Mauritzio ft Levern - Wanna Be Remixes Part 1

The first set of remixes of this soul-infused house cut on the recently(-ish) revived Black Vinyl come courtesy of label boss Alan Russell.

His Wadadli Soul Vocal Remix will be the one for the soulful floors without a doubt, with plenty of live instrumentation and Levern's voice to the fore. But it's the Wadadli Breaks Remix that's doing it for me more. This keeps the full vocal, but underpins it with a muffled breakbeat that harks back to the early days of UK house, and a ponderous, jazz-style bassline that isn't going to let the frantic percussion hurry it along any (once you hear the track you'll see what I mean).

All of which adds up to a raw-sounding house cut made for big speakers…which is after all what it's all about, eh?

Another set of remixes are presumably to follow, given that this says Part 1, so I'll keep you posted…

Out: This week

About: Mauritizio and Levern are actually called Mauritzio Baiocchi and Levern Johnson and hail from Italy, in case you were wondering… and you can find out more about Black Vinyl here. And no, I have no idea what 'wadadli' means either.

Bhoo - Flower Dust EP

And from an artist (Nathan G) and a label (Large) that you should all be aware of, to an artist (Bhoo, obviously) that I haven't come across before and a label (Four Fingers Hand) who are only on their eighth release. It's all about the balance, y'see.

Bhoo are, I'm told, a collective of DJs and producers based in Naples, Italy. And that's about all I know, but on this evidence let's hope we hear more from them soon. The Original of Dust Flower is a near-instrumental deep houser built for the dancefloor with little techy tinges around the edges; Floska's remix takes us into deeper, sparser afterhours territory, Gastek brings the track's soulful/melodic qualities to the fore while Lostrocket takes things just a little more upbeat and summery.

But it's a quality deep house offering whichever way you spin it. More, please.

Out: This week

About: You can find Four Fingers Hand on Facebook.

Rambla Boys - Valderambla EP

Named in honour of Colombian footballer Carlos Valderrama, this marks the very first release from a collective of DJs, VJs and party people based in Venice, Italy.

Disco-house is the vibe overall but across the EP, various flavas are on offer. The original of Valderrambla itself is a pumping, hi-octane affair in the manner of labels such as Bid Muzik or Nocturnal; in Scuola Furano's hands, though, it becomes a much more slow-grinding, sleazy number with a postively rude bassline and some bleepy old-skool house synths, while Australia's Ashton takes the BPM down further still and adds some nu-disco polish.

You also get Cocomero, a Moroder/Italo-style workout, plus Moranzani, a euphoric piano track in the classic Italian house style. Whatever style of disco-infused house you're after, then, this is well worth checking.

Out: For a couple of weeks, I believe, but we'll break the rules seeing as they're new…

About: You can find out all you need to know about Rambla Boys from their website, Facebook and Soundcloud pages. They can already count Faze Action, Serge Santiago and Hard Ton among their supporters, I'm told, so I'd suggest you take a look!

Oh yeah, and this is on Mozzarella Recordings, who are based in Bologna and can also be found on Facebook.