Canada

Following an acclaimed appearance on People's Potential Unlimited, Pender Street Steppers return home to Mood Hut with two chunks of willfully loose, dusty and picturesque analogue deep house gems. "Glass City" is superb, with fluttering synthesized horns and becalmed horns gracefully stretching out over a typically sparse but jazzy rhythm and a warm-to-touch bassline. They go even deeper and slower on the flip, with "Golden Garden" delivering pitched-down beats, unfeasibly dreamy, stretched-out chords, and oodles of well-placed dub delay. It's not so much new age house, as the most blazed deep house track you'll hear all year. And, yes, it's also superb.

Limited Edition Includes Free Download Of Entire AlbumAs the label responsible for discovering the finest Canadian jazz, funk & soul music for over a decade (Maylee Todd, Souljazz Orchestra), Do Right! is back and proud to welcome Vancouver soul dynamo Dawn Pemberton to the family. A staple of the west coast music scene, Dawn can be found tearing it up as a vocalist, arranger, and go-to for live performances and studio sessions with acts like 1Luv (Sonar Kollektiv), and The Harpoonist and the Axe Murderer. The time has finally come to unveil her highly anticipated debut solo album Say Somethin'.The ten distinctive contemporary soul tracks on the album highlight the deep-rooted passion of Pemberton's gospel background. "I've always got a rhythmic stream running through me at all times. It's all about the groove for me," Pemberton explains. She enlisted some of the finest west coast musicians including: Johnny Andrews (Drums), Scott Tucker (Bass), Gavin Youngash (Guitar), Max Zipursky (Keys), Raphael Geronimo (Percussion), Colin Maskell (Saxophone) and Kristian Naso (Trumpet). Say Somethin' is a place where swirling organs, punchy horns, rhythmic guitar lines meet syncopated jazz funk grooves.