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Defected: FAITH'S BEHIND THE COUNTER SINGLE REVIEWS - DECEMBER
Honey Dijon featuring Dave Giles II, Cor.Ece & Mike Dunn – Work (Classic) When Honey Met Mike ( Dijon & Dunn of course ) you expect magic but this really blows up big time.
Defected: HONEY DIJON TEAMS UP WITH MIKE DUNN, COR.ECE AND DAVE GILES II ON LATEST SINGLE ‘WORK’
Powered by a body of club muscle and co-produced by Classic founder Luke Solomon and long-time friend of the label Chris Penny, captivating lyricist Dave Giles II (Dave + Sam), Brooklyn singer-songwriter Cor.Ece and house legend Mike Dunn, add layers of vocal texture to the release, as a live recorded instruments and Honey’s typically vibrant approach gives ‘Work’ its infinite dancefloor appeal.
Defected: Dave + Sam’s 'No Shade' universe
“To create one’s own world takes courage,” said modern art pioneer Georgia O’Keeffe. Dave + Sam have gone further, constructing their own universe. Its roots are in Brooklyn, but its tentacles spread far and wide, with creatives from LA, Amsterdam, Moscow and beyond on board.
Defected: Faith's Behind the Counter - October Single Reviews
Brooklyn's Dave Giles & Sam O.B. get to grips with the nightmare that Trump has brought upon America with a lyric that the Last Poets or Gil Scott Heron would most certainly have approved of. It’s been far too long waiting for House Music to get back to political statements but this is bang on the money.
Defected: Culture clash - when house & hip hop meet
Dave + Sam filtered the spirt of vintage conscious rap into their sumptuous house cut Til The World Blow Up, aided and abetted by Chicago legend Mike Dunn one of the true pioneers of spoken word / rapped house tracks.
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Defected: HOUSE ORIGINALS
Dave + Sam are also artists for whom filling a dancefloor is just part of what they aim to do. This, too, is house music with a message –