Banana (Remixes Part 1 & 2)

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And now for something completely different! Well from Matt Consola that is.

The American DJ/Producer and twelve-time Billboard #1 Remixer best known for his hands-in-the-air, big-room vocal releases and remixes takes a much darker and techier direction on his latest solo release. “Banana” featuring the vocals of London’s Luna Nixx is without a doubt a straight-up Tech House banger, with a stomping groove and funky bass line that’ll get any dance floor moving no matter what time it is.

With additional house, deep house, peak time, after-hours, and tribal remixes by Milk Bar, Dan De Leon, Nick Bertossi, Stephen Jusko, L9V, Matt Moss, XXLLUSH, and Matt Consola & Testone, “Banana” has already been blowing up dance floors in limited release around the globe.

Returning to the club scene in May 2021 after a 16 month COVID hiatus, Matt Consola can be heard weekly touring his International Party, Daddy Issues throughout America, Canada, and Mexico. He’s also the 15 year resident with Bearracuda, the world’s largest Bear Parties (currently in 64 cities in 12 countries), and the tour DJ for the Dirty Disco parties. His weekly radio show, Matt Consola presents Swishcraft which airs on 511 stations globally can also be heard in the iTunes Podcast section and most recently on Mixcloud.

Oh! . . . And don’t watch the music video if you’re squeamish . . . Just sayin’!

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Life’s What You Make It (Celebrate It) – Single

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Catushead

Ian Buchan, aka CACTUSHEAD, is an internationally famous touring DJ and music producer from London, specializing in pushing the line between pop, dance, and heart and CACTUSHEAD is Ian’s latest DJ & Production moniker. A regular on London’s LGBTQIA+ scene for fifteen years, Ian is the founder of legendary pub’n’grub night PiE&MASH. His residences have included East London’s coolest electropop night Douche Bag, opening for an array of RDPR queens at The Black Cap’s Meth Lab, not to mention stints at stalwart names like XXL and Brüt. Cactushead is now proudly part of the BEEFMINCE team at the iconic Royal Vauxhall Tavern, bringing solid vocal house energy to sell out bear crowds in a refreshingly inclusive atmosphere.

For his first solo single as CACTUSHEAD, Ian teams up with the iconic house vocalist and legend Rowetta (Happy Mondays / Sweet Mercy), for a housey reinterpretation of the 1985 Talk Talk classic, “Life’s What You Make It.” Together the two update this dark but hopeful classic into a joyous anthem combining an eclectic mix of sonic effects and catchy dance-pop hooks to make an energizing dance floor burner that is effortless and ringingly memorable. With huge choruses as well as distinct yet unpredictable vocals, Rowetta delivers a kaleidoscope of sound that goes hand-in-hand with the track’s introspective and hopeful lyrics. Dropping their Original and Extended Club Mix in early October 2021, additional remixes by a carefully curated selection of UK, American, Italian, and Australian Remix Producers, dropping in late October, will offer a wide selection of Big Room, Tech House, Deep House, and Pop interpretations by Milk Bar, Dirty Disco & Matt Consola, Toy Armada, The Disko Katz, Silverhook, Tareq, Chris Brogan, Michael Benayon, and Ray Isaac.

Rowetta

Rowetta, best known as the female vocalist with groundbreaking 90’s UK Manchester band, The Happy Mondays, singing on all their hits including “Step On,” “Kinky Afro,” and “Bob’s Yer Uncle”, and touring all shows, Rowetta went on to be the voice on the renowned 1989 track “Reach Out” by Sweet Mercy ft Rowetta, which has been sampled by many, including Steve Angello, DJ Zinc, while Todd T, Steve Angello, and Laidback Luke together used her voice for the hit dance tune “Be” which David Guetta and Hardwell often use to open their DJ sets and it is also used on the Steve Angello / Robin S hit “Show Me Love”. Rowetta wrote the 1990 original track with Sweet Mercy and it continues to be sampled and played globally and while the Ben Chapman Remix was the mix of choice in the 90s’, it has been remixed and re-released more than 15 times since then thanks to the full acapella being added to the flipside of the vinyl. Cheryl Cole even sampled “Reach Out” on her Brits performance of ‘Fight For This Love.”

Rowetta played herself in the award-winning Michael Winterbottom film 24 Hour Party People about the creation of Factory Records, the most influential UK label of the late ’70s & 80s (Joy Division/New Order, Happy Mondays, Durutti Column, OMD, and A Certain Ratio) and she was Simon Cowell’s favorite, the last lady standing on the very first X Factor in 2004. Recently, it was revealed that Rowetta was the “Secret Voice” behind the Black Eyed Peas hit “Boom Boom Pow.”

Stronger Together

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It would be easier to just write “legends” to describe these two icons and just end the paragraph here. How do you begin to describe the careers these two have had separately as well as together? Well, let’s see . . .

With over 85 #1s across the US and UK, Lee Dagger and partner Marc JB are the legendary remixers/producers BIMBO JONES remixing artists including Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Pink, Ke$ha, Kylie, Kelis, The Killers, Katy Perry, Alexis Jordan, and working with the likes of Sergio Mendes (co-producers on his Latin Grammy-winning and Grammy-nominated album), Cyndi Lauper, Beverley Knight, KC, and Leo Sayer. Along with their partner, Singer/Songwriter Katherine Ellis, the third member of the “band” Bimbo Jones, together with the British Award-Winning, Chart-Topping threesome have cranked out chart-topping hits including “And I Try,” “I’ve Got The Music In Me,” “Bring The Sunshine,” “Rockin’ The Crowd,” “Love On The Line,” “I Got You,” and the title track to the album “Go Naked.”

As one of England’s most prominent electronica vocalists, songwriters, and Top-Line maestro, Katherine Ellis has been an award-winning house music staple since exploding on the scene in 1990 on the Junior Boys Own label. As the vocalist and songwriter behind some of house music’s biggest hits for 4-2 the Floor, Back to Basics, Ruff Driverz, 7th Heaven, Utah Saints, ATFC, Tom Stephan, Mark Knight, Lee Coombs, My Digital Enemy, Soul Avengerz, Samuel Sartini, Soulshaker, Bimbo Jones, and of course a member of the mega-group The Freemasons (“When You Touch Me,” “Love On My Mind,” “Tears”), this list only begins to scratch the surface of Ellis’ illustrious career.

Swishcraft Music is excited to have Katherine Ellis & Lee Dagger reunite for the summer dance release “Stronger Together.” Complete with remixes by many of Britain’s & America’s biggest chart-topping producers, including Bimbo Jones, Dirty Disco, Division 4 & Matt Consola, Dark Intensity, Liam Pfeifer, OKJames, and more, “Stronger Together” is an energetic dance track with a powerful message about reaching out in times of trouble to be lifted and supported by friends and loved ones.

 

Lyrics

Stronger Together (Stronger Together)
We are Stronger Together (Stronger Together), Yeah

We all get lonely
A little lonely and sad
everybody hurts sometimes
we can all relate to that

You got to tell somebody
You got to share the load
you will get the love you need
if you can just open up

Take my hand in your hand (Take My Hand)
cause we are Stronger Together (Stronger Together)
if you stumble I’ll be here
cause we are Stronger Together (Stronger Together)
Stronger Together

You are so precious
and truly so deeply loved
oh don’t let the blackest cloud
keep you away from those you love

Dark is the night and deepest
just before the dawn
so if you feel helpless
reach out to me, please, hold on

Take my hand in your hand (Take My Hand)
cause we are Stronger Together (oh yeah)
if you stumble I’ll be here (I’ll be here)
cause we are Stronger Together (oh yeah
Stronger Together, Stronger Together, Stronger Together

You got to tell somebody
You got to share the load
you will get the love you need
if you can just open up

Dark is the night and deepest
just before the dawn
so if you feel helpless
reach out to me please, hold on
hold on (you got to hold on)

Take my hand in your hand (Take My Hand)
cause we are Stronger Together (Stronger Together)
if you stumble I’ll be here (yes I will)
cause we are Stronger Together (oh yeah)
Stronger Together, Stronger,
Stronger Together, Stronger Together
Stronger Together, we are Stronger Together
Stronger Together

Get You Home

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With sunshine, blue skies, and dance floors on the post-Covid horizon, Swishcraft is ready to usher in summer and the current Pride season with a new summer hit from Jipsta called ‘Get You Home.’ After a sneak peek on the Swishcraft Pride 2021 compilation of his upcoming late summer release “D.A.N.C.E” with big room producer Ranny, Jipsta makes his Swishcraft Music debut with a sexy, genre-defying House-meets-Hip Hop/Pop record sure to steal the spotlight from bigger names all summer long. Both singles come off Jipsta’s latest album, YEAR OF THE TIGER, on his private label, Bandoozle Beats.

Split into two remix packages, Part One features three rump shakin’ mixes. The bootie thumpin’ Diskofied Club and Dub by Wayne G & Porl Young are pure Disco Ball ecstasy turned up to 11. The UK’s Groove Housemaster Lee Harris also kicks things up a notch with big swung beats, electrifying high-hats, and an infectious groove house baseline. And if Future House is your style, the team of Division 4 & Matt Consola pump out their signature Future House meets Mainstream house complete with thick walking baselines and synth melodies. The Extended album version at 110 BPM will more than satisfy pop/hip hop early evening floors with its infectiously catchy vocal hooks.

Dropping a week later will be the Big Room, Peak Hour mixes. Dirty Disco delivers their Mainroom Big Room sound complete with ominous vocal oversampling and swirling synths.  Rob Moore delivers a slightly darker big room mix complete with rolling rapid-fire percussion and sythn stabs.  Stephen Jusko creates a festival-size Peak Hour complete with pounding drums and a retro breakdown. Last but certainly not least is remix icon and award-winning film and TV producer Mark VDH who takes this mix into sexy/sultry late-night territory reminiscent of classic Murk records.

Be sure to check out Jipsta’s YouTube Page for videos of his past dance floor hits.

Echoes

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Headrocka teams up once again with Jozay Luis, this time for the achingly romantic track Echoes.  The HeadRocka Extended is an early evening classic house track with a pulsating baseline and classic 90’s piano keys. Like its accompanying music video, the track envelops you in mystery and yearning. The HeadRocka Club takes a decidedly more Disco-Funk direction with more sampled vocals, Rhodes Piano, live Saxophone, and a groovy kick sure to get butts gyrating on the dancefloor.

The club mixes kick off with Italy’s hottest production team, Milk Bar. Ranked #31 on the International list of the 101 Hottest Dance Producers, Milk Bar, whose remixes and solo singles like “Manhattan” consistently shoot to #1 on Beatport & Tracksource, dominating the House and Groove House charts, don’t disappoint as they provide a pulsating, ’90s meets 2020s groove house mix. Disco fans will plotz over the Lucius Lowe Remix with its disco groove, Congo drums, angelic strings, and rhythm guitar riffs. Completely changing gears, the Nick Harvey Club is peak tribal house at its best. But this is no cookie-cutter circuit mix. Layers of tribal rhythms give way to thoughtfully melodic pianos, soaring strings, and addictive vocal sampling. Longtime producer Rafael M (Rafael Mesa) offers his “Vibe” mix which is late-night house at its finest with its darker melodies which triggers memories of Murk and Strictly Rhythm late 90s, early 2000 classics.  Last but certainly not least, Johnny I, who is often known for a bigger circuit sound instead takes us on a late Sunday morning chill house journey. Like riding in the backseat with Chicane & Nora En Pure as the sun slowly rises above a warm ocean horizon, the Johnny I. Remix is the perfect poolside to early morning mix.

Are You Living?

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Brett Oosterhaus & Kalia Medeiros follow up last year’s dance floor hit “Love So Hard” with “ARE YOU LIVING?,” a massive anthem for everyone tired of quarantine and ready to set fire to the dance floor.

With Eight Big Room, Tech House, Tribal Circuit, and Peak Hour Remixes by Dirty Disco, Macau, Jack Chang, Rob Moore, Testone, and Stephen Jusko vs. Brett Oosterhaus, The Remixes Part One kicks off with the Original Club Mix, Dirty Disco Pillow Biters Remix, Testone Disco-Tech Remix, and a special Club Remix with Intro.

PLAY LOUD!!!

Yeaahh!

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BIG ROOM, LATE NIGHT, DARK TRIBAL SCORCHER!

Tom Keller needs no introduction.

Not a track for the faint at heart, the latest from this Brazillian powerhouse is yet another sure-fire Late Night banger!

Who is ready 2 dance?

We Are (Club Mixes EPs 1 & 2)

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It was late 2008 when the Melbourne-based dance-pop diva Zoë Badwi burst on to the scene with the huge club and radio smash “Release Me” that was quickly dubbed “The song of the summer”. Produced by double ARIA-award winning outfit TV ROCK, it spent a massive 7 consecutive weeks in the #1 spot on the Australian ARIA Club Chart, scored both ARIA and APRA nominations, before spreading around the globe racking up Billboard Dance #1, DJ Times #1, and more than 10 international club and dance top spots. 2009 saw Badwi return to the top of these same charts and radio with “Freefallin’,” “Carry Me Home,” and the 2010 release of her ARIA #1 self-titled album. After extensive touring and headlining gigs including the 30,000 partygoers 2014 Sydney Mardi Gras which included the debut of her soon-to-be #1 single “Torches”, Badwi celebrated the single “Freefallin'” going Triple Platinum (2011).

With a handful of dance floor hits between 2012 and 2016, Badwi teams up with fellow Australian DJ & Producer Dan Slater in 2018/2019 for a string of Top 10 worldwide club hits including “Sold My Soul” and an anniversary rerelease of “Release Me” complete with new mixes.

Dan Slater is an Australian DJ & Producer based in the United States who kicked off his DJ career as the winner of the Sydney Mardi Gras DJ Spin-Off Competition. Since then he has gone onto sets and residencies at some of the best clubs and parties around the world including; White Party Festival (Miami), White Party Palm Springs, XLSIOR Mykonos, WE Party (Madrid), The Zoo Party (San Diego), Hydrate (Chicago), SEXY (Cologne), FFF (Tel Aviv), The Week (Brazil), Prism Festival (Toronto), Joining Hearts (Atlanta), District (Montreal), Angel (Shanghai), PAPA Party, Stereosonic, Sydney Mardi Gras – the list goes on…  Dan’s foray into the studio for production has seen him produce remixes for Cher, Alfie Arcuri, Carmen Electra, Samantha Jade, Nat Conway, Britney Spears, Paulini, Ultra Nate, and Marcia Hines. His first release, ‘Minute of You’ saw him collaborate with JimJam and featured soul diva Nalaya.

With a plan to release three new singles including “We Are,” and “I’ve Been Waiting” on Swishcraft Music in 2020, COVID put the breaks on all new music releases as quarantine prevented both recording studio sessions and music video sessions for almost an entire year. But once restrictions were lifted, both Badwi and Slater were quick to the studio two record both singles which will now debut on Swishcraft Music in March 2021 in time for Badwi and Slater to debut the single at the largest annual winter dance event, Winter Party Miami 2021 which this year will be virtual. “I’ve Been Waiting” has been set for a June 2021 release.

Additional remixes for “We Are” are set to drop in April 2021 with remixes by Dirty Disco, Jack Chang, Johnny I., Leo Blanco, Jace M & Toy Armada, Rob Moore, Brett Oosterhaus, Brian Cua, and The Rip City Boys (aka Matt Consola & Aaron Altemose).

We Are (Original Mixes)

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It was late 2008 when the Melbourne-based dance-pop diva Zoë Badwi burst on to the scene with the huge club and radio smash “Release Me” that was quickly dubbed “The song of the summer”. Produced by double ARIA-award winning outfit TV ROCK, it spent a massive 7 consecutive weeks in the #1 spot on the Australian ARIA Club Chart, scored both ARIA and APRA nominations, before spreading around the globe racking up Billboard Dance #1, DJ Times #1, and more than 10 international club and dance top spots. 2009 saw Badwi return to the top of these same charts and radio with “Freefallin’,” “Carry Me Home,” and the 2010 release of her ARIA #1 self-titled album. After extensive touring and headlining gigs including the 30,000 partygoers 2014 Sydney Mardi Gras which included the debut of her soon-to-be #1 single “Torches”, Badwi celebrated the single “Freefallin'” going Triple Platinum (2011).

With a handful of dance floor hits between 2012 and 2016, Badwi teams up with fellow Australian DJ & Producer Dan Slater in 2018/2019 for a string of Top 10 worldwide club hits including “Sold My Soul” and an anniversary rerelease of “Release Me” complete with new mixes.

Dan Slater is an Australian DJ & Producer based in the United States who kicked off his DJ career as the winner of the Sydney Mardi Gras DJ Spin-Off Competition. Since then he has gone onto sets and residencies at some of the best clubs and parties around the world including; White Party Festival (Miami), White Party Palm Springs, XLSIOR Mykonos, WE Party (Madrid), The Zoo Party (San Diego), Hydrate (Chicago), SEXY (Cologne), FFF (Tel Aviv), The Week (Brazil), Prism Festival (Toronto), Joining Hearts (Atlanta), District (Montreal), Angel (Shanghai), PAPA Party, Stereosonic, Sydney Mardi Gras – the list goes on…  Dan’s foray into the studio for production has seen him produce remixes for Cher, Alfie Arcuri, Carmen Electra, Samantha Jade, Nat Conway, Britney Spears, Paulini, Ultra Nate, and Marcia Hines. His first release, ‘Minute of You’ saw him collaborate with JimJam and featured soul diva Nalaya.

With a plan to release three new singles including “We Are,” and “I’ve Been Waiting” on Swishcraft Music in 2020, COVID put the breaks on all new music releases as quarantine prevented both recording studio sessions and music video sessions for almost an entire year. But once restrictions were lifted, both Badwi and Slater were quick to the studio two record both singles which will now debut on Swishcraft Music in March 2021 in time for Badwi and Slater to debut the single at the largest annual winter dance event, Winter Party Miami 2021 which this year will be virtual. “I’ve Been Waiting” has been set for a June 2021 release.

Additional remixes for “We Are” are set to drop in April 2021 with remixes by Dirty Disco, Jack Chang, Johnny I., Leo Blanco, Jace M & Toy Armada, Rob Moore, Brett Oosterhaus, Brian Cua, and The Rip City Boys (aka Matt Consola & Aaron Altemose).

Dreams 2021

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Nine years after the success of “Dreams” on Swishcraft Music, Saul Ruiz & Matt Alber revisit their iconic cover as the world rediscovers the original Fleetwood Mac hit as the basis of 2020s most popular TikTok, the Fleetwood Mac Challenge.

With a delectable set of re-rubbed, four-too-the-floor Peak House, Mainstream, and Tech House remixes by Dirty Disco, Division 4 & Matt Consola, and Testone, Matt Alber’s signature combination of dark and light emotions continues to propel this sultry and aching classic, making it the Anthem we all need to kick off 2021.