Max Dowd meets Andrew Frederick

Max Dowd is an Architectural Designer and Material Researcher based in New York City. Before founding Vernacular Works in 2022, ...

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Razor-N-Tape is a Brooklyn-based record label, shop, and music community specializing in dance music, with a focus on house, disco, Afro-Latin, and Brazilian music.

Diogo Strausz
Caramba EP

"Canto Das Três Raças is a classic of legendary proportions, and Diogo’s new cover version both honors the original and brings a fresh new take, entirely re-recorded and primed for the dance floor. Atlanta deep house don Kai Alce adds an incredible soulful remix that feels like an instant classic. On the B-side, Diogo’s original tune Caramba strikes a lighter tone, with arpeggiated synths and a cheeky vocal, giving Kraftwerk meets Marcos Valle at the disco. Lex Wolf bumps the tempo up a few clicks, looping and filtering synths and an extemporaneous vocal sample into a hypnotic, driving club track".
JKriv

JKriv
Intuition

"To me this EP is a strong statement of how far my sound has traveled in the 2 years since my last original EP on Razor-N-Tape. It explores both clubby and darker sounds, but also strikes a very intimate tone with the title track, and also pays tribute to the pioneering producers that have had a big influence on me, like Larry Heard and David Morales. Completed while I was undergoing treatment for lymphoma in the latter part of 2024, this record is both deeply personal and a statement of determination under adversity. The beautiful cover artwork by The Myno I feel really captures the vulnerability and focus that defined the period in which I made this music".
JKriv

lovetempo
But I do

"Championed heavily by Gilles Peterson, lovetempo’s modern soul classic “But I Do” gets a long-awaited vinyl release along with a trio of remixes here. Crackazat delivers in his signature style, weaving the organic elements and earworm vocals of the original into a deep and jazzy mix. Londoner Daisybelle bumps the BPMs up a few notches and adds pulsing synths to her take, and Brazilian duo From House To Disco add a dubby club remix to round out the record. I really love the original song, and and these 3 remixes both showcase it and expand it, showing all sides and potential of this excellent composition".
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