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Listen: Original Cultures showcase mix for Music Is My Sanctuary

June 22, 2014
Original Cultures’ own Laurent Fintoni put together another showcase mix – following from the 2012 showcase for Brooklyn Radio – that includes pretty much all Original Cultures releases, including a fair few demos, never released versions, forthcoming tracks and exclusives. See tracklist below and hear it on Mixcloud (or the embed above). The [...]
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Buy: Sleepin Giant ‘Purple’ EP featuring Romaine Smith, Aja Monet and Ruben Hein

June 4, 2014
Finally the debut EP from Sleepin Giant is out in all its glory. Purple has been years in the making and is easily one of the releases we’ve sweated the most over, from production to vocals, art to mastering. The end result is something we’re all incredibly proud of and which we hope you’ll enjoy [...]
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Buy: Sleepin Giant ‘Let’s Get Serious’ digital single

March 31, 2014
‘Let’s Get Serious’ is the single from Sleepin Giant’s debut EP Purple. It features the vocal talents of Amsterdam’s Ruben Hein (Blue Note/Universal) and Bristol’s Romaine Smith (Typesun). The single is available digitally from all stores. Purple will be released on 12″ and digital in late April 2014. Pre-orders for the vinyl are now open. [...]
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Buy: Bolts ‘Collecting Dust’

January 19, 2014
During the making of Almighty Sion’s debut release we received a zip of unreleased beats from Bolts, one half of the duo. For a while these just sat in our hard drive, heard mainly through DJ sets. One track was included as one of two bonus beats on the Almighty Sion release. Then [...]
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Watch: Sleepin Giant and Aja Monet – Glitch

January 19, 2014
A couple of years ago we heard a demo version of Aja Monet & Sleepin Giant’s ‘Glitch’. We fell in love, so much so we began to put together Sleepin Giant’s debut EP, Purple, on the strength of that one track. Yesterday Aja Monet unveiled a video for ‘Glitch’. It was put together [...]
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Listen: Lewis James podcast for Potholes In My Blog

November 22, 2013
Potholes In My Blog were rather enamoured with Lewis James’ latest EP, Desire For Infinity, so much so in fact that they asked him to do a mix for their podcast series (which has seen the likes of Paul White get down before). The result is now up for everyone to enjoy, just [...]
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Buy: Katzuma x Souleance x David Ellis ‘Zoooriginals #2’

October 28, 2013
The second release in our Zoooriginals series, co-produced with our friends at Zooo Print & Press, is out now to buy in all good record shops worldwide and via Bandcamp. This release comes with artwork by NYC-based David Ellis, featuring explosions on one side and tubes on the other. The music is from [...]
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Listen/Buy: Katzuma ‘All Night’ (Extended mix)

September 3, 2013
All Night (Extended mix) by Katzuma In 2010 we worked with Italian producer Katzuma on the ‘From Inner Space‘ production. The resulting show involved Katzuma turning his DJ set of classic late 70s, early 80s funk, disco and house into a one-hour live performance with a five-piece band, The Expanding Disco Machine. [...]
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Listen/Download: Sleepin Giant ‘Leftist Hobbyist’ EP + Laid Back Radio Sunshine Soul Showcase

September 2, 2013
Leftist Hobbyist by Sleepin Giant As announced earlier this summer we’re working with Amsterdam-based producer and musician Sleepin Giant on a release currently planned for early 2014 and titled Purple. This will be a four/five track EP of modern day soul with an international cast of vocalists. It is something we’re very [...]
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Buy: Lewis James ‘Desire for Infinity’ EP

September 2, 2013
Desire for Infinity by Lewis James “I can’t fake being alive” ― Midnight Lewis James returns to Original Cultures with Desire for Infinity, his second EP for the label following from Krakatoa earlier this year which received support from dance music luminaries including DJ Shadow, Sinistarr, Dawn Day Night, Om Unit and [...]
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