Every now and again, records come into our trajectory and it changes our outlook on the way we listen and play music. One such record for me was the down tempo soulful stormer that was Soul Claps Kissing game, Perfect both for those after hour gatherings or end of the night sound.
Ever since I've pretty much been obsessed with the records and various styles that Soul Clap can accommodate, from deep and Soulful Tech House, to their sublime, groove filled edits. The next few paragraphs are taken from the Soul Clap blog to give you an insight into what these chaps are about. As well as that, I've included a selection of my favourite Soul Clap tracks that hopefully you'll fall for as much as i have. Keep it Classy!
Elyte and Cnyce's paths were crossed for all time when a Sun Ra light beam sent from Saturn collided with the P-Funk Mothership and sent them tumbling to earth. Now, Soul Clap time travels on a musical spaceship of dopeness...
As children on earth, they were driven to understand the history of dance music and found their teacher in original boston disco DJ Caril Mitro who admitted them into the temple of Vinyl Connection (whose members included Dimitri From Paris and Frankie Knuckles plus many more). Caril taught Soul Clap that "house wears many hats" and instilled the sounds of New York, Chicago, Detroit and Philadelphia while fostering an addiction to digging that has become a worldwide quest to acquire the best vinyl and download every good song on the planetary-interweb. Soul Clap's training goes beyond history lessons to mastering all the elements of the DJ: knowledge, mixing, programming, performance and experience. They honed their knowledge, Elyte taught a college course about dance music and Cnyce worked for UK booking agency MN2S. In between.They locked themselves in a basement until their mixing was flawless and traveled the universe observing the most advanced programmers (Josh Wink, Carl Craig, Francois K).
Then they went out into the world to perform at Ministry of Sound in London, Paradiso in Amsterdam, Avalon in Los Angeles, Rise in Boston, and in smaller places in New York, Baltimore, Washington DC, Miami, Dallas, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Chicago, Mars and Jupiter plus dance-floors in other galaxies that you haven't heard. 20 years of experience has prepared Soul Clap to free your mind, and your ass will follow.
By harnessing the past Soul Clap looks to the future, with forward thinking productions and remixes, creative DJ sets and some of Boston's best dance music events. Soul Clap released their first 12" records on Airdrop Records, "The Giraffe", "die Ente" and "Puppy Crack" receiving remixes by Franco Cinelli, Tanner Ross and Mikael Stavostrand respectively. Each summer they organize Dancing On The Charles (one of Urb Magazine's six best outdoor parties in the US) and every Wednesday they host Midweek Techno (Boston's longest running techno night). They also broadcast live to planet earth on The Adventures of Soul Clap Podcast. With more material coming soon on Aux-Rec and Wolf + Lamb Music and with the return of the "Soul Clap Edits" on Wolf + Lamb Black - the boys aren't slowing down.
Soul Clap - Kissing Game (The R&B FreE.P.)
Soul Clap - Love Light (Wolf & Lamb Black)
Soul Clap - Rock the Boat (The R&B FreE.P.)
Saul Wilks.
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