José Cabrera // Le Bateleur 2xLP

José Cabrera, a house artist from Madrid, Spain, who has released records on labels such as Soul People Music, Tresor, and LIES in the past, is a two-disc record released from his own label, A Harmless Deed, in February 2024.

Contains 13 songs from deep house to lo-fi hip hop.

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12 "black vinyl.

tracklist:

1. Intro feat Persa 02:30
2. Endless Dream 04:15
3. Live your Life feat Jae Franklin & Persa 05:05
4. Fred P Skit 01:03
5. Track for Clau 04:10
6. K-Brain Tribute feat NBlue and Damian Schwartz 03:04
7. I Thought You Were The One feat Jae Franklin & Persa 04:11
8. RL Stadium 93 <3 05:01
9. Halftime Report (For Little Jose) 04:56
10. Friends and Family Skit (beat by Leiras) 04:05
11. For Princess L (I love you) feat Jae Franklin 05:09
12. MG Skit 01:08
13. Over 02:07

A Harmless Deed:

"Accomplished Spanish artist José Cabrera enters a fresh creative chapter with the new album Le Bateleur. The storytelling and hugely personal record arrives on his own A Harmless Deed label and is a deep dive into the house music he has always loved.
Over the last two decades and under several aliases, Madrid- born Cabrera established himself as a leading techno labels producer. He has released on influential like Fred P's Soul People Music, Tresor, Deeply Rooted and Ron Moreli`s' LIES records and co- runs A Harmless Deed with friend Damian Schwartz. As a DJ he has toured Europe, Asia, North and South America and proven himself to be an experimental DJ with a long-standing residency at Tresor in Berlin.
When the pandemic hit in 2020, Cabrera felt detached from the techno world so used his time at home to explore new sounds. He has always had a love of house so set work on making a proper house record in the mold of greats who went before . He worked with other musicians and vocalists, made use of an array of Roland drum machines, Juno synths and Casio keys to cook up a raw and authentic sound and drew from a wide range of the back music that has soundtracked his life. album is packed with life and energy, skits from friends and timeless grooves.
The album opens up with cosmic synths radiating warmth and jazzy melodies then 'Endless Dream' is a steamy house thumper with aching r&b vocal fragments next to swirling pads. It's a passionate house cut followed by 'Live Your Life' feat Jae. This one brings classic piano energy and another gorgeous female vocal that explores dancers to cut loose and live. Following a dusty downbeat skit that features spoken word encouragement from former collaborator Fred P, 'Track For Clau' is hyper-speed
future house with bumping kicks and busy synth arps bringing the light.
A prog rock guitar rings out in the cosmos during 'K-Brain Tribute' feat. NBlue and Damian Schwartz, and 'I Thought You Were the One' feat. Jae & Persa layers up booming kicks and claps with a spine tingling vocal and fat bassline. 'RL Stadium 92' taps into classic Chicago house and 'Halftime Report (For Little José)' gets down and dirty with a menacing bassline and dusty 909 sounds. Another US house heavyweight in DJ Qu features on the atmospheric ''Friends and Family Skit' alongside some of Jose associates and 'For Princess L (I Love You)' feat Jae is an exquisite deep house loved cut with crisp snares and a heart swelling that is up and blissed out. Another skit leads into the outro which is a melancholic ambient synth excursion that sends you off feeling utterly calm.
Le Bateleur is another captivating entry into the ever-evolving discography of José Cabrera. "

Artist: Jose Cabrera

Label : A Harmless Deed