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NOUVEAU YORICAN 'Boriqua'

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Tags: Sound Pellegrino, Nouveau Yorican, Laidback Luke, Gina Turner, Sandro Silva, Harvard Bass, Douster

The name Nouveau Yorican conjures up visions of dance music truthful to the patterns and grooves of classic house, but done with the technology and sounds of today, in the same way that the Art Nouveau movement used modern materials to forge classic and natural shapes.

Nouveau Yorican is the brainchild of two major players in today's house scene: the charismatic Gina Turner (also half of powerful DJ duo Staccato) co-produces the sounds and lays down slick vocals while godfather of modern Dutch scene Laidback Luke lends a hand, assuming the role of the quintessential "man in the shadows". For both of them, this is a small step away from their usual territory towards more jacking sounds reminiscent of the best of golden era Chicago House, with a twist of latin-flavored New York stomp and backed by the discreet presence of the almighty Dutch artillery. A modern take on New York's Puerto Rican artistic identity seen through the eyes and ears of an asian Dutch house virtuoso and a half-sicilian/half-latino part-time NYC, part-time LA resident? This is our version of the Puerto Rican house renaissance.

“Boriqua“ ties in to the Sound Pellegrino collection through a common bond to the great tradition of jacking house. "In the Beginning there was Jack, and Jack had a groove", that groove is the common ground for a lot of today's electronic artists no matter what direction they chose to take of whatever micro-genre they claim to represent. Combining synth stabs with elegant retro vibes, “Boriqua“ will please those in search of the most purist Chicago sound while clearly having the sonic firepower and modern crisp production it takes to find its way into every major DJ's playlist. Plus Gina's sensual spanish vocals will have all the fly ladies dig in their closet for that old "butter pecan" Wu Tang tee shirt.

Remixing “Boriqua“ is a challenging exercise, which Sound Pellegrino alumni Douster, Sandro Silva and Harvard Bass all executed brilliantly, each putting forward a different aspect of the track and merging it with their world. Douster manages to keep it sexy and minimal while taking it to the underground caves where the warp zone between Lyon and Buenos Aires is hidden, and where dinosaurs carry guns like in Jurassic Park IV. Sandro Silva unleashes the heavy dutch lazerfest on top of a groovy rickety carnival beat (expect more Sound Pellegrino action from Sandro in the near future). The Harvard Bass version brings back sweaty disco images from our childhood through a symphony of synthetic strings of life, swiftly mutating into a massive electro house banger. A little something for everyone, and lots of Boriqua love.

- Teki Latex

> DOWNLOAD: Nouveau Yorican 'Boriqua' (Harvard Bass remix)

and buy the Boriqua ep now on Beatport here:
https://www.beatport.com/en-US/html/content/release/detail/207588/boriqua

Sound Pellegrino : Havard Bass + Renaissance Man = MONTHS OF FUN

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Tags: Institubes, Sound Pellegrino, Harvard Bass, Renaissance Man

Surely you've heard of our stove-hot sublabel Sound Pellegrino, Zombie Disco Squad and Douster's releases have been blazing dancefloors worldwide since the beginning of the year now it's time for men of the moment Renaissance Man and American housemaster Havard Bass to get a turn. We've sanctioned two heavy releases to get your body jacking throughout the summer months, both are out now exclusively in digital format, get buying!

Renaissance Man

First up are Renaissance Man, who's "Spraycan" (out on Dubsided) absolutely blew up the WMC this year, the finnish duo deliver a massive EP to add to your Sound Pellegrino collection.

How catchy is the tongue-in-cheek vocal sample in "What Is Guru"? Soon, even your mother will ask you to burn her a CD of "that Krishna song". But once the novelty's gone, what makes this track a hit is the impeccable and original production, serving a groove reminiscent of Akufen's early radio-chopping work.

It's so good that Riva Starr, one of artists who helped define this new sound we keep writing about, came up with an infectious percussive remix which will prove itself more than useful for DJs who aren't feeling the whole vocal/spiritual breakdown thing.

Harvard Bass

We got to know Harvard Bass through Johnny Love from Guns 'n' Bombs back in december 2007 when TTC flew to California on a quest for the perfect hamburger (shout out to In & Out). We closely followed his career since then, inviting him to remix our "Sixpack Anthem" on Institubes and watching him gather massive support from DJs like Crookers, Brodinski, Christian Martin, Jess & Crabbe, Acid Girls, Fluokids and many, many more. It's finally Harvard Bass's time to shine

ORGASMIC "The Sixpack Anthem" (Harvard Bass remix)

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Tags: Orgasmic, Harvard Bass, Institubes, Sixpack

Meet Victor,

Victor is that Mexican kid from San Diego who pushes you to drink mad bottles of malt liquor when you're all jet lagged, and who's bouncing around like a jumping bean at absurd hours of the night and when the party's over and you just filled your stomach with the most awesome peanut butter chocolate milkshake ever he keeps cracking mad jokes and shouting "FA SHO! FA SHO!". And even once you're back in your hotel room all tired and checking your mail he's still on ichat learning how to say "kikoo" and tricking you every night into watching the same video of that car-stealing 5 year old kid from youtube. Then eventually you find out he makes music under the name HARVARD BASS and that it's the most banging mariachitech house music ever created by men so you ask him to remix The Sixpack Anthem and to put his next record out on Sound Pellegrino, it's as simple as that.

-- Teki

DOWNLOAD: Orgasmic "The Sixpack Anthem" Harvard Bass remix