Ritual Release

22/08/2022

𝙻𝙰𝚂𝚃 𝚆𝙴𝙴𝙺𝙴𝙽𝙳 𝙰𝚃

RR’s was in deepest Norfolk UK and checking in on some of our label’s collaborators and supporters at Houghton, back after a 4-year wait. All smiles and hugs with and Flore & Andrei of , remixers on our first release. Hangs with of & more fam in the magnificent tent. Spotted and ran into . Massive credit due to & team for realizing a festival for 10k people that in many areas felt natural, boutique & intimate 💜

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30/07/2022

RR04 on wax can still be spotted in the wild… Roll call of just a few of the fine record emporiums where remaining copies of Guruku’s ‘Love Runaway’ might be found. Heavyweight classic/modern boogie sounds plus those Ray Mang remixes. Cop while it’s here & thanks for the support! 🙏

Juno Records 🇬🇧
HHV Records 🇩🇪
Kompakt Records 🇩🇪
Spacehall Recordstore 🇩🇪
Discos Paradiso 🇪🇸
Shop🇨🇭
Lighthouse Records 🇯🇵
ディスクユニオン 🇯🇵

18/07/2022

Yes yes. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫!

‘Love Runaway’, the EP by fresh boogie duo w/ the killer Ray Mang remixes has arrived on wax. Strictly ltd run of 300, loud 45rpm cut and sounding 🔥🔈

Grateful for overwhelming support by the likes of Dimitri From Paris, Ben Westbeech, Bradley Zero ++ more. Them say “Modern disco monster … channeling Prelude records circa 1982” / “proper authentic boogie production” 🪩🦖🙏

Bandcamp pre-orders are now fulfilled and some stock remains so advised to get ‘em before they’re all gone. Bio has the link.

US fam, we have a very limited number of copies for flat rate domestic shipping so you’re spared the eye-watering rates from EU 💦

Also in a clutch of fine record emporiums across UK/EU/JPN. Details to follow!

17/06/2022

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝟐 𝐰𝐤𝐬... Small wave of Projections music incoming 🌊🎶

First up for Chris Coco’s ‘The Chillout Tent’ compilation, with Chris’s own remix of Projections’ “Balearic classic” ‘Original Cell’ *aaaand* an exclusive Projections x version of Lucio Battisti’s ‘To Feel In Love’. In fine company including the man like Quinn Lamont Luke & a special version of Reggae Disco Rockers’ ‘The Whistle Song’ 🌅

Out July 6th digital & ltd CD. Pre-order in the bio.

Then a fresh EP by the pair is due on Ritual Release ~ surprises in store 👀

23/05/2022

Fresh boogie artists Guruku on a roll! Dimitri From Paris picked the Ray Mang Reprise of ‘Love Runaway’ among some
classic selects for his spring chart on Traxsource 🪩 🪩 🪩

Still a few pre-order copies left ~ link in bio ~
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Dimitri From Paris 🕺 ⁠
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The French Ambassador of stylish club sounds, Dimitri from Paris has put together a brand-new DJ Chart filled with tasteful disco sounds, including his new and exclusive Super Disco Blend on Unidisc Music
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Alongside tracks by Guruku, Art Of Tones, East Coast Love Affair, Jamie 3:26 & Dirty Channels
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+ labels Ritual Release, BBE Music, Salsoul, Athens of the North, West End Records, Afrosynth Records, Compost Records, Razor-N-Tape and more!⁠

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06/05/2022

Thanks so much for the pre-orders of RR04, they’re going pretty quick! From today’s you’ll find some test pressings up there too, shipping right away, no waiting until late June. With the 45RPM cut and extra weight typical of test pressings, the bass is unreal. Just 3 of 5 left ~ link in bio ~



In case you happen to miss out on Bandcamp, you can grab your copy of Guruku’s ‘Love Runaway’ from your favorite online store too. So far spotted at Juno Records (also neat write-up at their dl site) Decks Records, ColdCuts // HotWax, Redeye Records UK, Forced Exposure and more to follow. Thanks to our distro K7 Music for making it all happen!

03/05/2022

Taking time out for a small happy dance after spotting Guruku’s ‘Love Runaway’ (Ray Mang Remix) included on last week’s Glitterbox Radio. Big thanks to host Melvo Baptiste, also A&R at Defected and who’s taste should come as no surprise given the formative influence of uncle and Notting Hill Carnival “godfather” Norman Jay 🙏

Shout out to another London connection, artist/DJ and Midnight Riot label head Yam Who? for supporting RR04 on both sides of the pond. Cheers that man!

Links:
https://soundcloud.com/glitterboxibiza/glitterbox-radio-show-265-presented-by-melvo-baptiste
https://thefaceradio.com/archives/midnight-riot-with-yam-who-2215/

30/04/2022

OUT NOW! Guruku introduce a fresh modern boogie and funk sound with their debut EP ‘Love Runaway’.

Feedback says it: “Sizzling summer funk soundtrack vibes arriving on time for the warm weather”; “Proper authentic boogie production”.

Limited 12" vinyl shipping & in stores by late June. Buy or stream on all digital platforms. Download edition makes *all* the Ray Mang mixes available plus instrumentals (also included with vinyl orders made via Bandcamp).

Link: https://ritualrelease.lnk.to/LoveRunaway

Title track ‘Love Runaway’ features criminally underheard Tamara Lee on vocals and co-writing duties. LA funk/R&B/future twang auteur Harriet Brown (Innovative Leisure, Phantom Island, World Building) provides guest vocals on the EP’s second original track, ‘Crimped Hair’.

Ray Mang delivers a masterclass in honing ‘Love Runaway’ for peak dancefloor effect in a choice of extended remix (and instrumental) or dubby reprise.

Art/illustration by Saiman Chow

22/04/2022

Feedback for our first release on wax, Guruku’s ‘Love Runaway’, has been on fire.

Can’t wait to reveal all the tracks including *more* Ray Mang remixes and 👉👉 swipe all the way to discover which LA phenom provides vocals on track A2 🔮

A new artist’s debut is a tentative thing so it’s a real reward for all involved to see such strong support from so many different camps & timezones. Just a sampling here incl Ben Westbeech, Bradley Zero, Grimy Edits, Terrestrial Funk, I:Cube, Masha Mar, Faze Action, Willie Graff, Leo Zero, Max Essa and Bill Brewster… Gratitude to all who’ve got behind this!

RR04 lands April 29th. Pre-order the EP now on vinyl & digital formats and get immediate download of ‘Love Runaway’ ft. Tamara Lee, original & Ray Mang Remix:

https://ritualrelease.lnk.to/LoveRunaway

12/04/2022

When Woolfy played Bardot Hollywood a couple of weeks back (w/ 12k viewers on Twitch 🔥👁🌐)

Lineup
Photos

30/03/2022

🚨News alert🚨Ray Mang is DJ’n in LA this weekend + we have a Bandcamp feature/exclusive for his remix of Guruku’s ‘Love Runaway’. Pre-order now!

Big thanks to chief curator Andrew Jervis for including the track in yesterday’s Bandcamp Weekly. Digital pre-orders are open on Bandcamp only and vinyl to follow ~ get three advance singles now, full EP end of April. We’ve also bundled Guruku’s radio mix with the sweet piano intro, which won’t be available for download anywhere else.

https://guruku.bandcamp.com

29/03/2022

Forthcoming Ray Mang remix of (quote) “mysterious Guruku” featured in Andrew Jervis’s Bandcamp Weekly today! The EP is available to pre-order exclusively on Bandcamp this week ⚡️🔥
https://guruku.bandcamp.com/album/love-runaway

The latest BC Weekly is packed uplifting tunes, rejuvenating sounds, and music with that healin’ feelin’ as exemplified by our special guest Alabaster dePlume. We take deep dive into the making of Gold, his International Anthem follow up to the Cy and Lee LP. Also in the mix, positive vibes from John Carroll Kirby, JOYFULTALK, Soothsayers, Tommaso Moretti, Mané Fernandes, Phi-Psonics, and Astral Flex. We sneak in some adventurous club-friendly tracks from Signature Recordings Calibre, Nikki Nair, and Sam Binga, and we check out essential reissues from Awesome Tapes From Africa, Athens of the North, Babani, and NYAMI NYAMI records. We round out the show with the latest from Italy’s Invisible Session, Toronto soul woman Claire Davis, the irresistibly sly sound of Germany’s Titus Waldner, and a couple of sneak peaks from London-based Quinn Oulton and the mysterious Guruku. Tune in! http://bandcamp.com/?show=538

28/03/2022

Ray Mang first tested his forthcoming remix of Guruku’s ‘Love Runaway’ on the floor at longstanding UK party Low Life last Halloween. Caused some commotion and Low Life host Bill Brewster kept asking us for a copy since (finally repped on his radio show from a couple of weeks ago). Swipe for clip & link to the recording of the set in bio 🔥

Advance single out next week ⚡️

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23/02/2022

“When I was growing up in a village in Surrey, UK, Bowie’s album ‘Hunky Dory’ never left our record player. Since then I’ve always associated my memories of small town England, milkmen 'n all, with David's songwriting, particularly on that album. The intention in ‘When We Were Kings’ was to capture that feeling. Lyrically the song reflects a period later in my life where I found my closest companions to be West Hollywood street boys, drag queens, and the other fantastic walks of life that society had cast away. So many adventures, wild times to say the least. And Bowie was still playing on the radio. The song closes with disbelief that he’s gone. “I wrote this for you, Superman. I certainly would never try to fill your shoes, but would you mind if tried them on for the day?” Oh what a day.”

’s ‘When We Were Kings’ is out this Friday February 25th ⚡️🎶

11/02/2022

Incoming in 2 weeks! The born original Woolfy is back with a follow-up to December 2021’s radio favorite Shooting Stars’ and surprises once again 👀⚡️

The title song itself was recorded in a single take… the overall release turned into a bit of a production. Swipe to 2nd slide for a hint. More on the-making-of on the way to the drop. RR03 is out on February 25th 💥