Weekend Express At Juno Download

Review: Victoria's finest come together to launch the Melbourne Deepcast imprint, proving that there's much more to the city than great coffee. Up first is Lewie Day - perhaps better known to the record buying public as Tornado Wallace - who drops the immensely pleasing soulful mid tempo bump of "Some Kind Of Man", a sample-heavy house jam that has been receiving a lot of love on the Juno office turntable. This is followed by "Devoted", an effort from MD head honcho Andy Hart that shimmers with Motor City soul - watch out for those keys! Up next there's some eagerly anticipated new tackle from Fantastic Man, with the deep groove/low slung riffage of "From Start To Finish" sounding like a snug fit for the 6th Borough Project back cat, while Weekend Express's "Deeper" bristles with vintage Chicago vibes. An auspicious debut.

Review: Thanks to the efforts of Melbourne Deepcast and others, Australia's original Victorian city is quickly turning into a real hotbed of disco and house talent. This three-tracker for Chicago's Stilove4music marks the debut of another Melbournian talent, Weekend Express. The title track offers a superbly hooky blend of Moroder-ish electro-disco back end, snappy house grooves and original disco samples (both horns and vocals, with a dash of piano, too). It's simple stuff, but brilliantly executed. "Something's Up" continues this theme, turning a sultry disco-funk number into an atmospheric house head-nodder. Closer "After Party", meanwhile, goes deeper, blending Larry Heard-ish grooves with filter-heavy disco loops to excellent effect.