Purple Tea Records
Luke Davidson, Phineo & Mad Brother - 303 [Purple Tea Records]
Luke Davidson is coming off a release on Simma Black that is already pegged as one of the best Tech-House tracks for 2021 on Traxsource. With recent radio plays likes of Kiss and Toolroom radio he is back in action and joined by a couple of bad-boy German producers in Mad Brother and Phineo. This latest track harps back to the labels tech-house roots, this heavy-groover means business.
This is their first release on the Canadian imprint and they decide to throw it back to the tech roots of the label.
Purple Tea isn't about one sound, our mission was to release good music for DJ's could play to in the clubs we like to frequent. We love house, we love tech-house, we love 303's and 808's, we love to shake our things, especially down-low.
The lads harped back on that club energy we miss so very much and it struck a chord, no pun intended, in our hearts.
With the reopenings (slowly) of clubs around the world, we thought it was about time to release a peak-time weapon.
This track doesn't reinvent the wheel, it just takes something we know, something we love, and does it well, very very well.
All the right tech textures in the right places, the muted 303 bassline, the phenomenal sound design, punchy perks, and of course hypnotic vocal that guides the track to tech perfection.
Much love lads, we can't wait to enjoy this one with other real humans on a real sound system.
Bring on the summer!
Love,
Justin and Cam
| track | artist | |
|---|---|---|
| 303 (Original Mix) | Luke Davidson, Phineo & Mad Brother | 6:12 |
| 303 (Radio Edit) | Luke Davidson, Phineo & Mad Brother | 4:38 |
The universe works in mysterious ways.
It's 2017; Justin Blanc (Justin Rodrigue) was a budding artist from Quebec City and Montreal's Camille (Camille Hamel) is fresh off a release with Toolroom. The pair of them exchanging pleasantries and plan to meet up at the upcoming ADE. Four flights, countless drinks, and zero nights of sleep between the two of them; their plans to meet up in Amsterdam take a swim in the canals.
The very Tuesday they get back Camille is in Montreal, Canada's second-biggest city which is about a 3-hour drive from the province's sleepier capital. "Let's meet up..." Justin tells Cam. Cam starts licking his fingers and flipping through his calendar. "No, today" say's Justin. That's the drive, pun intended, that "Just" has towards his work and this label. Tomorrow is too late. Today, now. With Justin Rome would have been built in a day. They meet up in an undisclosed, super studio that few have ever had the privilege of setting foot in (Camille's parents' basement studio, cough cough).
The pair immediately click.
"It was like I just met someone who I've known for years". The aim of their first meeting was to make music... and music they did not make. "If I were to make you listen to the project files of our fist collaboration you would have to burn my computer," Camille says. "We were to busy in our talks, our conversations, our respect, he was the Yin to my Yang, we complemented each other in ways I didn't think were possible in this industry, and this from day one."
Fast forward two ADE's, some legal paperwork, countless shows, two labels, four artist projects. The duo feels like an unstoppable force when leaning on each other. Their third silent partner gels in perfectly as someone who gives thumbs or thumbs down to their ideas and is more than willing to travel with them when the occasions occur... Purple Tea is more than a label, it's a friendship, it's a meeting place, it's relationships with artists. The label bosses understand that's what made the label what it is in the first place.
For that reason, the Purple Tea family had a new child in 2020, bringing into this world their BLK Leaf imprint. The latter was to expand into the more niche yet growing genres of the underground. They were making so many new relationships and receiving so many demos that they loved but couldn't sign previously that it was just a matter of time before BLK Leaf would take shape.
Some of the Labels' highlights thus far include:
Over 1.5m streams on Spotify as well as many placements on editorial playlists (Housewerk, Groove Theory, Friday Crate Diggers, and many more)
Support from Martin Garrix, Sam Divine, Ben Malone, Kryder, Crazibiza, Demuir, Kiss FM UK, weekly shows on Virgin Radio Montreal with Vito-V and many others.
Numerous top ten's on Traxsource.
Their first ADE showcase in 2019
A live show in Montreal with Angelo Ferreri as the headliner.
Really awesome stories to tell at the dinner table.
Purple Tea is Canada's most exciting dance label at the moment, and that momentum is just starting to grow. Expect big things from them, they are in the business of delivering results.
via Purple Tea Records
