Freshcrew Records
Freshcrew Records is a house music record label run by Dave Louca as an outlet for the upfront style of party fuelled house music produced and performed by Love Assassins, Filthy Louca and Jon Costa, as well as signing hot new artists with a similar love of all things house music.
For years Dave worked as Head of A&R for Media Records UK, running labels including Big In Ibiza, Nukleuz, BXR UK and UMM (Underground Music Movement) signing and releasing artists and tracks from a wide range of genres including house, trance, hard house, dubstep and hardcore.
The label gets its name from Dave’s origins, where he began his DJ career as an early member of The Freshcrew performing as Jon Costa alongside DJ Essence, The Answer, DJ PIR-8 and DJ Freshman and continues to excite fans with his trademark party sounds.
Latest Releases
Freshcrew Records might be a brand new label, but the artists and staff are not, with a wealth of industry knowledge and a back catalogue of successful tracks, remixes, albums and compilations released on Big In Ibiza and Nukleuz records. Check out our latest releases below.
Previous key successes:
DJ support from Roger Sanchez, Robbie Rivera, Jason Nevins, Tom Stephan, Jonathan Ulysses, ATFC, EZ, Matt Jam Lamont, Mark Doyle (Fierce Angel), Wideboys, and more.
Radio support on Radio 1, Kiss, Gaydar & more
Licensed to #1 UK Compilations “Put Your Hands Up 1 & 2”, “Mash Up Mix 90s” [Ministry Of Sound] as well as “Pure Garage Presents Pure Bassline” & “The Very Best of Pure Garage” [Warners] & more.
# 1 DMC World Club Chart
# 2 Music Week Club Chart
DJ mixed #1 iTunes dance albums (UK & USA)
DJ mixed three #2 UK Compilation Chart albums
Sub-licensed to numerous labels around the world
Top 100 iTunes dance singles chart Japan
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Love Assassins – I Want You
Huge piano house track from Love Assassins. Chunky bassline, thick pads & trance synths and top line horns all supporting a powerhouse piano chords fusing real pianos with old skool rave synths which build to a crescendo with acid lines and a live electric guitar lick. A party house anthem, ripe for playlists and the summer.
Mastered by Eduard @edthesoundman
Releases
Love Assassins – I Want You [FC08-IWANTYOU]
Huge piano house track from Love Assassins. Chunky bassline, thick pads & trance synths and top line horns all supporting a powerhouse piano chords fusing real pianos with old skool rave synths which build to a crescendo with acid lines and a live electric guitar lick. A party house anthem, ripe for playlists and the summer. Mastered by Eduard @edthesoundman
Love Assassins – Brighter In the Darkness
Piano house fused with happy hardcore chords and rave breakbeats. Add a bitter-sweet, full vocal and it all combines to give an anthemic, party dance track ready for summer, full of old skool influences with a big chorus about finding happiness.
Signed to LFTD Global
Love Assassins – Take Me Away [FC05-TAKEMEAWAY]
Piano house, Love Assassins style. Drawing on their eclectic range of influences, Take Me Away showcases soulful house vocals, old skool/hardcore pianos, classic garage M1 organ basses, deep house leads, rave synths, choppy kicks and all with the trademark, uplifting, feel good, party sound that they’ve become known for.
Love Assassins – Gone Away (Filthy Louca Remixes) [FC03-GONEAWAYRMX]
Massive Filthy Louca remix of Love Assassins’ bittersweet, uplifting party dance rework of The Offspring’s classic “Gone Away”.
Love Assassins – Gone Away (Original Mixes) [FC02-GONEAWAY]
Following up their huge club anthems ‘Teardrops’ and ‘Boy Is Mine’, Love Assassins return with a slamming, bittersweet house reinvention of The Offspring’s ‘Gone Away’ featuring vocals from Andrew Littlewood aka Andy L.
Artists & Producers
Love Assassins
The commercial success of their debut club smash, ‘Teardrops’ featuring killer remixes from Fonzerelli and Agent X put Love Assassins (aka Dave Louca) firmly on the map. Big DJ support, global radio support and prominent features on #1 compilations established them as go to creators of peak time, party house music. This was followed up by another smash, ‘The Boy Is Mine’ and a string of hot singles and remixes. Now they return with a couple of new singles that are sure to light the same dance floor fires.
Filthy Louca
Showcasing an edgier, more underground vibe, Filthy Louca began by dropping a series of club focussed yet accessible and energising house music tracks including ‘Believe In Me’ which picked up big name DJ support and in particular, strong sales in Japan. Lush pads, rave style chords, techs synths and bittersweet, vulnerable vocal samples combined to give the feel good vibes that are the signature style of their killer cuts sure to rock main rooms, bars and beach sets alike!
Jon Costa
For over 20 years, Jon Costa has rocked parties, clubs and radio with no nonsense, fun, party tracks across an eclectic mix of dance genres including house, trance, hard house and hardcore. His big break came following a monthly residency for Big In Ibiza, a weekly show on Ministry of Sound Radio, playing at Turnmills and warming up for Basement Jaxx. He then went on to DJ mix numerous albums reaching a height with several #2 UK compilation albums and #1 UK & US iTunes dance albums.
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Soundcloud playlist
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