Tag: Celestial Recordings

  • Beckford – Revolution of Your Mind – Celestial Recordings

    Call me obvious but any track called: Revolution of Your Mind instantly gets my vote. On a more serious note however this delicious, bass driven, rather exquisite production is very moreish. Warm yet tough its rolling sequence of deft drumming plus numerous attack of rhythm feels particularity right as the vocals drift in and out…

  • Steve Kelley – Trust but Verify – Celestial Recordings

    Deliciously, pounding production from Celestial’s Steve Kelley which doesn’t pull many, if any, punches igniting the senses via rolling, warm waves of bass alongside suggestive tones and sizzling drums on the title track. The questions then continue to be posed as Clubs or Discotheques follows with taught drums, sparse yet resounding stabs and occasional voices…

  • Initial – Hold Back – Celestial Recordings

    Two tracks adorn this new release from Celestial and both score high. Very high in fact. Hold Back, begins with a chiming sequence of notes that work their way into your consciousness, almost to the point where you don’t want them to end. Coupled with punctuating snare hits plus the flourish of shuffling percussion it’s…

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    The Salsoul Orchestra The Salsoul Orchestra Salsoul Records Listening to The Salsoul Orchestra it becomes easy to understand why some people choose to live in the past, despite 1975 seeming like such a very long time ago. Never-the-less their blend of fiery Latin inspired Disco will always stand out because of the punch it packs,…

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    Coyote feat. Gavin Gordon ‘Minamoto’ Is It Balearic What a great record. And let me suggest to you why. Not only does this remind me of many great Balearic moments rolled into one but also because this doesn’t neatly fit into any single genre – the point of being Balearic after all. It does however…

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    Various Artists ‘Celestial Recordings Chilled’ Celestial Recordings There’s Chilled, there’s Tedious and then there is Boring. But thankfully being Celestial the music conspires to a heavenly quality with this admirable selection of alternative sounds. Like with all music the question is, does it cause an emotional response? And of course this does. Opening on the…

  • Steve Kelley interview (Celestial Recordings)

     Celestial Recordings: Where did the name come from, what was the inspiration behind setting up the label and when did you launch it? Celestial Recordings was launched June 2010.  The strategy was to release a weekly single and featured compilations.  The name came about after being inspired by Luciano’s album with a track on their called…

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    Various Artists ‘Hard To Find’ New State Music Fair to say that this acts as a trip down memory lane that stretches beyond House music to Balearic gems such as It’s Immaterial ‘Driving Away from Home’ and features many ‘hard to find’ remixes which came to define the sound of the UK from the late…