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Makin’ Moves Live Session Friday 18th September @ 91, Brick Lane

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Friday 18th September sees the Makin’ Moves crew move back east following their epic party at the Notting Hill Carnival closing down this years Notting Hill Carnival! We take over 91, Brick Lane for our first Makin’ Moves live session event where we headline some of the amazing UK artists on our label and give them the spotlight to shine as well some great dj sets aswell from the boys Matt and Jamesey!

We’re very lucky to showcase four amazing singers Mychelle, Laville, ShezAr and Anna-Marie Johnson plus 4 piece band for this gig, flipping some of our house music styles to live.. All these tracks will dropping on an exclusive vinyl release on Makin’ Moves Records at the end of October!

Firstly joining us will be Mychelle, an amazing singer song writer from East London who’s album Good Day we’ve been playing on repeat, and this particuar song we loved so much we licensed it and had it remixed so she’ll be performing this!

Laville will also be in the house performing his new record, 10,000 miles, he’s had a great year and also had some great performances with the Soul Quest Records team featuring with Sim Sol and 2Fox.

Thirdly we have the amazing ShezAr, she’s worked with us on a number of singles through the years and will be performing her latest tracks Natural High and Rounding things off we have, Anna Marie Johnson, following her amazing performance at our summer party at Set List, she will be performing her current hit Shivers and new material.

All of this for a mere, £8 so grab your tickets right now via RA.co, more on the door!

https://ra.co/events/2517574

Makin’ Moves Live Session
Friday 18th September
@ 91, Brick Lane
London E1 6QL

Live performances

Mychelle
Laville
ShezAr
Anna-Marie Johnson

DJs

Matt L-S & Jamesey
Joe Cox

Doors: 8pm-1am

Early bird tickets: £8 from RA.co / More on the door



MAKINEP021 – Kid Sublime x Lady Alma “Love Notes EP”

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Dutch producer Kid Sublime presents his first EP on Makin’ Moves, here he teams up with Philly singer/song writer Lady Alma exploring elements of soul, broken beat and house.

The EP kicks off with The Grind a super smooth soulful house track, that catches your attention straight away with its groovy baseline that remains throughout adding to that Alma’s meaningful lyrics demonstrating the power of the music as she uses it as to get herself through the day.

The positivity continues on ‘Can You Feel It’ another quality piece of soulful house as the action moves to the dance floor as the beat and grove winds you in as once again Alma’s lyrics drop perfectly on the track.

The B side shows Kid switch it up on the broken beat production wiith ‘Ready To Meet You’ a touching song about two individuals excited to meet each other for the first time, a sure shot hit for the ‘bruk’ beat and dance heads alike!

Available exclusively via our Bandcamp page from Friday 21st August.



Makin’ Moves Carnival After Party @ Notting Hill Arts Club – Mon 31st August – Tickets on Sale!

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Notting Hill Carnival celebrates its 60th year anniversary this year, a huge landmark for this iconic London festival. In that time it has become one of the integral parts of UK culture so we thought we need to be a part of it this year! We’ve had a great relationship with the Notting Hill Arts Club through the years as our favourite spot in West London and some of you might even remember our road block party back there in 2022! We head back there for a bank holiday after party on Monday 31st as we plan to bring the carnival to a crescendo.

Residents Matt and Jamesey London’s deep house pace setters will be in the house playing their unique brand of deep and soulful house. Also, joining us will be DJ Dubois who has been a long term regular at our events and has recently been making a big noise in the scene with regular spots at Deep Into Soul and Giles Smith & Friends. Her sound fuses elements of afro, deep and soulful house and can’t wait to welcome her! We also welcome Tre Hunter someone who we’ve wanted to book for sometime but is often travelling the world, expect a variety of house music sounds across the dance music diaspora.

Limited £8 tickets are available via RA and Dice.

For more info check nottinghillartsclub.com

Monday 31st August
Makin’ Moves Carnival After Party
Notting Hill Arts Club
21 Notting Hill Gate
London, W11 3JQ

DJs

Matt L-S & Jamesey
DJ Dubois
Tre Hunter

Doors: 4pm-2am
Tickets: £8 advanced early bird tickets available from RA.co http://ra.co/ & Dice
Nearest tube: Notting Hill Gate



MAKIN246 – Anna-Marie Johnson & Mark Francis “Shivers”

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UK vocalist Anna-Marie Johnson makes her debut on Makin’ Moves, joining producer Mark Francis for the uplifting new single “Shivers”—a soulful house anthem set to soundtrack the summer.

Blending infectious grooves with heartfelt songwriting, Shivers is an empowering record about
reconnecting with yourself, embracing healing energy, and completely letting go.

Mark Francis once again demonstrates his ability to craft timeless records. Having collaborated with an impressive roster of outstanding vocalists throughout his career, he delivers another impeccably produced release, pairing slick, driving rhythms with elegant piano arrangements that provide the perfect backdrop for Anna-Marie Johnson’s rich, emotive vocal performance to take centre stage.

Shivers is poised to become an essential addition to summer playlists and dancefloors alike and is available now from all good digital stores from Friday 7th August 2026.

Now Available on our Bandcamp store https://makinmoves2.bandcamp.com/album/shivers



MAKIN245 – Javonntte “Jamesey Mars Theory EP”

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Once again Makin’ Moves turning up the heat once again with the deep house vibes with Javonntte. Another instalment from our man in Detroit blending the soulful vocals with smooth bass lines. Yet bringing that capitivating energy to the dancefloor. Adding a touch to this we have Kai Alce (NDATL) ,a stalwart in the deep house scene crafting these prime cuts with his editing skills which takes the tunes up another level.

Available from all good stores including our Bandcamp store from Friday 24th July 2026 – https://makinmoves2.bandcamp.com/album/jamesey-mars-theory-ep-2



MAKIN244 – Arnaud D “For The Dancers EP”

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French producer Arnaud D returns to Makin moves after a short hiatus with a quality EP specifically made for the dance floor! Once again bringing his production skills to the forefront with the balance between soulful house and a more immersive deeply drive tech house vibe and feat a spoken word curated by Anthony Poteat connecting the sonics ‘for the Dancer’ and designed for that peak-time impact.

Available via all good digital stores from 3rd July 2026 – https://www.traxsource.com/title/2820943/for-the-dancers-ep

‘Shelter’ Produced by Arnaud D
‘On The Dancefloor’ Produced By Arnaud D.
‘On The Dancefloor Remix produced by Luciano Gioia
Mastered by Clinton McCreery
Executive producers : Jamesey & Matt L-S



Sunday 2nd August Makin’ Moves x Soul Quest @ Set, London (Matt & Jamesey)

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Two of London’s finest deep house labels Makin’ Moves & Soul Quest Records come together for a special one off event this summer at one of the finest venues in central London, Set List which is situated in the heart of historic Somerset House! This place is a real hidden gem where you can happily get down to quality soulful sounds served up by our djs on a slick dance floor or simply hang outside taking in the scenic views of the capital while sipping on a cocktail or sampling some of the great food on offer! Makin’ Moves has been going for 14 years and has been one of the main stays of quality soulful music in London while constantly pushing musical boundaries.

Matt and Jamesey also are two of the finest djs setting the tone for the London deep house scene while also curating regular events around the capital. Soul Quest is headed by head honcho Max Sinal one of the most creative minds for soulful music in the UK, this man is not only a producer but label owner and DJ! Constantly finding new artists for his label and keeping a very high standard of release we welcome him and his label cohort KingCrowney for this unique collaboration!

Both labels will not just be showcasing djs but also ive artists from their respective labels so this promises to be a unique event!

Very limited £8 tickets available from https://ra.co/events/2465076

Sunday 2nd August
Makin’ Moves x Soul Quest
@ Set List

DJs
Jamesey & Matt L-S
Max Sinal
King Crowney
+ live performances

Doors: 5-11pm
@ Set List
Somerset House, Strand WC2R 1LA

Limited free tickets available from RA.co – https://ra.co/events/2465076



MAKINEP021 – Cee El Assaad & Sabrina Chyld “The Time Is Here” (Ron Trent Remixes)

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Morocco’s native Cee ElAssaad comes back again to collaborate with the UK’s afro house songstress Miss Sabrina Chyld for their debut release on Makin’ Moves! Cee as always provides his eclectic and hypnotic groove with his signature drums layered behind Sabrina’s sultry and meaningful vocals which ring true here to remind us to not dwell on the past, and utilise our time in the present.

Chicago house pioneer Ron Trent does his thing and opens up on the remix bringing that super deep vibe as only he does, building tension with a solid bassline and spine tingling synths before a final drop letting Sabrina’s vocal excel to its fullest! The Dubstrumental has also included on this limited edition Aquamarine vinyl as a bonus.
credits

Released exclusively on green vinyl via our Bandcamp store on June 22, 2026 – https://makinmoves2.bandcamp.com/album/the-time-is-here-inc-ron-trent-remixes-limited-aquamarine-green-vinyl-edition

Vocals written and performed by Sabrina Chyld
Music produced, mixed and mastered by Cee ELAssaad
Remix produced Ron Trent (Music and Power)
Executive Producers : Jamesey & Matt LS



MAKIN243 – Ralph Session “Wrap Your Soul”

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Ralph Session returns to Makin’ Moves this summer with ‘Wrap Your Soul’ his second single release on the label!

Ralph is an ever evolving house music producer with releases on labels such as Freerange, Quantize and Local Talk records, through the years showing his versatility. Demonstrating his skills once again with this roller of a tune that brings more ‘bounce to the ounce’ using creative ‘Boom Bap’ style drum pattern, whilst cleverly intertwining a beautiful soulful vocal drawing from his B-Boy/House dancer background filled with funk, soul, hiphop/R&b and house influences.

The vocal sweetly flows along wrapping your soul into a dance floor bliss, making this a perfect summer anthem.
Wrap Your Soul produced and arranged by Ralph Sessions

Mastering by Clinton McCreery
Executive Producers : Jamesey & Matt L-S
Available exclusively from our Bandcamp store from Friday 5th June 2026 – https://makinmoves2.bandcamp.com/album/wrap-your-soul