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Fugitive Artifact

Get Some Rest

After filling our record shelves and boxes with the finest in new boogie and modern funk, Star Creature's recent foray into proto-house and vintage Chiago sounds is a welcome addition to this sterling label's MO. NYC's Fugitive Artifact delivers a twisted tribute to the Windy City sound. Fiercely minimal old-school house music taking cues from the Chicago legends Adonis, Marcus Mixx, Phuture, Tyree Cooper etc. TIP!

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Feel like peak-sherm Ron Hardy for five mins by loading up these jack-the-beat box-jammers by Fugitive Artifact. Really enjoying this recent division by Star Creature, taking cues from the Dirty Blends label and recent Tom Carruthers efforts.

TRACK LISTING

A. Get Some Rest
B. In Service To Jack

Star Creature's heavy hitting Global Caress line is back with a hard new Arsene 12" - the slammin' sophomore 12" from NYC via Chicago's Rookie Of The Year. The Belgian Bruiser returns with follow up to last year's massive debut single "Jack Shit" sporting 4 tracks of that analog house heat. Where as his first 12" delivered the type of *ELevated* Tracks that could only originate from the mind of a Windy City CTA Commuter, this new projects shows clear forensic evidence the newcomer is no stranger to the sound and feel of the East Coast Underground - I'm not talking about bridge and tunnel house. Don't be Nervous - pick up doubles of these New Grooves or be left Strictly behind.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: More radioactive box jams from Arsene who follows up his "Jack Shit" EP with more retrotastic clangers and bangers. A bit of a departure from the usual Star Creature jive (there's even a bit of Omar S in this one!) but nonetheless essential.

TRACK LISTING

1.It's A Feeling 05:01
2.Hot Sweaty Nights 05:07
3.I-55 05:43
4.Those Desolate Winters 04:28

Southern Italy's disco jack-of-all-trades and Star Creature regular Giovanni Damico returns with "The Payback EP". Damico's ever-evolving sound swerves through bright moments of gospel house, afro-boogie and punky funk, each track having its own fresh flair. Bursting with lavish instrumentation throughout, there's a vibrant and funky flavour in keeping with the currenty Neopolitan scene such as Mystic Jungle, Nu Genea and the folks at Periodica. Recommended!

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: We're in the midst of another Star Creature salvo at the moment, with not a week going by without a solid gold disco-boogie blast emanating from the long serving stable. Italian stallion Giovanni Damico takes the reigns for the 56th instalment of the Chicago-based label with five OG tracks of sizzling hot boogie HEAT.

TRACK LISTING

A1. The Payback 
A2. Riding Into The Storm
A3. Loud And Clear

B1. LAx5
B2. Like A Boss

Originally released in 1977 on the obscure North Carolinian Witch's Brew label. "No Communication" by True Transfusion aka Human Blood had long gone unknown until recently. Now with the help of Chicago's very own Rahaan, we have two smooth edits where the old-meets-new. As usual, the producer's deft, transparent touch lets the original musicality and soul shine through. Those drums man!! Killer.

TRACK LISTING

A. Chicago Funk Band - No Communication - TZ Radio Edit
B. True Transfusion - No Communication - TZ Edit

Futvrst

Keep On & Moment Of Weakness

Futvrst & Danke are blasting off with the flashy stepper "Keep On", flexing an elegant rapport reminiscent of Luther Vandross & Change or Donald Byrd & 125th St NYC. On the flip, De Leon steps into the mix for an all-out disco throwdown, bringing soaring vocals & night time intensity.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Sounding a bit like Chic with those gilded guitar chops and soulful and seductive vocals; this is 110% Star power from Futvrst. Miss at your peril!

TRACK LISTING

A. Keep On Ft. Danke
B. Moment Of Weakness Ft. Adryon De León

Giovanni Damico

The Power EP

This next 7" from southern Italy's Giovanni Damico cements his reputation as a honorary Chicago native. "The Power" b/w "Analog Session" is a perfect blend of tracky, acidic proto-house that used to get rinsed by those early legends like Steve Poindextor, Marcus Mixx, Adonis and Ron Hardy. Bang tha box! 



TRACK LISTING

A. The Power 
B. Analog Session 

LLL is back and this time on the properly sized up "HELLLINN EP" full of unhinged and deliberate, off the wall acidic mutant house. Caustic synth lines and furious electro sludge made to ooze out of club speakers. This 4 track EP strikes with intense Chicago club tracks with savage synths and reckless drum programming. Really like this new direction from Star Creature - delving into those proto-house, dark jacking sounds of early Chicago. TIP! 

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: This one really plunges down the sherm-fuelled rabbit hole. Acidic corrosion, overdriven drum boxes, menacing atmospheres - it's a beast of primitive, jack beat / acid musica that's sTrICtLy 4 dA fReAkZ!!

TRACK LISTING

A1. Gaslight District
A2. State Chumps
B1. Teeth
B2. Midi Life Crisis

A collaboration between Funkin' Machine and Chicago's Star Creature label. This 6 track heavyweight LP features full color jacket art and features cuts spanning cosmic disco, to jazz-funk, to psychedelic fusions of Afro, Italo and Mediterranean boogie; a future classic and crate staple amongst the highest ranks of contemporary world disco. Funkin' Machine specializes in sparkling and groovy sounds from the slopes of Vesuvius. 

TRACK LISTING

A1 - Tengo Paura D'a Morte
A2 - Chiki Chicancan
A3 - Grammegna
B1 - Nun Trovo Cchia
B2 - Na Statua D'Oro
B3 - 'O Tiempo 'e Ce Spassa

After a sold-out 7", Kibbi Gibbon returns with an album's worth of smooth synth-soaked, spaced-out, jazz-funk delights. Their debut LP is 7 deep instrumentals that land you between a beach in Ibiza and a luminal Mario Kart character selection screen. Limited to 300 copies so them skates on and get on the boogie bus! 

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Laid back bedroom boogie with maximum smooch factor here as Kibbi Gibbon returns to the nation's favourite - Star Creature.

TRACK LISTING

A1 - Circuits
A2 - Still Dreamin'
A3 - Declaration
A4 - It's All Good
B1 - Wake Up
B2 - Try It Out
B3 - Smooth Velvet

Chicago's premier boogie purveyors STAR CREATURE dig deep with 4 extremely rare cuts, 3 of them being white whale level impossible to find & the 4th commanding big bucks online! Includes songs by TIGER JACK, SOUL INVADERS, MOTHERFOX, and PYRAMID PLUS. Heavyweight vinyl and heavyweight reverse board jacket. 

The A Side starts with an extremely rare, like 0 'Haves' on discogs.com rare from Tiger Jack. “Let’s Bounce” was originally issued on Ajana as one of their only 2 releases, the first being earlier from Central Power System on Numero Group’s "The Chicago Party" compilation. Tiger Jack remained elusive, both Jack and a copy of his record until SC stumbled upon a contact and were able to get in touch and stitch together the fully extended mix of this punk-funk boogie-bopper. Speaking of Numero Group, The 2nd track of Side 1 comes from an assist from the reissue gods themselves as they blessed us with this never-sold-on-discogs soulful side of boogie slap issued on one-and-done label Magikal. When asked about the track, songwriter CA Williams said they recorded it for a restaurant jingle. Probably the best one we’ve ever heard.

Side 2 starts off with an absolute modern soul monster with Motherfox’s hot shot. John Harris came by Star Creature’s Chicago HQ to chop it up and share some stories on Motherfox and his other passion project most deep funkers would known as Carver High. This record has reached insane demand the past few years as it’s a certified floor filler for all scenes - peak big budget sound packed into a small DIY package. Track 2 delivers the full version of the ever mysterious Pyramid Plus providing the titular tune “Comin’ At Ya’” as vocoded, talkboxed, low slung, spaced out boogie banger.

Limited copies, cop now or cry later! Star Creature reign supreme! 

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Star Creature's "Chicago Boogie" series continues to mine the rarest and most sought after boogie cuts. From private press specials to promo-only rarities; the series has dug deep through four volumes of absolutely essential excavations. Rivalled only by the infamous "Full Beam" compilations on Red Laser. Ch-ch-check!!

TRACK LISTING

A1. Tiger Jack - Let's Bounce
A2. Soul Invaders - Give Me Your Love Today
A3. Motherfox - Fallen Into Love
A4. Pyramid Plus - Comin' At Ya

Jesse Saunders

Funk-U-Up / Fantasy

2 giant, punk-funk / proto-house cuts from the primitive era of Chicago house from, in many people's eyes, the father of house music - Jesse Saunders (of "On & On" fame). These cuts are some of the finest from the time after disco but before House was called HOUSE! Early first wave, funky and punky experimental box beaters on which you can clearly hear the seeds of the classic "On & On" being sown. Proper history.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: As a self-proclaimed obsessive over the evolution of "On & On" (I have about 4-5 different versions!), imagine my joy at hearing this - the very embryonic stage of the iconic Chicago anthem! Too good to miss!

TRACK LISTING

A1. Funk-U-Up
B1. Fantasy

Futvrst

Los Francisco / You Can't Stop Me

FUTVRST debuted in 2022 with a Star Creature 7" alongside label mainstay and fellow Bay Area funker E. LIVE. Their latest release finds the duo a slightly updated but possibly backdated disco affair. The drum machine has been traded for acoustic kit and some synth swaps for six stringers. The A Side serves up a California tribute, vo-coded slapper that would make Moroder catch a stank face. The B-Side delivers supreme disco boogie ala their idol Nile Rodgers with Grade A songwriting and excellently delivered vocals from studio collaborator Danke. Where as their first outing was geared for the heads, this sophomore single will be turning all heads, ears first to the dancefloor. Star Creature continue to dominate! 

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Futvrst join Introverted Funk this week and steer the Star Creature mothership back to its original themes - heavy hitting modern boogie and electro-funk.

TRACK LISTING

A. Los Francisco
B. You Can't Stop Me 

Humongous track off Stimulator Jones' 2024 12" release: "Stimulator Tracks Vol 1", here released on 7" with vocal on one side and instrumental on the other. At the time we said: "Precious" ups the swing and shuffle and feels like a lost Frankie Knuckles / Joe Smooth anthem - with a bassline that's gonna tickle the arse of any club goer and a gloriously emotive chorus - this is the one my people!!! Followed by 'Star Creature does house music - and sticks two fingers up to all the competition! Essential.' and it into our Best of 2024 list.

With a new, retrospective compilation due on Be With, plus a few other choice bits still available at time of writing, it seems like the whole world, like ourself, has fallen for this unique talent. 


STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Ahead of his retrospective on Be With, Stimulator Jones reissues one of the best tracks of 2024 on 7", along with a previously unreleased instrumental. If Larry Heard decamped to Manchester cira '89 and made street soul he might have penned summat like this soulful beauty.

TRACK LISTING

A. Precious
B. Precious (Instrumental) 

Nu-Balearica meets deep space club disco, with not-so-subtle injections of first wave Windy City proto-house. Mirlaqi returns to the Star Creature realm. The follow up to his 2019 "Telescope Buyers Guide" release. Features a nu-Balearic remix from Star Creature labelmate A Vision Of Panorama along with an updated club mix on the flip. 

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Dedicating your track to Mars isn't something new, there's an entire sub-section of the UR catalogue doing such. Star Creature however shuns the spacey techno inflections for more plasma poolside revelry.

TRACK LISTING

A) Dances On The Red Planet (A Vision Of Panorama Remix)
B) Dances On The Red Planet (Club Remix)

NYC's Wally Wonder makes his vinyl release debut with a massive big room electro boogie remix from Mexico City's Rafael Marfil, lead producer and synth extraordinaire beyond the group Shiro Schwarz to back the raw & simple stank-face inducing punk-funk original slapper. Star Creature in a never-ending purple patch! Limited import copies... 

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: New to the Star Creature stable, Wally Wonder impresses with a darkwave synth pop jam which is turned into a booty-friendly electro-funk remix by Rafael Marfill.

TRACK LISTING

A) City Freaks (Rafael Marfil Remix)
B) City Freaks (Original)

Kibbi Gibbon

Still Dreamin'

Fresh new outfit from the mecca of techno gives us a Balearic-boogie breath of freah air that fits in perfectly with Star Creature's 'contemplative instrumental funk' scene. So that's what they call it! To us it's just great new boogie biznoinks, flapping and squelching with the best bits of vintage analogue gear and classic soulful songwriting, "Still Dremain'" is featured on Side A with "Declaration" on the flip. Limited 300 copies. 

TRACK LISTING

Side 1
1. Still Dreamin'
Side 2
1. Declaration

Another quick-fire sureshot from the Star Creature camp, one of two new ones this week. "Moonlight Magic" is a high gloss, vocoder led slice of dream boogie. Maximum squelch, glistening keys and kickin' Linn drums. Not only that, we're treated to a passage of classic, b-boy era raps, one of the few hip-hop boogie jams to grace the label. As usual, an instrumental's provided for cleanliness and efficiency.

"Take To The Sky" also employs the use of the vocoder, as it perfects the art of fairy tale romantic boogie. Half vintage C64-era computer game paradise, half Sunday morning under the covers with a lover. With an added flurry of city-pop for good measure.

A slice of excellence as always from Star Creature! 


STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Debuting their new season's disco, Star Creature deliver in their usual stylish manner with a unquenchably funky slice of talk box boogie on side A, and a piece of City-pop meets Commodore 64 end credits theme on side B. Top stuff and dressed to impress.

TRACK LISTING

Side 1
1. Moonlight Magic (vocal)
2. Moonlight Magic (instrumental)

Side 2
1. Take To The Sky (vocal)
2. Take To The Sky (instrumental)

E Da Boss (The Pendletons, Myron & E) made his first Star Creature debut with his group Lucid Paradise. His return features Ishtar and new single "Pool 4 U" comes in two flavours - one produced by The Whole Truth and the other remixed by E. Live.

The A Side gets the E. Live, jazz-funk remix treatment while the B Side comes heavy with a foot stomping, boogie bomb, floor filling flavour throughout! Another essential modern classic from the Star Creature juggernaut. Limited copies! 


STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: A brand new boogie bomb from the Star Creature camp that's of such a high pedigree I had to check it wasn't a cover version. Summery vibes across both takes, with a more galvanized production promoted by E.Live, while The Whole Truth offer up that original disco-boogie flavour.

TRACK LISTING

A. Fool 4 U (remixed By E. Live)
B. Fool 4 U (produced By The Whole Truth) 

Voyear & Frankfurt Funk Feat. Eva

En Transit

The Star Creature factory line keeps on ticking over, new signings Voyear & Frankfurt Funk manufacturing some high grade boogie business for our dancing and delectation.

Both tracks casually resting in what Full Beam FM! refers to as crawlers & moochers. These are slower, soulful cuts, full of pitch bent b-lines, tickling synth licks and syncopated drum machines - the very essence of bedroom boogie. The French vocals only add to the overtly sensual nature while the synth work throughout is absolutely top drawer. Can't fault this one! Another essential from the now long-running stable. 


STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Crawlers from the Star Creature camp as they mellow out the moods for the hotter months. Perfect for winding down the windows when your stuck in traffic on you're way to the beach.

TRACK LISTING

Side 1
1. En Transit 
Side 2
1. Colibri 

Kappekoff, Reggie Got Beats & Andre Espeut

Sugar

We told you Star Creature were properly 'on one', as we like to say here in Manchester. Well, the boogie bombardment continues this week with an all-star release from label stalwart Andre Espeut, who's joined by synth revivalists Kappekoff and Reggie Got Beats for the sweet, sparkly single: "Sugar". Ripe with squiggly lead lines, explosive slap bass, Jomox drums and soulful lead vocals from Esput. Comes with instrumental.

Limited copies. 


TRACK LISTING

A. Sugar
B. Instrumental


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