Melee Beats/G’lamoure Updates

I am pleased to announce that Triumph will be released (in its entirety) to SomethingAwful.com within the next 72 hours. You MUST be a member of the forums to obtain the release.

Up until about 2005, every other day (and for about an hour or two straight on new stock-Tuesdays) I would crawl the latest releases at DanceRecords.com looking for the freshest vinyl promos and new house releases. Eventually the releases started coming out slower as the vinyl market declined, and house kind of went a direction that I didn’t really enjoy too much. Being a young house music producer with a few contacts within the industry, I also recieved a lot of promos, which in time built up a pretty impressive database of mostly house music.

I remember diving head first into house music in 2000, and disco was creeping back into the limelight as “Discovery” by you-know-who lurked in the background. After it was released, disco/filter went crazy and there was a massive influx of new house producers, labels, and music in general. I’ve compiled a VERY biased list of my 25 favorite house songs, mostly from that era - yes, I know there are acid house classics and others that you might think are deserving of being on this list, but to me the best things in house music were happening from 1998 to 2004. I’ve neglected the bonafide hits - the “Around the World”-esque songs that everyone knows - these are a little deeper than that.

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Stay tuned!

The new “Heart on your Sleeve” shirts are coming in the next few days. They were printed on AA 2001 t-shirts, and will retail for $25.

Size/Quantity

S - 4
M - 4 (2 Prepaid)
L - 4 (2 Prepaid)
XL - 4 (1 Prepaid)

All production on “Triumph” is complete and I am currently considering listening parties in the Sacramento area.

Woo hoo!

1. Triumph

2 - 3 - 4. If I Forget / Girlhype / Excuse Me Pt I

5. Excuse Me Pt II

6. Never See

7. Ordinary

8. Pressure

9. Made in Italy

10. I Go Down

11. Can’t Let You Go

12. Gotta Know

13. Loving You

14. Ayo Insecurity

15. Unreal Pt 2 (Interlude)

16. LGB (Laser Guided Bombs)

This wonderful video has spawned a new t-shirt idea:

Show!: Come join Melee Beats and United State as we celebrate a wonderful Summer day in Mid-town Sacramento! Diamond Monsterrr starts the set off at 8:00, followed by a Melee Beats Live PA. United State is located on 24th St, between J and K.

Shirts: Official Melee Beats “Heart on Your Sleeve” t-shirts will be available on Monday, June 23rd, 2008 - they were designed in conjunction with the Trumpette Art Department and will be printed on AA 2001 shirts. Limited quantities available, and quite a few have already been reserved.

Here’s an idea of what they’ll look like

I’ve put up 11 copies of “The Limited” that do not include album art for $5.75! A great deal… Here is the product description:

These are customer returns due to broken CD cases, warped artwork through the mail, or any reason our customer wasn’t quite satisfied with the condition in which their CD was received. We take the CD, make sure it works, put it into a new jewel case, and offer it up here at over 50% off of retail. If you’re looking for a deal, this is the best one! You could take this album, rip it to MP3, and pay almost 75% less than the iTunes cost! Quantities limited!

Get one! Get two? Get eleven! 

I am currently running a bulk-order promotion - buy at least 5 The Limited CDs and get 40% off of your order.

5 CDs - $6.58 each or $32.94
6 CDs - $39.48 - regularly $65.88
7 CDs - $46.06 - regularly $76.86
8 CDs - $52.64 - regularly $87.84
9 CDs - $59.22 - regularly $98.82
10 CDs - $65.80 - regularly $109.80

Buy a bunch and sell them to your friends! Make money, I don’t care! Use coupon code “LELOUCH” when ordering to get your discount. Its good through 6/9/2008 (the day before the official release).

http://www.meleebeats.com/shop