BARGROOVES COMPILATIONS

Two compilations apt for those afternoon parties by the beach. Bargrooves series give us a release of sophisticated deep house mainly mixed by these compilations founder, Ben Sowton, and these two compilations are touted for bar culture. 

Manhattan series provides a New York house feel and traditional beats. The selection is refreshingly a touch more vocal than is typical of his deep, jazzy sets. Highlights include two of Seamless Recordings’ own works, namely the Souldoubt mix of Soularis’ ‘Freeway’ and the original of Ross Couch’s ‘I See You’. Its release date is 2006.   

CD 1 by Ben Sowton:
Latrice Barnett “Love Is”
Second Guess “Jaga (Grant Nelson Remix)”
Rosie Gaines “Dance With Me”
Holmes Ives “Letters (Richard Earnshaw Remix)
Ross Couch “Feel It (Original Mix)”
Fresh and Low “The Sound (Original Mix)”
Physics “Hush Hush”
Ross Couch “I See You”
Soularis “Freeway (Souldoubt Deeper Mix)”
Chuck Love “El Divercee”

CD 2 by Mateo and Matos:
Eddie Matos “You Free”
Seawind Project “Free (Knee Deep Classic Mix)”
Simon Aston “Can I Get”
Pete Simpson “In My Heart (Main Vocal Mix)”
Eddie Matos “Cuanto Te Quiero (Original Mix)”
Sabrina Johnston “Spirit (Original Mix)”
Jazz Sensation “Just Like That (Original Mix)”
Jon Cutler “Runnin’ (Original Mix)”
Inaya Day and Jackii Gilford “Freedom”
Samba La Casa “I Am Soul”

Continuing on a different vein, Cosmopolitan contains European trends mixed with a little dub, smooth grooves and a little funk. Its second CD, not as engaging as the first one, is taken by Rollercone, keeping alive the vibe. Cosmopolitan release date is 2005.

CD 1 by Ben Sowton:
Mettle Music “El Mar (House Dub)”
Ad Finem “Joy (Original Mix)”
Souldoubt “Why Must You”
Fred Everything featuring Roy Davis Jr. “Next to Me”
Shik Stylko & Virginia “Feels So Right (Dub Mix)”
Andy Holder presents Rhythm & Soul “Nothing Like Jazz (Rhythmic Soul Mix)”
The Coffee Kids “Dangerous Frequencies (MN2S Full Phat Dub)”
Candy Apple featuring Joy Malcolm “Under Your Spell”
High Spies featuring Latrice Barnett “This Time (Playa Vista Dub)”
Knights of The Round Tables “Saxed Up (DJ Spen Dub)”
Ross Couch “In Love (Main Vocal Mix)”

CD 2 by Rollercone:
Rollercone “The Journey”
Ethnic Heritage Ensemble “Running in the Streets (Charles Webster Mix)”
Verna Francis “Look (Franck Roger Remix)”
Louie Vega presents Ursula Rucker “Journey’s Prelude (Nulife remix)”
Ron Trent presents Ital Foods “Space is the Place”
Limbo Experience “Illusion (Rollercone main mix)”
Sumo “Santiago Boys (Main Bounce)”
Playin’ 4 The City “Basement Funk (Straight Up)”
Hanna Ha’s “Parfum Chic (Matthias “Matty” Heilbronn’s II Deep Dub)”
Reel People featuring Angela Johnson “Can’t Stop”
Patchworks “Ain’t Nothing Like a Party House”
Orestt Partridge “Steppin”
Absolut Rollercone “The List”

Total Hearing Pleasure!!!