HARLEY & MUSCLE FEAT. INDIA - THEN CAME YOU

Merry Christmas all...Buff Italian duo, William Cataldo & Flavio Romaniello, otherwise known as Harley & Muscle, enlisted the help of one of the true house music divas in India and created Then Came You. I haven't heard India do a house record for quite a long time and it's great to hear her again on this. The production is soulful and beautiful, but minimal. It's perfectly designed for India's voice to soar; and she does, elevating this record into something quite special. These days I find a lot of (so called) vocal, soulful house records quite repetitive and generic. Then Came You is one of the rare exceptions. It's got that timeless quality I always rave about, and it's brilliant because Harley & Muscle keep things simple and just let India throw it down and do her thing as only she can. Then Came You was released as a white label promo on Soulstar Records about a month ago. I had a lot of trouble hunting it down as it was out of stock on every online record store almost as soon as it was released. However the effort was worth it. This is a future classic and I'm totally in love with it.

Harley & Muscle feat. India - Then Came You (Main Vocal Khanzada's Mix)

DENNIS PARKER - LIKE AN EAGLE

Dennis Parker's Like An Eagle has been recently brought to my attention (trainspotter that I am) thanks to the good folks at Firecracker Recordings (Linkwood and House Of Traps) who sampled the hook for their track Barely Eagle on the Firecracker 4 EP released earlier this year. Like An Eagle was the only album that Dennis Parker, formerly an adult movie actor, released for Casablanca Records in 1979. It was produced by Jacques Morali who is most famous for creating the Village People. Like An Eagle is a true disco classic full of sadness and longing, but it's all about the hook which of course truly soars and gives this song a really epic quality. Dennis Parker committed suicide in 1985 while suffering from A.I.D.S

Dennis Parker - Like An Eagle

MEIKBAR - FEELINGS

There's not much information at all on Meikbar a native of Amsterdam, who released this 12" in 2001 on Rush Hour Recordings. I really like this tune. It's funky, yet slightly melancholy with a jazzy, deep, textured kind of house sound and makes good use of an obscure sample that I've yet to pick. It's so good that it was repressed by Rush Hour again earlier this year. And that's the best part of this tune, it's got that timeless quality to it meaning it will still sound current and new in another 8 years.

Meikbar - Feelings