Tracks for 2025


Ben Böhmer - Beyond Beliefs


Not a 2025 tune but walked past the sound check in san an for the beach festival with my kids back at the end of June and this was blasting out, just beautiful
 
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Clara said:
One of the contenders for tracks of the year which sounded incredible tonight at Freddies when Erol Alkan closed his set.

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it's a Brighton thing! 🙂

A. Mamacita ft. Persona RS - Tu Amor (Your Love Spanish Version) / B. Mamacita ft. Persona RS - Tu Amor (Double Drop Luke É Soul Re-Edit)

When it comes to musical discovery, sometimes the stars just align. DJ and record collector, Steve KIW, put Mr Bongo onto this amazing Chilean cover version of Jamie Principle & Frankie Knuckles' all-time classic 'Your Love’. Despite being originally released 13 years ago, it had recently started to prick the ears of house and Balearic connoisseurs in the UK, further cemented by inclusions in the Idjut Boys epic sets. Steve heard them play it, tipped us off and it soon became a favourite at Mr Bongo HQ.

By pure chance when the Mr Bongo DJs joined Luke Una to play at La Paloma ballroom in Barcelona a few weeks later, Luke dropped this incredible interpretation at the peak of his set. A good friend of his, Michelle from Huddersfield, had also put him onto the track and he instantly fell in love. A serendipitous coming together, 'Tu Amor' seemed like the perfect next instalment in the É Soul Cultura discography.

The version in question was released in 2012 as part of a digital-only EP. It came courtesy of the Chilean DJ, producer and singer Mamacita (Carolina Vallejos) and producer Sebastian Roman, aka Persona RS. Meeting Sebastian while out partying in Santiago during a boom time for electronic music in Chile, their shared passion for making house music in Spanish and their admiration for Frankie Knuckles led to the creation of this raw and unique cover version.

Recorded on lo-fi equipment, including an old Windows laptop and a borrowed Neumann microphone, it nods to the DIY ethos of the early Chicago productions. The result is a stripped-back, quirky cosmic take on a stone-cold classic, full of squelching synthlines and Carolina’s stunning Spanish vocals, that became a club hit on Chile's underground circuit. However, aside from some Latin American and US DJs picking it up, it never got the international recognition it deserved.

Fast forward to 2025, and É Soul Cultura is proud to present the glorious 'Tu Amor' on vinyl for the first time, backed with a new, extended, club re-edit by É Soul Cultura captain Luke Una and Luke Solomon (Classic Music). On first hearing ‘Tu Amor’ Luke Una recalls, “There was a real charm to it, it was quite an unorthodox arrangement, a huge wonkiness and just sounded so DIY in a brilliant way. I was chatting to Luke (Solomon) about how much we loved it and we decided to re-edit it together. Accentuating the wonk of those crazy synths, we’ve extended it to make a fiercer underground club tool, without taking away that very charming cosmic feel”.


 
Clara said:
I hadn't realised it was Steve KIW who started the rediscovery of 'Tu Amor'! Such a great track and it was lovely to see Steve & Kathy back in May at Pikes and WOM.
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yep. Pretty sure I had heard it somewhere but that might've been another classic house cover for the Spanish market? I guess this one slipped under everyone's radar

S & K were over here the week before (during the great powercut!) We tend to meet up once a year when they're over, as so rarely back in Brighton.

Promised I'd plug his 'Cities' EP in my next newsletter. The 'Balearic Network' in full effect :lol:
 
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