Reel People Music Presents Soulful Deep & Dope 2025 – A 20-Track Odyssey of Soulful Dance Excellence London-based label Reel People Music proudly announces the return of its acclaimed compilation series with Soulful Deep & Dope 2025 , dropping digitally on 27th June 2025. This annual showcase of forward-thinking, soul-infused dance music delivers once again with 20 exceptional tracks from an elite roster of global artists, remixers, and tastemakers. Soulful Deep & Dope 2025 is a celebration of the genres rich emotional depth and musical craftsmanship, blending deep house grooves, jazzy textures, gospel roots, and powerful vocal performances. This years edition brings together a powerhouse collective of talent from across the soulful and deep house spectrum. It features brand-new and exclusive tracks and remixes from acclaimed producers including Terry Hunter, Emmaculate, Fouk, Atjazz, Zo!, Tall Black Guy, Coflo, Sean McCabe, Masaki Morii, Micky More & Andy Tee, Yukihiro Fukutomi, N.W.N., Shannon Chambers, Offshore and Coen, Ayce, Black Sonix, and Opolopo — each lending their distinctive touch to an array of original material and iconic reworks. Vocalists featured include legends and luminaries such as Adina Howard, Marlena Shaw, Ursula Rucker, LCGC feat. Annette Bowen, Angela Johnson, Vanessa Freeman, Chantay Savage, Debórah Bond, Vanessa Haynes, Monica Blaire, Jill Rock Jones, STOUT, Geoffrey Williams, Ellis Aaron, and Ernesto & The Basement Gospel, bringing richness, warmth, and storytelling to every beat. With soulful reinterpretations of classics and boundary-pushing original compositions, Soulful Deep & Dope 2025 offers a rich, genre-spanning experience rooted in authenticity and musicality — a vibrant celebration of soulful dance musics past, present, and future.

The creative bond between Atjazz and Fred Everything is a story decades in the making. It began in 1998 at The Bomb in Nottingham during a DiY label night—a label through which they both released music. That first encounter sparked a lasting friendship and a steady exchange of ideas that would continue for many years. While they collaborated regularly and remixed each other's work, it wasn't until the summer of 2022 that they committed to making a full-length album. The project took shape during an 8-day stay at Martin's (Atjazz) home in the Midlands of England, where they set themselves the challenge of writing one track per day. Their shared musical language allowed ideas to move quickly, with some tracks forming in under an hour. Over the next three years, the material was carefully developed alongside their respective album projects: Atjazz's Starbase 17, Fred Everything's Love, Care, Kindness & Hope, and All Is Well's A Break In Time. A final session in Montreal in 2024, coinciding with Fred's 50th birthday, brought the album into focus. From there, the duo invited a select group of world-class collaborators, including Jorge Bezerra (The Joe Zawinul Syndicate / St Germain), Octavio N. Santos (SiR, Lupe Fiasco), Clyde Beats, Ernesto & The Basement Gospel, and Dominique Fils-Aime. The result is a personal, well-constructed record that draws on the spirit of 90s deep house while applying three decades of experience to a deeply rooted, forward-thinking sound. It is a sonic testament that honours their mutual love of synthesizers, beat making, and sound design. It is a project that took 8 days to start, 3 years to finish, and 30 years to perfect.

The creative bond between Atjazz and Fred Everything is a story decades in the making. It began in 1998 at The Bomb in Nottingham during a DiY label night—a label through which they both released music. That first encounter sparked a lasting friendship and a steady exchange of ideas that would continue for many years. While they collaborated regularly and remixed each other's work, it wasn't until the summer of 2022 that they committed to making a full-length album. The project took shape during an 8-day stay at Martin's (Atjazz) home in the Midlands of England, where they set themselves the challenge of writing one track per day. Their shared musical language allowed ideas to move quickly, with some tracks forming in under an hour. Over the next three years, the material was carefully developed alongside their respective album projects: Atjazz's Starbase 17, Fred Everything's Love, Care, Kindness & Hope, and All Is Well's A Break In Time. A final session in Montreal in 2024, coinciding with Fred's 50th birthday, brought the album into focus. From there, the duo invited a select group of world-class collaborators, including Jorge Bezerra (The Joe Zawinul Syndicate / St Germain), Octavio N. Santos (SiR, Lupe Fiasco), Clyde Beats, Ernesto & The Basement Gospel, and Dominique Fils-Aime. The result is a personal, well-constructed record that draws on the spirit of 90s deep house while applying three decades of experience to a deeply rooted, forward-thinking sound. It is a sonic testament that honours their mutual love of synthesizers, beat making, and sound design. It is a project that took 8 days to start, 3 years to finish, and 30 years to perfect.