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For the November Dogcast Strakes is joined by Romano Arcaini and Jason Leva, aka Latenight Society, from Florida. The du have just released their debut ‘Do It Right’ on Lost My Dog 12″ and digital download and it’s a pleasure to have them provide a 30 minute mix. This Dogcast includes music from Moodymanc, Sei A, Nick Dare, Pete Dafeet, Yse, Onur Ozman and loads more.

Tracklist

01. Forces Of Nature – Phobos (Intelligent Audio)
02. The Layabouts & Kathy Brown – Choices (JoVonn Vocal Mix) (Mn2S)
03. Yse ft Beckford – Worry (DJ Bene Remix) (Lost My Dog)
04. King Cosmic – Freaky Queen (KiNK Remix) (Hot Milk)
05. Paul Hardy & Moodymanc – Sizzler (Sei A Remix) (Baker Street)
06. Artie Flexs – The Blame (Lost My Dog)
07. Big Brother – Chymera (Nick Dare Remix) (Lost My Dog)

Latenight Society Mix

08. Lee Curtiss – Smoking Mirrors – Spectral Sound
09. Danny Stott – Bubble Bop – Lost My Dog
10. Pete Dafeet – Alto – Nacho Marco rmx – Lost My Dog
11. Wiretappeur – I Want You – Fresh Meat
12. Bunkers, Alessio Mereu & Signor Andreoni – Lost In The Red Room – Tuning Spork
13. Onur Ozman – Random Kiss – Acryl Music
14. Latenight Society – Do It Right – Lost My Dog

Catalogue Number: LMD026 | Release Date: November 2009

Available to download from:

Lost My Dog webstore
Juno Download
Beatport
Stompy
Traxsource
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The Lowdown

Latenight Society from Orlando, Florida join Lost My Dog for the label’s first vinyl release in four months.  The duo of Romano Arcaini and Jason Leva deliver a deep and driving house cut with an instantly infectious groove, monstrous bottom end and a sultry female vocal urging “make you wanna do right”.  A very tasty remix package comes courtesy of Marko Militano, Pete Dafeet, Artie Flexs and Sean Smith.

Latenight Society’s music can be found on labels such as Nordic Trax, Eight Trax, Amenti and their own Tight Recordings.  Included in their impressive discography are collaborations with the likes of Diz, Hector Moralez and Ken ECB.

Marko Militano, also known as one half of Trademarq and co-founder of the Bananza Music imprint, is one of the most hotly tipped future stars of the underground house world.  His music, both solo projects and as Trademarq, have been released on some of the world’s most respected house labels including Derrick Carter and Luke Solomon’s Classic Music, Fred Everything’s Lazy Days and Justin Long’s .dotbleep.  Always bringing musical elements productions, Marko once again hits the bullseye with a stunning rework of ‘Do It Right’.

Lost My Dog co-owner Pete Dafeet is currently enjoying a hot streak with original EPs recently released on Artizan Music, Ornate and his other side project Southside Shuffle, while his remix of Jake Island for Toolroom Records continues to take the plaudits.

Artie Flexs is Lost My Dog’s latest discovery.  Hailing from Riga in Latvia, Artie caught the label’s attention with a simple emailed demo.  LMD quickly snapped up two EPs, the first of which ‘Disco Space EP’ was released in September and also caught the attention of Mixmag who duly awarded it ‘House Tune Of The Month’.  With his second offering ‘Damaged EP’ due imminently, Artie is certainly a name to keep a close eye on.

And from the brand new to the…more established!  Sean Smith is an artist that has really impressed Lost My Dog recently thanks to his productions and record label.  As one of Chicago’s top rated DJs and producers, he has released music on labels including Soma, Classic and Loveslap, performed with legends Mike Dearborn, Farley ‘Jackmaster’ Funk, Armando, Ron Carroll and Derrick Carter, and runs the excellent Smooth Agent record label.

Magazine Reviews

5 Mag, Chicago

Classic House sound from Orlando via the UK’s Lost My Dog imprint with a stopover in Chicago along the way. “Do It Right” features a muted vocal and the original mix is a groovy organ-driven number. Label boss Pete Dafeet funks up the mix while Chicago’s Sean Smith makes a remix appearance with an uptempo stomper that really and truly is my favorite mix in a solid five edit bundle. He has the “less is more” credo down pat with just some simple keys that make this work.

DJ Reactions

Giom: Loving this! Original is nice and jackin, and Marko’s remix is absolutely incredible, so these 2 are the ones for me, full support!

Diz: Militano is the most slept on cat out there!!! Wake up fools!!

Mazi / Audio Soul Project: Marko’s remix wins on the raunch-o-meter. Very slick and cool atmospheric vibe to that one. Will play for sure.

Carlos Mendoza: Marko Militano is a true talent. Excellent remix.

Scope: dope remix by marko!

Jazzy Eyewear: Awesome EP! Love the Militano Remix!

Soul Minority: loving the pete dafeet remix !!! Thx…

Robert Owens: love the movement in the original, great vibe

Mark Farina: Been rockin the original since WMC!! great track.

Matt Rhythm Plate: the original mix is nice, really like this – a proper deep and moody builder (like a philosphical bricklayer) of the remixes the pick of the bunch for me are the marko militano (nice beats) and pete dafeet (nice daft punk ‘around the world’-esque sounds)

Onionz: marko militano remix is rockin.

Fred Everything: Marko’s mix in my October podcast.

Tommy Largo: great package! all remixes are top, the orginal version will get most plays by me.

Neil Quigley: Love the Marko Militano remix, fantastic!

Nick Dare: Solid release. All mixes are strong, my fav’s are the Sean Smith and Pete Dafeet mixes.

 Jason Hodges: Just what we have come to expect with LMD, right up to standard.

Marko Militano and Pete Dafeets mixes do it for me!

Terry Francis: like this, nice and dirty late night stuff.

Massimo DaCosta: Really cool EP, diggin a lot the Pete Dafeet and the Marko’s remixes.

Tom Golden: A super solid package, all the tracks are excellent.  You’ve found a real gem with Artie Flexs.

Moodymanc: Artie Flexs mix is quality chunky house music!!!

Ahead of their debut Lost My Dog release ‘Do It Right’ we catch up with Romano Arcaini and Jason Leva (aka Latenight Society).

Thanks for talking to Lost My Dog. Where are you and what are you up to?

At the moment we are in the studio putting some final touches on a new project.

You’ve released some fantastic music on some great labels. Which releases stand out most for you?

The one that stands out the most is probably our first record together which was on Detour recordings in 2005… this session was particularly fun since we had our good friend and very talented musician Julio Gonzalez in the studio jamming out with us. Another memorable track of ours is Down For It, released on San Fran’s famed Amenti Music. It was an honor to collaborate with Diz on this song.

What’s makes your Latenight Society productions different then others ?

We try not to do the same thing twice. We let the music speak for itself.

Tell us a bit about your ‘Do It Right’ release

This is a perfect example of our changing style.Do It Right is a really deep track, while most of our earlier recordings are a bit more funky. Expect to hear alot more of this sound from us in the future.

You’ve DJd all over the UK and Europe – which are your favourite party cities?

Belgium hands down was the best, especially Ghent & Pecq. Amsterdam and Rotterdam have always been fun as well.

Which other producers are you digging right now?

We are both really into deep stuff right now, some producers we are into right now are The Timewriter, Afrilounge, Neighbour, Roberto Rodriguez, Nacho Marco, Milton Jackson and Kink.

You run your own label Tight Recordings? How are things going with that?

We just dropped our 13th release, Back2Back by Kirby featuring a really stellar mix by Canada’s own Neighbour. We are taking the winter off and coming back strong in the spring…

And some questions from our friends on Facebook and Twitter…

Nigel Moss: Ketchup or Brown Sauce, Adidas or Nike?

Brown Sauce & Obviously Nike

Dave Miller: When are you coming to Australia?

The sooner the better. We have always wanted to visit OZ.

Ben Davis: Jason, were you and Giom separated at birth?

Yes it was a painstaking 24 hour operation.

Giom: Why does just Jason clearly copy both hairstyle and glasses of a certain London-based French producer?

See above.

Michael Colledan: Do you know where the dog is?

Yes he sitting right beside me beggin to take him out. LMD: What??!!!! Why you theiving Floridian scoundels! Send him back to us at once!

Philip Prout: You are only allowed one house record, which is it?

Jason – Not A Day Goes By Produced by Wally Callerio
and Romano – I Cant Kick This Feeling when It Hits Produced by Moodyman

UncleSound: When are they coming to France?
Quand quelqu’un nous invitera!