Freestyle crew members EzBoy, Say Vegin, Howie & Outspan 
offer you the coolest tracks we discovered in June  2000

	EZ Boy real name: Bruno Fierens a.k.a.: B.F. icq n°: 2665138 e-mail: ezboy@hotmail.com
Deephouze 12" of the month
- Jody Watley feat. Roy Ayers : I love to love (Jazz dub) : MAW Records Subtle deep Jody vocals on equally ultra deep Roy vibes - Boobjazz : Lost moments EP : Stir Recordings Superb chillout house with a touch of early House of 909 sound. - Dance Motifs : Low gravity dance : Needs Ultradeep bedroom breakbeat chilly house workout. - Dino & Terry : Croque Monsieur : Guidance The deephouze duo explores the calmer territories of atmospheric moody grooves - The Mood Men : The moody groove EP : I-Records  Spicey bassline with guitars - Jazmin & Face : Music and the moon EP : OM Records More houzy vibes including "Don't worry about a thing" with nice vocoders and "Talkin' to me" with superb trumpet play. - Fresh & Low : Ain't no ceiling : I-Records More I-styled dancefloor-ready-deepness - Toka Project : Time is up : Earth Recordings Deep blend of funky rythm & housy tune
Lounge tracks of the month
- Alex Bugnon : Naima Excellent warm laidback acid jazz with extraordinary deep bassline.
Album of the month
- Universal Principles : Inspiration & Light : Soma (see review) - P'Taah : Compressed light : Ubiquity (see review) - Glenn Underground : Lounge Excursions : Guidance For the real music collectors a little disappointing as it only offers a few really new tracks and is thus mostly a collection of earlier 12" releases, for all other people, a superb album packed with more typical GU soundz. (see review)
Compilation of the month
- Midnight Snack : Naked Music Records (see review) - People ... make the world go round : People Records The best People 12" now on one album or double CD.
Retro of the month
- Light of the world : Time : 1980 Jazzfunkydisco with lyrics truer now than ever before !

	Howard real name: Howard Djalti a.k.a.: Howie icq n°: 34040960 e-mail: bizare@uptomail.com
12" maxis of the month
Mateo & matos: Celebrate Life / Large 2000 great track!! There will be no tomorow!! (see review) Glenn Underground: Essentials part 3 / Dust Traxx 2000 after years of waiting part 3 is there, beter then ever! (see review) Dino & terry: Croque Monsieur / Guidance 2000 se disc est a croquer!!!! Glenn Underground: Operation Jaz House / Nite Life Collective 1999 Cool Gu maxi! (see review) Glenn Underground: Society Rules / City People / Guidance 2000 GU+Guidance= Quality (see review) Serve Chilled: Sample #1 / Diversions 1999 a small part of the great album!!, head music to move & soothe Dance Motifs: low gravity dance / Needs 2000 cool deep-house maxi!
Albums of the month
Syrop: Different Flavours / Compost records 2000 great compilation!! A perfect combination between Jazz, Funk and Disco! Glenn Underground: Lounge Excursions / Guidance 2000 Most of the tracks have been released on maxi's before, but cool album from Glenn! (see review) Various artists of People: People.... make the world go round / People 2000 Yeah al teh best of people on a compilation, specialy with the track Futuristic Dancer!
Retro of the month
Pete Namlook & Johnah Sharp: Alien Community / FAX 1993 only one track on this CD??? Yessss 1h05min of intense chill on electronic sounds ... BlackByrds: the best of / VGP rec. 1988 just do it in the park ...

	Say Vegin real name: Bart Holvoet a.k.a.: El Barto, Jay or Hey icq n°: 11995924 e-mail: sayvegin@xyberweb.com
12" maxis of the month
Tim Tetlow : Beauty walks a razor's edge : Planet Mu Fantastic Melodic Electronic Music Flanger : Templates 1 : NTone Was released quite a while ago, but this strange mixture of jazz and ambient still sounds highly original! (see review) GU : Essentials pt.3 : DustTraxx (see review) Boo Williams : Breakin' Point : Track Mode Check out the 2 tracks on the B-side : it's Boo on the mello-jazz-house tip. Microstoria : Improvisers : Sonig Six-track minimalistic-ambient EP recorded at a live concert in Köln (Germany).
Album of the month
Conjoint : Earprints : Source (see review) Glenn Underground : Lounge Excursions : Guidance (see review) Arovane : Tides : City Centre Office blunted ambient for background-atmosphere purposes
Old-Skool tunes of the month
George Benson : Give Me the Night : Qwest 1980 Soulful Funk album from Mr.Smoothness himself. Produced by Quincy Jones and featuring guest appearences of Herbie Hancock (!), Lee Ritenour (!), George Duke (!) and many others. Ripple : Funky Song : GRC 1974 Deep Funk 7". Ain't nothing goin' on but a funky song, Killer Track! Thanks to Larry (breakdownrecords.com) for this one! BT Express : Non-Stop : EMI 1975 That great raw-live-funky-sound is omnipresent on this album.

	Outspan real name: Roel Derudder a.k.a.: Rebel, Jay or Hey icq n°: 78619270 e-mail: roel@freestylegrooves.com
Rebel's quest for old-skool joy in contemporary grooves :
1. Modaji : the latin project : Laws of Motion Bringing back the awesome 'outboard jeopardy' track, this Modaji EP I definitely had to check ! Lo and behold : it's a tribal-moog ass kicker again ! These guys are so good and so special the only place they belong is on People records. 2. GU : essentials part 3 : Dust Traxx Mucho samplissimo but great to the bone. (see review) 3. Dino & Terry : spa : Guidance Normally I'm not that into Dino & Terry stuff, especially not their garage-like house, but this baby's as smooth as Mark Grant or Boo Williams in his 'duckshit mood'. Guidance keeps setting the norm high, very high. 4. GU : society rules : Guidance Actually, that's : 'GU rules' (see review) 5. M.A.W. featuring Jody Watley & Roy Ayers : i love to love : MAW Records The heavenly voice of J.W. and Roy plays some great vibes. The only thing we need is lots of instrumentals (trombone, saxophone, organ...) and the genius of M.A.W. to make this a very stylish deep house gem. Touching. 6. Dj Food feat. Ken Nordline : the ageing young rebel : Ninja Tune There is something in that title that sounds very like me (Freestyle inside joke). And just check out some of the lyrics in this track : ' see him running limping blood / something soft is just ahead / he has fallen at her side / she comforts him with kisses / he dreams of suicide. gentle is soooo gentle / grabs the trouble by its root / bandages his stump / cuts off his other foot ' Does that hurt or what ?
Outspan's fat bag of raregroove goodies :
Mandre : mandre/one : Motown this one's "outer space"...