Picking remixers for remix packs is not always easy. First you have to pick remixers that really drive you musically. On the other hand you need to think of variation so that the whole pack doesn’t sound exactly the same. When it came down to deciding remixers for ‘Lies’ it all came quite naturally. These were all artists i wanted to get involved with Serenades one way or the other. Arttu (Clone, 4Lux), Kyodai (Local Talk, Freerange, Poker Flat) and Satin Jackets (Eskimo, Glam Jam Artists), they all have their distinct trademark sound. From Arttu’s gritty warehouse sound to Satin Jacket’s more polished smooth disco vibes via Kyodai’s groovy jazz house, they all gave the original their own unique touches.Arttu ended up delivering three cool variations of his fantastic warehouse slow burner. So in order to keep the remixes more in balance, it was best to divide them in two separate releases. This worked well. The Arttu mixes got peoples full attention and were highly praised by dj’s and music fans all over the club hemisphere. Now its time to shift the attention to the second part of the package.

Ever since they had their smash hit ‘Breaking’ last summer on Local Talk, Kyodai has been in high demand with remix offers flying in from doors and windows. The spanish born, Berlin based brothers have been making music for a long time with various monikers, but its with this new name: Kyodai (means brothers in Japanese), they are starting to be on everybody’s map. Even with their busy production schedule they managed to find the time for this one.

“We really love Roberto’s album ‘Dawn’. So much that we recorded a special radio show for it when it came out. ‘Lies’ is one of our favourite tracks of the album. Good deep house vibes and it is the real Roberto’s sound, Max is a great singer. We really love the track and the vocals, so it was a pleasure to do. We really enjoyed doing a our interpretation and now it is one of our favourite part of our live set.”

What they came up with in the end is a super groovy track with  live drums and jazzy rhodes chords. That may sound simple but the guys really pulled it off nicely in a fresh way. With the Jazzy club vibes of Kyodai and the stomping warehouse rawness of the Arttu mixes, it was good to have something sweet and fresh along. Thats where the german Nu Disco mastermind Satin Jackets comes to the picture.

Earlier this year Satin Jackets (Tim Bernhardt) had a massive disco hit ‘You Make Me Feel Good’ on Eskimo which has collected over 350k plays on Soundcloud to this date.

Even though Satin Jackets’s remixes are in high demand and running his own Glam Jam Artists and Pole Jam labels takes a lot of his time the decision to remix this one wasn’t a hard one.

“I respect all of Roberto’s work and this one sounded like a downright classic from him. I’m a sucker for good vocals so yeah, I wanted to give it a full feature because it stuck to me right away.”

He certainly did deliver a fantastic summer remix.

After his ‘Lies’ remix he is not showing any signs of slowing down.

“I have just finished remixes for Follow Me on Heavy Roc, Rony Breaker on Jalapeno Records and Prunk on Double Tree. Also, there’s going be a new SJ original upcoming on Eskimo. Currently, my first vinyl release on Glam Jam Artists together with Pole Position is being pressed. We call our joint venture Pole Jam Vinyl and it’s going to feature two tracks each from KLar&PF and Deep Sound Express. Very exciting stuff “

Looking very good for him. Can’t wait to hear all the stuff he is releasing.

Lies Remixes Part 2 out now!

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It was almost one year ago when Roberto Rodriguez’s critically acclaimed debut album ‘Dawn’ saw the light of day.
The second single release from the album ‘Lies feat. Max C’ comes in the form of two remix packs.
In this first pack the track gets three interpretations from the man of the hour Arttu. Arttu uses his signature raw and rough touch to turn the original in to a fat warehouse stomper.

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Nacho Marco – Let’s Go Silly

The next Serenades release comes from a long time friend of the label. We are super excited and proud to have Nacho Marco join the Serenades family with this fantastic new balearic rock disco track called ‘Let’s Go Silly’ Nacho Marco is a spanish DJ and producer from the lovely city of Valencia who started his career already in the late 80′s.

STOP MODERNISTS feat. FRED VENTURA – POCKETFUL OF MONEY

Next up on Serenades is a classic sounding summer tune from some amazing talent with the legendary Fred Ventura on the vocals.

Stop Modernists, naturally, are Jori Hulkkonen, undoubtedly Finland’s most profilic DJ/producer with an unparalleled CV featuring releases, productions, remixes and DJ gigs all over the globe in the last 15 years.
And then you have Alex Nieminen, one of the pioneering house DJ’s in Finland who became synonymous with quality house music for the true connoisseurs with his legendary radioshows on a national network.
Friends for two decades, but it wasn’t until this new alliance was formed that things finally clicked. As STOP MODERNISTS they bring together the music and the passion behind the music that has inspired them, and give it a twist for the twenty-tens.

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Here´s a little teaser of the next big release on Serenades. Roberto Rodriguez´s debut album ‘Dawn’ will see the light of day early next month.

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Serenades presents the first single of the
long expected debut album from Roberto Rodriguez. The single is called ‘Tell Me’, featuring the beautiful voice of the lovely
south-african singer Kholi. ‘Tell Me’ is the perfect foretaste of Roberto´s album ‘Dawn’ (which will see the light of day in the summer) and contains a fantastically, moody Jacques Renault remix as well.

And what would be a better way to introduce the single than to let Kholi sing it to you her self.

The release of the single is just around the corner 12th of march.

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It’s time to start the new year for Serenades with a heart warming 80’s style synth pop collaboration between Juho Kahilainen (BPitch Control, Prologue) from Finland and electro pop trio Computer from Hamburg / Berlin.Together they have crafted this beautifully timeless song called ´Pyramid Game´

For the more clubby vibes on the release Manolo steps in with his night rhythms to transfer the song into a banging 7 minute “Running Up The Hill” ‘esque disco journey.

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The fourth Serenades release comes from a russian producer Volta Cab.

He is a multitalented, versatile producer, performing brilliantly in a range from Nu Disco, Deep House, Soul, Techno to Breakbeat.
Approaching music in an open way, he is not restricting himself to a certain genre, catching the Zeitgeist.

On Serenades, Volta Cab takes us back to 1992 with a 4 tracker called “House Of The Rising Fire EP”

All of tracks are heavily influenced by the rave and house soundscapes of the early 90´s.

Think of early Prodigy, Altern8, Rachel Wallace and Baby D, combined with a modern nu disco twist.

You can find the release in the shops in mid november!

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Johnwaynes feat. Stee Downes “Never Enough”

The third Serenades release comes from the lovely city of Aveiro, Portugal which is situated just south of Porto. The Johnwaynes guys have crafted us a super hot late summer club burner together with the voice of the moment Stee Downes.

The release will hold two different versions of the track. The a-side will hold the original, while the b-side takes a more raw approach to the music behind Mr. Downes´s fantastic vocals.

‘Never Enough’ will hit the stores early september. Stay tuned for more info or pre-order at Junodownload !

Bermuda “Ihasama”

This time Roberto Rodriguez teams up with his Future Beat Investigators mate Kimmo Oksanen with a rare project called Bermuda. Fusing synthed out deep house and disco vibes the talented pair have crafted a real blast from the past with the super cool retro styled ‚Ihasama‘.

The release comes in three fantastic versions. Firstly the thrilling Nacho Marco Remix fuses 80s vibes with a modern approach as he twists the original‘s synths into an old school jacking house jam!

The ‚Extended Club Music Edit‘ sees Oksanen and Rodriguez open up the energy levels with a more discofied, running mix. Subtle key changes and some genius instrumentation really bring this mix to life, as its rousing synthlines do the business.

Finally up and coming UK producer Jay Shepheard reinterprets Ihasama into a funky, light hearted jam that‘s perfect for the summer sun. Soft strings rise and fall before a walking bassline brings it back home. More great work from this growing talent!

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