01. Chance The Rapper – All Night
The summer of 2016 has been full of bangers, and this disco grooved club track has been on heavy rotation for us.
02. Ekkah x DâM-FunK – What’s Up
More fresh new goodness from this duo, who have a retro boogie soul sound. It made sense to enlist one of our favourite producers, Dam-Funk, too.
03. Ian Pooley – Chord Memory (Daft Punk Remix)
Classic remix from Daft Punk from back in the day. Ian Pooley is a decent producer in his own right too, and very prolific.
04. Tessela – Hackney Parrot
Old skool uk sound with some drum n’bass and hardcore styled production techniques combining with garage stylings.
05. Blood Orange – Augustine
Dev Hynes is the bomb. Such a talent this record is irresistible and another great soundtrack for the summer of 2016
06. Anderson .Paak – Come Down
One of the best hip-hop albums of the year. Another who owes a lot to the influence of Sa-Ra, one of those great influential groups who no-one seems to talk about sadly!
07. Michael Jackson – Baby Be Mine
Pure pop perfection. Michael Jackson, Prince, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Chaka Khan. Our sets are packed with music by the greats.
08. Cassius – I Love U So
More french goodness. Zdar and Boom Bass have made some great music over the years and aboveDat are big fans!
09. Seven Davis Jr – ‘Sunday Morning
One of the most talented new skool producers. His music always swings this is house music rooted in funk and soul.
10. aboveDat – Addicted (Lyric Video) ft. Christiana Underwood
This track was our first as aboveDat and it helped define our sound. We wrote and produced it very quickly and Christiana Underwood knocked it out the park in the vocal booth!
aboveDat feat Jesse Boykins III – Dance On
Ian is best known for being one half of Young Wonder, and is already established as one of the best young producers in Ireland. Stevie has released music under various guises too and he is known as one of the country’s most highly regarded DJ’s and music personalities. aboveDat are set to release their second single on July 22nd.
The new single ‘Dance On’ features Jesse Boykins III, acclaimed US based songwriter who has released music through Ninja Tune, has been at the forefront of the neo soul movement, while also collaborating with the likes of Machinedrum and Little Simz.
‘Dance On’ is a pulsating disco groove that is emerging at exactly the right time of year, when the nights are longer and dancefloors all-that-more-pumped. The smooth, blissed-out vibe evokes early Pharrell, Jesse’s soulful vocals lending itself beautifully to the thrilling and enchanting production.
aboveDat’s debut single ‘Addicted’, featured Chicago-born Cork-based singer Christiana Underwood on vocals. The track was well received with Nialler 9 enthusiastically describing it as “an 80s synth throwback soul jam.”
Young animator Zootghost has been enlisted to create a colourful and vibrant video for “Dance on”.
aboveDat will be doing select DJ appearances throughout the summer of 2016, starting with an audio visual show in Connollys of Leap (Cork) on July 22nd.
