 Written & Produced by Sizolwethu Mkhwanazi
4 Written & Produced by Njabulo Ndhlovu
5 Written & Produced by Persie Botta & Jade Nickels
6 Written & Produced by Thabang Baloyi

All tracks published by Blueprint Music Publishing

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Heading towards their 25th Birthday in June this year, and having been responsible for discovering some of the best up and coming producers in electronic music, it’s safe to say that London-based Freerange Records is one of the most consistent and acclaimed UK indie House labels operating today. ... more

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