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MOOD 084EP
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Moodmusic presents the first vinyl cuts from Nick Chacona's debut album Love In The Middle (MOOD 011CD). Starting with "Wait" featuring Brothers Vibe, it takes a deep, tech-y journey into different sides of house. "Turning And Tossing" is a disco influenced, marimba-driven belter that keeps the pace intact with a one-note bass line going thru a gateway of delay happiness. "Be Like Olive" is typical no-house-no-disco, but still having that early post-Paradise Garage, proto-house feeling.
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MOOD XXX-EP
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A taster from Nick Chacona's album, this is a strictly-limited vinyl sampler of the first singles "Be Like Olive" in a fearsome Levon Vincent rework, and "Fear," featuring the altogether lovely Ms. Kathy Diamond in a Beg To Differ remix from Roy Dank (of Wurst fame) and Nick himself.
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MOOD 011CD
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This is the debut full-length by Brooklyn's Nick Chacona. Writing and producing the songs that make up Love In The Middle were a veritable outpouring of the house hero's emotions as channeled through the many genres that make up Nick's ever-evolving sound. From the cosmic disco of album-opener "Especial" (penned with frequent production partner Anthony Mansfield), to the futuristic boogie-pop of "The Fear" (featuring Sheffield's disco songstress Kathy Diamond); the raw house of "Wait" (featuring the inimitable Brothers Vibe on vocal duties); the gorgeously emotive, Mr. Fingers-inspired "Be Like Olive"; or the deep, bassbin-shaking dub of "Eskayelator," it's clear that Nick's equally at home producing myriad styles. Speaking of home, Nick called many a place just that throughout the recording process, and it was these varied locations that also shaped the album's eclectic sound. Berlin's vibrant club life, not to mention his friends Sasse and Dirt Crew's James Flavour helped to give the album that soundsystem-savvy oomph. San Francisco brought the sunshine, and the opportunity to collaborate with Anthony Mansfield. In between snowboarding sessions in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado and taking in the autumn foliage in upstate New York, Nick found solace in the peaceful environs the countryside had to offer. The ethereal, hand-painted artwork is courtesy of Shanan Campanaro -- the "love" he found "in the middle" of making the album. From his recent remix of Fever Ray's "Seven"; to Greg Wilson's recent inclusion of his and Mansfield's disco bomb "Oh Snap!," to his new project Beg To Differ with The Wurst Music Co's label boss, Roy Dank; to this absolutely stunning debut, Chacona is at the top of his game.
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DOGTOWN 006EP
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"Dogtown expands its horizon to the States! New York City-based Nick Chacona comes up with a dark hypnotic tribal burner with some uplifting '80s synth sounds on top of it that could best be described as Radio Slave meets Lindstrøm! Nick has gained an admirable reputation with diverse releases on high prolific labels and on Prins Thomas' Internasjonal label! Be ready for the sound of the future! And while we're at it, we asked Ibadan legend Jerome Sydenham to attack the original."
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BFK 024EP
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"According to a friend from New York, Nick Chacona is into hugging, the Smurfs, biting people and feeling really guilty about it the next day, chewing his moustache, shaving his head, cleaning up cat piss, noodling disco, crying and sharing. Well, he forgot to mention that he's also been recording some of the finest house music to come out of NYC since 2001. His 'Angel Dust Swan Dive' on Bear Funk back in 2005 established him on the international scene but he's also recorded for labels as respected as Compost, Mood Music, Greyhound and 20:20 Vision. This release sees him delve deep into the guitar dub house that sits so sweetly on Bear Funk Gold, the regenerated id for a regenerated Bear Funk. A Cambria Heights Affair/Lucidia is sure to please."
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