Ibellini - Wide Soul (RBL020)

For his debut release, Ibellini delivers an impressively polished EP, ‘Wide Soul’, on Crosstown Rebels´ off­shoot RebelLion. The title track, ‘Wide Soul’, captures an intensely mystifying mood with a deep funky bass line, a wobbly lead synth and a warm, uplifting ambience. ‘I Dream Of Funk’ steps up the fantasy with its epic sweeping textures, layered melodies and a sprinkle of shimmery ear candy. On the B­side, Desolat favourite Guti remixes ‘Wide Soul’, turning it into a deeper and roaring techno thumper for the early hours of the morning. Rounding off the EP, ‘Milk & Honey’ is the perfect journey for sunrise moments, its resonating organic tones creating a feeling of strong elation.


Ibellini has been a staple on the London DJ scene since the tender age of 14. The trust he’s built with London music lovers has enabled him to play alongside the most vibrant and forward thinking artists in the business, such as Damian Lazarus, Jamie Jones, Guy Gerber, Matthew Dear and Martin Buttrich.

Ibellini set out to put his stamp on the scene, creating the ´Peculiar´ parties, which are held at anomalous London spots, cultivating a loyal following and featuring the most talked about artists in the industry.

This year Ibellini has played at the BPM Festival in Mexico and at Miami WMC with rave reviews from Rolling Stone.

Ibellini has built relationships with established figureheads over the last few years, his unreleased tracks are regularly played at festivals around the world, DC10 Ibiza and Boiler Room sets such as The Martinez Brothers this passed Summer. Upcoming releases are receiving a lot of enthusiastic feedback from both artists and clubbers.

• Label: Rebellion
• Cat no: RBL020
• Web: www.crosstownrebels.com
• Distribution: Above Board
• Released: Mon Oct 20th, 2014

Tracklist:

- Wide Soul

- I Dream Of Funk

- Wide Soul (Guti Remix)

- Milk & Honey

LINK TO THE TRACKS

Guti & Fosky - Step EP (CRM088)

This is the last release of the year for Crosstown and what a year it’s been and what a release to close it! Guti returns to the fold alongside Fosky, armed with a Martinez Brothers Remix. The ‘Step EP’ is something special for Christmas that you’ll be playing all through next year.

After Guti & Dubshape’s huge ‘Every Cow Has A Bird’ release last year on Crosstown and after his great ‘Patio De Juegos’ debut album on Desolat, Guti now teams up with long-term friend Fosky on this great EP. Working together on the A Side ‘Step’ title track they have created something quite special indeed. A simple snare introduction with sampled vocal gives way to rib rattling percussion, a low slung Hammond, casual bongos and then the most monstrous bass you’ve ever heard this side of Dusseldorf explodes out of the track and headlong into the stratosphere. Clever use of percussion, huge timbales, muted horns and that throbbing subsonic bassline push the track forward as the soaring soul-drenched vocal pierce the omnipresent bass. Play this loud and witness the devastation it causes in a club.

Next up is the great ‘Jealous Guy’ by Guti, a great low slung sub-aquatic house track, a great combination of pot & pan percussion, eerie keys and outer- worldly vocals hang perfectly together strung up along the shimmying rhythm.

On the flip and The Martinez Brothers remix Fosky’s ‘Shiva’, which originally appeared on Damian Lazarus’s Get Lost 4 album this September. The Bronx based Martinez Brothers have had some stunning releases on Dennis Ferrer’s Objectivity label in recent years and are now highly in demand, and by the quality of this remix it’s easy to see why. They take the original version of ‘Shiva’ into darker territory adding a growling bass, flanging percussion and incessant hi-hats as Shiva’s vocals strain above the rolling groove. What a great remix, and what a great way to end the year for Crosstown Rebels. Can’t wait to see what gems are in store for 2012.

 

Label: Crosstown Rebels

Cat no: CRM088

Web: www.crosstownrebels.com

Distribution: Above Board Distribution

Released: Mon Jan 9th, 2012

Link to the tracks