Kid Fonque & Jullian Gomes Announce New Record Label, Stay True Sounds

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <h2 style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ff0072; font-size: x-large;">Welcome to Kid Fonque and Jullian Gomes Stay True Sounds</span></span></h2> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4FtAYrbJd-sUiRwyaAysV1fpvAcH1d2zKu6Dhy3uaqyhcM8jtsfyNL7oVyYGi82VtQeioXA5ZNgrcmqzK-wP8yNaQhLgo2q3swhHQCh6y-doHYkx2imsEeh960SL_jdxh9K4fjux0jHmw/s1600/STS_Logo_FA_W%2526B.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="stay true sounds kid fonque jullian gomes" border="0" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4FtAYrbJd-sUiRwyaAysV1fpvAcH1d2zKu6Dhy3uaqyhcM8jtsfyNL7oVyYGi82VtQeioXA5ZNgrcmqzK-wP8yNaQhLgo2q3swhHQCh6y-doHYkx2imsEeh960SL_jdxh9K4fjux0jHmw/s320/STS_Logo_FA_W%2526B.jpg" title="Stay true sounds new south africa label" width="320" /></a></div> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> It’s official! Two industry heavyweights, Kid Fonque and Jullian Gomes have teamed up to establish a brand new record label that they’ve called Stay True Sounds.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Combining their industry experience and skills, the establishment of Stay True Sounds can be seen as the natural progression of a concrete working relationship that’s been built over several years. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> When talking about Stay True Sounds, the pair battle to contain their excitement. “Each of us brings something different to the table” explains Gomes, “creating a label together really feels like the next logical step. It’s the right time to do our own thing and not feel limited by anything. Locally I couldn’t imagine doing it with anyone else.”</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Frequent collaborators, Kid Fonque played a pivotal role in launching Jullian Gomes' career in his previous role as label manager of iconic imprint Soul Candi Records.  At the time Gomes was releasing with his cousin Michael G as G.Family, and their album Deep House Chronicles Vol.6 - Break the Silence was nominated in the category Best Dance Album at the 2011 SAMAs.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Gomes went on to release the award-winning anthem “Love Song 28” as a solo artist on Soul Candi and worked closely with Kid Fonque on the popular music video. The track proved to be career landmark and global recognition for Gomes followed.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYUv_a8Vc9T0fi4c3Zu5mVfekMtDqvz-K1A8s1K1SUdZRBciFBNaiKP0IRAKaCKtxKGx03YK7dgN2eBwPpXd9wNwwyw9iKJ-di_b1PP2JM-3PtAweUprCoJlIn88OysoHi1YSyJIcrxSJ-/s1600/Jullian+Gomes_Kid+Fonque.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="jullian gomes and kid fonque" border="0" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYUv_a8Vc9T0fi4c3Zu5mVfekMtDqvz-K1A8s1K1SUdZRBciFBNaiKP0IRAKaCKtxKGx03YK7dgN2eBwPpXd9wNwwyw9iKJ-di_b1PP2JM-3PtAweUprCoJlIn88OysoHi1YSyJIcrxSJ-/s320/Jullian+Gomes_Kid+Fonque.jpg" title="jullian gomes and kid fonque launch new label" width="320" /></a></div> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The announcement of the new label follows several months of discussions and planning. Fans can look forward to Jullian Gomes’ debut solo album and a collaborative album from Kid Fonque and UK-based producer D-Malice. The label will be releasing material from Cuebur, Bruce Loko, Melo B Jones and Black Widow however the pair are keeping the label’s other signings hush-hush for the time being. “We are picking up singles, but it’s all for next year” explains Fonque. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Anyone who has spent a moderate amount of time on dancefloors in South Africa will be familiar with these accomplished industry players. DJ turned producer Kid Fonque is one of the scene’s most enduring and respected figures. He builds on a productive career in the industry that spans two decades - working his way from the ground up in CD stores before moving into distribution then assuming the lead at the iconic Soul Candi Records. His deep understanding of the industry’s inner-workings will be crucial to the label’s operations. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> A masterful DJ who can melt house, hip hop, broken beats and bass together, Kid Fonque is known for his long-running event series. “I have always seen my monthly #2sidesofthebeat events as a platform to showcase new talent” he says, “and my goal is for Stay True Sounds to do the same thing on a global level.”</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Summarising Jullian Gomes’ long list of career achievements is no small task.  One of the most sought-after DJ/producers in the country, a Red Bull Music Academy alumni and a globetrotting DJ whose mesmerising music has taken him all over the globe - including places as far afield as Japan. Hailing from Pretoria, Gomes is now firmly established as one of the new leaders of South Africa’s trending house music industry. His skills in the studio have seen him collaborate with the likes of Atjazz, Osunlade and Black Coffee not to mention having his music signed and released by the world’s most respected house music labels.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The formation of Stay True Sounds signals a new chapter for two dedicated audiophiles and for the local music industry. It’s apparent that the partnership is underpinned by a healthy respect for one another and that their different but over-lapping music preferences will come through abundantly. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Gomes and Fonque are hard at work bringing all the elements together for the label’s launch. Local graphic artist Jaco Haasbroek was commissioned to design the label’s logo and Gomes and Fonque have crafted a new track which they’ll be giving away for free. This musical gift is titled ‘Stay True’ in honour of the new label. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The Official Stay True Sounds launch event takes place on Friday 27 November at Kitchener’s in Braamfontein.  Cuebur, Bruce Loko, Melo B Jones & Black Widow will play alongside Kid Fonque and Jullian Gomes.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Connect with Stay True Sounds: </b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Twitter: t<a href="http://witter.com/StayTrueSounds">witter.com/StayTrueSounds</a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/StayTrueSounds/">www.facebook.com/StayTrueSounds/</a> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Instagram: <a href="http://instagram.com/staytruesounds/">instagram.com/staytruesounds/</a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Web: <a href="http://staytruesounds.com/">staytruesounds.com/</a></div> <div> <br /></div> </div>

Kid Fonque & Jullian Gomes Announce New Record Label, Stay True Sounds

Welcome to Kid Fonque and Jullian Gomes Stay True Sounds It’s official! Two industry heavyweights, Kid Fonque and Jullian Gomes have...

Kid Fonque & D-Malice Have All This Time

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <h2 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: #ff0072; color: white; font-size: x-large;"> Track of The Day </span></h2> <h2 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #ff0072; font-size: x-large;">Kid Fonque & D-Malice feat. Clara Hill - All This Time</span></h2> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpMOQUVudcokGT9EzeVLEvM-83U-FDtMmfRDo2ZTe-hfOpEmGJgvjZtCTuV0tWXQYbnsmJAePdGBU2I-6zMvW6odEp2qPT2b-jLJaTdPZeF1Wr_PskyoSQtu1iAwUFy7SJSjDZ8QMtz6vX/s1600/kid+fonque+all+this+time.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Kid Fonque and D-Malice All This Time soul candi" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpMOQUVudcokGT9EzeVLEvM-83U-FDtMmfRDo2ZTe-hfOpEmGJgvjZtCTuV0tWXQYbnsmJAePdGBU2I-6zMvW6odEp2qPT2b-jLJaTdPZeF1Wr_PskyoSQtu1iAwUFy7SJSjDZ8QMtz6vX/s1600/kid+fonque+all+this+time.jpg" title="Kid Fonque & D-Malice - All This Time" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Welcome to some thought-provoking music from this new duo who are set to make musical history. Yes, </span><strong style="background-color: white;"><strong><span class="il">Kid </span><span class="il">Fonque</span> & D-Malice</strong></strong><span style="background-color: white;"> have finally joined forces and are preparing their first album together.</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white;" /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">This first offering features a name that needs no introduction: Berlin’s Clara Hill , she brings a lot of weight to this inspiringly original piece of work. Clara graces  “</span><strong style="background-color: white;">All This Time</strong><span style="background-color: white;">” with her sweet lyrics and sultry vocals while </span><span class="il" style="background-color: white;">Kid</span><span style="background-color: white;"> & D utilise samples and touches of afro-beats to make a sound that is definitely unique and .</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white;" /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Clara’s voice is impeccable as per usual and works beautifully over this carefully produced piece. It's certainly one of those tracks where you'll be pressing the repeat button </span>constantly.<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="background-color: white;" /></span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">This is just a taste of what will be surely an incredible album that defies the genre and gives you something new!</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> </div> <iframe frameborder="no" height="450" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/197262601&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true" width="100%"></iframe></div>

Kid Fonque & D-Malice Have All This Time

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Kid Fonque - What I Do (Featuring Nia Andrews)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <h2 style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #f1c232;"> Kid Fonque Is Back With What I Do </span></h2> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlFtAdKqnTcvrlB8K3Fx0VIHyBsmGxsBW1t0ant_WUzt8s-hGK2k-MLvBUlufIwKeLlU5xwr_nGzffCU2m6QGXn2EwA3PMdouVhRMnmLOefAOWG2y3bBoGqmRE6XwFOthmHC1lRWjM7AzB/s1600/kid+fonque+what+i+do.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt=" Kid Fonque - What I Do Featuring Nia Andrews" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlFtAdKqnTcvrlB8K3Fx0VIHyBsmGxsBW1t0ant_WUzt8s-hGK2k-MLvBUlufIwKeLlU5xwr_nGzffCU2m6QGXn2EwA3PMdouVhRMnmLOefAOWG2y3bBoGqmRE6XwFOthmHC1lRWjM7AzB/s1600/kid+fonque+what+i+do.jpg" title=" Kid Fonque - What I Do (Featuring Nia Andrews)" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> Following the amazing success of his very first offering on Soul Candi/ARCo. ‘Kid Fonque’ quickly dreams up his follow-on to the awesome ‘Be’ and ‘2sides’ with this brand new jaw dropping piece of work ‘What I Do’.<br /> <br /> ‘What I Do’ features wonderful vocals from the one and only ‘Nia Andrews’, a very well loved singer / songwriter from LA known for her work with Common & Mark de Clive-Lowe and also her beautiful solo project ‘Colours’.<br /> <br /> ‘What I Do’ is full of charm, soul & talent and this glorious musical journey begins with the sensual original version, like oozing warm liquid this song pours its heart out and tells us everything we need to know. Backing up the release are two amazing remixes from two unparalleled producers, Baltimore’s ‘Kaytronik aka Karizma’ and one of the UK’s finest ‘Eric Lau’. Both remixers utilize Nia’s voice in totally different ways & they both drop serious musical bombs ranging from Soul to House in a way they only know.<br /> <br /> This isn’t just house music, this is soul music delivered in very exciting packages just waiting for you to unwrap.<br /> <div> <br /></div> </div> <iframe frameborder="no" height="450" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/playlists/51452409&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true" width="100%"></iframe></div>

Kid Fonque - What I Do (Featuring Nia Andrews)

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Kid Fonque & Friends – The Remixes

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiStDxZyqnA8eYoMeSpfTWq6mIj4FLdqn49ZzdPW84zhI2iGYsybfRMVqnjzEsAC8Xvd1UJh4CUCnOEmg7IL24z5lZtYvm31lmEDnmQE7sK6OVXg5aRlh9ujAhNXt3KC_RW7Y9lPQreTuY/s1600/kid+fonque.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiStDxZyqnA8eYoMeSpfTWq6mIj4FLdqn49ZzdPW84zhI2iGYsybfRMVqnjzEsAC8Xvd1UJh4CUCnOEmg7IL24z5lZtYvm31lmEDnmQE7sK6OVXg5aRlh9ujAhNXt3KC_RW7Y9lPQreTuY/s1600/kid+fonque.jpg" title="kid fonque" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Kid Fonque, hot off a recent European tour has just dropped a remix EP with stellar showings from producers such as Troye Lilley, Sahin Meyer and others giving their reinterpretations of noted hits ‘Don’t Forget Me,’ ‘GLDN,’ and ‘Kid In Motion.’  </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Troye Lilley’s equally spacey renditions of ‘Don’t Forget Me’ keep the soothing vocal intact. The first remix, making use of more UK-Inspired broken beat, while the second opts for a more familiar, afro-deep house sound. Sahin Meyer’s ambient, minimalistic interpretation of ‘GLDN’ makes a worthy companion for a <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_380136128" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">2am</span></span> drive home through a sleeping downtown, while P.M Project takes a more dance floor-ready approach. ‘Kid In Motion’ is taken through a minimalistic, techy interpretation from V.Underground while D-Malice’s take is rooted firmly in smoky, jazz-oriented afro-house.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">All in all, this EP is a showcase of the many facets and intricate shades of the underground deep house scene in South Africa all sharing the same wholesome, soulful aesthetic that’s so much an integral part of Kid Fonque’s live sets.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Review done by: @G1no</span></div>

Kid Fonque & Friends – The Remixes

Kid Fonque, hot off a recent European tour has just dropped a remix EP with stellar showings from producers such as Troye Lilley, Sah...