The Deep House Show

Deep House Essentials Vol. 2

As the season turns and the air grows cooler, Deep House Essentials Vol. 2 arrives with the warmth of late afternoons and slow evenings. This edition leans into deeper grooves and reflective melodies, where rhythm moves gently and space becomes part of the music. The selections carry the subtle colours of autumn — earthy basslines, patient percussion, and soulful textures that settle comfortably rather than rush forward.

Rooted in South African deep house spirit and guided by careful restraint, the journey unfolds gradually, moving from quiet reflection to steady movement before drifting into a thoughtful close. It’s music for golden sunsets, long walks home, and rooms where conversation and rhythm share the same warmth. In this season of transition, Deep House Essentials Vol. 2 reminds us that the deepest grooves are often the ones that move slowly.

1. Beat Soul - A Million Dreams (Original Mix)

2. Black Villain - The Whole Thing (feat. !Sooks & Lunga SA)

3. Poizen & Artwork Sounds - Prayer For Healing (feat. Pearl Mncube)

4. Thabo Tonick - Get Down (feat. Earl JazziQ)

5. TimAdeep - Speck of Dust

6. Deep Owen - Otokogi

7. Real NuZz - Too Attached (Groovy Mix)

8. Vince deDJ - Ehh Skeem

9. Chronical Deep - Make Up Your Mind

10. Kid Fonque & Jonny Miller - Amaphela (El Payo Remix) (feat. ASAP Shembe)

11. China Charmeleon - Injula (Tribute To Staffa)

12. China Charmeleon - Ndikhoklhele (feat. Nkulu Keys & Ndumi)

13. Fka Mash - Lonely Jester

14. N’Dinga Gaba – Summer Breeze (Fka Mash Re-glitch) (feat. Sahffi)

Deep House Essentials — Copyright & Usage Disclaimer

Deep House Essentials is a curated DJ mix series created for promotional, educational, and cultural archival purposes only. All music featured remains the property of the respective artists, composers, publishers, and record labels. No copyright infringement is intended and no financial gain is derived from these recordings.

This series exists to honour deep house culture and long-form DJ curation. Listeners are encouraged to support the artists by purchasing their music and attending live performances.

Any rights holder concerns will be addressed promptly upon request.

Crates & Cuts 814 moves with quiet confidence, guided by love, memory, and emotional honesty. These selections lean into the deeper language of house music — where vocals reassure rather than perform, and grooves carry feeling without urgency. From soulful openings and lineage-rooted reinterpretations to shadowed reflections and steady forward motion, this edition honours both vulnerability and strength.

The music breathes, settles, and finds its own pace, bridging generations and places without announcement. South African deep house spirit remains at the centre, supported by timeless soul and careful restraint. Nothing here is rushed. Nothing here is forced.

Crates & Cuts 814 is not about resolution.

It is about continuation — and the quiet power of staying present within the groove.

1. DJ Couza & Lebzin - Love You Better (feat. Lulu Matina)

2. Kaygo Soul - I Want You So Bad

3. Enosoul, Exte C feat. Rhey Osborne - Sweet Rosey

4. Leela James - Music (Resident Endala Remix)

5. The Jargons - You Are

6. Bekzin Terris - Breeze (Original Mix)

7. Mlar - Find a Way (feat. Gvin Deep)

8. Luther Vandross - Never Too Much (Poizen Remix)

9. Kudbeu & Kana - Keep You Close

10. China Charmeleon - Dark Place (feat. D.General)

11. D.General - Hey Hey (D.General's Mashed Bootleg)

12. Spin Worx & Dynamic Soul - Round 2

Copyright & Usage Disclaimer

Crates & Cuts is a curated DJ mix series created for promotional, educational, and cultural archival purposes only. All music featured remains the property of the respective artists, composers, publishers, and record labels. No copyright infringement is intended and no financial gain is derived from these recordings.

Crates & Cuts exists to honour deep house culture and long-form DJ curation. Listeners are encouraged to support the artists by purchasing their music and attending live performances. Any rights holder concerns will be addressed promptly upon request.

After the Chronicle — Soulful Deep Edition 322 is a quiet celebration of feeling, faith, and human connection. Rooted in soulful house lineage and guided by patience rather than peaks, this edition moves gently between devotion, intimacy, and grounded joy. The vocals speak with intention, the grooves breathe, and nothing rushes to impress.

These selections honour the deeper language of house music — where rhythm carries meaning, voices tell the truth, and emotion is allowed to unfold over time. From classic soul-inflected moments to modern deep warmth, Edition 322 is music for late evenings, reflective mornings, and rooms where people are truly listening.

After the Chronicle isn’t about what comes next.

It’s about what remains — and how it feels when you let it stay.

1. Blaze feat. Alexander Hope - Wonderland (Jimpster Extended Remix)

2. Blind Colors feat. Melonie Daniel Walker - Found Love (David Morales Classic Mix)

3. Suges - All Over My Body (M1 Remix)

4. Tarantulaz feat. Tiffany Lorén - I Wasn't Kidding (Danny Krivit Edit)

5. Volcov Presents Isoul8 - On My Heart (KZR Blazed Vocal)

6. Tortured Soul vs Alistair Colling feat. Sabina Sciubba - When You Find Your Love… Hold On (DJ Spinna Galactic Soul Remix)

7. Maurice Joshua feat. Joyce Hurley - We Fall Down (Ube One's Thank You Remix)

8. Seb Skalski & Rona Ray - It's Getting Started (House Extended Mix)

9. Web Web - What You Give (Mousse T. Boogie Shizzle Remix)

10. Soulfreakah - Ride On Brother

11. Warm Days feat. Swindle and Natalie Maddix - Selfish Skies (Atjazz Remix)

12. David Harness - The Rhythm

13. Tall Black Guy - Gifted People (Kaytronik's Gifted & Black Remix)

14. Chymamusique & Floyd D feat. Wanda Baloyi - Can You Feel It

Copyright & Usage Disclaimer

After the Chronicle is a curated DJ mix series created for promotional, educational, and cultural archival purposes only. All music featured in this mix remains the property of the respective artists, composers, publishers, and record labels. No copyright infringement is intended and no financial gain is derived from the use of these recordings.

This mix exists to honour soulful and deep house culture and its lineage. Listeners are encouraged to support the artists by purchasing their music and attending live performances.

Any rights holder concerns will be addressed promptly upon request.

Crates & Cuts 813 (The Classics)

Crates & Cuts 813 is a reminder that classics don’t age — they settle. These are records that never needed a revival because they never left. From hypnotic openers and raw Chicago faith to South African deep house staples and late-night soul, this edition moves with quiet confidence and no interest in rushing the moment.

The grooves are patient, the vocals know when to speak and when to step back, and every transition feels earned. This is music for rooms where people stay, listen, and let the night stretch out naturally. No edits for attention. No peaks for approval. Just house music that learned how to last.

Crates & Cuts: The Classics isn’t about looking back —

it’s about recognising what never stopped working.

1. Liquid People Presents Danism feat. Heidi Vogel Hypnotize (Danism Vocal Mix)

2. Spencer Parker - Open Your Eyes

3. Julien Jabre - Talking Walls

4. Mike Dunn Presents The MD X-Spress - Na Na Na (I Walks With God) (Mike Dunn's God! Dub)

5. Dj Clock - The Gorilla

6. Garth & G-Rel - Inhliziyo Yam' (Original Mix)

7. Rocco - New Awakening

8. Sis n' Jones & Genevive - Desire

9. Teddy Douglas feat. Margaret Grace - What You Gonna Do

10. Nick Holder feat. Sacha - Time (Wahoo Vocal Mix)

11. Kentphonik - Hiya Kaya (Rocco Deep Mix)

12. Jerah - 6850 Maluleke Street (Original Mix)

Copyright & Usage Disclaimer

Crates & Cuts is a curated DJ mix series created for promotional, educational, and cultural archival purposes only. All music featured remains the property of the respective artists, composers, publishers, and record labels. No copyright infringement is intended and no financial gain is derived from these recordings.

Crates & Cuts exists to honour deep house culture and long-form DJ curation. Listeners are encouraged to support the artists by purchasing their music and attending live performances. Any rights holder concerns will be addressed promptly upon request.

Crates & Cuts 812 — Liner Notes

by Obi-Wan SA

Crates & Cuts 812 opens with conviction. Not urgency, not volume — conviction. These selections lean into faith, depth, and South African house lineage without turning belief into spectacle. The grooves arrive first, carrying gratitude, reflection, and patience before any message needs to be named. This is music that trusts rhythm to do the talking.

As the mix unfolds, it moves inward. Familiar themes are reframed, tension is allowed to exist, and introspection becomes part of the dance. There is no rush to resolve anything here. Instead, the set descends carefully, making space for vulnerability, restraint, and moments where the room listens as much as it moves.

The latter half offers release — not as climax, but as communal ease. Grooves widen, bodies loosen, and the music returns to warmth without abandoning its depth. The closing records resist final answers, choosing intimacy over resolution. Crates & Cuts 812 ends the way it begins: grounded, intentional, and unafraid of silence.

This edition is not background music.

It is curated deep house for listeners who stay.

1. Dark Horse, Kabza De Small & & Artwork Sounds - Love, Peace & Happiness

2. UMngomezulu - The One feat. Francis

3. Dark Horse & Artwork Sounds & Dav Risen - Great Is Thy Faithfulness

4. Spin Worx - Poizenous

5. Kanye West - Sunday Service (Trust SA's Touch)

6. Rosetta D33P & LebtoniQ - Descents

7. Trust SA & Lebzin - Losing Your Mind

8. D.General & Artwork Sounds - Say Yeah (Groovy Mix)

9. SculpturedMusic - Deep Water feat. Young Molz

10. Luu Deep & SGVO & Deep Essentials - Ginger

11. SGVO & Artwork Sounds - Mari Ye Phepha

12. Aizo Clutch - First Love (ReBass)

13. Aizo Clutch - Ask Me Nothing (EP Version)

Copyright & Usage Disclaimer

Crates & Cuts is a curated DJ mix series created for promotional, educational, and cultural archival purposes only. All music featured remains the property of the respective artists, composers, publishers, and record labels. No copyright infringement is intended and no financial gain is derived from these recordings.

Crates & Cuts exists to honour deep house culture and long-form DJ curation. Listeners are encouraged to support the artists by purchasing their music and attending live performances. Any rights holder concerns will be addressed promptly upon request.