Happy New Year - Our 2010 picks!

Another year chalked up in the books.  How was 2010 for all of you? There was no shortage of action in 2010 with the Olympics in Canada, Volcano eruptions in Europe, oil spills in the gulf, health care reform in the US, and a WMC shift in March that has all sorts of people taking sides.

Regardless of what happened in 2010, we at Headtunes are really looking forward to 2011, as we have some exciting new projects in the works and the fact that the first of the year will be: 1.1.11, this should mean good luck for all of us.

We thought we'd wrap up the year highlighting our top ten tracks, our favorite remix, and our favorite DJ mix of 2010.  There was definitely no shortage of quality tunes out there this year.  Seems like everybody and their mothers are doing edits this year and people are taking the BPM down a bit, but still killing it on the dance floor.  These are in no particular order, would have liked to have done a longer list....but this should suffice. 

Happy New Year everyone!   Be safe where ever your party plans take you! 

Top 10 tracks of 2010: 

1.   Tensnake - Cat Coma (original) - Permanent Vacation
2.   Creatures of Habit - How We Lustre - Solar Disco
3.   ICube - Falling - Versatille France
4.   Agnes - Got to Be Strong - Ornate
5.   Toomy Disco - Age of the Jaguar - So Sound
6.   Bang Bang - Broken (Giom Remix) - Lost My Dog
7.   Audio Soul Project - Mnemosyne - Fresh Meat
8.   Hot Toddy - Down to Dub (Fred Everything Dub) - Smoke n' Mirrors
9.   Audiojack - Shakedown - 20:20 Vision
10. 2 Spare Astronauts - Oh Sheila - Whiskey Disco


Favorite  Remix:



T-Coy - Carino (Greg Wilson re-edit)

For most of the kids out there, the original came out long before they were walking, let alone dancing.....but this is a nod to the crew that started it all back in Manchester at the Hacienda.  Keeping it it true to its roots and adding a little of the GW stamp to the edit.

Favorite DJ Mix: 

This was definitely the year of the podcast.  So many mixes out there, how do you have time to hear them all.  Some of our favorites have been the Fabric series over the years and RA's weekly podcast.  Maybe it one of the few last mixes of the year we listened to....or maybe because it full of surprising deep, indie dance tracks that are a little mellow and a little pulsating all at the same time.  Our favorite DJ mix of this year had to be RA 235 from Jozif. 

This mix is nothing but jams!  And we love our jams.  If you haven't downloaded it and its too late, well you slept on a good one.  

Jozif is part of the Wolf + Lamb crew and we know those guys have had a stellar year in 2010 with all sorts of breakthroughs with Nicolas Jaar and the Soul Clap boys killing it out there.

Keep an eye out for Jozif....I am sure good things are in the works.

HO HO HO! Merry Christmas & Free Music

Merry Christmas Headtunes family, friends, and supporters.

We are excited for the New Year, as you will be seeing some exciting new music from Dirtyworx, Jota Wagner, Rob Clarke, Do It Proper, Joshua IZ, Sleazy McQueen, Homero Espinosa,  Jesus Pablo, and Peckos, as well as a compilation CD.

If that was not enough,  a podcast is in the works.  1st in the series will be from: Sleazy McQueen. Out Late Jan.     


Because we are so into the Holiday Spirit and may have drank a little too much of what Santa is drinking, we are giving you a little GIFT.

A FREE download of our very 1st release from the tech-house guvna from Croydon,  Grant Dell called "Love Tilt".

Thanks for the 5 years of support and Merry Christmas! 

Download here

(The link will expire Jan 1, 2011) 

12" Back Catalog Sale

Buy Headtunes 12" directly through us.  We've marked down our entire back catalog.   

Check out all available titles here.  Some titles have very few quantities left.

Untitledmusic: UM 64

DJ Richie Hartness always comes correct with his weekly radio show showcasing new deep house cuts from around the world.

This week features a slew of new music and includes Mustache, a track from our forthcoming EP from Dirtyworx.

Click here for full track list

For more info on Untitledmusic and DJ Richie Hartness visit:

Untitledmusic Blog
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French Connection EP out now

Unclesound's French Connection EP with remixes by The Sound Diggers is available on full release at your favorite online retailer.

But may we suggest you get it at these fine retailers:

Beatport
Stompy
Traxsource
Juno Download
Itunes




Check out this nice little review from DSA.



Full info on release

WMC changes the date?? Really?

So it's official WMC has moved their date up 2 weeks to have WMC 2011 from March 8 - 12, which happens to also be the week before SXSW.

Ultra Music Festival with 70,000+ attendees is still holding their date to happen the last week of March, not that we are fans of Ultra, but a lot of people are. Ultra is a little bit like the Wal-Mart for electronic music. It caters to the masses, but does not come with a cheap price. insert: "Welcome to Miami, trick!"

It seems like this might be the fuel SXSW needs to really create a better music conference with a variety of music and maybe even more electronic music acts.

There seems to be quite a backlash to this with party promoters and DJ's, who have all planned their events last week of March. Welcome to EDM politics.

I think Kaskade may have put it best.


But Energetick might be right on the money on this one: Opinion: #WMC screwed the pooch moving the dates. This was all that #SXSW needed to take over the music scene as the premiere conference.

So what do you think about the date change? I for one think Austin might be a little lighter on the wallet then the price gouging that goes on in Miami during WMC. Over priced hotels, drink, and food, no thanks. May have to pass on this year and head down to the Lone Star state.

Inland Knights - Top 10 (November 2010)

Here's their Top 10 Pick's for November that includes - Unclesounds - Funkystar (The Sound Diggers Remix)

Inland Knights - Top 10 (November 2010) - Traxsource.com - Download Underground House and Electronic Music in WAV and MP3 format

Thanks for the charting love Andy and Laurence.

Traxsource Jackin Essential's for Nov 9th

Traxsource's Jackin Essential's for November 9th includes some great tracks from Sonny Fodera, Giano, and Craig Hamilton. It even includes our latest cut from Unclesound - Funkystar (The Sound Diggers Remix)

Check it out here: Jackin Essential 10

Unclesound French Connection EP out now

Unclesound is the French production duo of Rafael Nemrod and PhatVass, known for their funky, deep and jazzing tracks on labels such as Kinjo Music, Clean House and Candy Music. The ‘French Connection EP’ follows a similar sound to previous outings, with 3 original party time tracks backed up by an equally techy infused funk remix from The Sound Diggers.

Out now exclusively at Traxsource

Worldwide release date: Nov 23

DJ Reactions

Mark Farina - Nice!

Sonny Fodera - Solid all round ep! Diggin We Got The Groove.

Phil Weeks - Sounds real cool, will play.

B. Original - Loving the 90's style synths on this ep. The Sound Diggers remix is my choice cut.

Asad Rizvi - 'Dope' is sounding precisely that. : )

Murray Richardson - Another strong release for Headtunes - dope is the the track I'm feeling the most.

Rick Preston - Full support! "Funky Star" is the standout of these four slammin' tracks!

Da Sunlounge - Sound Diggers work out is a nice remix. Will play at Fabric this weekend.

The Littlemen - Top stuff! Like Sound Digger remix, but the original sneaks it for me.

Also Support from: Al Bradley, DJ Linus, Tyler Stadius, Jota Wagner, Sista Stroke, Ray Colclough, Kirby, J.A.M.O.N, Karl Frampton, Don Tinsley and more.

French Connection teaser video

Here's a little teaser of our new EP from the French production duo Unclesound, coming out Nov 9th exclusively at Traxsource.

El Guincho

How can a video be so sexy, weird, vintage, fun and have an amazing soundtrack?

Well it's from El Guincho.

Check it out here.

EL GUINCHO | Bombay from MGdM | Marc Gómez del Moral on Vimeo.

If you don't know much about him. Check out this little video from XLR8R

Greg Wilson @ The Phoenix Landing 10/24

This past Sunday we had the legendary Greg Wilson play the Phoenix Landing. The music and vibe was on point and he even had is famous reel-to-reel by his side.

For those that did not make it...here's a little clip of what you missed.

If you live in Atlanta, Tampa, Miami, LA and SF he is coming to your town this week. Don't sleep on it. More info below.



27.10.10 Sound Table - Atlanta

Opening Hours: 10:30pm to 02:30am

Venue: Sound Table 483 Edgewood Avenue (+BLVD)

Atlanta, GA, 30312

Tickets: TBC

Link: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Atlanta-GA/the-Sound-Table/129659123712511#!/event.php?eid=158942280793551

http://www.thesoundtable.com/


28.10.10 Czar Vodkabar - Tampa

Opening Hours: 10:30pm to 02:30am

Venue: 1430 E 7th Avenue, Ybor City, Tampa

Tickets: $10 Before Midnight

Link: http://djchangbang.wordpress.com/2010/09/24/greg-wilson-october-28th-2010-in-tampa-fl/


29.10.10 The Electric Pickle - Miami

Opening Hours: 10pm - 5am

Venue: The Electric Pickle, 2826 North Miami Ave, Miami, FL, 33146

Tickets: http://www.electricpicklemiami.com

Link: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Miami/The-Electric-Pickle/131464003438?v=wall&viewas=0


30.10.10 Luminarias - Los Angeles

Opening Hours: 9pm - TBC

Venue: Luminarias Restaurant, 3500 W. Ramona Blvd, Monterey Park, CA 91754

Tickets: $15 Advance, $20 At The Door

Link: www.headinghome.net

www.futurehouse.net


31.10.10 Sunset Boat Party - San Francisco

Opening Hours: 5pm - 11pm

Venue: Pier 3 - Washington at Embarcadero

San Francisco, CA 94107

Tickets: $50 - $55 Pre-Sale at http://pacificsound.net

Link: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=48160258348

Rob Clarke - Depth Charge EP avail @ Traxsource.com

Rob Clarke - Depth Charge EP - Traxsource.com - the best House Music WAV and MP3 downloads

Kim Kardashian Video Photo Shoot

Check out this video photo shoot from Kim Kardashian that features Tres Gueros - Instead You Go (original).

Is Boston popping off lately?

I am not sure if its something in the air, but there seems to be some great stuff that is happening in Boston as of late. Gone are the days of the megaclubs in Boston running nightlife and forcing garbage DJ's and even worse music down our throats.

Now there is a plethora of places to choose from more intimate venues to large 400+ rooms. This weekend alone we saw 2 great DJ's playing on a Sunday down the street from each other. It was great to see so many people out to support.

Kevin Saunderson @ the Middlesex

12" of Pleasure crew brought the one and only Kevin Saunderson to Middlesex for a night of good old fashion Detroit Techno and down the street at The Phoenix Landing, the Marz Entertainment crew brought in the always funky house queen from Chicago DJ Heather.

DJ Headther @ The Phoenix Landing

The acts seem to keep on coming. This weekend we see DJ Dan at Rise Nightclub (Boston's only after-hours club). If you have not seen the RA article on Boston yet, I would check it out. Great information on a scene that is often over looked.

Next weekend, Marz Entertainment is back at it with Headtunes to bring the inventor of the edit, Mr. Greg Wilson himself, with an opening set by Boston's own nu-disco don Brenden Wesley and the one and only Alex from Queens.


This will be Greg Wilson's debut to Boston.

For those that don't know much about Greg Wilson. He started his DJ career at the tender age of 15 and was an integral part of the 80's electro/disco scene in Manchester. He went on to release some of the first ever Re-edits, which were hand-crafted tape edits using reel to reel tapes and a razor. He has hundreds of these edits to his credit. He taught Norman Cook (Fat Boy Slim) how to DJ and had a residence at the legendary Hacienda Nightclub in Manchester.

This is a true legend and pioneer in the world of dance music. So much can be said about the man. If you have never seen him live you are in for a real treat. He will have his famous reel-to-reel by his side.

Check out the links below for more info on him.

Early Doors at 9pm. Greg will be going on at 1030pm.

$10 Cover

More on Greg Wilson:

http://soundcloud.com/gregwilson
http://www.electrofunkroots.co.uk/
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Greg+Wilson

Rob Clarke - Depth Charge EP out now!

Rob Clarke - Depth Charge EP out now!

Exclusively at Stompy

1. From Rocha with Love
2. Mi Casa
3. Bad Boy Deep
4. Tuna
All tracks written and produced by Rob Clarke. Mastered by Angel Alanis.

Headtunes Recordings present the debut release from Rob Clarke, the 4 track ‘Depth Charge EP’. Rob is known for hosting the bi-weekly Serious Sounds Radio Show on popular net radio station/community Chicago House FM and can also be found spinning at Chicaboom events around the South of England.

He has played at a variety of venues including Ministry of Sound, Herbal, Gramaphone, Inigo, Atomics, The Whitehouse, Mud Club, The Ocean Rooms, Funktion Rooms and Sub Club, performing alongside the likes of DJ Sneak, Bobby & Steve, Soul Avengerz, Jason Hodges, DJ Mes, Inland Knights, Lawnchair Generals, Kinky Movement, Short Bus Kids and many others.

After 10 years behind the decks, Rob finally decided to progress to producing and sent some demos to Headtunes. Headtunes boss Marc E states “after receiving these tracks, there was no hesitation on our part that we wanted an original EP from Rob. This is his debut EP and it represents everything house is with deep, funky and jazzy melodies.”

Feedback:

Laurent Garnier – Deep funky shit to play in my early sets!

Nick Holder – Very nice ep! Each track is well crafted!

Luke Solomon – This is great! Full support from me.

Murray Richardson – Nice EP. Love the Rocha with Love cut.

Camouflage - It's exciting seeing Rob's sound get pushed to the house masses! His show on CHFM never disappoints..and now I see neither does his production. Mad props Rob!!! Excellent EP hands down.

Lee Jarvis – Definitely digging these cuts from Rob.

DJ Times – We like jazzy overtones and chunky basslines. Mi Casa is rocking!

iDJ – Really nice deep vibes.

And support from: Nacho Marco, Karl Almaria, Tom Special Interest, Bryan Jones, Kirby, Luke McKeehan, Joey Silvero and more.

Soundclips

Rob Clarke - Depth Charge EP (Headtunes Recordings) (Preview Clips) by Kahua Music

Online Reviews

Deep South Audio: Listeners of the show are sure to recognise these smooth beats from the Brighton based Rob Clarke. Rob has a wickedly tight outlook on house, grabbing bass lines and rhythm patterns that wind in and out of garage fashions and funky house, refreshingly slick. Expect to see Rob pop up on a many label in the world of House. Headtunes gets to set Rob on his way in fine fashion.. warm Jazzy beats infectiously woven. Read Full Review

Untitled Music features a Rob Clarke track

Our friend Richie over at Untitledmusic has just dropped his new mix of tasty new beats from around the globe.

He featured Rob Clarke's new track From Rocha With Love.



Check out UM52 here:

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New music from Rob Clarke

On Sept 28th we will be dropping the debut EP from Rob Clarke. Rob is known for hosting the bi-weekly Serious Sounds Radio Show on popular net radio station/community Chicago House FM and can also be found spinning at Chicaboom events around the South of England.

Promos are hitting inboxes now, but you can take a peak at one of the tracks on our soundcloud page:

Rob Clarke - Mi Casa by Headtunes Recordings

House Tribute Reviews!

We just got these 2 reviews in the mail today for Grant Dell's - House Tribute EP.

Get it at your favorite digital retailer!

DMC World - Sound Judgement review:


Our House Mag Review:


Thanks DMC Update and Our House Mag for the love!

Boston this Saturday - 7/31

For those of you in Boston wondering what to this coming Saturday afternoon, think no further.

The Marz Entertainment crew and the people who brought you Dancing on the Charles, comes their new installment of outdoor parties for the summer of twenty ten. We even have are boy from sunny Florida coming to throw down for the festivities.

Time: 2pm - 9pm
Location: Kendall Square - Dickson St (between Windsor & Broadway) Cambridge, MA

SLEAZY McQUEEN
Whiskey Disco | Headtunes Recordings - FLA

TANNER ROSS
Mothership | Dirtybird | SECT

FACE OF FATE w/ RYAN OBERMILLER *live*
Red Door Portsmouth - NH

CASEROC
Redlight Productions

SERGIO SANTOS
Mothership | AirDrop | SECT

RANDY DESHAIES vs TOM BARTLETT
Marz Entertainment | Hot Lunch

MATT DIMOND
Bald&theBeautiful


Hosted by: Rose Krueger


21+ w/ I.D.
Dickinson St. (near Windsor & Broadway)
Kendall Square, Cambridge, MA

*Food & Drinks will be sold (No backpacks please)

Grant Dell's Croydon is better in July Chart

Grant Dell is back in the fold and recently came out with a new EP on Headtunes called House Tribute. Here's his favorite tracks at the moment. Get them from your favorite vinyl record stores and digital sites.

Grant Dell's Croydon is better in July Chart

Lewis Boardman - Mist (NRK Music)
Grant Dell - House Tribute (Headtunes)
Hector - Not At The Moment (2020 Vision)
Todd Bodine - Space And Stop (Highgrade Records)
Franck Roger - Guilty Pleasures (re verse mix) (Planet E)
Harry Choo Choo Romero - Phuture (Joris Vooorn Mix) (Ovum)
Unknown - Realness Shade Dub (unkown)
Simon Baker - The Trick (original) (2020 Vision)
Rio Padice - Paypo (Metroline Limited)
Harrison Crump - Deep Down Inside (micael cieis remix) (Cocoon Recordings)

Get his House Tribute EP here:

Itunes
Beatport
Juno Download
more download stores to come in the next few weeks

The Tech House Guvna is back!

Grant Dell's House Tribute EP out now!




Headtunes Recordings welcomes Grant Dell back to the family, a full five years after he provided the Boston-based label’s first ever release ‘Love Tilt’. The EP set the label off, selling out of its vinyl pressing in just 2 weeks and launching Headtunes to a worldwide audience.

The Croydon based producer is a stalwart of the South London deep/tech house scene having developed his style in the shadow of Swag Records alongside the Wiggle posse of Terry Francis, Nathan Coles and Eddie Richards. Over the years his music has been a staple in the sets of DJs from John Digweed to Jay Tripwire, with releases on labels including Hooj Choons, Big Chief, Detour, 4Kenzo, Bosh and his own Pancake Recordings.

After prolific spell in the mid 2000’s, Grant Dell took a break from production but is now back and sounding like he hasn’t skipped a beat. ‘Kozak’ is a typically eerie, dirty tech-house bomb with a rolling bass and heavy drum kicks. ‘House Tribute’ is what it is, a bumping deep number nodding back to the genre’s roots and ‘Don’t Need Ya’ is another deep-tech number with a heavy “sahf lahndan” influences.

On remix duty is the legendary Angel Alanis from Chicago. With a 15 year discography covering every nuance of house, Angel is another true great from a city which churns out phenomenal house producers for fun. His re-touch of ‘Don’t Need Ya’ sees a hefty injection of that jacking Chi-town flare with wild horns sprinkled throughout.

DJ Feedback

Dave Seaman – Kozak is sleazy!

Tyler Stadius - Really great to see Grant again. Right back on fire! Dirty, funkified weapons here. :)

Nick Holder (DNH Records / NRK) – Wicked vibe!

Murray Richardson (Rebel Waltz) – Kozak rocks….great ep – HOUSE!

Abyss (Buzzin Fly) – Superb

Mark Bell / Blakkat (Shaboom) – The Original Tech House Guvna!

Lomas (Micron Club) – What an excellent e.p. Loving every track!

Raymundo Rodriquez (Jaded) – Feeling House Tribute & Angel’s remix.

DJ Heather (Blackcherry) – Diggin Angel’s re-touch

Moody B (Council House Recordings) - Its great to hear Grant Dell tracks again. Kozak is very west coast tribalation sounding- Like the tango,bluem and siesta stuff. Its nice to hear that sound again! Also really into "Don't need ya" very hypnotic, Will play both..

Tom Baker – Great all round EP! Kozak’s the one for me.

Satoshi Fumi - Love all trax! Really deep tech house : )

Al Bradley (3AM Recordings) - Grant Dell is something of a legend to me, his tech house from the early 00's was quite outstanding, so it's great to have him back. His three original cuts show nothing has been lost - Kozak being my pick, quite simply blistering tech house, amazing. Angel is also someone who always does the job & this is no exception, fantastic club music which hits the spot.

Chris Udoh – House Tribute is rocking!

Dibby Dougherty (Yello) - great stuff right here, House Tribute is right up my street, can see this molding straight into my sets

Funky Transport – AAAAH YEEEEAAAAAH! If I shut my eyes I’m in San Fran or The Midlands mid 90s! : )

Louis Hughes (1999 Recordings) – Proper!

Instead You Go review on DMCworld.com

Just got this hot little review from DMCworld for the Tres Gueros EP that is out now. They gave us 4/5. Thanks Guys.

Release will be at all your favorite digital retailers June 22.



Read full review here: DMC Update Review

Tres Gueros - Instead You Go - out now on 12"

Out Now on 12" blue colored wax! Available at Juno and Downtown 304

A1. Anthony Mansfield Remix
A2. Neighbour Remix
B1. Original
B2. SMQ Dub
B3. Dave Allison Remix
All tracks written and produced by Matt Brownell & Laurin Fedora. Vocal by Graham Holly. Back-up vocal by Gracie Fowler. Bass by Ray Sweeten. Guitar by Hugh Swaso. Instead You Go (original) has additional synthesizing by Beef Wellington. Mastered by Angel Alanis.

Tres Gueros are three white brooklynites led by the amorphous producer Sleazy McQueen. This collaboration as a whole has been a few years in the making with two vocalists, two guitar players and if that wasn’t enough, he brought in Beef Wellington for some additional synthesizing work.

This is a feel good indie-dance track that you will keep any crowd dancing We’ve got some great remixers on board from Nu-Disco gurus Anthony Mansfield who runs Hector Works with partner and crime Nick Chacona. Neighbour and his signature disco-house sound, along with newcomer Dave Allison who runs Kinjo Music. For good measure Sleazy McQueen has added a big room dub!

The digital exclusive tracks will include the Dave Allison stripped back slo mo instrumental and Leon Louder’s tech infused remix. The digital version will not be available for a few more weeks.


Feedback:

Mark Farina (GLA / OM) - 4/5 Da Funk!

Manuel Shagun (Candy Music) – 4/5 A good package for all tastes! I still don't know which i'm going to use on my mixes...

Joshua Heath - 5/5 flashback to the intro of gino soccio's 'dancer' and mash it up with a little feist, and youve got 'Instead You Go'. Cool vibes on this track for sure. Sleazy is really a cat you can always count on for solid unique production. All in all a very solid package, not one mix I don’t like.

Giom – 5/5 What a great release this is, with a great variety of mixes to choose from! Not sure which one to pick yet, but i really like the Neighbour mix and the Leon Louder one, can't wait to play these ones! Thanks guys, great work.

Murray Richardson (Rebel Waltz) - 5/5 anthony mansfield mix is a beauty!!!

Andy Riley (Inland Knights ) – 4/5 Neighbour mix for me.

KEN ECB (EAST COAST BOOGIEMEN) - 4/5 Love the instrumental from Dave, Nice slo mo!

Mondo Disco – 4/5 Dave Allison and Neighbour remixes are the ones for me! Solid, quirky production. Nice one.

Nick Chacona (XLR8R / Hector Works) - 4/5 Loving Anthony's Mix! Deep groovy fun!

George Cochrane (Prismatic Tracks) - 5/5 A sextastic slice of sleazy NYC neo-disco goodness. Really top stuff all around. Totally loving Anthony Mansfield, Neighbor, and SMQ's mixes.

Q-Burns Abstract Message (Eight-Tracks) - 4/5 Neighbour's remix is the best thing he's ever done, in my opinion. A serious staple of my sets.

Funky Transport (Club Snafu) - 4/5 loving it.... great vocal track! HUGE PACKAGE (thats what she said)

Da Sunlounge – 4/5 Nice EP!

Sleazy Beats - 5/5 Wonderful original and remix package. Especially love Dave Allison's contribution. Full Sleazy Beats support!

Raoul Belmans - 4/5 Cool nu-disco shit! Will play this for sure in my slow sets!

Pete Dafeet – 4/5 Love the Neighbour mix, and Sleazy's dub

Free Sampler Download

Our friends over at Kahua are always looking to expose people to new music, so they have decided to put together a FREE sampler for you to download.

The sampler includes some of the leading names working across the deep, soulful and tech house genres including labels Lost My Dog, Adaptation Music, Prismatic Tracks, Bounce House, Headtunes and Baker Street, and artists such as Random Soul, Jay West, Sleazy McQueen, Bobby & Klein, Andrew Phelan & Origami, Paul Hardy and a few more! There's even a couple of exclusive unreleased tracks in there.

To receive the free music register to receive updates from Kahua and the labels so that they can continue to keep you up to date with their happenings and in all likelihood send you more free music in the future!

Register here: Kahua FREE Sampler

Here's a little listen to the tracks featured on the sampler.

Kahua Music Free Sampler Volume 1 - Click for Free Download Link by Kahua Music

Headtunes back-stock blowout for Record Day

In support of Record Store Day we have some Headtunes records for sale.

Please email us at headtunes@gmail.com.

Certain titles have very limited quantity.

HTR 002 - Dexter - Schwing / Funk Warped - $2

HTR 004 - Jay West - Music Can EP w/ remixes by Bon Johnson & Replika - $2.50

HTR 005 - Pete Dafeet - Deep Life EP w/ remix by The Candy Dealers - $3

HTR 006 - This is Headtunes V/A w/ tracks by Replika, Pete Dafeet, Brenden Wesley , Sleazy McQueen, and Bobby & Klein $3

HTR 007 - Sleazy McQueen - Big Times, Big Tings EP w/ remixes by Nick Chacona, Cole Medina and B-Team - $4

Get all 5 for $10.

Note price does not include shipping.

Happy Record Day everyone.

Alive & Rejuvenated after WMC 2010

After finally getting back to reality....we thought we toss out some highlights of our recent trip to Miami for WMC. As you know, thousands of label owners, club owners, DJ's, promoters, and the who's who in the world of EDM music converged onto South Beach for the 25th Anniversary of WMC the week of March 22nd - 28th. Like all of them, the Headtunes crew went down there to collaborate on a party with co-conspirators Lost My Dog Records and So Sound Recordings, but also to bask in all things EDM for the week; meet old acquaintances, friends, make new contacts, and ultimately hear NEW music.

We arrived in Miami on Wednesday and headed straight to SOBE to grab some dinner with our friends Pete Dafeet, Najan Ward from Lost My Dog, Sleazy McQueen, Brenden Wesley and others. We even ran into our old friend Tim Xavier, who we haven't seen since he fled to Berlin.

Our first order of business was to get some food and get ready for the legendary Greg Wilson playing a 4 hours set at the Electric Pickle. What was he going to play? Was he going to play on reel-to-reel? What will the scene be like? These questions...ran through our heads as we entered the club to see Greg still setting up his equipment...guess we got there a little early.

But in the end it was all worth it. Yes he played reel-to-reel and what did he play...everything and anything. It’s Greg Wilson. For those that missed this night, Greg recorded the set.



ELECTRIC PICKLE MIAMI 24.03.10 (greg wilson live mix - tour 2010) by gregwilson

Kudos to all that were involved in the pickle that night with King Britt, Rich Medina, Vikter Duplaix upstairs and Aaron DAE and his boogie beats out on the patio.

Thursday we were up at it early to catch some sun and also bounce around to some numerous day parties. We had no set agenda, just time and money to burn. Well maybe not money to burn, but Miami does make you feel like that. A city that takes advantage of its guests: 'NO BUENO!'

What to do.... so we popped by the APT party to catch our friend and long time co-conspirator Sleazy McQueen rocking his signature indie-nu-disco sound. Then bounced over to Chillin party and got a sweet little bag from them. This came in handy for our flyers, water and other stuff we accumulated on our travels. The bags were hands-down the best WMC giveaway! I guess there's always next year for us.

After a little bopping around we head over to the rooftop at the Bentley to check out Crazy P in action. Set was great, but the sound was something else.

Note to promoters...sound is what makes the party. Get it right!

Oh well...can't win them all.

So now time for dinner. At this point most of us our exhausted and thinking about calling it an early night. We end up the Catalina have some amazing burgers. After knocking back a few beers and a burger, we decided to meet a few friends for some drinks over at the Shore Club. As we were kicking back on their lounge beds in the courtyard...we began to hear music start piping out. We asked our waitress if the 25 years of Detroit party was happening in this area and she said...yes!


Who wouldn't want to see this line-up.

I guess this means we will not be getting no sleep anytime soon...Moodyman and Kyle Hall played the courtyard, with who's who in Detroit Techno in the main pool area.

This was a fun night as with some great music. I've been a huge fan of Moodyman for while now and it was great to see the man in action. We even ran into Richard West (aka Mr. C) and chatted with him about his new life in LA, pursuing is acting career and his new EP on Poker Flat with Adultnapper. If you haven't heard his new track.... check the video out below



For those not in attendance, we found a couple sets from that night from Carl Craig and Stacey Pullen.

Stacey Pullen Live @ Detroit Techno Celebrates 25 Years, Shore Club, Florida WMC - 25-03-2010 by R_co

Carl Craig Live @ Detroit Techno Celebrates 25 Years, Shore Club, Florida WMC - 25-03-2010 by R_co

If anybody finds the Kyle Hall set.... let us know. Would love to hear it again.

At about 2.... it was time to call it a night.

The next day was going to be a long one with our party happening from 9pm - 7am.

Friday we slept in a little then headed to the venue with Jazzy Eyewear, Fer Ferrari and the Lost My Dog crew to get the extra sound into the venue...When we got there, we were extremely excited about the location. It was nothing short of being dope. It felt like you were in airplane and even had a front end of plan inside with smoke machines and all!


I can't see out of the cockpit!

After everything was said and done...we got everything set up by about 830 or so. The event was nothing short of exciting with great sets by everyone involved. Highlight for us was seeing Frank H Carter III go on. Boy oh Boy! That man had a voice like no other. So keep an eye out for this guy. He has a few upcoming releases coming out on Lost My Dog.

The room had a great vibe with all sort of heads rolling in and out. We recorded the night and will have pictures and sets up very soon.

Thanks to all that came out and supported us, we really appreciated it!

Friday wiped me out, by Saturday I decided.... it was time for me to go home. My only regret was not making it to the Aquabooty party on Saturday night. There will always be next year.

All in all...WMC 2010 was amazing. Saw some great acts, heard some great music and had a blast.

See you all next year!

Video Contest - win $500 gift certificate to Apple & More

Instead You Go Video Contest

Background:

Tres Gueros are three brooklynites led by the amorphous producer, Sleazy McQueen. Pulling together a joint group of different but like-minded artists, Sleazy wanted to create a different sound than the usual house tracks. Instead You Go was the result. The vinyl release includes remixes from top nu disco names Anthony Mansfield and Neighbour, as well as newcomer to the scene Dave Allison. The digital package will include a bonus track from Sleazy McQueen, Leon Louder and a Dave Allison instrumental. The release will be out late April on wax and available at stores digitally shortly thereafter.

The contest:

With the success of combination of talent that went into the track, it only makes sense to open up the visual representation of the music to newcomers and fresh insights.

Rules:

Videos must be received no later than April 19, 2010 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST). They should be uploaded onto Youtube. You must use the Tres Gueros “Instead You Go” (radio edit) in its entirety. As a contestant, your video will be judged by the public through viewing number and by Headtunes, Sleazy McQueen. In addition there will be some prominent guest judges from the production and music industry.

Although not mandatory, we recommend that you view the video as the end format, not youtube. Compressed files on youtube are expected however shooting to the highest resolution is recommended for future promotional use.

By submitting your video to the contest, as described by posting it and notifying Headtunes via email of the post, you grant Headtunes irrevocable rights and permissions to all uses, commercial, promotional, & editorial across all media and mediums. Full ownership of video submission resides solely with Headtunes. Headtunes grants the right to submitter to use said track, Tres Gueros Instead You Go (radio edit) for personal and non-commercial use.

Prizes:

Headtunes will choose one video winner, and the creator will receive a $500 gift certificate to Apple, Headtunes prize pack with t-shirts, vinyl, a bottle of Veuve Cliquot champagne to celebrate your win and your video will also be the “official” music video for Instead You Go. The radio edit and video will be available for free download.

Please email submissions to: headtunes”at”gmail.com.

Make sure to include your name, contact info, phone and email, any additional information you want to tell us about yourself and the correct link to the youtube post. Headtunes is not responsible for email or links that are not received for any cause.

GUEST JUDGES:

Q-Burns Abstract Message (Eight-Track) Orlando

Angel Alanis (A Squared Music) Chicago

Al Risi (ARMM) NYC

SPONSORED BY:

NINJAFINDER

Pete Dafeet this week in Boston @ Rebound @ the Phoenix Landing

Get ready for WMC 2010, with a Miami send-off.

Rebound in association with Headtunes are proud to bring you the first Boston appearance of:

Pete Dafeet (Lost My Dog / Southside Shuffle / Headtunes) London UK

with an opening set by local house veteran: Caseroc



Pete Dafeet

London-based Pete Dafeet is a deep house producer and co-owner of Lost My Dog Records, who started DJing in the late 90s and producing records in the early 00s.

Born in 1983, Pete's break came at the age of 20 when a demo CD caught the eye of Phat Phil Cooper, Yousef, and eventually Shaboom label manager Chris Hunter, who set Pete to work on remixes for the label. Pete has sold more than 20,000 records in the years since, releasing and remixing for labels including Robsoul, Bosh, Detour, and Toolroom—music that's been widely supported by DJs including Mark Farina, Danny Tenaglia, X-Press 2, and Laurent Garnier.

In 2005, Pete started Lost My Dog with friends Ian Straker and Najan Ward. Working with artists including Jay Tripwire, Fred Everything and Rhythm Plate, the trio have established Lost My Dog as one of the UK's leading and most respected deep house labels. DMC Update has described Lost My Dog as “a bastion of pure, deep house”—drawing comparisons with 2020 Vision and Classic Music Company—while iDJ magazine featured Lost My Dog as one of the "100 Reasons Why Dance Music Still Rules", hailing the label as one of the most exciting to emerge from the UK in recent times.

Pete's sideline is Southside Shuffle; a left-of-centre digital label, and a means to promote music from young, like-minded producers.

www.lostmydog.net
www.petedafeet.net

Phoenix Landing
512 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139-4029
(617) 576-6260

10pm - 1am

Ladies Free before 11pm.
$5 Cover

WMC 2010 - The Miami Soundsystem (Second Annual)

So Sound Recordings, Headtunes and Lost My Dog are joining forces at Miami WMC 2010 with a DJ line up that should instantly get the mouth of any self-respecting deep house fan watering.

‘The Miami Soundsystem’ takes place on Friday 26th March at Skyline Lounge in the heart of Miami Beach and see’s the legendary Mark Farina (Om Records, Great Lakes Audio) headlining a bill which also includes Uner (Diynamic), Jazzy Eyewear (So Sound), Jay West (releases on all of the host labels), Pete Dafeet and Najan Ward (Lost My Dog). Najan Ward will be joined by very special guest and brand new Lost My Dog signing Frank H Cater III for a live vocal performance. This one is not to be missed as three of the finest underground house labels go head to head.



Cover: $15 on guestlist before 12am
Guest List: sosound@aol.com
For More Info Call: 786 718.3139
Guest List Closes At 12 midnight

Skyline Lounge
645 Washington Avenue, Miami Beach, FL 33139
www.skylinemia.com

www.sosoundrecordings.com | www.headtunes.com | www.lostmydog.net | www.aptentertainment.com | www.djmarkfarina.net | www.myspace.com/jazzyeyewear | www.myspace.com/uner | www.jay-west.com | www.petedafeet.net | www.najanward.com | www.myspace.com/frankhcarteriii | www.myspace.com/djsjimmyandferrari

New Reviews & WMC

The weather is still a little wet and damp up here in the Northeast, but you can feel the anticipation of WMC in the air.

The Headtunes camp is getting ready for an exciting adventure down there, as we've been on hiatus from the festivities in South Beach for the last couple of years. We will be teaming up with our friends from Lost My Dog and So Sound to bring you an incredible line-up on Friday, March26 at Skyline Lounge in SOBE!

Stay tuned for more info.

Our latest release from Matt Prehn has been getting some great reviews and feedback.

If you have not been able to grab a copy, get it at Beatport.

iDJ Review:


Our House Mag Review: