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December 10, 2024

A non-rock Gulls Window Circus show that features five recent 12″s [Mudd, Judy And Lynda, Marshall Watson & Cole Odin, Casinoboy, Kaoru Inoue], compilations [Machagistia, Fantastic Voyage, Milagros Del Ritmo II, Extra Muros : Czech Republic, Do You Have The Force? Vol 2, Cosmic Disco Machine Volume Eight, Virtual Dreams II], soundtracks [Three O’Clock High], album reissues [Fridge, Travis Biggs] and new LPs [OMD]. The second hour closes with a track from an LP I doubt you will hear anywhere else: Lou Reed’s ‘Hudson River Wind Meditations’. The record is as divisive as Metal Machine Music was, playing as an ambient extreme.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Mudd	Spielplatz (Quiet Village Instrumental Mix)	Spielplatz	Claremont 56
Judy And Lynda	Baltimore	Baltimore	Isle Of Jura
Marshall Watson & Cole Odin	Voyager (Original Mix)	Voyager	Leng
Casinoboy	This Feeling	DB12 014	Duca Bianco
Kaoru Inoue	Hoshifuru Drums	Rhythms of Dedication	Deep Ground Records
Machagistia	D1	Machagistia	Light Sounds Dark
Sonic Weapon / Koolmfl	Lone Ranger	Snaker 012	Snaker
Fridge	Drums Bass Sonics And Edit	Happiness	Temporary Residence Limited

Artist	Song	Release	Label
Daryl Hall	The Farther Away I Am	Fantastic Voyage (New Sounds For The European Canon 1977 – 1981)	Ace
Civil	Sombras Na Calçada (Def Dub Mix)	Milagros Del Ritmo II – Obscure And Rhythmic Tunes from 1988-1993	Harmonie Exotic
rlung, Timmi	Dew on the Desert	Extra Muros : Czech Republic	FLEE
I Signori Della Galassia	Archeopterix	Do You Have The Force? (Jon Savage’s Alternate History Of Electronica 1978-82 Vol 2)	Caroline True Records
OMD	G.E.M. – Instrumental	Bauhaus Staircase Instrumentals	100% Records
Sylvester Levay	Jerry’s Decisions	Three O’Clock High (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)	Varèse Sarabande
Travis Biggs	Autumn Jewel	Solar Funk	Demon Records
The Pool	Jamaica Running	Cosmic Disco Machine Volume Eight	Cosmic Disco Machine Records
Dub Squad	Blown Fruit	Virtual Dreams II (Ambient Explorations In The House & Techno Age, Japan 1993-1999)	Music From Memory
Lou Reed	Find Your Note	Hudson River Wind Meditations	Light In The Attic

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November 19, 2024

A non-rock Gulls Window Circus show that has cosmic chill masters of beach and space, with key players like Edgar Froese, Julia Holter, Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alva Noto, RAH Band, Kaoru Inoue and Ultravox, doing a musical tug of war with lesser-knowns both old and new. Old: 2 Cabbages on a Drip, Steve Hiett, James Asher, Leslie Winer. New: Violet Nox, Alexander Melzak, Melting Steine, Todd Russell & The Dangerous Coats, Dead Sound, Mudd, Intersection On The Point Of Parallel Vol. II. The winner? The listener that just plants themselves somewhere safe and experiences this special show.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Julia Holter	Bus Ride Home	Never Rarely Sometimes Always (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)	Real Gone Music
Violet Nox	OneSixty	Hesperia	Somewherecold Records
2 Cabbages on a Drip	Calm	Jon Savage’s Ambient 90s	Caroline True Records
Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alva Noto	The Revenant Main Theme (Alva Noto Remodel)	Ryuichi Sakamoto Curated By Iñárritu – Travesía	Milan
Alexander Melzak	ナツ子、最初の追跡	Substrates	Light Sounds Dark
Melting Steine	Universal Crush	Universal Crush	Phantom Island
Emperor Machine	Wanna Pop With You (Hardway Bros Dub)	Remixes	Leng
Steve Hiett	Shadows Across The Path	Girls In The Grass	Efficient Space
Todd Russell & The Dangerous Coats	Playa Larga	Playa Larga	Be With Records
Dead Sound	Eye In Disguise	Into The Void	Music From Memory

Artist	Song	Release	Label
RAH Band	Clouds Across The Moon (Supanova Mix)	Producers Choice	Atjazz Record Company
Edgar Froese	Aqua	Aqua	Culture Factory
James Asher	Telecom	Tomorrow’s Fashions (Library Electronica 1972-1987)	Ace
Kaoru Inoue	Hoshifuru	Dedicated To The Island -soundwalk & Music For Saunter Magazine	Deep Ground Records
Intersection On The Point Of Parallel Vol. II	A2	Intersection On The Point Of Parallel Vol. II	Light Sounds Dark
Ultravox	Man Of Two Worlds (Steven Wilson 12″ Re-mix)	Lament [Steven Wilson 12″ Re-Mixes]	Chrysalis Catalogue
Leslie Winer	He Was	When I Hit You – You’ll Feel It	Light In The Attic
Mudd	Eighty Three (Uppity Dub)	Eighty Three	Claremont 56

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October 1, 2024

Genre gumbo stirs this non-rock show, even as one of the artists (Eddie Hazel) is tagged as Psychedelic Rock on discogs. Funk/Soul, World, Jazz-Funk, and Latin Jazz seem to describe most of the artists, but you will hear Reggae. Boogaloo and African sounds and even some prog touches. It is a nice crop, and all of it feels like it belongs together.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Ronnie Lion	Peace Chalice	Spanish Town	Isle Of Jura
Zani Diabate Et Le Super Djata Band Du Mali	Mougoutigui	Vol. 2	Numero Group
Blue Sharks	In A Classical Mood	It Became Crystal	Edizioni Musicali Redi
Total Blue	Chaparral	Total Blue	Music From Memory
Koolmfl, Sonic Weapon	Just The Three Dog Night (2+1)	Snaker 012	Snaker
Arthur Verocai	Sylvia	Arthur Verocai	Mr Bongo
Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers	Medley Superfly/Pusherman/Freddie’s Dead	Super Freak	Ubiquity
Fela Ransome-Kuti And The Africa ’70	Open & Close	Open & Close	Knitting Factory Records

Artist	Song	Release	Label
The Wild Tchoupitoulas	Indian Red	The Wild Tchoupitoulas	Jackpot Records
Ayalew Mesfin	Ekul Teramedu (Walk As One)	Good Aderegechegn (Blindsided By Love)	Now-Again Records
Tru Tones	Song Of Love	Power Struggle	Not Dark Yet
Blood, Sweat And Tears	Sometimes In Winter (Live)	What The Hell Happened To Blood, Sweat & Tears ? – Original Soundtrack	Omnivore Recordings
Lewis Taylor	You Got Me Thinking	The Damn Rest	Be With Records
Bootsy’s Rubber Band	Physical Love	Stretchin’ Out In Bootsy’s Rubber Band	Music On Vinyl
Eddie Hazel	I Want You (She’s So Heavy)	Game, Dames And Guitar Thangs	Real Gone Music
Echoes Of A New Dawn Orchestra	Substream	Substream	Mukatsuku Records
Terrance T	Power (Extended Vocal)	Power	Isle Of Jura

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September 10, 2024

A non-rock Gulls Window Circus show that has some electro/beats, some reggae, afrobeat, funk, library music, post-punk and krautrock. The Rootsman track has sure been running through my head all week, as have the Jan Wobble and Earwig tracks. I think the flow from one sound to another goes really well and that you will find much here to love.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
DJ Raffa and DJ Leandronik	Tecnology (Tecno Mix)	Milagros Del Ritmo II – Obscure And Rhythmic Tunes from 1988-1993	Harmonie Exotic
King Sporty & Der Mer	Fall Out (NAD Discomix)	Fall Out	Emotional Rescue
Jerry Brown	Dreadlock Lady	Dreadlock Lady	Shella Records
Rootsman	Wild Goose Chase (Nick The Record & Dan Tyler Re-Edit Extended & Dubbed)	Wild Goose Chase	Lovetime Guarantee
Jah Wobble and Julie Campbell	Tightrope	Redux (Anthology \| 1981 – 2015)	Cherry Red
Dave Lombardo	Warpath	Rites Of Percussion	Ipecac Recordings
Exo Fender	Music In My Mind (Justin Van Der Volgen Edit)	Music In My Mind	Emotional Rescue
Tower Of Power	Get Yo’ Feet Back On The Ground	Tower Of Power	Music On Vinyl

Artist	Song	Release	Label
Gyedu-Blay Ambolley	I Get Myself To Blame (Instrumental Version)	Walk For Ground	Mukatsuku Records
Fela Ransome-Kuti And The Africa ’70 With Ginger Baker	Ye Ye De Smell	Live!	Knitting Factory Records
Southern Energy Ensemble	Energy	Southern Energy	Strut
Plastic Ivy	Ode: In Advance of Loss	Spots of Time	Kraftjerkz
Gerhard Heinz	The Killing Of Maria Gonzales	Library Music	Private Records
Simple Minds	Theme For Great Cities	Fantastic Voyage (New Sounds For The European Canon 1977 – 1981)	Ace
Earwig	Every Day Shines (D Mix)	In The Light Of Time (UK Post-Rock & Leftfield Pop 1992-1998)	Ace
Cluster	Rote Riki	Zuckerzeit	Bureau B

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September 3, 2024

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Tim Koh & Sun An	Salt And Sugar Look The Same	Salt And Sugar Look The Same	Music From Memory
Contours	Elevation 2	Elevations	Music From Memory
Neumayer Station	Bassrutscher	Claremont Editions Four	Claremont 56
Gaussian Curve	Fever Dream	Winter Sun	Music From Memory
Kaoru Inoue	Nagareru	Dedicated To The Island -soundwalk & Music For Saunter Magazine	Deep Ground Records
Paul Hart	Prospect	Tomorrow’s Fashions (Library Electronica 1972-1987)	Ace
Mudd	Late In March	In The Garden Of Mindfulness	Claremont 56
Debbie Harry	Now I Know You Know	KooKoo	Chrysalis Catalogue
Holger Czukay	Ode To Perfume (London Live 2009)	Claremont 56 Versions	Claremont 56
Nikolaienko	Sacrifice II (Curse Of Snakes Valley)	Nostalgia Por Mesozoica	Muscut

Artist	Song	Release	Label
The Emperor Machine	Island Boogie	Island Boogie	Leng
Marina Herlop	Abans Abans	Pripyat	Pan
Gaz Nevada	I.C. Love Affair (Original 12″ Mix)	Do You Have The Force? (Jon Savage’s Alternate History Of Electronica 1978-82 Vol 2)	Caroline True Records
Stephan Mathieu, David Sylvian	Telegraphed Mistakes	Wandermüde	Grönland Records
Andriy Kostyukov, Timmi	Pettels	Extra Muros : Czech Republic	FLEE
Odopt	Antimilitarist	Snaker 011	Snaker
Panoram	Toluka Lake View	Everyone Is A Door	Firecracker Recordings
Soul Supreme	Summertime On Mars	Soul Supreme	Soul Supreme Records
Leslie Winer	Tree	When I Hit You – You’ll Feel It	Light In The Attic
Romain Azzaro	Vvoid (feat. Myako)	La Vita Non E Un Film	Rotary Phono Lab

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August 20, 2024

Gulls Window Circus returns to un-themed music following last week’s conclusion of the 24-week folk-like/folk-unlike series. Today is a non-rock show. I’ve taken the binary approach or rock/non-rock, so some of the artists here might be more of a grey area, appearing in both depending on the song (I’m thinking of Kalahari Surfers, Ultravox, Bene Gesserit, Fun Boy Three, Moonshake, OMD, and Bryan Ferry). In other areas, Dimitri From Paris brings my first exposure to Jamiroquai in his re-edit, Vibes4YourSoul re-edits Gal Costa, and Carol Douglas gives the first-wave disco treatment to Doors’ Light My Fire.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Vibes4YourSoul	Aguibá, Aguibá	TSTD Edits 16 – Maracatu E.P.	How Do You Are?
Kay Zee	Le Rêve	The Whole Shebang	Phantom Island
Lex Athens	Super Awake	Remixes	Leng
Kalahari Surfers	Free State Fence	Censorship Is Killing Music (Gross National Products, 1981 To 1989)	Emotional Rescue
Tone B Nimble	Afrodemo	NeighbourSoul Edits Vol.4	Neighboursoul Rhythms
Al-Tone	My Soul	Al-Tone Edits (The Gospel Edition) Vol. 6	Al-Tone Edits
King Sporty & The Extra Funk Factory	Fantasy (Jonny Rock Discomix)	Fantasy	Emotional Rescue
Glen Ricks	Keep On Dancing	Keep On Dancing	Emotional Rescue
Exo Fender	Big Mood	Big Mood	Emotional Rescue
Tracy Kerr	If U Want My Lovin’ (Instrumental Dub)	Instrumental Dubs #2	Isle Of Jura
Emperor Machine	Dévoilez-Vous (Dub)	Dévoilez-Vous	Leng

Artist	Song	Release	Label
Ultravox	White China (Steven Wilson 12″ Re-mix)	Lament [Steven Wilson 12″ Re-Mixes]	Chrysalis Catalogue
Bene Gesserit	Hymne Au Ver	Intersection On The Point Of Parallel Vol. II	Light Sounds Dark
Jamiroquai	Canned Heat (Dimitri From Paris Remix Dubstrumental)	Canned Heat	Le-Edits Records
Carol Douglas	Light My Fire	Night Fever	Full Circle
Fun Boy Three Featuring Bananarama	The Funrama Theme (Extended Version)	Extended	Chrysalis Catalogue
Moonshake	Coming	Eva Luna (Deluxe Edition)	Beggars Arkive
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark	White Trash (Highland Studios Demo)	‘Junk Culture’ Demos And Rarities	EMI
Bryan Ferry	Wildcat Days	Mamouna	BMG
Ozric Tentacles	The Throbbe	Erpland	Kscope

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February 27, 2024

This week Gulls Window Circus presents a one-off vinyl non-rock show. There are a few 2000+ blasts for you [Yoko Mono, Peace Orchestra, Rick Wade, Titan], a few 2010+ ones [Panoram , Shpongle, Yves Tumor, Japan Blues, Tosca], a mid-80s track [RAH Band], along with some new stuff and welcome reissues by fave current labels. Everything fits together and complements each other.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Yoko Mono	Higher Than Phunk (Crisp-Click RMX)	Higher Than Phunk	Force Tracks
Peace Orchestra	Shining	Peace Orchestra	G-Stone Recordings
Rick Wade	Can’t You See	The Bumbaye EP	Funky Chocolate
RAH Band	Shadow Of Your Love	Producers Choice	Atjazz Record Company
Sonia Whittingham	Sweet Dub	Sweet Sensation	Isle Of Jura
Al Kent	Dubanova	Welcome To The Dub	G.A.M.M.
Neumayer Station	Crossings	Claremont Editions Three	Claremont 56
ETNOBOTANIKA	Planeta Las	Leśne Duchy	Superkasety Records
Panoram	Awake Walk	Everyone Is A Door	Firecracker Recordings
Yves Tumor	Seed	Serpent Music	PAN

Artist	Song	Release	Label
Japan Blues	Everything Passes	Sells His Record Collection	Japan Blues
Philipp Otterbach	Solid Maybe	The Dahlem Diaries	Music From Memory
Shpongle	Juggling Molecules	Museum Of Consciousness	Twisted Records
Titan	C’mon Feel The Karaoke	C’mon Feel The Noise	Emperor Norton
Paternoster	Mammoth Opus O (Disco Rigido Remix)	Remixes And Versions	HHV.DE
Tosca	Supersunday	Going Going Going	!K7 Records
Soul Supreme	Rich in Soul	Soul Supreme	Soul Supreme Records
Steamy Windows & Woolfy	One Of Those Nights (L.u.c.a Quirky Version)	One Of Those Nights	Ambassador’s Reception
Harri Pierson	Young Australians	DB12 013	Duca Bianco
Pejzaż	Wizje	List II	The Very Polish Cut-Outs

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November 21, 2023

A non-rock LP tracks show that starts controversially (is it non-rock?) with a track from Roxy Music’s ‘Siren’, and later in the show has a track from Dave Lombardo (drummer of Slayer – can THAT be non-rock!?) – I say yes, and this show is a great place to sit yourself during a Thanksgiving dinner: a decidedly US-centric event, even as it features artists from all over the world [Romain Azzaro, Nikolaienko, Eva Hurychová & Jan Neckář, Zuchy, Pejzaż, Sylvester Levay] and artists the seem from another world altogether [Yves Tumor].

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Roxy Music	Could It Happen To Me?	Siren	Virgin
Yves Tumor	God Is A Circle	Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)	Warp Records
Lewis Taylor	Song	Lewis Taylor	Be With Records
Romain Azzaro	Above Space 35 (feat. Jason Bakker)	La Vita Non E Un Film	Rotary Phono Lab
The Emperor Machine & Bom Carrot 봄캐롯 – 춤춰 Chumchwo	춤춰 Chumchwo – Let’s Dance (Extended Vocal)	Let’s Dance	Leng
Nikolaienko	Misantropicalia	Nostalgia Por Mesozoica	Muscut
David Byrne	Eggs In A Briar Patch	The Complete Score From The Broadway Production Of “The Catherine Wheel”	Rhino Records
Arnold Dreyblatt And The Orchestra Of Excited Strings	Bowing	Propellers In Love	Superior Viaduct
Eva Hurychová & Jan Neckář	To Chce Mít Svůj Systém (Original Version)	To Chce Mít Svůj Systém EP	LBD Sounds
Axnér	Got The Look (Al Kent’s Feel Good Remix)	Got The Look	Disco Freaks Recordings

Artist	Song	Release	Label
Freddie Cannon	Sugar (Part 2)	Cosmic Discotheque Vol. 6 (12 Dancefloor Groovy Disco Gems From The ’70s)	Naughty Rhythm Records
Mid City Crew	Get Right	Space Funk 2 (Afro Futurist Electro Funk In Space 1976-84)	Soul Jazz Records
King Sporty & The Laptop	Computer Age (Universal Cave Discomix)	Computer Age	Emotional Rescue
Violet Nox	Loki	Vortex & Voices	Somewherecold Records
Crossed Wires	A6 Untitled	Crossed Wires III	Light Sounds Dark
Good Block	Sleep Bullet	DB12 016	Duca Bianco
Zuchy	Na Jednej Fali (Tribute to Brygada Kryzys)	The Very Polish Cut-Outs Sampler Vol. 9	The Very Polish Cut-Outs
Pejzaż	Sekret	Wyspa	The Very Polish Cut-Outs
Dave Lombardo	Interfearium	Rites Of Percussion	Ipecac Recordings
The N.M. Band	She Wants (More)	She Wants	Isle Of Jura
Sylvester Levay	Sit	Three O’Clock High (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)	Varèse Sarabande
Sylvester Levay	The Fight	Three O’Clock High (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)	Varèse Sarabande

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October 10, 2023

Non-rock LP tracks that involve some rock-ish electronic stuff [Fever Ray, John Cale, Everything But The Girl, Alan Vega], chilled ambient texture [Ferdi Schuster, Dream Dolphin], Leftfield balearic fusion [Jpye, Régis Tareau, Régis Tareau, YMA], Funk/soul/beat modern interpretation [MoreEats, Orbs of Light, Lewis Taylor, The Soul Searchers], and interesting international [Bokaye’, CW] – I’m describing the sounds, not the artists, and I’m saving an artist description for last: the new CD (yes, they made me break my vinyl-only tradition to play them), the mighty Boston band Violet Nox. All rank ‘Wow!’.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Fever Ray	Mustn’t Hurry (Aasthma Remix)	Plunge Remix	Rabid Records
Alan Vega	Nothing Left	After Dark	In The Red Recordings
Everything But The Girl	Nothing Left To Lose	Fuse	Buzzin’ Fly Records
John Cale	Night Crawling	Mercy	Double Six
Modfunk	Possibility For Significant Other	A Journey Through Sound (Selected Recordings 1999-2009)	The Very Polish Cut-Outs
The Emperor Machine & Severine Mouletin	Your Own Style (Dub Vocal)	Your Own Style	Leng
LaLuna	Come To Me (Ven Aqui) (Vocal Ethno Techno Mix)	Milagros Del Ritmo II – Obscure And Rhythmic Tunes from 1988-1993	Harmonie Exotic
Ferdi Schuster	A Step Further	Playing Life	Claremont 56
Dream Dolphin	Iruka Tachi To Asonda Kioku / Under Water	Gaia: Selected Ambient & Downtempo Works (1996-2003)	Music From Memory
Jpye	Take Off	Bleu Your Mind	Claremont 56

Artist	Song	Release	Label
Violet Nox	Ascent	Vortex & Voices	Somewherecold Records
Régis Tareau	Music Magic	Skyrager – Traces Of Illusion	Spacetalk Records
YMA	Tempted	Skyrager – Traces Of Illusion	Spacetalk Records
MoreEats	Forever Fun (Kejeblos Remix)	Uncommon Species II	Phantom Island
Orbs of Light	Billion Days (40 Thieves Version)	Billion Days	Leng
Lewis Taylor	Lewis II	Lewis II	Be With Records
The Soul Searchers	Ashley’s Roachclip (Dimitri From Paris Re-Edit)	Ashley’s Roachclip (A Dimitri From Paris Special Version)	DFP Vaults
Bokaye’	Ethno Groove (Double Beat Explosion Mix)	Ethno Groove	Emotional Rescue
CW	Six Times Seven	DB12 015	Duca Bianco
Todd Russell & The Dangerous Coats	1900 Ocean Ave	Playa Larga	Be With Records

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September 19, 2023

Non-rock 12″ singles by some of my favorite labels [Leng, Isles Of Jura, Duca Bianco, Moton Records Inc., Emotional Rescue, Le Heartbeat Records, How Do You Are?] Their recent offerings take flight with love here on Gulls Window Circus.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Takovoi	Perfect Match	Perfect Match	Leng
40 Thieves, Gary Davis & Cinnamon Jones	The Gift (40 Thieves Disco Dub)	The Gift	Leng
Escape From New York	Save Our Love	Save Our Love	Isle Of Jura
Shiva	Never Gonna Give You Up (Instrumental)	What Does It Take	Isle Of Jura
Dreems	Bususua	DB12 010	Duca Bianco
Andrés	Flipwood Mac	Andrés Edits	Hot Pot Records
JKriv	Repent	JKriv Edits	Moton Records Inc.
Adu	Burkina Faso (Jura Soundsystem Discodub)	Burkina Faso (Wagadugu Blues)	Emotional Rescue

Artist	Song	Release	Label
Novidade	Voaria (Clubhouse Mix)	Voaria	Isle Of Jura
The Emperor Machine & Severine Mouletin	Dance Par Amour (Extended Vocal)	Dance Par Amour	Leng
Dimitri From Paris Vs. Chatobaron	Chez Madame La Baronne (Idjut Boys Fazz Junk Version)	Chez Madame La Baronne	Le Heartbeat Records
Ten City	Be Free (Dimitri From Paris Remix – Extended Version)	Be Free (Dimitri From Paris Special Versions)	DFP Vaults
Der Sexa	Gabi Plane	DB12 009	Duca Bianco
Dave Mathmos	Late At Night	TSTD Edits 15	How Do You Are?
Barry Biggs	Illusion	Illusion	Emotional Rescue
King Sporty & Fashion Funktion	Sun Country	Sun Country	Emotional Rescue