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FLAP014:
Mark & Stevens
"Hello Nightlife EP"

A1. Prom Night
A2. Cold Blood & Smooth
B1. I Want Your Number
B2. Cymbalaws

Flapjack Records break through chefs Mark & Stevens are back with their follow up vinyl release to their debut "Discopetry", which was released in 2010. This new EP "Hello Nightlife" is an amazing topper to an already delicious and delectable cake. I can't say enough about how sugery sweet each and every facet of this EP is beginning with the stunning design down to every last lickery boom tiss of the beats. I lick my lips just thinking about playing any one of these cuts.

The first slice of this cake is called "Prom Night". If you like the Chicago jack sound, then this is a tune you will just eat right up and be heading back for fourths. Its got some funky key samples that are the sprinkles on any jamming set.

"Cold Blood & Smooth" has a really great summery taste to it. It's like a refreshing orange cake and cream soda under the cool shade of an oak tree....well that and some killer beats, bass, and groovy guitar licks. Also, there aren't any owls shitting on your head.

The third slice "I Want Your Number", tastes like your most favorite birthday cake you had when you were a kid. This slice really takes you back to the eighties with its upbeat guitar rhythms and undeniably catchy vocal. It's like the best butter cream frosting for your earholes.

The last piece of cake, "Cymbalaws", reminds me of a molten dark chocolate cake. The beautifully deep guitar textures take you into a dark and romantic desert bar in which you find yourself fist deep in a pile of chocolate cake. You try to impress passersby, but are shot down because of the mess all over your face. This track is just too tasty not to dive into, not unlike this entire EP. "Hello Nightlife" is a proof that no matter how fit you think you are, you just can't stay away from irresistibly sugery sweet beats.

This 12" Vinyl release is out now at the following locations:
Downtown 304 | Gramaphone | Juno

This release is now available digitally at the following locations:
Stompy | Jack Shack

Flapjack Records has abducted and probed:

FLAPD24:
Benjamin Shock
"Revisited"

A. Choose Your Destination
B. Latin Madness ft. Matthew K.
C. Swing
D. Overdrive

Here at Flapjack Records we love nothing more than to start the day off with some seriously Slovenian beats...I mean slammin beats...actually I mean seriously slammin Slovenian beats. To deliver the goods just as the morning paper lands in the bushes is Piran based bread and potato cruncher and newcomer to the Flapjack family, Benjamin Shock. As thick as potatoes are the four absolutely slamming tracks that make up his debut EP "Revisited".

So let's revisit a classic dish and give it that Slovenian slam twist on the filter with "Choose Your Destination". Life is changing, and it is changing for the better with this tune banging out of a club system at a hungry dance floor. Watch a starving crowd go from delirious to ravenous with just one serving of this cut.

It's summertime all the time with the heat that is cooking on "Latin Madness" which features Matthew K. on the saxophone. If you are into the Latin flavors, then this is the summer cut for you. Tasty filtered pianos reminisce over tuff kicks and underneath a space time freeze dried funk sax solo to keep you freakin. Watch the wild filter work and don't let it fall off your fork.

Now there ain't nothing wrong with a little "Swing" is there? It's like Frank's Red Hot Sauce...I put that shit on everything. No fanciful delicious house set should go without a bit of swing. This tune fits perfect right between that main dish and desert to keep mouths and dancing feet happy and moving.

"Overdrive" finishes off this tuff and crunchy loaf of thick house goodness. The tune also revisits a disco/house classic dish and kneads the hell out of it until it is molded into that perfect ball of dough. Pop that shit in the oven and you've disco's revenge melting in your mouth in no time. Don't forget to grab the butter out of the fridge, bend over and assume the position on the dance floor cuz this EP will work that ass into shape. Just spread a little of Benjamin Shock's "Revisited" on it.

This release is available digitally right now exclusively at the following locations:
Beatport | Jack Shack

Flapjack Records has battered and crumbled:

FLAPD23:
Camouflage
"Chew The Groove EP"

A. Down
B. Down (That Peruvian Boy Remix)
C. Unite
D. Nothing To Lose

Order up! Best get this hot plate of short order Flapjack Digital yumminess down the gullets of some very impatient truckers on their way through the sunshine state of Florida. That happens to be where our short order cook specialist Camouflage hides out in dirty diners that only dish out the most delicious and greasy beats. Stop in to one of these roadside delights and peep the new "Chew The Groove EP".

The first spit on the griddle is as smooth as the grease it's cooked in. "Down" is a deep chord and bass driven plate that will rumble the guts of even the heartiest of dance floors. It's smooth beats work so nicely with some serious sub bass that is so hot that it can fry an egg inside your fridge.

To compliment this blue plate special is the Glasgow twist "Down (That Peruvian Boy Remix)". That Peruvian Boy stops by to put his spin on this short order aural explosiveness. Take a handful of Hodges style beats, sautee it with some fresh Todd Edwards sample based grooves, and you have this production masters recipe for a dance floor feast. Nothing short of amazing on the taste buds as well as the ear buds.

Warm your spirits with a huge house anthem swill of this freshly squeezed "Unite". Just as the title says, this bit o' honey will unite everyone on dance floor or in the bathroom. Either way there is going to be some downright nastiness going on. Be sure to wash your hands after every use.

"Nothing To Lose" is what you will have when you grab up a face full of this cut. It might hurt going in a bit, but it won't hurt coming out if you know what I mean....especially coming out of a huge sound system in front of a packed dance floor. There is some tasty bass in this tune that will fill hearts and bellies of all who get a taste. So next time you are on the road, stop by this roadside stand of short order excellence and grab a copy of FLAPD23: Camouflage - "Chew The Groove EP".

This release is available now Digitally at the following locations:

Traxsource | Jack Shack

Flapjack Records is phat and happy with:

FJBITE03:
"Bite Sized Beats Vol. 3 - Frankie J"

A. Gonna Give It To Ya
B. Same Old Thing

Flapjack Records is proud to present the 3rd release in a new off shoot collection of 7" single vinyl pressings entitled "Bite Sized Beats".....yep that's right, the tiny little records that used to have big holes in the middle and played at 45 rpm, that's what these releases will be pressed on. Only these records will have the standard sized pin hole and have a full 6 to 7 minute house track on each side that plays at 33 rpm. But aren't 7" records low in volume you may ask? Truthfully they are lower in volume than 12" pressings, but ironically are mastered at a higher volume than digital releases and sound super warm and great! It's a big sound on a smaller format which is why the name "Bite Sized Beats" suits it well.

"Bite Sized Beats Vol. 3" celebrates the return of the Flapjack master chef and spatula maker, Frankie J. Sometimes it feels good to crawl out from behind the curtain, fart, do a lap around the room giving it a good crop dusting, and then blame it on poor ventilation. So that just about sums up this fabulous new single from Frankie J. "Gonna Give It To Ya" will definitely clear a room and move them straight to the dance floor with its awesomely odoriferous bass line and tantalizing vocal workout. This is one for both cheeks and makes for all the right vibrations.

On the flip side, "Same Old Thing" really churns the funk. This is a bit of that rootsy funk from somewhere beneath the bowels of house music. You can't help from moving your ass cheeks to the grunting vocals and surging saxophone licks. It's a bit of the "Same Old Thing" so to speak, but the perfect medicine for a dance floor that feels like it's been sipping Pepto Bismol all night. This jam will really get people cranking em out on the dance floor with a vengeance. Caution, do not mix with Four Loko or main cause irreplaceable bowel damage.

So if you want to get explosive up in the dance hall then you need to grab "Bite Sized Beats Vol. 3". This will supercharge the jammalamma out of your set and hit the crowd with something they have never experienced in all of their major sensory locations. Better grab this before it's made illegal.

This 7" vinyl release is available now at the following locations:
Downtown 304 | Juno | Gramaphone

This release is now available DIGITALLY exclusively at the following locations:
Stompy | Jack Shack

Flapjack Records has waffled and ironed:

FLAPD22
Flapjack Records Presents
"Brunch"

A. Jackin' Box - The Grill
B. Wattie Green - Shut Yo Mouf
C. Will Jax - Something I Need
D. Damian Definite - Back Door Beauty

Nothing like sleeping late but getting up just in time stuff your earhole with a combination of the best breakfast beats and beefy lunch delights. Flapjack Records would like to take a release to commemorate such an amazing celebration of food and music with a tasty compilation appropriately titled FLAPD22: Flapjack Records Presents: "Brunch". So dig in!

The early bird gets the worm on this EP, and that worm is more like a spastic couple of Brits called Jackin' Box. The Flapjack veterans make their return by waving automatic guns at nuns with their peak time hip hop infused house jam "The Grill". On the dance floor this tune has the same effect as waking up, slamming a Mountain Dew and then enjoying a whole pot of tea rectally. Set it off with a side of crumpets and you will be rocking just dandily.

Wipe that drool off your face, sand from your eyes, and open wide for a huge milky spoonful of what soul champ Wattie Green is tossing up. "Shut Yo Mouf" is a swing jazzy bouncer that is seasoned to perfection with Wattie Green's impeccable production style. Stylish and sly piano rubbed with tantalizing filters and a vocal that'll make you shovel it down your gullet, then shut your mouth and boogie.

A newcomer to the Flapjack kitchen is the Australian outback steakhouse sultan Will Jax. Will has been making n shaking in other kut kitchens but we don't care much about that cuz no one's oven gets cookin' quite like the Flapjack furnace of funk. Will Jax brings us a fine dish called "Something I Need", which is smooth soul funk jam just dripping with piano solo sauce. This dish is always hot on any dance floor.

The final bit of brunchness comes from another new hand in the Flapjack kitchen, Damian Definite. This guys is big on new kitchen technology and stainless steel cutlery. His techy but funky production "Back Door Beauty" fits perfectly on the Flapjack menu. The tune may be paying homage to his many lengthy smoke breaks out back or just another creative name for his taking out the trash duties. Either way, this tune delivers to hungry dance floors every time. So again, don't worry about sleeping late as we party people tend to do, cut when you wake up, FLAPD22: Flapjack Records Presents - "Brunch" will be waiting to fill you up.

This digital release is available now at the following locations:
Stompy | Jack Shack

So I sat had a little chat with my favorite digital download site Stompy.com and did a bit of an interview.

In celebration of this interview Stompy.com is offering a killer %15 DISCOUNT to anyone who reads the interview and then heads to Stompy and buys some tunes. Just enter the discount code "frankiej" at checkout to receive your discount.

Here is the interview below as well as a link to check it out on the site:

15 Questions with Frankie J

If you've ever peeked at our Top 100, then you're familiar with Frankie J and his Flapjack record label. You also might be familiar with his former project The Sound Republic with John Mork, or his remixes of artists like The Inland Knights, Johnny Fiasco, Sonny Fodera, and Real Time Hand Motion.

The latest EP he curated for Flapjack is Little Man Big's "Four Score", and we threw 15 Random Questions at him to find out what makes him tick.

Stompy - What was the first song that got you interested in House music?

Frankie - "Pump Up The Jam" by Technotronic....actually no that's not it. I honestly don't know because when I first got into dance music I was a Drum n Bass head. This was back in '96 though and house was hitting it hard on the radio then. It was mostly main stream hard house at the time but they would drop some underground jams in those sets. Memorable tunes of the time were "Rollin N Scratchin" by Daft Punk and "The Percolator" by Cajmere. I rocked DnB for years, then was on a 2-Step UK Garage for a 2 year stint, then back to Liquid Funk DnB. then after playing DnB every night of the week to the same 15 dudes wearing hoodies and bobbing their head with scowls on their faces I got burned out. That is when I was turned on to the beatin post deep house movement around 2004-2005. I started trying to make house tunes like the ones I was hearing, utterly missed the mark, failed, but became wildly successful for the sound that came of it.

Stompy - What's always in your fridge?

Frankie -Right now there is 18 pounds of maple glazed turkey that I just cooked, Two Brothers Domaine DuPage beer (local Illinois brew), a case of pampelmousse flavored La Croix, about 6 or 7 different open jars of salsa, lots of fresh vegetables, shredded cheese made of rice, two barrels of maple syrup, lamb & rice dinner dog food, jars of pickles, and cod liver oil.

Stompy - What was your first job?

Frankie -I worked in a snack bar of a swim club in the town I grew up in. Serving the food blew balls but I slacked like a pro, ate tons of free pizzas and always chatted it up with the fine ladies in bakinis.

Stompy - What's your favorite pair of shoes?

Frankie -I have two pair of Bata - Benidorm, one pair white, and one blue....got the first pair in Venice, and three years later the second pair in Rome....I absolutely love the style and they are only sold in Italy.

Stompy - What was the last piece of music you bought? I still buy a lot of vinyl from Gramaphone's used house section....killer selection and right here in Chicago. I find a ton of jams from back in the day I missed or got promos of and never bought. Last thing I got was Fetish 001: Joey Youngman - "Studio Maintenance EP" and Dirty Bird Special 01: Cajmere - Percolator Re-mastered.

Stompy - What did you do after your last gig?

Frankie -I got rip roaring wasted on Wild Turkey with my good friend Wattie Green and ended up passing out face down on the hotel room floor and totally missed my flight the next day. Pretty routine weekend.

Stompy - What's your most prized possession?

Frankie -My Butterscotch Blonde 1952 Fender Telecaster 6-string electric guitar

Stompy - Do you have any mottos?

Frankie -I have a couple that I live by...the first one I was told by Woody McBride a long time ago. When I was a young and still crapping in my pants and rubbin it in my face, I asked Woody how do you become such an awesome touring DJ? He responded with "You are only going to get out of this what you are willing to put into it." Truer words have not been spoken. My second motto I came up myself and it mostly had to do with music production at first but also came to apply to everything else worth doing in my life. It goes something like this...."When you try something and it totally fails it's not actually failure, it is progress, because now you know what not to do." This motto has gotten me through a lot of tough remixes as well as other larger life situations such as different haircuts n such.

Stompy - What do you usually have for breakfast?

Frankie -Lately oatmeal or sunnyside up eggs. I dig fresh strawberries and homemade breakfast sausage too.

Stompy - Do you play any instruments?

Frankie -I sing and play guitar in a rock band. Been playing guitar since I was 13 and singing since I was 17.

Stompy - If someone sends you a demo, what should they do to make sure you DON'T listen to it?

Frankie -Send me a link to more than 4 songs, a file that is close to or over 100MB, or a sound cloud link that also says it's been shared to 2,735 other people.

Stompy - What do you carry your music in?

Frankie -It's on my laptop, hard drives, and vinyl all smashed into a backpack

Stompy - What's your favorite DJ Mixer?

Frankie -Pioneer DJM-800

Stompy - Beer, Wine, Liquor or Water?

Frankie -I usually stick to drinking tasty beers, but every once in a while ill get liquored up and I usually pay for it.

Stompy - What would you rather be doing right now?

Frankie -DJing at Stompy+Sunset ;)

Flapjack Records Hits Smart Bar: Wattie Green, Frankie J & SoRo

FLAP014: Mark & Stevens - "Hello Nightlife EP" OUT NOW DIGITALLY!!!

The Newest Addition To The Flapjack Family: Kyler "Flapjack" J

FLAPD24: Benjamin Shock - "Revisited" OUT NOW @ BEATPORT!!!

FLAPD23: Camouflage - "Chew The Groove EP" OUT NOW DIGITALLY!!!

FJBITE03: Flapjack Records Presents - "Bite Sized Beats Vol. 3 - Frankie J" OUT NOW DIGITALLY!!!

Frankie J's New Column in 5 Magazine

Chicago's Finest Labels = 20% Discount @ Stompy.com

FLAPD22: Flapjack Records Presents - "Brunch" OUT NOW DIGITALLY!!!

Stompy.com Exclusive Interview: 15 Questions with Frankie J