Nightshade Music - a digital label focusing on melodic tech house and techno, and the deeper, techy edge of progressive & house. Launched in February 2008 by Nosmo & Kris B, the label met with immediate success. Support for Nightshade releases has come from the most respected DJ's & producers in the world; Sasha, Paul Van Dyk, Pete Tong, Paul Oakenfold, Hernan Cattaneo, James Zabiela, Nick Warren, Jody Wisternoff, Matt Darey, Eelke Kleijn, with tracks featured on BBC Radio 1, Kiss FM, Frisky, and on Kris and Nosmo’s monthly shows for DI.fm and Protonradio.com. Darren Emerson has included Nightshade Music’s Nosmo v Kris B & Ben Brown “La Cocina”(Mazi dub) for his Global Underground 36: Bogota compilation, and Blake Jarrell is including a Nightshade track on his next album for Armada Music. Nightshade releases have reached top sales charts on major online retailers Beatport, Juno, DJDownload, Dancerecords.com and Audio Jelly. They have hit number one several times on the Progressivehouse.com promo pool chart, with high chart positions on the Balance Record Pool and Release Promo charts, and an 8/8 "pick of the month" for M8 Magazine. Nightshade Music has been able to reach a high level of success quickly by aligning themselves with great producers and remixers. Current and future catalog releases include Mazi, Jaytech, Subsky, Sebastian Davidson, Eelke Kleijn, Walsh & Coutre, Blake Jarrell, Wize, Joel Armstrong and many more established and unknown talent from around the globe. Label heads Kris B and Nosmo are no strangers to promoting music, having launched their Eggplant Music/Greylabel imprints with their debut, self-released single "One for the Road". After Sasha played this track on an Essential Mix (live from the Delta Heavy Tour), this initial release went on to be a Buzz Chart #1, Balance Record Pool chart #8, receive radio play from John Digweed, Pete Tong and Hernan Cattaneo, and appeared on five mix compilations.
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1. Distance Love (Beat Factory remix)
2. Distance Love (Joel Armstrong remix)
3. Distance Love (Python remix)
4. Distance Love (original mix)
5. Distance Love (Yura Popov remix)
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Remixes from Joel Armstrong, Beat Factory and Python compliment the excellent original production from Deep Future (a.k.a. Dj Santa Cruz, Uruguay). The original mix and edit combine new school tech house and progressive flavors, with an old school techno feel and retro Joey Beltram reminiscent "ecstacy" samples. Deep bass rumbles under a shuffly beat, a higher synth bass makes for the lead melody as choppy vocal bits echo throughout. Simple arpeggios, big pads and techno style bells change throughout, with a massive breakdown. This track is in a style of its own, suited to our Nightshade sound. Joel Armstrong's remix starts in with a catchy tech house groove that grabs your attention and will get bodies moving immediately. The funky bass pounds with the simple techy melodies, as the chords and arpeggio from the original wash over, big dynamics and plenty of funk in this perfect mix of tech, melody and upbeat house. Beat Factory make their Nightshade debut, and they deliver the goods with their techy melodic sounds, making excellent use of the original melodies and samples while hinting at bigger progressive dynamics that will rock the clubs. A techy club beats layered with an edgy darker groove and some brighter melodic hits, blend smoothly into a more intricate rhythm and melody, saving the biggest melodies and dynamics for the breakdown. No surprise that Global Underground and Baroque have enlisted this talented duo for upcoming releases. Python rounds out the remixes with a deeper, more techno influenced mix. Dark chord stabs and a boomy kick drum slowly incorporate bits and pieces of the original, adds more melodic elements as the track builds and swells into a big, deep, atmospheric techy progressive remix.
DJ Reactions:
"nice bouncey prog with a tech feel and a touch of ibiza for good luck..nice!" - 4.5 / 5
"really feeling every mix on this release, great for all parts of my sets" - 5.0 / 5
Kris B (USA) (Nightshade Music (Owner/A&R), Armada, Baroque, Global Underground, Ready Mix Records, DI.fm, ETN.fm)
"Hot chit! Solid package from Nightshade." - 4.0 / 5
Tom Solo (Invisible DJs) (USA) (InvisibleDJs.com ProgressiveHouse.com, DJMix.net)
"the "Beat Factory Remix" is one of the best tracks ive heard so far in 2009, will play it everywhere and will include it on my next Proton Radio show.
the "Joel Armstrong Remix" is great ! so deep and gentle, but yet soulful and fresh , i love it!" - 5.0 / 5
Max Cagliero (Argentina) (Sick Watona/Proton Radio/Symphonic Records/Up Front Sounds)
"Massive Release, strong package with great remixes." - 4.0 / 5
Peter McGill (N. Ireland) (House Sessions, Freaks Culture Records, Monu Digital, Twister Tunes, Forza Records, 1mix radio)
"Really enjoying the sounds of the Beat Factory remix, great stuff. Joel Armstrong's remix is also pretty cool, and the same applies to Python's remix." - 4.0 / 5
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