Jazzy Sport旗下好手Grooveman Spot(a.k.a DJ Kou-G)，在所属的组合Enbull发表新专辑『Seventh Heaven』后不久，趁胜追击所发表个人的最新作品『Runnin' Pizza』。
Grooveman Spot是与Gagle齐名的仙台Hip Hop双人组Enbull成员之一，06年以个人名义发表了首张Hip Hop专辑『Eternal Development』，该专辑请来Hunger与Count Bass D...等人参与助阵，在当时列入我相当喜欢的Hip Hop专辑之一，去年4月的『Change Situations』更是融入Soul、Funk等元素而大放异彩。
Grooveman Spot这几年来人变得有点发福(笑)，音乐方面表现倒是越来越亮眼，尤其在个人作品的部分，曲风长是更加多元，今年春天Grooveman Spot发表全新作品『Runnin' Pizza』，这专辑是预先推出两张黑胶EP，再以CD专辑呈现，收起过往Hip Hop的原素，玩起近年大受欢迎的电子风格，丰富的电子音效与取样，创作出一首首重回复古浪潮，又游走在未来与过去的Nu Disco / Beatdown作品，主打曲目'' Ur Luv (Woo) ''就以高扬感并融合Deep House元素做为开场，另有Electro Funk曲目'' Do The Dance ''，还有以Synthesizer独特音效完成的'' Take Back ''与'' Chocolate Funk ''，这是Grooveman Spot在除了创作Hip Hop作品之外，又展现个人多元音乐功力的强力一

With Manual Music now focussing more on their core of resident artists- and doing more and more full artist albums, the new MNL label was started in the fall of 2012 and has quickly established itself as a new breeding ground for talented artists from all over the world who share the same philosophy in terms of sound- and production standards as it's big brother label Manual Music.
For the seventh release we're proud to present you two great tracks by two equally great artists: Mees Dierdorp and Ivan Picazo. Mees Dierdorp is one of numerous talented electronic musicians Holland has to offer. This being his first release, you'll understand this guy has got all the potential to grow in to a known name in the near future. Spanish Ivan Picazo is not a newcomer to the scene, having released on numerous labels and being a resident artist of the fine Espai Music label, Ivan's sound fits the Manual/MNL feel perfectly as he demonstrates with his 'Norte' track right here!

《Xia Ye》的音乐创作萌芽于 2020 年 2 月初，Night Swimmer 在家乡湖北黄冈的封城生活经历 —— 一次雨后夜游山郊之旅。在对名为“蚊虫山”的攀爬探索之中，泥泞但闲暇自在的步伐带来了长久遗失的旷野独处之乐趣，但外部世界开始质变的那些混乱且沉重的征兆，也不断撕扯着这份自在。自然带来的原始慰藉已抵达，但其所创造的心灵景观开始了波荡扭曲。
在随后的两年时间里，日常的苦闷与琐碎、对超验主义的理想与爱、城市之间的无目的流转、以及外部环境的剧烈变化，与脑海中“蚊虫山”的记忆嘈杂交错，汇聚成《Xia Ye》的叙事碎片。Night Swimmer 在模拟电子、采样及人声之中溯源音乐记忆里的世纪末 New Age 以及各类乡间神秘仪式的声响，在传统中国乐器声色和幽暗旋律中勾连回忆与现在，呈现一次完整的内部探索之旅。
《Xia Ye》并非对当下的精神困境之解药，它是对个体危机、精神变迁与自然慰藉的一次记录。每个人都可以在这块闲暇旷野之地感获某种意义，于现实风暴之中寻得新的安宁。
During a nighttime visit to a mountain called “蚊虫山” (Mosquito Hill), located in his hometown, Huanggang, Hubei Province, the idea for Night Swimmer’s full-length album, Xia Ye, came into being under the bleak and harsh background of a city lockdown, during the early outbreaks of COVID 19. The journey began with an unrestrained and immersive exploration into the nocturnal wilderness of the mountain. The dim-colored environment refreshed and inspired his mind without any human contact. Yet, the thoughts of the chaos and ordeals rampaging in the external world began to resurge, relentlessly lashing back at his long-lost mental serenity; A spiritual terrain was formed and modified.
In the following two years, every aspect of his life: the intermittent gloom and triviality of daily living, the continuing ideal and love for transcendentalism, the nomadic wanderings among cities, and some looming befuddlement over the still-happening chaos around this world, all turned into winds and waves carving this spiritual landscape and finally condensed into the symbols behind each track in Xia Ye. In Chinese, Xia Ye can mean either chill night or chill field. To delineate this transformed state of mind, Night Swimmer employed analog synths, organic samples and human voices that are essentially redolent of his listening experiences of 90s New Age music and local rituals in his hometown when he was a child. Xia Ye meanders through the past and the present via traditional Chinese instrumental sounds and melodies, conjuring up a wholesome inquiry into this imagined field of self.
Xia Ye is not an antidote to the spiritual crisis of the contemporary world. It is a memoir of the transformation of the inner self. But, these sounds and melodies can hopefully help achieve some meaning and peacefulness for those also finding themselves lost amid the realistic, grueling storms spreading worldwide.

The new track, written and processed during the period of the rampant corno virus, is dedicated to those suffering from the losses of families and those losing lives. HOPE STILL REMAINS Presented by Field Ring Records.
Guitars, synths and beats by Night Swimmer.
Written, mixed and processed by Night Swimmer.

How can you give electronic music a feeling?
Everyone has their own way of answering this question and there are many paths to the goal. Landhouse goes his own way and stays true to himself. Nevertheless, he always develops his sound a little further, so that you notice that there is a person behind this project.
The Goomland Ep is a journey from slow tech to classic anecdotes with a lot of ambient. If you listen to the last track you will be rewarded with the fabulous "Plenten Tum". A track that has already caused great enthusiasm at the first listening of the demo.
Written by Benjamin Landhäuser in Karlsruhe.
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Newman returns home with four tasty dance floor grooves. There's a certain latin vibe to half of the EP. You just can't keep your hips from swaying the way they do. Eastern vibes also return to the EP with "Kiss Of The Seraph“ breaking down to ethnic wails. His sound continues to evolve while maintaining it's own recognisable identity.
Newman is here to stay and his grooves light up the dance floor every time.
Love, Leee
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“As Orpheus sets off on his journey to save his love from the underworld, he is joined by Mindibu’s creatures. Uncertain of what lies ahead, he bravely soldiers on, guided by a sinister yet sensual and melancholic soundtrack.”