Your Only Friend Recordings presents the first release by its in-house production team.  Comprised of the labels two head honchos, Your Only Friend is… Steve Ferrand (Urban Torque, Pack Up And Dance, Tronicsole) and Tres Manos (Detour, Om Records, Justified Cause).

        Straight from the dusty vaults of ghetto house grooves comes “Back From The Dead”. Ruff minimalistic beats, scratchy rap samples and wobbly bass lock you in the groove with some clever cutz until the hats break loose for a stomping drum work out.

        “Spelunkin’s” jacking groove and sweet meanderings will entrance and delight you. A simple bass bounces over crisp jacking beats and hypnotic samples for an unexpected mid-tempo house groover.

        Rounding up this EP is “Sandy Bitches”.  A tongue in cheek house track with a nod to 90’s Chicago disco cut-ups that stomps along over woody bass and driving hats... You’ll love it.

 

Feedback from the troops:

DJ / Producers:

“Spelunkin’ is awesome... I love it. In the bag... also diggin’ Sandy Bitches.”

- Atjazz

“Lovely gear this. Nice old school sampling and a total different sound to what everyone else is doing. Keep it up. I love it.”

- Darran Nugent aka Aruba

“Great EP but Sandy Bitches is ruling it. ace stuff once again. great new label!”

1. -Jimpster
   

“Very interesting samples yoooo !! Luv the way they use them, Sandy Bitches is da 1 4 me, chartin’”

1. -Simbad
   

“Really liking this label. Quality second release”

1. -Hiro
   

“Raw deep house tracks! Good vibes.. “

- Tony Humphries

“Really like the raw sample use.... Both Spelukin’ and Sandy Bitches got me goin’..... cheers x”

1. -Dubble D / Moodymanc
   

“Fantastic EP, I'm really into all the tracks !!! This is really quality deep shit, Your Only Friend is one of the best new label around... Full Support, Thx Oli”

- Soul Minority

“YOF's second EP delivers the goods. Full support!”

1. -Charles Spencer
   

“Killer record! Full support...”

1. -Brothers Vibe
   

“Loving sandy bitches... Great twisted deep house. Will be supporting this”

1. -Andy Riley (Inland Knights / Toka Project)
   

“Pretty cool stuff !! Thanks for keeping me in the loop”

- Mr. White

“Quality gear here, will support.”

1. -Leigh Morgan (Urban Torque)
   

“This is totally up my road ... All 3 trax are really really nice! Warms my dark soul ;)”

1. -Lovebirds / Kneedeep
   

“This is my kind a shit!  Oh shit! Shit shit shit! Owwwww damn! DAYUM!  This is some of the dopest sound I have

heard in a long time, and you can quote my unfamous ass, too.”

1. -Sylvie Forêt
   

“This is hands down the best promo I have received in 2010. I can't say enough about this, this is seriously going to be very very big.”

1. -Ken (East Coast Boogiemen)
   

“Really into the mellow, thoughtful vibes on this one. Sounds like lots of love has gone into the tracks. Wicked. Really very different from all the umtschik umtschik lifeless crap clogging the arteries of the world. Lovely stuff guys. A leftfield beauty.”

1. -John Buckby (Winding Road Records)
   

“Yes, I like this tons! Spelunkin... Deep & fresh. Sandy Bitches, very useful! Will play this all!”

1. -Raoul Belmans (Swirl People / Aroma Records)
   

“Cool Moodyman type vibes - feeling this label!”

1. -Shur-I-Kan
   

“This is great.”

1. -Rob Mello
   

“Cool vibe.”

- Robert Owens

“Great EP from my favorite new label. Thanks!”

- Joshua IZ (Vizual)

“Seriously deep stuff here. Full support.”

1. -Nacho Marco (Loudeast FM / Sonar)
   

“Really really excellent ep”

1. -Luke Soloman (Music For Freaks)
   

“Spelunkin is the shit!!! I love it! Great release. ”

1. -Alland Byallo (Nightlight Music, Kontrol)
   

“A-up, WOwoah.. what a delightfully unpredictable package this release is! Im proper liking all three tracks each their own qualities - but theyre all growers as to me this kind of music takes a few listens to get your head around = a good thing IMO. So, of the lot Im not sure which one stands out the most - maybe Back from the Dead, maybe Sandy Bitches just pip Spelunkin though.. Will befriend my only friend and support it, given the right opportunity: which means it doesnt detract from the quality of the release, maybe just highlights the calibre of my DJ bookings hehe - keep em coming! //Ant”

1. -Ant Pate /YSE (Rhythm Plate)
   

“Nice”

-Mark Bell / Blakkat

“First tune leaves me behind a bit but Spelunkin and Sandy Bitches are both near and dear to my heart. Will play with a smile on my face and vodka in my veins. Dope! “

- Mazi / Audio Soul Project (Fresh Meat)

“Wow! Love Spelunkin, such a cool, deep sound with a lot or warmth, very MCDE sounding which is top! Sandy Bitches is also wicked. Looking forward to playing these. Will chart as well.”

1. -Tom Golden (Homegrown / Stylus / Set in Stone / Manchester)
   

“Weird stuff but i love weird stuff :) will support”

1. -Blacksoul
   

“Very nice release!!!!!!like all the tracks sounds very elegant and groovin for a good warm up!!Full support”

1. -Jesus Gonsev (Trouble Kids Records)
   

Nice abstract deep house. Will play in early sets.

1. -Shane Johnson (Fish go Deep)
   

“Everything seems to come together best on "Sandy Bitches" here. NIce dreamy use of the samples countered by tough beats and solid low end. Cheers for it.”

- Q-Burns Abstract Message (Eight-Tracks / Eighth Dimension / Invisible Airwaves Radio show)

“Hot!!!”

- Aszd Rizvi (Reverberations / EBM)

Press:

“I haven't heard anything like this in a while... an almost Moodyman-style composition of the tracks. Layers upon layers of intelligent instrumentation and quirky loops really getting it done. These will be big. Love the samples and breakdowns throughout. Smart and really impactful parts of each cut. Will be working all 3 and reviewing on My Cuppa T. Thanks, CheckPoint”

- CheckPoint (My Cuppa T)

“I really keep an eye for this label and really this is one of the few things that excites me along a few labels currently!”

1. -Christopher Çolak (Half Stereo / Dinamo FM / Acik Radio / Basatap)
   

“1. Not sure if it just for weirdness sakes but the sound is great but the freakyiness in style seems to be a bit off kilter, good but not my style 2. Funky off beat nature is awesome, need more lo fi grooves like this around

3. Sweet cosmic funk with that laid back essence to it, bitches should always be sandy!”

1. -Marc Lacasse (Jackhouse / UMFM  / Republic Nightclub)
   

“FRESH! Loving the sound of all of these, thanks!”

- Lee Jarvis (Moochin / My Cuppa T)

“Totally seductive!”

1. -Sebastian (Sound Revolt)
   

“Nice EP of deepness. Cheers.

- Jason Kikla (Traffic Magazine, Leeds

“Blacksoul!”

- Andres R (Beatburguer / Goa Club

“Good Sunday set tackle, dancefloor-wise I think you'd need quite a dedicated crowd”

- Russel Deeks (iDJ / This is Why We Dance)

Radio:

“Nasty and amazing”

- Jotta Wagner (Vegas Club / Colors Party / Discothequeradio.com)

“A breath of fresh air!!!!”

- Vinni Da Vinci (YFM / Beats Radio)

“Jackin beats, sweet samples and plenty of fun filled attitude - just what the dancefloor demands!”

- Richie (Untitled Music)

“This is an excellent ep! Love all 3 tracks. Sandy Bitches the most, little more groove but back from the dead and spelunkin have great deep vibes and the bassline is thick! 5 stars from CHFM for this.”

1. -Camouflage (Chicago House FM)
   

“Congratulations for this briliant start,great atmosphere in all track, Sandy Bitches is my fav. Full support”

1. -Bobi (Club FM, Macedonia)
   

“Deep and delicatable .. fresh sounds as well .. Twisted Muther Fu**ers ... would drive you down a deep house hole .. in the morning on an outdoor rig .. WICKED !”

1. -Simon  / Deep South Audio (Monster Session, Volcano Radio, New Zealand)
   

“Veeeeerryy solid ep... Will support on the show...”

1. -Henderick Mitchell (Thelonious Fun Sessions)
   

“Excellent release. Music with soul, funk, groove, skillz and respect for tradition. Rare thing these days. Will spin it in my Funkadelia radioshows for sure. much thanks”

- HARPER (Boogie Mafia / Radio Euro / Laif magazine)

“Really nice! Back from the dead & Sandy bitches will work for me in my radio show. These tracks are close to what The Revenge, 6th Borough Project or Makam are doing lately. And that means "really good" in my book!”

- Jay U (Work Out / Fly Life)

“SMOOVE!!!”

1. -Dj Crookid
   

“Yes diggin this! Will play on radio and out and about.”

1. -Louis Hughes (Two Deep / ChicagoHouseFM.com)
   

“Ummm really enjoyed all of these. thanks alot :-)”

1. -Jon Lliffe (City Fly)
   

“Diggin Sandy Bitches very nice !!”

- Thomas Tuft ( Juice FM / Cream / 3 Beat Records)

“Deep, deep, deeeep :-) Lovin it!”

1. -PhilE (Deep House Cat Show)
   

“3rd track is really cool. Like this "sampled" sound. At the same time this is very melodic track. Thank you for the promo!”

1. - Feodor AllRight & Elena Mechta (AMDJS Radio Show / Russia)
   

“Yes diggin this! Will play on radio and out and about.”

1. -Louis Hughes (Two Deep / ChicagoHouseFM.com / 6th Sense Music / 1999 Recordings)
   

“Lots of atmosphere, great production.”

- Cian O'Ciobhan (RTE)

“Spelunkin and Sandy Bitches are classy!”

1. -Rick y Ryan (Warung / Proton)
   

“Epic tracks! So old school. Like it very much!”

1. -Almaz (Pogruzhenie, Energy FM 102.2)
   

“Superb sound, love it.”

1. -Joan Ribas (Ibiza Global Radio)
   

"Back from the dead" is absolutely fierce! Thanks for this one!”

1. -Amit Shoham (Tarantic / Noice! / Proton)
   

“Nice deep Underground grooves, will be spinning 'Sandy Bitches' & 'Back From The Dead'. Am finding these very catchy :)”

- Steve Parr (FaizeMusic.com / MotionFM.com / SoulKandi / ElectronicFunk)

“Warm, deep & jazzy ''Spelunkin'' and ''Sandy Bitches'' deep discoteque sound are my sound here, ''Back From The Dead'' is not for me.”

- DJ Nova (Nova Planet / Rodon FM)

“Great deep vibes, spelunkin is my fav, great package !”

- Joey Silvero (Distant People)

“Fantastic release, good mix of deep sounds glitchy production and quality hooks.”

- Steve Arnell (My-House-Your-House)

“Great work with samples, solid produciton.”

- Bogdan Taran (Body & Soul Sessions / Dancebox, SSRadio)

“ALL VERY COOL TRACKS!!!!!!”

- Wesley S (Mark Knight's Toolroom Radio)

“Wicked track!”

- Gaz James (The Flippant Rhythm House Show / SSRadio)

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