Lovebirds non-stop

Wow, there is absolutely no stopping this man right now. If you don’t recognize the picture, I’m talking about Sebastian ‘Basti’ Döring AKA Lovebirds. Although this name has been becoming increasingly popular just recently, the Hamburg based producer has been in the game for well over 10 years now, releasing musing either solo (under Lovebirds and Superbird pseudonyms) or together with Thorsten “Toddie” Freese as the superstar Knee Deep duo.

This year alone, we could see two fine releases from Lovebirds featuring the vocals of Holly Backler In The Shadows and Love On My Hands on Winding Road. The former has been collecting excelent reviews from all over the world, which is no surprise to me. From personal experience I can tell that In The Shadows seems to be working on all kinds of audience. Also, The Beat Goes Boom was part of Buzzin Fly‘s 5th anniversary compilation, and we’re about to see many more.

So what’s more to come in 2008 and 2009 for him? An amazing EP on Freerange, another one on Winding Road and a couple of releases on co-owned Teardrop Music. Additionally, a remix of Ian Pooley‘s track made together with Vincenzo. To get into a little bit more details, here’s what I’ve been able to find out so far:

Ian Pooley – In Other Words Pt. 2 – [Pooled Music] – PLD 0186 – Release date: Oct 15th, 2008

1. My Kicks (Long Version)
2. Closer (Remix)
3. My Kicks (Vincenzo & Lovebirds Remix)
4. My Kicks (Bonus Beats)

Lovebirds – The Rat EP – [Freerange] – FR 113 – Release date: Oct 20th, 2008

1. The Rat
2. This Sound
3. The Rat (Kreon Remix)

The Rat hasn’t even come out yet and it’s already huge. I think it has been featured on every deep house podcast in the past few weeks. The Rat’s bassline sounds astonishing on a big system, trust me.

Lovebirds – Gentle EP – [Teardrop Music] – TD 001 – Release date: Nov 11th, 2008

1. Gentle
2. Tuesday
3. Juicy

You can find out more about this release from my article about Teardrop Music.

Lovebirds – Louder! EP – [Winding Road] – ROAD025

1. The Night
2. Louder!
3. It’s All Yours

I can’t wait for this to come out since the moment I first heard The Night on the Freerange Records Radio Show back in August. It says on the distributors’ site that it’s suppose to be available on Oct 24th.

Vincenzo & Lovebirds – M.U.S.I.C. EP – [Teardrop Music] – TD 003

1. M.U.S.I.C.
2. National

Lovebirds – Snary – [Teardrop Music] – TD 005

You can listen to a lot of these tracks on Lovebirds’ Unreleased Sessions on Beta Lounge.

Pezzner’s “Almost Here” is… almost here

Freerange Records is definitely one of the most respected names in deep house. Not long ago celebrating their 100th release, now Jamie Odell and his crew are looking baldly into the future.

If someone has any doubt about the last sentence, they should peel their ears for the next release stamped with a dripping cloud and a swallow. In a weeks time the new single from Pezzner will see the daylight (Oct 13th on vinyl, Oct 27th digital). It’s called Almost Here and it’s been doing rounds on various podcasts around the globe.

On this release you’ll find 3 tracks and all of the are Dave Pezzner’s original creations (actually one in three different shapes). If you’re wondering why didn’t the label ask anyone to remix Almost Here, you really should listen to the music. I’m not even going to try to describe what it sounds like. Maybe I’ll just quote Shur-I-Kan, who said it’s a “brilliant piece of future looking production”. Exactly… future looking.

Pezzner – Almost Here – [Freerange Records]

1. Almost Here (Part 1)
2. Almost Here (Part 2)
3. Almost Here (Part 3)

Previews courtesy of Freerange Records.

For all those, for whom the name Pezzner doesn’t sound familiar, let me say that he’s a talented artist based in Seattle, where (aside from producing brilliant tracks for Freerange) he is creating music for computer games, TV shows and advertising. Together with Bob Hansen, he’s a member of Jacob London duo, which managed to release over a dozen of their own productions and remix even more music for people like: Johnny Fiasco, Justin Martin & Sammy D and Ben Mono.