MAKIN056 – Fuminori Kagajo & Sheree Hicks ‘No Place Like Home’ (inc. Wipe The Needle Remix)

We’re very excited to welcome two new international friends to the label, producer Fuminori Kagajo from Japan and Sheree Hicks from Chicago.

We’d always admired Fumi’s work for some time and were a big fan of his quality productions. When he got in touch and said he’d done a track with Sheree Hicks we were even more excited! The original version oozes class, tight production and exceptional singer/song writing from Sheree.

Sheree has been on fire this year with a whole host of tracks released on labels such as Honeycomb music, POJI Records and her own label Chic Soul Music and on this release she doesnt disappoint.

The package also features Uk’s Wipe the Needle on remix duties. Lee Gomes aka Wipe The Needle doesnt do many remixes but we felt he could work the song in a different way and boy has he done that and pretty much created a new song!

Artist: Fuminori Kagajo & Sheree Hicks
Title: Fuminori Kagajo & Sheree Hicks

Produced & Arranged by Fuminori Kagajo

Written & Performed by Sheree Hicks (Shekia Publishing BMI)
Keys by Takuto Kudo
Trumpet by Yasunori Sugo
Remix and arrangement by L.Gomez
Drums and percussion by L.Gomez
Keys and bass by Matt Cooper
All tracks mixed and mastered by Toni Economides



MAKIN053 – Sheldon Goode – You

We like to nurture new talent here at Makin’ Moves and we appreciate great song writing as well as hot productions. We are pleased to be working again with the very talented Sheldon Goode. Last year we dropped his infectious Where U R record that went onto be a real success both on club dance floors and on radio.

He’s back with his new song You, and it has all the hallmarks of a classic soulful house cut, with infectious chorus, hook and signature driving deep house beats perfect for summer time!

A native of Newark, NJ Sheldon Goode is a multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, producer and engineer. Hes a one man show when it comes to the recording process. Sheldon has worked with Elton John, Whitney Houston, Patti Labelle, Naughty By Nature, Lords of The Underground, Donell Jones and a long list of the whos who in the music biz. Soooooooooo Sit back relax and enter the musical world of Sheldon So Goode.

WRITING & PRODUCTION

You (Sheldon Goode, Scion Music Group Publishing)

Written, arranged & produced by: Sheldon So Goode for So Goode Music
Recorded and mixed by: Sheldon So Goode for MixPalace
Mastered by: Sheldon So Goode for MixPalace

Get it Here!



MAKIN052 – Greg Gauthier & Alex Finkin featuring Miranda Nicole ‘Sure Thing’ (Adam Rios Remix)

Fresh for the summer Makin Moves present the Adam Rios remixes of Sure Thing. A track produced by our good friends from Paris Greg Gauthier and Alex Finkin, and beautifully written and sung by Atlanta’s Miranda Nicole.

We released this track back in the spring of last year, and has been a favourite of ours from the catalogue. Adam Rios from Shelter in NYC also took a liking to the track and requested the parts for a remix and now you can hear the results of his fine work!

Writing & Production credits

Produced by Greg Gauthier & Alex Finkin at Minimal Studio.
Vocals performed and written by Miranda Nicole
Miranda Litman ASCAP
Mastered by Alex Finkin at minimal Studio
Adam Rios Remix mastered by Toni Economides
Executive Producers Matt Langrish-Smith & Jamesey D



MAKIN049 – Ian Friday ft. Mike City – Never Gets Old

Makin’ Moves welcome Brooklyn producer and dj Ian Friday and singer song writer Mike City to the label with ‘Never Gets Old’ a love song ripe for summer.

Both live on opposite sings of the USA with Mike hailing from LA so having wanting to work together for some years the guys linked up last year and this is the result! Mike writing this beautiful song and ian jumped in the lab and came up with some of his trademark beats.

Both Ian and Mike have had solid releases this year and are both on the crest of a wave with the house music community so its really a perfect combination.

The package also features mixes from Chicago’s Abicah Soul who makes a return to the label.  Promos available from Traxsource.com from Friday 10th June 2016.

Ian Friday ft. Mike City
Never Gets Old
Lyrics & vocals by Mike City
Mike City Music/Nottinghill-BMI
Music produced by Ian Friday
CaribSoul(ASCAP)



MAKIN051 – The Soul Creative & Giandomenico Di Vito feat. Carla Prather ‘God With Me’ (Zogri Remixes)

Makin Moves are proud to present the hot Zogri remixes of ‘God With Me’ written and sung beautifully by Carla Prather. The original production by The Soul Creative aka Salvatore Oppio, Tony Maione, DaSouL, Lello Cacciola which came out earlier this year.
Zogri hails from Athens in Greece and has been a big house music fan for many years. Inspired by the likes of Louie Vega and Joe Claussell.. His productions and remixes are full of soul and energy and we’ve been loving his interruption of the original and has been very popular at our events and on the Makin Moves show on House FM.
Available via Traxsource as an exclusive promo from Friday 27th May 2016.
Writing & Production
Drum: The Soul Creative & Giandomenico Di Vito
Keys: Franco Vernazzano
Additional Keys : The Soul Creative & Giandomenico Di Vito
The Soul Creative Aka Salvatore Oppio, Tony Maione, DaSouL, Lello Cacciola
Remix by Zogri


MAKIN047 – Wipe The Needle ft. Lifford ‘Rise Up’ (Kai Alce Remix)

Rise Up was one of our most popular played releases of last year and is still getting alot of radio support from the likes of Solar and Mi Soul Radio. Produced by Wipe The Needle aka Lee Gomes this man has a great last 12 months and is on fire right now with his club smash Found You.
We felt there was another remix in this song so we enlisted the help of Atlanta’s main man, Kai Alce who’s also been doing some amazing productions. Kai runs the NDATL Muzik label and has creating a real storm recently working with some fantastic artists including Miranda Nicole, Emdee Brown and The DangerFeel Newbies on Defected Records a new sound that we really dig and we’re very pleased with this particular remix he’s done for us.
Available via Traxsource.com from Friday 6th May, and then on all other digital sites from 6th June 2016.
Written by L Gomez and L Shillingford
Produced and arranged by L gomez
Remix by Kai Alce
Lyrics written and performed by L Shillingford
Drums, percussion and chords by l gomez
Vibraphone, kalimba, lead synth and piano by M Chiavarini
Executive Producers: Matt L-S & Jamesey


MAKIN045 – Aisling Iris ‘He Lover’ (includes Crackazat Remix)

Aisling means “dream” or “vision” in Gaelic, It’s also the birth name of this particular Irish song writing vocalist living in London.

Her lyrics and voice have been described as possessing an almost conversational intimacy, with a smooth contralto that she deftly wraps around the melodies, swooping up every so often to a lilting jazzy falsetto.

Aisling has worked with some of the top names in the soul, hip hop and jazz world including Roots Manuva, Domu. More recently she has worked with the likes of Phil Asher and the Urban Soul Lab.

Hey Lover was a track she wrote and recorded some years ago with one of the original Bugz in the Attic producers Afronaut, one of the original broken beat pioneers. This is a match made in heaven, Orin working his technically wicked drums and Aisling’s sexy haunting vocals tempting you over the top, works like butter on toast. The vocal twists you up and get you salivating for more.. We can certainly see this this one being played on dance floors all around Europe from Croatia to Ibiza.

The package comes with a hot dubby Crackzat remix, which cleverly uses the chorus loop to the max with deep keys and punch to get the floor moving straight away,

Currently she is recording her debut album at the Lab Studios in Clapham with Drew set for release in 2016. For those not in the know Drew is the producer and musician behind Incognito’s Natalie Williams and Mercury nominee and UK hip hop godfather Ty’s prolific output to date.

It looks like 2016 is set to be an exciting year for Aisling with a debut album on the horizon and the right team around her. One thing’s for sure you don’t want to miss sampling a taste when the album’s released.

Artist: Aisling  Iris

Song: ‘Hey Lover’ (Stephonson / Walters)

℗ Arinze/Westbury Music / PRS / Copyright control 2015

Written and performed by Aisling Stephenson & Orin Walters

Backing vocals by Sarah Fontayne

Produced & arranged by Afronaut for Bugzintheattic.

Recorded and mixed by Matt Lord @ MLM Studios



MAKIN048 Nina Provencal ‘Come Over’

It’s great to finally come out of winter and with Spring almost here we’ve got a fabulous release that will put a bit of sunshine into all our lives as we’ve been excited about this one for quite sometime! 

UK songstress Nina Provencal is back and we’re pleased to have her follow up single ‘Come Over’ which she wrote many years ago and then was reproduced by Jihad Muhammad from New Jersey in classic Jihad style. It’s been a big track for Jihad at his parties in New Jersey and also on our Makin Moves dance floors for over a year and now with many people asking about it.

Nina’s had two releases with us in the past ‘Breakdown’ in 2012 and probably one of our biggest releases too date was ‘Soul Saviour’ which came out at the end of 2013, which again saw Nina and Jihad collaborate and that one just took dance floors by storm worldwide. 

This follow up is very much in the same vein, classic smooth Jihad Muhammad beats and keyboards, brilliant song writing from Nina, put that all together and you’ve got a sure fire soulful house hit. 

Writing & Production 

Written by Nina Provencal & Jason Moe

Vocals by Nina Provencal

Re-produced by Jihad Muhammad, Movement Soul NYC

Executive production: Jamesey D & Matt Langrish-Smith

Artwork: Nick Perkins



MAKIN046 – The Soul Creative & Giandomenico Di Vito feat. Carla Prather ‘God With Me’

This exciting new project on the label comes from a group of artists from Naples in Italy who call themselves The Soul Creative, a group of four close friends who come from different musical eras; Salvatore Oppio, Tony Maione, DaSouL and Lello Cacciola.

The head of the project is DaSoul aka Fiorenzo D’Amore who’s been making great soulful house music for years, working with artists such as Stephanie Cooke, Dawn Tallman and has had releases on I Records, Son Liva, Open Bar Music plus many more.

The track features the majestic vocals of Carla Prather. The guys felt she was the perfect fit for this track and what an awesome job she’s done.Available on Traxsource from Monday 15th February, all other digital stores Monday 15th March 2016.

Writing & Production

Drums: The Soul Creative & Giandomenico Di Vito

Keys: Franco Vernazzano

Additional Keys : The Soul Creative & Giandomenico Di Vito

The Soul Creative Aka Salvatore Oppio, Tony Maione, DaSouL, Lello Cacciola

Copyright Control 2016

Executive producers Jamesey D and Matt Langrish-Smith

Artwork: Nick Perkins



MAKIN040 – Kenny Bobien ‘Movin’ On’ (includes Gianluca Pighi, Kenny Carpenter and Luis Radio Remixes)

Makin’ Moves kick off 2016 in style with a fantastic colaberation with one of the best soulful voices on the planet, Kenny Bobien out of New Jersey. We’ve always loved Kenny’s work over the years including “Father”, “Rise Above The Storm”, “Brighter Days” plus many other timeless classics so we jumped at the chance to work with him.

The track was actually originally produced some years ago but on hearing it being played by our good friend Gianluca Pighi (the producer of the track) last year we decided it just had to be released. The track bears all the hallmarks of a classic Kenny Bobien song, one filled with energy and positivity alongside quality production from Pighi.

The package is now remastered and comes with mixes from Kenny Carpenter who’s having very much of a renaissance and also Italy’s Luis Radio for never fails to disappoint with NYC Shelter inspired mix. 

New Jersey’s Kenny Bobien is one of the most widely recognized male singers in house, but he doesn’t fit the image commonly associated with underground dance music. Kenny is a Singer, Songwriter and Producer and as well as being a Pastor at his church, Bobien is a dedicated family man and the father of a large family.

Available on Traxsource from Friday 22nd January, all other digital stores Friday 19th February 2016.

Writing & Production 

written by Kenny Bobien, Gianluca Pighi, Massimo Braghieri

Produced, arranged and mixed by Gianluca Pighi and Massimo Braghieri

Mixed and mastered by Toni Economides

Copyright Control 2015

Executive producers Jamesey D and Matt Langrish-Smith