Wiretappeur – Colours & Motions

The new E.P. by Wiretappeur

Available now on Juno Records, Prime Direct Distribution and on Beatport.

Colours
Artist: Wiretappeur

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Fresh Meat’s 30th release “Colours & Motions” marks the label’s welcome return to vinyl and includes a wicked deep house remix by Audio Soul Project. Following-up on “I Want You” and their remix of Shenoda’s “Hussle,” the talented Stel Vassiloudis, Nils Nuernberg and Florian Kruse return to Fresh Meat as Wiretappeur. Labels like NRK, Knee Deep, Hypnotone, Mood Music, Noir Music, Dessous and Slip N Slide have all enjoyed their fine touch under various pseudonyms and configurations, but the original Wiretappeur material is exclusively on Fresh Meat. Continue reading…

Fresh Meat on Ibiza Voice

As privileged as it is to be part of something so authentically house, there’s also a burden of responsibility that comes with being a Chicago based house music label. Started by Mazi Namvar (Audio Soul Project) and Nathan Drew Larsen, the influence for their deliciously named ‘Fresh Meat Records’ label has been the ‘other side’ of the famous Chicago house sound, that is the deeper, soulful, dubby and throbbing emotional and experimental records that are at the heart of the Chicago inspiration. Continue reading…

When Bad People Cook Good Food Vol 2

The second Fresh meat introspective

THE MIX available now on Beatport.
Unmixed available now on Beatport.

DJ Mix by Nathan Drew Larsen

Nathan Drew Larsen spent several months working with other Fresh Meat artists to prepare this compilation album and episodic house mix, which focuses on the expressive and deep sound of this little label of big shoulders. Chuck Bukowski wrote, “If you’re losing your soul and you know it, then you’ve still got a soul left to lose.” Continue reading…

Audio Soul Project – Bit More Grit

The new E.P. by Audio Soul Project

Remixed with love by Kris Wadsworth in beautiful Detroit, Michigan.
Available now on Beatport.

Iambic
Artist: Audio Soul Project

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With “Bit More Grit” Audio Soul Project, a modern bedrock of Chicago’s underground house movement, delivers his latest EP of inspired deep trax, featuring a stunning remix by Detroit’s Kris Wadsworth. Following-up his “High Off The People” EP for Fresh Meat, Mazi Namvar’s ASP concept keeps the vibe thick and heavy on these brilliant and daring productions. Inspired by a self made recording of CNN from the unforgettable day James Brown died, the spiritual title track features vocals by Mazi and other rhythmic declamations set against a CS-80 organ, phasing vintage strings, and modulating pads. Kris Wadsworth, who has a remix in store for Steve Bug on Poker Flat and was recently named one of Beatportal’s top 10 artists to watch in 2009, turns in a unique slow burning pure techno remix of the organic original. Kris’s “Brain Change” remix showcases his unique sound, dialing back the tempo, extending the arrangement, and featuring his characteristically melodic yet eerily dissonant synth performances. Continue reading…

Sandrino & Adryan – Deep Fields EP

The new E.P. by Sandrino & Adryan

Remixed by Audio Soul Project
Available now on Beatport.

Deep Fields
Artist: Adryan & Sandrino

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In 2009, Fresh Meat stay true to a central mission; showcasing inspired house music through work by compelling new artists.  This calling materializes in Deep Fields, the debut EP of relative new comers Sandrino & Adryan. These talented producers have released tight singles in slightly different personnel configurations under the pseudonyms Satelite and Lemon Popsicle for labels like Rebirth, Mashtronic and Alive Records.  Deep Fields is their first outing under their forenames.
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When Bad People Cook Good Food Vol. 1

The first Fresh Meat Introspective

Featuring Peace Division, Phonique, Worthy, Dan Berkson, Will Saul & Tam Cooper, Nathan Drew Larsen and Audio Soul Project

Available now on Beatport.

It was Roy Ayers who said, “Bad is about as good as it gets!” “When Bad People Cook Good Food” is the first collection to cover the three year history of Chicago’s Fresh Meat Records – including tracks from many of the label’s cast of bad characters. Continue reading…

Audio Soul Project – High Off The People

The New E.P. by Audio Soul Project

Available now on Beatport.

Get Off Your High Horse
Artist: Audio Soul Project

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The latest Audio Soul Project release on Fresh Meat, Mazi’s heaviest work since he’s acclaimed 2002 full length “Community” on NRK, is informed by a time when the heartbeat of revolution was strong. “High Off The People” is inspired by the zeitgeist of the 60’s, perfectly melding that spirit with Audio Soul Project’s modern approach.
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Audio Soul Project – Return Flight

The New E.P. by Audio Soul Project

Remixes by Julien Parisé and Alexander Maier

Available now on Beatport.

Return Flight
Artist: Audio Soul Project

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It should be clear by now that Fresh Meat have no interest in techno as gestalt – while shades of Moodymann or Theo Parrish come to mind, Return Flight, the latest single from Chicago’s Audio Soul Project, continues to explore Mazi’s unique take on contemporary deep house.
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