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. La Cocina (Mazi remix)
2. La Cocina (Pako & Frederik remix)
3. La Cocina (original mix)
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Mazi and Pako and Frederik are the featured remixers, on the first part of this massive two part release. 'La Cocina' features the sexy, spoken Spanish vocals of Mercedes, telling a dirty little tale, physically and geographically, of things she would like done to her. It takes place over a pumpin tech house groove, sparse, dissonant bell leads, soft orchestral notes in the break – shattered with a gritty bassline and spooky effects.
Mazi's Humboldt Park remix/dubstrumental – Mazi (Audio Soul Project) lends his unique sound to this monster House/Tech remix, bringing funky beats, grooving bass, and housey, mellow, spooky organ chords that complement the original riff. Thsi is another cross genre release for us, as Mazi combines the best elements of house and tech.
Taking a minimal approach, Pako & Frederik (Global Underground) really work the dynamics of the track, tight beats change dramatically throughout, with several huge breaks - simplicity at its finest. The original instrumental vocal/dub mix bring us funky Tech House/Techno from established progressive producers, Nosmo v Kris B and Ben Brown. The track starts with an infectious, unsettling tech house groove, shuffled beats and pumpin bass. Seductive vocal and lush melodic hits lure you in further, until a funky dirty bassline halfway through takes over, and will get the dancefloor movin.
DJ Reactions:
"pako and fredrik mix is the one to do the damage here" - 5.0 / 5
Steve Marx (UK) (reticent radio, reticent recordings, only records, MOS)
"all the tracks are fucken amazing!" - 5.0 / 5
Jordi Riera (Mexico) (underCluub! - Balance Record Pool)
"We like us!!!" - 5.0 / 5
Kris B (USA) (Nightshade Music (Owner/A&R), Armada, Baroque, Global Underground, Ready Mix Records, DI.fm, ETN.fm)
"good dark sexy tune" - 3.0 / 5
Astro & Glyde (USA) (le souk sundays, water based music, bedrock)
"hot and sleezy - nice work here" - 3.5 / 5
Ira Heinichen (USA) (friskyRecords, friskyRadio)
"This one of the my favorite labels also we are good friends Nosmo v Kris B............" - 5.0 / 5
