Can't Help The Way I Feel / Deeper Love, by XL Middleton / Ghost

Can't Help The Way I Feel / Deeper Love

by XL Middleton / Ghost

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Full color artwork jacket with a new b-side by Ghost, “Deeper Love”, not included on previous pressings.

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	1.	Can't Help The Way I Feel 03:13		buy track
	2.	Deeper Love 04:19		buy track

about

Originally conceived as a digital-only loosie, XL Middleton’s “Can’t Help The Way I Feel” was first released on wax in 2015 by Ghost’s Spectrum Records label.
The Parisian DJ/Producer was just opening the doors of his label and saw the potential in XL’s track, a modern boogie gem that lives in the gray area between edit and full-on original song.
A rare sample flip from XL Middleton combines with his signature lead synth lines, keys and pads.
What Ghost saw in “Can’t Help The Way I Feel” proved to be on point too - The original 7” sold out, was repressed a few years later, and now both pressings fetch heavy sums in the second hand market.
To this day the song remains a staple in boogie/funk sets worldwide, and was even sampled by DJ Fresh for his Tonite Show album with Jay Worthy & Mitchy Slick.

Thus, a third repress has been overdue.
This time, Spectrum goes all out, reuissuing “Can’t Help The Way I Feel” with full color artwork jacket, and a new b-side by Ghost himself, “Deeper Love”, not included on previous pressings.
“Deeper Love” features Ghost’s signature cinematic late 80s-inspired synth riffs, which take cues from soundtracks of the era as well as UK street soul.

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released September 24, 2021

"Can't Help The Way I Feel"
Produced by XL Middleton
All keys and synths by XL Middleton.

"Deeper Love"
Produced by Ghost
All keys and synths by Ghost

Mastered by Ivan Makvel
Artwork by Spence
Photography by Ghost

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Ghost Los Angeles, California

David “Ghost” Zylberman initially began his musical journey in his hometown of Paris, France.
In 2013, Ghost moved to Los Angeles. He started his own record label, Spectrum Records. Soon after he was enlisted as a studio and live keyboard player for the legendary Egyptian Lover.
Also a former DJ instructor at The Beat Junkie Institute of Sound and currently a DJ and guest lecturer at USC. ... more