The Diogenes Club - Tie Ourselves Around

Matthew Williams aka The Diogenes Club is a relatively new face in the electronic music scene. Although an experienced producer, with material released as far as 1999, Williams' breakthrough came recently (starting a couple of years ago), through a string of excellent original productions and remixes under his The Diogenes Club moniker.
I personally just discovered him a few months ago, browsing through the Urbantorque catalogue (which is downright amazing btw). Looking at his small, but strong discography, it's clear that great things are in store for Williams should he continue to release material of the same quality.

From the recently released "979 EP" (on Urbantorque), I have selected "Tie Ourselves Around", a mixture of vocal deep house, nu disco and downtempo that is representative of Williams' style.

Billie Holiday - Long Gone Blues (GXR Remix)

I won't even begin to introduce Billie Holiday, because chance are you have been living under a rock if you don't know who she is. And no one lives under rocks.

GXR is a British production duo that I previously featured on Musictronics under the Groovecatcher alias with their track "Intoxicated" (see HERE). As GXR they released the album "Skylines" in 2008 on Anything Goze Group (run by Christophe Goze) and made a couple of remixes, one of which is this one. A great modern interpretation of a jazz classic.

Samantha James - Rain / Right Now

Samantha James' album "Rise" (2007) has a very important place in my collection. Right from the first listen I knew I came across something special. 11 tracks and none short of great. Situating itself at the ever-thinning border between deep house and chillout, the album even boasts with a #1 US Billboard Dance chart position, achieved by the title track, "Rise".
"Rain" and "Right Now" respectively are the last 2 tracks of the album and they both feature a classy deep house reminiscence, coupled with soothing vocal harmonies and subtle piano touches from the jazzy side of the musical spectrum, to achieve truly wonderful and relaxing results.

You can listen and buy the entire album HERE.