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New Releases Yousef & CamelPhat -   April label: Knee Deep In Sound   genre: Progressive House verdict: Two of Liverpool's most forward looking artists in dance today, trance house producer Yousef and well known duo CamelPhat team up for this samba tinged bit of progressive bliss which is suitably balearic and warmer than their recent efforts. The sound of an Indian summer. rating: ★★ ★★ ✩ Disclosure -   Seduction label: Disclosure  genre: Deep House verdict: After conquering the world by expanding their original garage house sound, Disclosure go back to their roots. This is their 3rd single in as many weeks and the pick of the bunch. A simple but effective piece and their own take on deep house. rating: ★★ ★★ ✩ Joel Corry & Jax Jones (feat. Charli XCX & Saweetie) -  OUT OUT label: Perfect Havoc Limited   genre: Dance Pop verdict: Another slice of contemporary dance pop built around a pulsating but predictable beat, the sought that was...

Coupling a jittery piano line with an insistent chorus, Get Get Down is the dance anthem the sadly departed Paul Johnson will be best remembered for and a track that encapsulated the spirit of the man himself.       Released in 1999, at a time where disparate forms of dance music - four to the floor, speed garage, big beat - were slowly merging into one, Get Get Down is one of those timeless dance tracks that defies categorisation.        Born Paul Leighton Johnson in 1971, a career in a music production beckoned after being inspired by the illustrious line of DJs that came from Chicago to international prominence that included Frankie Knuckles and Farley "Jackmaster" Funk. Born with an innate desire to get on with th ings, he was self-taught, arranging and playing at his first gig aged just 13. As he told 5Mag in 2006: “I was breakdancing at the time, that was my thing, then I went to my first party and saw the DJ mixing and wanted to do that. I was ...