MAKIN021 – Tiger Wilson – ‘I Can Love You Betta’ EP

Tiger Wilson is a name that has already been causing quite a stir in the soulful corners of the US House Music scene. Now the New Jersey native is set to bring his brand of smooth vocal House and R&B across the Atlantic, by teaming up with UK label Makin’ Moves, releasing the ‘I Can Love You Betta’ EP.

Wilson’s tenure in the music industry, as a producer and songwriter, has already seen him working with artists such as Jaheim, Estelle and Chris Brown. It was, however, realising his dream of working with Timmy Regisford, renowned House producer and A&R legend, that fuelled his progression as a solo artist. Their collaboration lead to the release of New York club favourite’s such as ‘Masterpiece’, ‘In The Club’ and ‘Burning Hot’ and it was whilst in the studio with Regisford that Tiger Wilson revealed his vocal talent’s on the dancefloor smash ‘Sometimes’.

By mid-Spring of 2013, Wilson was approached by UK label Makin’ Moves’ owner, Matt Langrish-Smith. The London label boss had been following Tiger’s development as an artist and knew the massive potential in an EP project that would showcase his talents on a grander scale.

Tiger then got to doing what he does best, writing new music, and the first single, ‘Anything Is Possible’, was born.  The song-driven soulful house track was supported heavily in the NYC scene, including noteable plays from Louie Vega and Kevin Hedge on NYC station WBLS, sending Tiger touring around the states.

Wilson is now ready to release the three final tracks of the EP, ‘I Can Love You Betta’, ‘There Is Hope’ and ‘NYC Track’.

The EP effortlessly blends his experiences and influences, from Philadelphia and Motown soul, Gospel and R&B, to his recent dance-floor attention. ‘I Can Love You Betta’ is a more than just a collection of great music, it’s a statement of intent to inspire, with the simple message of  “live life to the fullest”.

Production & Writing credits:-

1. I Can Love U Betta- Prod. and Written By: Tiger Wilson for The Best Kept Secret….Shhh Ent. (Ms.Wilson Oldest Boy/SESAC)
Additional Drum Programming By: Mark Lewis
Mixed By: Mark Lewis.   Additional Mixing By: “You can ask Giz”

2. There Still Is Hope – Prod. and Written By: Tiger Wilson for Best Kept Secret….Shhh Ent. (Ms. Wilson Oldest Boy/SESAC)
Additional Drum Programming By: Mark Lewis
Mixed by: Adam Rios and Mark Lewis

3. Club NYC – Prod. By: Tiger Wilson for The Best Kept Secret….Shhh Ent. (Ms. Wilson Oldest Boy/SESAC)
Mixed by: Adam Rios and Mark Lewis

4. Anything Is Possible – Prod. By: Tiger Wilson for The Best Kept Secret….Shhh Ent. (Ms. Wilson Oldest Boy/SESAC) - Mixed by: Adam Rios

‘Love You Betta’ will be released in September, 2014.

To keep up-to-date with all things Tiger Wilson, please visit:                           Website: www.tigerwilson1.com                                                                                      Twitter: www.twitter.com/mrtigerwilson1                                                                    Facebook: www.facebook.com/iamtigerwilson

For UK Press Enquiries:
Matt Brinkworth – Big Machine Agency matt@bigmachinemedia.com
George Cochran – Big Machine Agency george@bigmachinemedia.com



MAKIN019 – Hallex M & DJ Fudge featuring Omar ‘Ding Ding’ (Original & Art of Tones Remixes)

DJ Fudge has long been a force in the house music scene since his Trouble Men days on the well-respected Kif Recordings and alongside his good friend Hallex M has carved a notch in the new breed of rare talent over the past years.  Both guys had longed to work with UK soul legend Omar Lye-Fook. And late last year their dream came true when Omar visited Hong Kong where Hallex and DJ Fudge both currently reside and there they worked on two tracks which have had people talking about for sometime.

The first was ‘Simpatico’ which was released on Osunlade’s Yoruba Imprint earlier this summer and has become an anthem from Ibiza to Croatia . ‘Ding Ding’ the second track we feel is even better, an instant dance floor filler! Omar delivers a stellar performance that has already been getting rave reviews from the few djs that have been playing the promo to in recent months.

We’ve enlisted the help of three great remixes on this project and will be releasing this package across two packages. First up on release one you will be able to get the Art of Tones remixes, which are simply stunning. Art of Tones is Ludo Llorca and has been making great waves with his sound for the last summer releasing on other labels such as Local Talk. Package two will feature remixes from Loic L and Chicago’s deep house master Glenn Underground who brings an nostalgic classic garage mix.

WRITING & PRODUCTION:-

Written by: Omar Lyefook
Produced by DJ Fudge & Hallex M
Congo Music Publishing / Kobalt Music Publishing.
Remix by Glenn Underground for Strictly Jaz Unit
Remix by Ludovic Lllorca aka Art of Tones
Remix by Loic L

Part One package – Original & Art of Tones Remixes available to purchase as an exclusive promo from Tuesday 5th August. All other sites Tuesday 2nd September.

Part Two package – Glenn Underground & Loic L available to purchase as an exclusive promo from Tuesday 2nd September. All other sites 30th September.

Catch Omar performing a live PA of ‘Ding Ding’ at Need2Soul’s Bank Holiday Weekend party at Plan B in Brixton on Sunday 24th August.



MAKIN020 – SMI featuring Shea Soul ‘Just Fine’ (Shelter Remixes)

1.    Shelter Vocal Mix
2.   
Shelter Instrumental Mix

Two years ago in the summer of 2012, we kicked our label off with this great release SMI featuring Shea Soul ‘Just Fine’ with remixes from David Harness and Jihad Muhammad. It was a big favourite with a lot of people and still played a lot today across the world, the release set the tone for what was to come on our label and we’re very proud to have released so much great music up to this point but this is just the beginning!

We now present the unreleased Shelter Remixes which havent seen the light of day til now. Many djs have asked us about these remixes in the last year both at our events and on our weekly radio show on www.housefm.net and so we’re proud to finely be able to release them.

Timmy Regisford hailing from New York, is a legend in the house music community having remixed the biggest artists in the industry including Stevie Wonder and Chaka Khan. Timmy liked the original track so much he wanted to remix the track and what a great job he’s pulled off.

Available to purchase as an exclusive promo from Tuesday 8th July. All other sites 5th August.

WRITING & PRODUCTION:-

All instruments by Vandol

Produced by SMI for SMI productions. Vocals arranged and recorded by Shea Soul. Licensed courtesy of TwoPointNine Ltd.

Tracks 1 & 2 – Remixed by Timmy Regisford @ Shelter Studios, NYC. Mixed by Adam Rios.



MAKIN016 – Gianluca Pighi & Massimo Paramour featuring Ahmad Larnes ‘Come With Me’

Next up on Makin’ Moves sees a return on the label for Italian producers Gianluca Pighi & Massimo Paramour again working with the fantastic vocal talents of Ahmad Larnes, a positive slice of soulful goodness ripe for the summer!

Pigi and Paramour’s first release ‘The Well’ came out a few weeks months ago and has had fantastic reactions and is still getting regular plays in clubs the world over so we hope you like this one just as much we do!

‘Come With Me’ talks positively about coming together and then planning an escape to a new world where life is free. This one is sure to be heard from beach beach bars to night clubs across the globe!

Available in three mixes as an exclusive promo from www.traxsource.com from Tuesday 24th June, full release 22nd July on all other digital sites.

WRITING & PRODUCTION
Produced arranged and mixed by Gianluca Pighi and Massimo Paramour @ blackpiggy Studio
Vocals by Ahmad Larnes
Sax by Luca Signorini
An original Kadregah Production
Written by Larnes, Braghieri, Pighi
(P) 2014n Record Kicks Edizioni Siae



Makin’ Moves Unreleased Compilation

Makin’ Moves Records are proud to present to you our first Unreleased Compilation to coincide with the celebration of our 2nd anniversary.

All tracks featured on this compilation are from artists we have worked with from day one including Shea Soul, Nina Provencal and Tiger Wilson plus new emerging talent which we’ve connected with over the last 2 years so it’s partly a special release to say thanks to them aswell as giving our fans a collection of some older released and mainly unreleased gems that we’ve been playing at our events and on our House FM radio show that people have been requesting that havent been released yet.

We’d like to say a special thank you to all these artists featured for believing in us as we move along on our musical journey!

Available to purchase as a digital exclusive via www.traxsource.com from Tuesday 27th May. Full release on other digital stores from 1st July.



MAKIN017 – Makin’ Moves WMC Sampler 2014

Makin’ Moves are proud to present a three track sampler for this year’s WMC conference, a taste of music that will be forthcoming on our 1st compilation album in a few months time.

All three tracks are unreleased mixes of releases that we’ve put out in the last 18 months but we’ve been playing at our events and our House FM radio show on Saturday evenings that people have requested so we thought we’d release them in time for this years conference.

Track 1 – Tiger Wilson ‘Anything Is Possible’ (Timmy Regisford Alternative Mix)
Production & writing credits
Written and Produced By: Tiger Wilson
Remix By: Timmy Regisford
Mixed By: Adam Rios
The Best Kept Secret….Shhh Ent.
Ms. Wilson Oldest Boy/SESAC

Track 2 – Phat Frank feat. Dana Weaver ‘Hot’ (N’Dinga Gaba Dub)
Production & writing credits
Produced by Francesco Gori
Written & vocales by Dana Weaver

Track 3 – Ezel feat. Tamara Wellons ‘Girl From Ipanema’ (Jose Marquez Batuca Dub)

Production & writing credits

Arranged and produced by Ezel Feliz for Guinea Sound production‚
Vocals recorded and performed by Tamara Wellons
All instruments and drum programming by Ezel
Composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim
Written by Vinicius de Moraes
Universal Music Publishing
Remix by Jose Marquez

‘Makin’ Moves WMC Sampler 2014’ is available as an exclusive promo via www.traxsource.com on 8th April, and then on all other digital stores from 6th May 201$



MAKIN014 – Arnaud D ‘Une Folie Africaine’ EP + ‘Take Your Time’ featuring Zano

Our next release sees a hot new EP from Lyon’s main man, Arnaud D!

The EP showcases Arnaud’s musical diversity and features 4 tracks that are prefect for any dance floor, one of which features South Africa’s hottest vocal talents Zano. Zano is one of the stand out singer/song writers to come out of South Africa of recent times having worked with the likes of DJ Christos, Ralf Gum and Black Coffee.

Arnaud and Zano had never meet previously but having heard the original version of  ‘Une Folie de Africaine’ version we felt that Zano would be prefect to record a vocal on the track having all been big fans of his previous work. We sent Zano the track and he was so excited that he got to work straight away and we feel the results are awesome as he’s delivered a vocal that keeps with the energy of the original song. We hope to see Zano perform the track in Europe sometime in the near future!

PRODUCTION & WRITING

Produced by Arnaud D
Written by Thokozani Nzima

The ‘Une Folie Africaine’ EP is available as an exclusive promo via www.traxsource.com on 8th April, and then on all other digital stores from 6th May 2014.

Tracklisting

Arnaud D featuring Zano ‘Take Some Time’
Une Folie Africaine Club Mix
Une Folie Africaine Original Mix
Une Presence Bass



Gianluca Pighi & Massimo Paramour feat. Ahmad Larnes ‘The Well’ (includes Tyrone Francis Remixes)

MAKIN013 – Digital Release
www.makin-moves.co.uk

Gianluca Pighi is deep. The Italian DJ/Producer is dedicated to music further than a hobby or even a career. The lifetime obsession Gianluca has to finding the perfect beat is only comparable to true love. He grew up on Public Enemy, The Temptations, Deodato and Barry White and by 14 he was mixing on pirate radio and by 17 he was getting paid to play music at parties.

Massimo Paramour is a musical prodigy. After studying music formally for many years, Massimo dove into the club scene of Italy, carving out a space for himself as a consistent professional. During a trip to New York in the early 2000’s, he met Ahmad Larnes and convinced the vocalist to travel to Italy for work. There they met with Gianluca and had immediate musical chemistry. This was how the three magic pieces came together for the magical single, “The Well”–Gianluca’s technical expertise, Massimo’s musicianship and Ahmad Larnes’ voice.

Makin’ Moves is proud to present this gem, appropriate for clubs and intimate listening. Deep and brilliant, “The Well” packs a natural, continuous energy. Ahmad’s voice adds light to the driving drums and heavenly synthesizer, carrying the listener on a voyage. The centerpiece lyric of the track, “my love is deep just like the well,” is a simple metaphor that carries power. The love of another, the love of music, the love of artistry, true love goes deep to replenish the soul.

Also featured in the package are some hot remixes from BKNY’s Tyrone ‘Mixologist’ Francis from New York taking things more deeper and ready to bring you up at 6am as the sun comes up!

Traxsource promo available from next Tuesday 25th March 2014

Produced arranged and mixed by Gianluca Pighi and Massimo Paramour @ blackpiggy Studio

Vocals by Ahmad Larnes
Sax by Luca Signorini

An original Kadregah Production
Written by Larnes, Braghieri, Pighi
(P) 2014 Record Kicks Edizioni Siae
Remixed by Tyrone Francis Blak-n-Yello INc
Executive producers Matt Langrish-Smith & Jamesey D
Makin’ Moves Records 2014

Tracklist

  1. Vocal Mix
  2. Instrumental Mix
  3. Tyrone Francis Remix
  4. Tyrone Francis Instrumental


Nanako “Water”

MAKIN011 – Nanko ‘Water’
(Yusuke Hiraoka, Josh Milan and Dazzle Drums Remixes)

Yusuke Hiraoka’s life began the moment he met dance music as a teenager.

A local radio show in Nagoya, Japan streamed live from Night Club and served as Yusuke’s first encounter with modern dance music. He spent his teenage years immersing himself in the pulsing energy and soul of techno, deep house and R&B, until he reached a tipping point. One fateful night at Space Lab Yellow in Tokyo, Yusuke saw Timmy Regisford perform live and was transformed, convinced to make music of his own.

Since then Yusuke has dedicated himself to Reason and Ableton and clocked in countless hours in the studio and behind the decks at clubs. Now Yusuke and Makin’ Moves are releasing Water, an EP that features Japanese vocalist Nanako and remixes by Dazzle Drums and Josh Milan.

Water is a culmination of Yusuke’s aspirations since he first fell in love with the driving thump of house music. A deeply soulful number, Yusuke aimed to craft a vocal house track—in Japanese. While singing in English is standard fare in Japan, Yusuke wanted to re-contextualize this music with his own culture and language. After securing the production, in came Nanako, a powerful Japanese R&B singer, to take the track to the next level. Inspired by 90’s R&B, Nanako adds urgency and spirit to the track in a way that can be felt regardless if the words are understood.

Inspired by the impermanence of flowing water as a metaphor for the restless human mind, Nanako sings to bring a sense of peace and calm to the listener as Yusuke’s undeniably rubbery bass lines and spirited keys push the body to dance. The Japanese coed duo Dazzle Drums takes the tune to the forefront of the dancefloor with their remix, while veteran house producer Josh Milan puts the drums front and center for his Honeycomb remix. Whether in the privacy of your bedroom or in a crowded dance floor, Yusuke and Nanako’s “Water” will take you to a place of ease through a soulful musical journey.

Nanako is available as an exclusive promo via www.traxsource.com on 10th February, and then on all other digital stores from 10th March 2014.

Tracklisting

1. Yusuke Hiraoka Original Vocal Mix
2. Yusuke Hiraoka Black Dictionary Mix
3. Dazzle Drums Club Mix
4. Honeycomb Vocal Mix
5. Honeycomb Dub Mix



Funk mob ‘Out Of My Head’ (Teddy Douglas Remixes)

MAKIN012 – Digital Release
www.makin-moves.co.uk

Makin’ Moves are proud to present part two of our latest release package. This time ‘Out Of My Head’ gets the remix treatment from former Basement Boy Teddy Douglas who doesnt hold back and takes the groove straight to the heart of the dance floor.

UK duo Funk Mob aka Shaun Henry and Andrew Mannoukas who have been making great strides this year putting on some hot events here in London and their first foray into the studio this summer instantly got our attention a beautiful song that we’ve been hammering at our events and on our radio show for the last few months!

Teddy Douglas remixes – https://soundcloud.com/makinmovesuk/makin012-funk-mob-out-of-my

Traxsource promo available from next Tuesday 24th December 2013!

Produced by Shaun Henry & Andrew Mannoukas
Additional production from Toni Economides

Remixed by Teddy Douglas

Engineered + Recorded + Mixed and Arranged by Teddy Douglas + Hozay Clowney and DJ Greg Lewis for Black list Media

All Keyboards Hozay Clowney
Drum programming Teddy Douglas and Dj Greg Lewis

Executive producers Matt Langrish-Smith & Jamesey D
Makin’ Moves Records 2013

Tracklist

  1. Teddy Douglas Remix
  2. Teddy Douglas Instrumental