Le Souk Sunday Sessions

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August 19, 2005 2:21 PM
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To commemorate those everlasting and memorable Sundays, the Le Souk boys give us 2005’s number one mix compilation, Le Souk Sunday Sessions. Le Souk is an unassuming North African lounge located in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan.

About four years ago, Jason Swamy joined up with the heavy hitting DJ and production duo of James and Gaby, also known as Astro&Glyde. Together, they founded the full-throttle funk-filled Sunday house party better known as Le Souk Sessions.

With a team comprised of Swamy, the founder of some of NYC’s finest underground parties, and Astro&Glyde, residents of some NYC’s finest underground parties, Le Souk Sundays was guaranteed to be a success.

And a success it was. In fact, the night became so successful that the owners of Le Souk were forced to meet the demand of clubbers by expanding their venue to include an outdoor patio terrace.

Though a typical Sunday evening party at Le Souk lasts about 14 hours (way into Monday morning), the boys tried to condense the energetically twisted journey into two discs. They were successful.

Their goal was to give us Le Souk but they went well beyond that and gave us Le Swank. This is a fantastic pair of discs, which touch on a variety of electronic dance music genres such as breaks, funky house, deep house, and progressive.

Swamy mixes Disc I ‘By Day,’ a deep funky houser that successfully captures the sun-kissed sexiness of the party’s early hours. Each track has delicious melody while still incorporating funk, energy, and grit. Standout tracks on ‘By Day’ are:

Astro&Glyde ‘Chunky Humper’
Pashka ‘Island Breeze’
Plej ‘Blue’

Disc II ‘By Night,’ mixed by Astro&Glyde, is a funky entrancing hand-raiser that accurately conveys the down and dirty sleaziness of the party’s later hours. This disc is drenched in grit and funk but contains enough melody to keep the listener locked in from start to finish. Standout tracks on Disc 2 (Dawn) mixed by Astro&Glyde are:

Astro&Glyde ‘Dunt Dunt Dunt’
Spirit Catcher ‘Dirty Circuit’
Rachael Starr ‘Till There Was You’ (Creamer & K Rmx)

I highly recommend this two-disc compilation. On the HIGHFIVE scale, it gets a HIGHFIVE (5 out 5). If you can, get your ass out to Le Souk or check out one of their events coming to your city soon. You won’t be sorry, these guys know how to throw a party. Great job guys, keep up the good work! Le Souk Sunday Sessions, in stores now.

Upcoming tour schedule:

August 6 Hamptons
August 7 NYC – Album Release Party @ Le Souk
August 11 Boston
August 12 Washington D.C.
August 13 Miami
August 18 Chicago
August 19 Denver
August 20 Dallas
August 21 Houston
August 26 Seattle
August 27 San Francisco
August 28 Los Angeles
August 29 San Diego
September 2New Orleans
September 3Miami
September 4NYC