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WD 13
22 Oct 12

Deep & Disco - "Hitney Whouston" - (6:17) 114 BPM

Alkalino - "Ruff N' Stuff" - (8:17) 113 BPM

Debonair - "Mellow Mellow" - (7:16) 110 BPM

Johnwaynes - "Number 1" - (7:37) 105 BPM

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Review: This release reads like a re-edit producer's convention, with four different artists all delivering their own unique takes on selections from disco's past. "Hitney Wouston" is Deep & Disco's funky tech-house take on "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" by you know who. It's an enthralling version that competes with Girls On Top's all-time reworking from back in the day. Alkalino's "Ruff N' Stuff" is a killer blend of throbbing bass, cowbells and a retro rap. Debonair's "Mellow Mellow" features a mesmerising, heavily filtered string loop and lots of disco lasers. Retro-house don Jonewaynes wraps things up with the looped slice of shimmering Balearica that is "Number 1".

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Midnight Riot Volume 4

Midnight Riot

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MRD 003
06 May 13

Ed Wizard & Disco Double Dee - "Love Dance" - (5:56) 116 BPM

Yambee - "Blacker" (Joey Negro remix) - (5:40) 116 BPM

Caserta - "Get Down" - (6:36) 108 BPM

Doc Jam - "The Party (Move On)" - (5:32) 105 BPM

LTJ Experience - "Posin" - (6:34) 106 BPM

DJ Butcher - "Grab A Girl" - (6:12) 110 BPM

Deadly Sins - "Here We Go Again" - (5:54) 95 BPM

Peza - "Turn Off The Lights" - (6:42) 98 BPM

Dan Butler - "Why Must It Be" - (9:13) 96 BPM

Chip Chabralle - "Got The Body" - (5:32) 110 BPM

Rayko - "Night" - (8:48) 113 BPM

The Glue - "Places" - (6:27) 120 BPM

Shit Hot Soundsystem - "Bashful" - (7:12) 120 BPM

B Jam - "River" - (7:01) 120 BPM

BG Baarregaard - "I?ll Be Your Shining Star" - (6:30) 110 BPM

Beaten Space Probe - "Fly A Night" - (7:52) 116 BPM

Fingerman - "Marlenas Groove" - (7:56) 116 BPM

Wish & Consyn - "Singular Breaks" - (6:41) 108 BPM

Heion - "Change Ahead" - (6:56) 112 BPM

Ilya Santana - "Trying Over" - (5:31) 114 BPM

Niccolo Cupo - "Keep Comin Back" - (6:58) 110 BPM

Colbourne - "Fireflys Desire" - (7:28) 111 BPM

Jay Ru - "Toooo Late" - (6:30) 94 BPM

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Review: Arriving at a fourth Midnight Riot label compilation in little over a year is no mean feat for Yam Who?'s ISM operation, and the key to their success lies in the diversity of sounds you can include within the overarching theme of nocturnal grooves. And of course the high standard of artists that contribute, with this bumper 23 track selection no different as Yam Who? call on some respected names to contribute; seeing the likes of Joey Negro, Ilya Santana, Rakyo and LTJ Experience puts you at ease as you know you are in good hands - the Negro edit of Yambee's Ballistic Brothers classic "Blacker" is a notable highlight. Yet the fact these established names don't overshadow the contributions of lesser known Midnight Riot newcomers such as Dan Butler and Caserta - indeed the latter Boston based producer provides perhaps the best example of a 'nocturnal groove' with his slow burning, beat down house cut "Get Down".

PSYCHEMAGIK

What A Funky Night

Psychemagik

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DW 002
21 Jan 13

What A Funky Night (Psychemagik edit) - (5:01) 120 BPM

Auf Dem Dub (Psychemagik edit) - (6:48) 93 BPM

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Played by: Spec., DJ Drm (Bastard Jazz / Bstrd Boots), Los Charly's Orchestra, Andrew Allsgood (Free Association), Roberto Rodriguez, Juno Recommends Disco, Alessandro Otiz, Dionigi, Cc:disco!, Dirty Mckenzie, Dynamicron (Los Grandes/Our Nights), Future Feelings, Philosophy Of Sound, Kono Vidovic, Nu Disco Fever

Review: These guys have been flying the flag for quality amongst the disco re-edit community for a while now. This new two-tracker is being hailed as one of their best yet, with the title track being a lean, super-perky chopped up floor filler with infectious female vocals and a just-go-with-it Euro-rap. The second track is from the other side of the tracks: it's the type of slow n sleazy new wave-disco tune you can imagine in a dark early 80s New York fleapit, where the cast of Liquid Sky hang and dance in a beautifully nonchalant manner.

YSE SAINT LAUR'ANT

Beards EP

Whiskey Disco

WD 15
28 Jan 13

Freeze Frame - (6:16) 100 BPM

I Own The Boogie - (7:02) 102 BPM

Warm Wind Brewing - (7:29) 101 BPM

Here I Come Again - (6:58) 101 BPM

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Review: Beards. Where'd they come from, eh? One minute it was all asymmetrical haircuts and 80s electro-pop, then the beards & disco brigade arrived. Well successful re-edit imprint Whiskey Disco proves that beards are still big and happening. YSE has a shady house music history but here displays his love of disco with four quality reworks. "Freeze Frame" is a vocoder-led slow building chant-a-long, "I Own The Boogie" is a deep and intense disco funker with killer basslines (both electronic and live), "Warm Wind Brewing" is a Fantasy Island/Love Boat romantic journey and "Here I Come Again" ends things with some raw disco seduction.

CAPITAN FUTURO/DAVE GERRARD/DJ BUTCHER/ILL ADVISED

Chopshop Music Turns Me On Vol 2

Chopshop

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CHOPDIGI 020
01 Mar 13

Capitan Futuro - "Love Me Crazy" - (5:47) 112 BPM

Dave Gerrard - "Twisted Message" (DJ Butcher mix) - (5:45) 101 BPM

DJ Butcher - "However Do You Want Me" - (5:09) 104 BPM

Ill Advised - "Superstition" - (5:18) 98 BPM

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Played by: DJ Butcher (Chopshop Music), Andy Warburton, Homegroove Project, Franz, Fingerman, Juno Recommends Disco, Disco B, Joseph Terruel, Futurewife, Peza, Dynamicron (Los Grandes/Our Nights), Spilt Milk, Nu Disco Fever

Review: With a sly wink and a beckoning wave of the hand, Chopshop invite us into their boudoir for another seductive trip into slinky rework territory. As usual, many bases are covered. Captain Futuro kicks things off with "Love Me Crazy", a slo-mo disco-flecked hip-hop head-nodder. Label supremo DJ Butcher turns Dave Gerard's "Twisted Message" (a sneaky bootleg version of the Furious Five classic) into a disco funk-breaks smasher, before laying down some revivalist rare groove fun in the shape of his own "However Do You Want Me" (a rework of Soul II Soul's "Back To Life"). A decidedly sensual package is completed by the misty-eyed headiness of Ill Advised "Superstition" (yep, a remake of that "Superstitition").

100% Gomma (by Jacques Renault) (unmixed tracks)

JACQUES RENAULT/VARIOUS

100% Gomma (by Jacques Renault) (unmixed tracks)

Gomma Dance Tracks Germany

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GOMMADT 048
05 Apr 13

Leroy Hanghofer - "Pin" (Jacques Lu Cont mix) - (6:17) 120 BPM

Los Amigos Invisibles & Dimitri From Paris - "Glad To Know You" (Ray Mang's Flying dub) - (10:52) 116 BPM

Capablanca & T Keeler - "No Hay Dub" - (7:15) 119 BPM

Severino Horse Meat Disco - "Bounce" - (5:54) 120 BPM

Daniel Avery & The Deadstock 33s - "Nylon Icon" - (5:40) 122 BPM

Headman - "It Rough" (Chicken Lips remix) - (8:05) 120 BPM

Baldelli - "Phobos" - (4:56) 124 BPM

DJ Steef - "Venusian Missing" - (5:45) 118 BPM

The Glimmers - "Awake" - (6:48) 129 BPM

Munk - "Keep My Secret" (Jacques Renault remix) - (6:02) 119 BPM

Mercury - "Man" - (7:28) 119 BPM

The Barking Dogs - "Your High" (feat Tom Trago) - (6:18) 120 BPM

Telonius - "Control" - (5:03) 119 BPM

The Deadstock 33s - "Tic Tic Toc" - (4:54) 127 BPM

Various - "100% Gomma" (continuous DJ mix by Jacques Renault) - (1:00:14) 120 BPM

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Played by: Dicky Trisco, Martin Virgin, Dave Allison, Los Charly's Orchestra, Juno Recommends Disco, Headzsquare, Shota Tanaka (Beaten Space Probe), Simonlebon, Peza, Lesale, B.g. Baarregaard, Alan De Laniere, Vinyladdicted

DISCO TECH

Funky Heroes Vol 3

DiscoDat

DD 008
24 Dec 12

Stars In The Ghetto - (8:49) 100 BPM

On My mind - (5:35) 103 BPM

Tensions Over Me - (6:21) 105 BPM

Feel Like Dancin' - (6:16) 110 BPM

Lifted High - (6:17) 114 BPM

Be With You - (5:00) 99 BPM

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Played by: Homegroove Project, Fingerman, Superbreak, Chris Deepak, Disco Tech (Discodat), Juno Recommends Disco, Alessandro Otiz, Joseph Terruel, Dynamicron (Los Grandes/Our Nights), Ramsey Hercules, Del Strange, Vinyladdicted

ALKALINO

Renew EP

Audaz

ADULTERY 013
07 Jan 13

I Love It - (7:43) 115 BPM

U Can Do - (9:52) 110 BPM

Warp - (7:28) 123 BPM

Silver Shot - (8:01) 120 BPM

Something Funky - (5:55) 113 BPM

Janeiro - (5:30) 115 BPM

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Played by: B-Jam, Slow It Down, Fingerman, Kid Who, Superbreak, Alexander Robotnick, Alkalino, Juno Recommends Disco, Martin Brodin, Cc:disco!, Dirty Mckenzie, The Legendary 1979 Orchestra, Ramsey Hercules, Tulioxi, Vinyladdicted

Review: If you're suffering from a post-Christmas slump and are keen to mix things up, this EP of varied edits from Berlin-based producer Alkalino could be right up your alley. Featuring six varied cuts that touch on electrofunk, P-funk, jazz and '80s electro, there's plenty of playable fodder for discerning DJs. Highlights include the talkbox funk and piano solo bizniz of "I Love It", the hustling disco-funk of "Silver Shot" (check the fabulous percussion break halfway through), the jazztime swing of "Janeiro" and the heavyweight Whodini re-cut "Something Funky". Also worth a look is the winding, cosmic oddness of "Warp" - a curious concoction that should appeal to those who like to drop a bit of leftfield disco.

VARIOUS

V's Edits Vol 4

Vehicle

VHR 17
22 Mar 13

Comme Rhodes - "(Why Don't You) Patch It" (V dub edit) - (6:57) 100 BPM

Gardster - "Up" (& Down & Up Again V edit) - (6:04) 109 BPM

Party Schmitt - "Because" (V edit) - (4:31) 122 BPM

Johnny's Toe Black - "Soul Francisco" (V soul boogie edit) - (4:13) 106 BPM

All Brown - "Good or Bad" (V edit) - (5:36) 114 BPM

Is There Phillips - "Love You Too" (V Bass edit) - (6:16) 120 BPM

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Played by: Homegroove Project, Andrea Rucci, Juno Recommends Disco, Miles Reverse, Monkey Boots

Review: Following the success of the first three volumes of his AOR-tinged V's Edits series, Russian producer Valique (best known under his usual pseudonym for disco-flecked funk breaks) unleashes another EP of scalpel jobs. This time, the sources are a little more obscure (the silly artist names offer clues), but the party-starting remit remains. So, we get some chunky low-slung, Fleetwood Mac-ish rock ("Because"), a dash of hustling disco-funk ("Up"), a sprinkling of synth-bass laden funk-rock ("Soul Francisco"), a thickset house version of a soul classic ("Good Or Bad") and a big chunk of '90s US garage silliness ("Love You Too") - all tweaked and teased with an eye on dancefloor devastation.

VARIOUS

V's Edits vol 2

Vehicle

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VHR 015
29 May 12

Wetty Bright - "Slip & Do It" (V Feels So Good edit) - (5:56) 105 BPM

Marvin - "I Know Your Ego" (V Gentle edit) - (7:00) 120 BPM

Incredible Watson - "Booty Ooty" (V Checked The Sub - Found acid edit) - (7:22) 118 BPM

The Windsiders - "I Like Your Snuff" (V Disco Boogie edit) - (7:30) 120 BPM

The B-Boys - "G-Vibrations" (V dub edit) - (6:51) 95 BPM

SMB - "Fly Like An Eagle" (V Slips Into The Future edit) - (5:19) 102 BPM

Pex Sistols - "Anarchy In The UK" (V Special edit) - (6:24) 131 BPM

The Laughing Spoonful - "Summer In The City" (V Somesynth edit) - (6:08) 110 BPM

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Review: The mysterious V has got some balls. You see, it's common practice in re-edit circles to steer clear of certain big tunes and artists. V clearly didn't get the memo, because this second volume of party-hearty, floor-filling reworks contains sneaky dubs of tracks by Steve Miller (a smile-inducing version of "Fly Like An Eagle"), the Sex Pistols (a filter-heavy tweak of "Anarchy In The UK"), The Lovin' Spoonful ("Summer In The City") and The Beach Boys ("Good Vibrations", which gets a weirdly breaksy Balearic rework). Better, though, are the versions of the more disco and funk-inclined material. His Betty Wright rework ("Slip & Do It") is particularly magical.

VINYLADDICTED

Edits For Credits Vol 1

DiscoDat

DD 007
17 Dec 12

Sexy Eyes (Hooked On Your Eyes edit) - (6:05) 103 BPM

Don't Break My Heart (Broken Heart Repair & remastered)) - (5:17) 109 BPM

Stay With Me (Tasting The Hot Chocolate edit) - (7:24) 103 BPM

Miss Ya (Soul-Stretching edit) - (6:06) 111 BPM

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Played by: Superbreak, Disco Tech (Discodat), Juno Recommends Disco, Tosses & Varvez, Jona Saucedo, Kono Vidovic, Vinyladdicted

Review: DiscoDat continue on their quest to retweak every song from the 1970s charts with another EP, this time by Vinyladdicted; and why not? Sometimes it can actually improve on the original, as in the case of Dr Hook's mid 70s mustachioed romp, "Sexy Eyes", which gets looped and beefed up here. "Don't Break My Heart" soups a little known 1980 anthem by Tonee & Bill Collins, "Miss Ya" is sweet holiday funk but it's a hypnotic reworking of Hot Chocolate's "Stay With Me" that really hits the spot.

THE GAFF

Katakana Edits Vol 7

Katakana Edits

KE 9007
15 Oct 12

Mambo No 5 - (3:14) 104 BPM

Funny Saga - (4:56) 119 BPM

High Life - (4:55) 120 BPM

Zamboozee - (3:42) 96 BPM

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Review: For the uninitiated, The Gaff is a Canada-based DJ, producer and prodigious maker of "party breaks" - shorthand for re-edits and reworks that should appeal for those DJs for whom loose rhythms are of more interest than a straight 4/4 pulse. This first contribution to the digital-only Katakana Edits series is full of funk and soul-laden jams with heavy but snappy drums. There's a global feel, too, with excellent forays into afro-funk ("High Life") and Latin beats ("Mambo Number 5"). While all four tracks are carefully tuned to the needs of dancefloors, the afro-flecked disco-funk grooves of "Funny Saga" stands out.

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Black Lace Vol 5

Los Grandes

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GRAN 017
11 Mar 13

Dynamicron - "Yes It Is" - (6:24) 100 BPM

Brevil - "Sexy" - (5:52) 108 BPM

Jay Ru - "It's Not Over (Remember The Good Times)" - (7:14) 115 BPM

VinylAddicted - "No Doubt" (Never Lies edit) - (6:04) 103 BPM

PCJ Project - "I Like Sound" (Groove Intrigo rework) - (5:31) 102 BPM

DJ Butcher - "Take A Chance With Me" - (6:20) 120 BPM

Nicko Marineli - "The Man" (66 edit) - (8:20) 120 BPM

Craxi Disco - "Jerusalem" (Chariots Of Fire edit) - (5:42) 106 BPM

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Played by: DJ Butcher (Chopshop Music), Gazeebo, Fingerman, Superbreak, Juno Recommends Disco, Shota Tanaka (Beaten Space Probe), Vladislav Moustache Love, Disco B, Joseph Terruel, Get Down Edits, Dynamicron (Los Grandes/Our Nights), Ramsey Hercules, Vinyladdicted, Albacore

Review: Nope, this ain't the return of mulleted 80s duo Black Lace, it's the latest comp from Dynamicron's Latino-centric nu-disco label Los Grandes. Once again they've searched high and low to gather the hottest re-edits. Highlights this time include Brevil's sultry sweaty "Sexy", Vinyladdicted's shocking percussion-led rework of 'cough', Jimmy Nail's "Ain't No Doubt", PCJ's baddass 70s disco rock freakout "I Like The Sound", DJ Butcher's faithful take on Mister Flaggio's Italo disco masterpiece "Take A Chance", and Craxi Disco's seductive and proggy synth-disco epic "Jerusalem".

WIZARD, ED/DISCO DOUBLE DEE/DISCO TECH/THOMASS JACKSON/TONY TEE/DJ RAW SUGAR

Slo-Roasted

Editorial

ED 23
21 Dec 12

Ed Wizard & Disco Double Dee - "On The One" - (6:39) 106 BPM

Tony T - "The Feeling" - (6:25) 104 BPM

Thomass Jackson - "Gangsta Man" - (6:36) 82 BPM

Disco Tech - "Our Lives" - (5:52) 93 BPM

DJ Raw Sugar - "Alright (The Lost Dub)" - (5:10) 125 BPM

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Played by: B-Jam, Fingerman, Superbreak, Spilt Milk, Chris Deepak, Disco Tech (Discodat), Juno Recommends Disco, Juno Recommends Deep House, In Flagranti, Ramskank, Alessandro Otiz, The Funk Hunters, Karim, Dirty Mckenzie, Dynamicron (Los Grandes/Our Nights), Thomass Jackson, Willo Schubarth, Lazy Kiss

DISCO TECH

First Pressure EP

DiscoDat

DD 001
11 Apr 12

Papa Was Rollin' Stoned - (5:21) 122 BPM

Feelin' Love - (8:04) 124 BPM

Love Inside - (4:26) 110 BPM

Cover Me - (6:30) 122 BPM

Dare Me - (5:13) 113 BPM

Grease Iz The Word - (5:29) 115 BPM

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Played by: Jimmythetwin, Dicky Trisco, Fuzzbox Inc, Andrea Rucci, Chris Deepak, Disco Tech (Discodat), Juno Recommends Disco, Chas Bronz, Tasun, Vladislav Moustache Love, Martin Brodin, Dirty Mckenzie, Joseph Terruel, Dynamicron (Los Grandes/Our Nights), Heion, Juno Best Sellers 2012, Jona Saucedo

TIMEWARP INC

Ghetto Drunk

Timewarp Greece

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TMDG 117
11 Feb 13

Bullshit - (4:57) 105 BPM

Ghetto Drunk (feat Tonkin) - (4:43) 116 BPM

Humus - (4:42) 115 BPM

Start With An A - (4:58) 120 BPM

Kotzak - (5:42) 105 BPM

Yuil Disco Breaks (Soundsystem version) - (5:44) 112 BPM

Hipsko (feat The Time Travellas) - (5:06) 126 BPM

Disco Frisco (feat Leon) - (4:56) 123 BPM

Kraakin - (5:56) 120 BPM

Home Grown - (4:35) 120 BPM

Chase In The Case - (4:09) 125 BPM

Hot Spot (electronic mix) - (4:39) 129 BPM

Latin Cookies - (3:47) 135 BPM

Projections - (4:14) 115 BPM

Dubwizejah - (4:40) 100 BPM

Kotzak (revisit) - (5:39) 105 BPM

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Played by: Timewarp, Zamali, Trotter, Voodoocuts, Jayl Funk, Juno Recommends Brokenbeat/Nu Jazz, Juno Recommends Funk/Reissues, The Funk Hunters, Dynamicron (Los Grandes/Our Nights), Leo Leonardi Aka Funky Brothers, Tulioxi, Vinyladdicted

Review: Timewarp have been putting out bangers since 2005 on their own Timewarp Music, a Greek label dedicated to only the most alluring electronic sounds. This is their new LP and it's choc-a-bloc with surprises for you; starting from the opener "Bullshit", an irresistibly hip-swanking trip-hop number, it goes all the way through "Disco Frisco" featuring the one like Leon for a smooth but rough-ready house roller, and ends up in places never expected like "Latin Cookies", a track so joyful and packed with good vibes that it can't be properly catalogued into one genre...it has one hell of a bass line though - much like everything else on this sweet full-length from the boys at Timewarp.

ED WIZARD/DISCO DOUBLE DEE/THE NEW BLACK/RABO & SNOB/VINYLADDICTED

Twenty Four Seven

Editorial

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ED 24
19 Feb 13

Ed Wizard & Disco Double Dee - "Do It One More Time" - (6:52) 109 BPM

Rabo & Snob - "Camel Filter" - (6:12) 100 BPM

The New Black - "I've Been So" - (7:22) 110 BPM

VinylAddicted - "Alright" - (5:15) 107 BPM

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Played by: Fingerman, Dave Allison, Superbreak, Hot Toddy, Juno Recommends Disco, The Funk Hunters, Cc:disco!, Dynamicron (Los Grandes/Our Nights), Ramsey Hercules, Vinyladdicted

Review: There's something admirable about the no-nonsense approach of the Editorial camp. While steeped in a deep love of the disco sound and the genre's deep history, the edits and reworks they release are first and foremost tried-and-tested dancefloor bumpers. The four cuts here are a great case in point. Ed Wizard & Disco Double Dee's "Do It One More Time" is a hustlin', low-slung treat (recasting Harvey Mason's "Groovin You" as a sweaty chugger), while Rabo & Snob's "Camel Filter" romps along on a formidable disco-funk flex. The biggest surprise, though is Vinyladdicted's "Alright", a rush-inducing chunk of Balearic disco.

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Get Down Edits Vol 4

Get Down Edits

GDE 004
20 May 13

Get Down Edits - "S' Punk" (Deo Groove) - (6:30) 118 BPM

Fingerman - "Too Much" - (7:00) 112 BPM

Get Down Edits - "Heaven Sent" - (6:52) 103 BPM

Deadly Sins - "I Left My Heart" - (6:35) 114 BPM

Jay Ru - "Nothing (In This World)" - (7:04) 93 BPM

Dave Gerrard - "People Of The World" - (6:51) 105 BPM

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Played by: Jm Jackmaster, Dicky Trisco, Michael Mckenna (Keep Schtum), Fingerman, Martin Virgin, Cloned In Vatican!, Venice Beach, Disco Tech (Discodat), Juno Recommends Disco, Freddy Love, Disco B, 78 Edits, Get Down Edits, Dynamicron (Los Grandes/Our Nights), Lesale, Grass Green, Monkey Boots, Vinyladdicted

Review: It seems that the nu-disco trend of re-edits is one that just keeps growing. Everyone from Siberia to Greece is doing it, and now the fever has spread to Ireland too in the form of the Get Down Edits label. Thankfully these guys don't (usually) pick the obvious stuff - Fingerman samples Luther Vandross' "Never Too Much" on "Too Much" so they lose points for that, but generally it's all good jazzy, funky retro jams.

ED WIZARD/DISCO DOUBLE DEE/78 EDITS/B JAM/FEZA/MANNMADEMUSIC

Full House

Editorial

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ED 20
03 Oct 12

Ed Wizard & Disco Double Dee - "Slow Fire" - (6:43) 109 BPM

78 Edits - "Me For You" - (7:35) 116 BPM

B-Jam - "Everyday" - (5:05) 95 BPM

Feza - "Do It Again" - (6:54) 113 BPM

Mannmademusic - "Down & Out" (feat Freshtone) - (7:36) 112 BPM

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Review: The scalpel fiends and rework hounds behind the Editorial label rarely disappoint, and this latest split EP is packed with floor-friendly midtempo goodies. The most revelatory cut of all is Ed Wizard and Disco Double Dee's "Slow Fire", a delicious 109 BPM bumper that re-casts Gwen McRae's electrofunk-era disco bomb as a stoned head-nodder. It works so well that you wonder why nobody's done it before. Elsewhere, there's some sweet groovery from Feza, a surprisingly percussive disco-funk jam from the usually dawdling 78 Edits, and a decidedly Balearic jazz-funk excursion from Manmademusic and Freshtone. Really, it's only the usually on-point B-Jam who lets the side down with the so-so "Everyday".

THE GROOVERS

Make Me Feel EP

Razor-N-Tape

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RNTD 003
08 Mar 13

Here's To You Mr Robinson - (6:01) 118 BPM

Make Me Feel - (6:17) 115 BPM

Where You Belong - (5:54)

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Played by: DJ Butcher (Chopshop Music), The Groovers, Redsoul, Fingerman, Dave Allison, Superbreak, Juno Recommends Disco, Juno Recommends Deep House, Jkriv (Deep And Disco/Razor-N-Tape), Freddy Love, Vladislav Moustache Love, Cc:disco!, Weedyman, Dynamicron (Los Grandes/Our Nights), Ramsey Hercules, Italodisko, Monkey Boots, Nu Disco Fever, Numoment

Review: A belated but welcome return for Brooklyn's Razor 'N' Tape crew. This time round, though, they're not cutting-up classic boogie tunes in a Tiger & Woods-ish disco-house style. Instead, they offer up three woozy, all-enveloping deep house cuts from The Groovers. "Here's To You Mr Robinson" laces a classic jazz vocal over a smooth-as-silk deep house groove, while "Make Me Feel" turns a delicious jazz-funk jam into a deep, soulful treat - all twinkling Rhodes, edible horns and sweeping strings. "Where You Belong", on the other hand, goes further into slow dance territory, lacing fluid funk guitars, sensual pianos and a delightful vocal over a deep rare funk groove.

BASTILLE EDITS

Superbreak Presents Bastille Edits 02

Superbreak

SBR 029
08 Mar 13

Fill Me Up (Superbreak Presents Bastille Edits 02) - (7:32) 112 BPM

Love In The Rain - (5:50) 112 BPM

Sideways Soul - (7:18) 117 BPM

Soul Searcher - (6:18) 108 BPM

This Love - (8:06) 112 BPM

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Played by: The Groovers, Gazeebo, Fingerman, Superbreak, Kavita, Chris Deepak, Juno Recommends Disco, Vladislav Moustache Love, Joseph Terruel, Ramsey Hercules, Vinyladdicted

JKRIV/FEZA/KINKY BOOTS/SONICVIBE/DJ BUTCHER

Sunday Brunch

Editorial

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ED 25
21 Mar 13

Jkriv - "Something Special" - (5:10) 98 BPM

Feza - "Feel Like" - (7:04) 110 BPM

Kinky Boots - "Jack Herb" - (7:09) 114 BPM

Sonicvibe - "Wet Level" - (6:19) 110 BPM

DJ Butcher - "All My Dub" - (6:03) 119 BPM

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Played by: DJ Butcher (Chopshop Music), Gazeebo, Dave Allison, Superbreak, Juno Recommends Disco, The Funk Hunters, Joseph Terruel, Get Down Edits, Dynamicron (Los Grandes/Our Nights), Willo Schubarth, Future Feelings, Del Strange, Grass Green, Vinyladdicted

Review: Having previously danced the night away, the extended musical family behind the Editorial imprint sit down together for a nice spot of Sunday Brunch. In practice, that means a slightly deeper, groovier flex than some previous outings. There's plenty to enjoy, though, from the low-slung mutant nu-disco of JKriv's "Something Special" and the tumbling goodness of Sonicvibe's "Wet Level" (based on Rick James' "Cold Blooded"), to the original boogie sweetness of DJ Butcher's "All My Dub" (a much-needed tweak of Major Harris's long-forgotten "All My Life"). Of course, there are a couple of peaktime stompers, with Feza's Bohannon-ish "Feel Like" standing out.

SPIRIT CATCHER feat MR RENARD

Final Call

Mullet

MULLET 067
05 Mar 13

Final Call - (7:04) 119 BPM

Never Give Up - (6:48) 104 BPM

Final Call (Casio Social Club 'Lock-Groove' remix) - (6:30) 119 BPM

Never Give Up (Tad Wily remix) - (7:46) 110 BPM

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Review: Belgian duo Spirit Catcher have been producing uber-slick, disco-tinged electro-house/proto nu-disco for almost ten years. However, their sound can maybe veer towards being a bit too tasteful, a bit dry, so teaming up with pastel clad 80s enthusiasts Mullet has awoken a playful sense of fun in their style. "Final Call" is an electro-boogie anthem featuring the cheeky vocals of Mr Renard and "Never Give Up" sees the pair embark on a delicious analogue synth-funk mission. Label boss Casio Social Club remixes the lead track in a Mylo stylee but it's Tad Wily's deep n spacey odyssey that's really floating our yacht.

ED WIZARD & DISCO DOUBLE DEE/DAVE GERRARD/FINGERMAN/ILYA SANTANA

Summer Is Early Volume 1

Chopshop

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CHOPDIGI 021
15 Mar 13

Ed Wizard & Disco Double Dee - "Block Party" - (6:36) 112 BPM

Dave Gerrard - "Glow At Night" (Mashedit) - (6:28) 117 BPM

Fingerman - "Boogie Beatdown" - (6:27) 110 BPM

Ilya Santana - "Hot Chocolate Dance" - (4:14) 115 BPM

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Played by: DJ Butcher (Chopshop Music), Gazeebo, Fingerman, Dave Allison, Los Charly's Orchestra, Chris Deepak, Juno Recommends Disco, The Glue, Cc:disco!, Dynamicron (Los Grandes/Our Nights), Spilt Milk, Ramsey Hercules, Grass Green, Nu Disco Fever, Vinyladdicted, Cocaine On Her Dress

FINGERMAN

The Real Fingerman

Chopshop

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CHOPDIGI 022
05 Apr 13

I Know It's Mine - (7:03) 110 BPM

Lenny's Disco - (7:51) 115 BPM

Outta Sight - (8:12) 116 BPM

Honk Honk - (9:44) 120 BPM

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Review: Trust us, in our experience when encountering someone who goes by a nickname like Fingerman, it's usually best not to enquire as to how they came to be christened so. Here though he seems intent for us to know his true story, and luckily for us he's explaining it through the language of music. "I Know Its Mine" is a snazzy, brassy anthemic jam, "Lenny's Disco" is super camp fun of the Carl Bean variety, "Outta Sight" is more low-slung stuff, and "Honky Honk", with its incredible sliding bassline, is the sound of a roof being raised!

OLIVIER BOOGIE/RED GREG

Dance Roll Rhythm

Lumberjacks In Hell

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LIH 008
07 Jan 13

Olivier Boogie - "Dance Band" - (6:22) 118 BPM

Olivier Boogie - "Rolling Stone" - (6:13) 120 BPM

Red Greg - "Inner Rhythm" - (8:14) 127 BPM

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Played by: B-Jam, Dave Lee / Joey Negro, Dicky Trisco, Homegroove Project, Fingerman, Art Of Tones, Superbreak, Juno Recommends Disco, Weedyman, Al Macario, Ramsey Hercules, Tulioxi, Kono Vidovic, Monkey Boots

Review: Continuing their forays into the world of yesteryear grooves unabated, those pesky hell-dwelling Lumberjacks are at it again, this time drafting in O Boogie and Red Greg for some disco funk finesse for the smoothest get-downs. O Boogie is up first, leaning heavy on a rich piano hook that hammers lower register chords over an incessant disco tick, while evergreen track "Papa Was A Rolling Stone" gets re-versioned in such a floor-burning fashion you'll need asbestos boots just to get out alive. Red Greg's "Inner Rhythm" plies familiar tropes into a sweet instrumental groove that makes all the right moves.

DEAD ROSE MUSIC COMPANY/SATIN JACKETS

Nothin To Ya

Whiskey Disco

WD 16
30 Apr 13

Nothin To Ya - (7:24) 108 BPM

Too Late - (6:38) 120 BPM

The Hustle - (6:13) 110 BPM

I Can See The Light - (7:19) 116 BPM

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Played by: Sleazy Mcqueen, Fingerman, Dave Allison, Superbreak, The Glue, Shota Tanaka (Beaten Space Probe), 78 Edits, Weedyman, Kono Vidovic, Grass Green, Monkey Boots, Vinyladdicted, Disco Doubles

Review: Whiskey Disco returns with a quartet of blisteringly good reworks from Dead Rose Music Company and Satin Jackets. Dead Rose Music Company open proceedings in style with "Nothin To Ya", a brilliantly low-slung, bass-heavy re-edit-turned-remix of the Jones Girls' "You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else" that turns the delightful original into a dubbed-out chunk of dancefloor chugginess. The more upbeat "Too Late", based on a lesser-known favourite, is almost as good. Satin Jackets' "The Hustle" provides some looser - but still formidably heavy - dewy-eyed disco-soul thrills, while "I Can See The Light" is more Balearic than a wet, sloppy kiss from a grinning stranger.

LARSE

GT EP

Dikso

DIKSOF 012
15 Apr 13

Dynamic Duo (original mix) - (6:21) 112 BPM

Love Is The Answer (original mix) - (7:15) 107 BPM

Hot (Adana Twins Twistin' Bassline remix) - (6:18) 115 BPM

Hot (original mix) - (6:03) 106 BPM

Lay It (original mix) - (6:06) 106 BPM

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Played by: Dicky Trisco, Tronik Youth - No Dice Edits, Sleazy Mcqueen, DJ Friction (Germany), Dave Allison, Chris Deepak, Venice Beach, Juno Recommends Disco, Shota Tanaka (Beaten Space Probe), Moonoton, Get Down Edits, B.g. Baarregaard, Miles Reverse, Monkey Boots, Jakobin&domino, Disco Doubles

Review: Larse is a hard act to track down and although we don't know much about them, one thing we do know is that Larse is very good at getting backsides moving. This turbo-themed EP boasts 4 original deep body-disco cuts, the standouts being the sublime and totally glamorous "Hot" and the (possibly even better?) Adana Twins remix, which is indeed based around a twisting bassline. What's not to love?

LATE NITE TUFF GUY

Dessert Island Discs 009

Dessert Island Discs

DID 009 D
23 Mar 12

I Don't Like Acid - (6:15) 110 BPM

You Got Me Groovin' - (6:33) 103 BPM

I Got So Much Love - (5:32) 112 BPM

One Nite In A Disco (GW rework by Greg Wilson) - (7:08) 112 BPM

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ALKALINO

The Reworks Album

Audaz

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ADULTERY 014
11 Mar 13

Songs That I Sing - (8:13) 105 BPM

Lets Give It A Try - (6:19) 110 BPM

Secret Life - (6:45) 110 BPM

Shine On - (6:09) 110 BPM

Untie Me Down - (8:01) 112 BPM

Keep On Doing - (7:13) 113 BPM

Sie Und Ich - (9:22) 115 BPM

Easy Come & Easy Go - (7:44) 120 BPM

Lover Is Back - (9:39) 120 BPM

New Beat - (7:24) 125 BPM

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Played by: Alkalino, Chris Deepak, G&d, Juno Recommends Disco, Weedyman, Ramsey Hercules, Cocaine On Her Dress

Review: Lino 'Alkalino' Rodriguez continues to yo-yo between edits and original productions. Following some decent deep house outings for his own Audaz imprint, here he returns to the world of edits with a ten-track collection of impressively varied reworks. Predictably, he merrily switches between styles at will, touching on '80s AOR B-sides ("Shine On"), Italo (the excellent "Let's Give It A Try"), Balearica ("Secret Life", a rework of "City Lights"), disco-funk (the bumpin' "Untie Me Down"), art-disco (Arthur Russell rework "Keep On Doing") and industrial funk (the Nietzer Ebb-ish "New Beat"). Predictably, all sound like they'd do suitable damage on dancefloors.

THE RIGHT NOW

Call Girl

Deep & Disco Recordings

DDRD 005
19 Feb 13

Call Girl (Hot Toddy mix) - (7:43) 116 BPM

Call Girl (original live recording) - (4:23) 116 BPM

Call Girl (Dicky Trisco version) - (5:58) 115 BPM

Call Girl (JKriv remix) - (6:25) 123 BPM

Call Girl (Hot Toddy dub) - (7:02) 116 BPM

Call Girl (JKriv Booty Call mix) - (6:18) 102 BPM

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Played by: Dave Lee / Joey Negro, Dicky Trisco, The Groovers, Maurice Aymard, Hot Toddy, Chris Deepak, Juno Recommends Disco, Jkriv (Deep And Disco/Razor-N-Tape), Alessandro Otiz, Shota Tanaka (Beaten Space Probe), Cc:disco!, Dirty Mckenzie, Martin Hayes (Rose Records), Ramsey Hercules, Kono Vidovic, Grass Green, Nu Disco Fever, Cocaine On Her Dress

Review: JKriv's Deep & Disco label have come up with a winner with this fine, vintage sounding raw disco track by contemporary Chicago act, The Right Now, remixed by a host of nu-disco regulars. The new-wave meets brass-led disco of the original, in which singer Stefanie Berecz summons the spirit of Chaka Khan, is stretched into lovely dreamy dub by Dicky Trisco and wound down into the sound of a balmy Fire Island summer night by Hot Toddy. Jkriv himself also steps up to the mark with two mixes - a bleepy house one and a sleazy Balearic 'Booty Call' mix.

Late Night Tales: After Dark (unmixed tracks)

BILL BREWSTER/VARIOUS

Late Night Tales: After Dark (unmixed tracks)

Late Night Tales

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ALND 31
05 May 13

Various - "Late Night Tales Presents After Dark" (Bill Brewster continuous mix) - (1:18:04) 110 BPM

Marti Caine - "Love The Way You Love Me" - (5:40) 93 BPM

Linus Loves - "The Love" - (5:10) 102 BPM

Quiller - "Quiller" - (6:50) 103 BPM

Twin Sister - "All Around & Away We Go" (Hotel Motel mix) - (9:56) 105 BPM

TBS - "Extraterrestrial Manouevres In The Dark" (feat Jamalski) - (4:31) 105 BPM

Jamiroquai - "Alright" (DJ version excursion) - (6:47) 106 BPM

The Doves - "Compulsion" (Padded Cell remix) - (7:30) 105 BPM

Coober Pedy University Band - "Moon Plain" - (7:20) 109 BPM

Jamie Lloyd - "Movin' In" (Brennan Green mix) - (8:03) 107 BPM

Fernando Pulichino - "Best Is Yet To Come" - (6:33) 111 BPM

Martin Kershaw - "Keep On Pokin'" - (8:46) 111 BPM

M - "Machistador" - (8:04) 112 BPM

Karma - "Beach Towel" (I:Cube mix) - (10:10) 111 BPM

Zed Bias - "Koolade" (feat Toddla T & MDcL) - (6:28) 112 BPM

Beans & Company - "The Go Go" - (6:11) 115 BPM

Tad Wily - "After Dark" - (6:29) 114 BPM

Herbest Moon - "Blow Your Body" (Deep Space dub) - (8:27) 120 BPM

Asha Puthli - "Space Talk" - (5:39) 100 BPM

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Played by: The Groovers, Juno Recommends Disco, Killer Funk Records Usa

Review: Given his encyclopedic knowledge of music, you'd expect any compilation put together by Bill Brewster to be full of unlikely gems and lesser-known anthems. That's certainly the case with After Dark, the first in a new DJ-focused series from the Late Night Tales camp. From start to finish, Brewster's selections are spot on, from the lowdown, slo-mo disco oddness of Sheffield chanteuse Marti Caine's "Love The Way You Love Me" and wide-eyed, acid-laden kosmiche of Coober Peder University Band's "Moon Plain", to the dirty electrofunk of Zed Bias's "Koolade" (featuring Toddla T, of all people) and mid'80s percussion fest of Martin Kershaw's "Keep On Pokin". If that wasn't enough, Brewster has also unearthed a decent Jamiroquai record. The wonders never cease.

VARIOUS

Legendary Edits 3

Legendary Sound Research

LSR 010D
29 Apr 13

The Legendary 1979 Orchestra - "Spring Fever" - (6:32) 116 BPM

Rayko - "Such A Feeling" - (6:11) 115 BPM

78 Edits - "Don't You Know" - (8:57) 116 BPM

Alkalino - "Have A Ball" - (6:20) 115 BPM

JimmyTheTwin - "Party Down" - (6:22) 118 BPM

MannMadeMusic - "The Third Eye" - (6:13) 115 BPM

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Played by: Jm Jackmaster, Fingerman, Superbreak, Kisk, Alkalino, Disco Tech (Discodat), The Glue, Shota Tanaka (Beaten Space Probe), 78 Edits, Joseph Terruel, Grass Green, Vinyladdicted

Review: The Legendary Sound Orchestra continues his attempt to provide disco edit lovers with something extraordinary, with a third collection of hand picked reworks. Predictably, there's plenty to enjoy, from his own sparse, piano-heavy version of Silvetti's Salsoul classic "Spring Rain", to the rolling, bongo-laden goodness of 78 Edits' sprightly but loopy "Don't You Know". Highlights-wise, it's a toss-up between Alkalino's baggy disco-soul shuffler, "Have A Ball", and Jimmy The Twin's superb, TR-707-enhanced "Party Down". The latter, a horn-heavy chunk of upbeat disco-funk, is arguably the Bristol-based scalpel fiend's best work to date.

VARIOUS

Pals Vol 1

Play Pal Music

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PP 001
12 Nov 12

Get Down Edits - "Love To Dub You Baby" (edit) - (7:32) 100 BPM

PH & Teniente Castillo - "Please Just Go" (edit) - (4:30) 110 BPM

Disco Tech - "Give It To Each Other" (edit) - (8:36) 100 BPM

Dynamicron - "Harder" (rework) - (5:35) 97 BPM

Alvaro Cabana - "Asking To An UFO" (edit) - (7:21) 118 BPM

Phunktastike - "I Said No" (original mix) - (6:33) 108 BPM

Beaten Space Probe - "Lovely Breakdown" (edit) - (7:00) 117 BPM

Los Siffredi - "Un Bandolero En París" (edit) - (6:20) 118 BPM

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Played by: Jimmythetwin, Dicky Trisco, Teniente Castillo, Fingerman, Superbreak, Pete Herbert, Disco Tech (Discodat), Shota Tanaka (Beaten Space Probe), Vladislav Moustache Love, Dirty Mckenzie, Dan Solo, La Royale, Get Down Edits, Dynamicron (Los Grandes/Our Nights), Kito Jempere, Ramsey Hercules, Vinyladdicted

GREDITS/ELEF/THE CANDY DEALERS/ILLYUS

Six Million Ways To Fly EP

Sccucci Manucci

SCCUCCI 006
01 Apr 13

Gredits - "Doin' It Deep" - (6:27) 108 BPM

Elef - "Lazy Liz" - (6:06) 120 BPM

The Candy Dealers - "Time Machine" - (6:30) 117 BPM

Illyus - "Movin' House" - (6:54) 124 BPM

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Review: Volume Six of the esteemed Sccucci Manucci operation sees the Tom Selleck of disco flecked house rack up the air miles with an international cast of talent contributing. Contemporary disco connoisseurs should be fully aware of Gredits, the Swedish producer with previous on the Basic Fingers label; "Doing It Deep" does it right, seductively teasing out a killer looped up disco groove that gets more flirtatious with every listen. German dwelling Greek producer Elef takes us into classicist house terrain with the infectious bump and shuffle of "Lazy Liz", whilst a long promised Sccucci weapon from The Candy Dealers (aka Christian Malloni & Jay West also sees release. Glaswegian Illyus rounds out the EP, as he returns for a second bite of the Manucci cherry with the late night dubby house goodness of "Movin House".

JAMES SILK/PATRYK MOLINARI/ANDRE CROM/DARABI

Black Jukebox 05

Exploited Germany

BJ 05
01 Oct 12

James Silk - "Can't Wait" - (5:54) 122 BPM

Patryk Molinari - "No Dilemma" - (7:26) 115 BPM

Andre Crom - "Body Dreamin" - (6:28) 120 BPM

Darabi - "She Keep It Tight" - (5:30)

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Played by: Kirsten Sees, Low Slung, Inland Knights, Juno Recommends Deep House, J&m Brothers, Alessandro Otiz, Sharam Jey, Random Soul, Nine Lives

CHUDY

See U On The Floor

Tru Funk

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TF 22
21 Jan 13

Happy Joint - (3:06)

Looking For Somebody - (3:17)

Where's The Party - (4:02)

Keep The Beat - (3:44) 122 BPM

Keep The Beat (DJ Kid Stretch remix) - (4:06) 121 BPM

Keep The Beat (DJ Twister remix) - (4:22) 122 BPM

Keep The Beat (The Gemini Bros remix) - (6:08) 121 BPM

See You Soon (BadBoe remix) - (4:31)

See You Soon (B-Side remix) - (4:02)

It's What I Do (Cez14 remix) - (4:02)

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Played by: Chudy, DJ Self, Actual Sounds, Justin Johnson, Juno Recommends Breakbeat, Alessandro Otiz, Rory Hoy, Ez Icarus, Tosses & Varvez, Bialson Hajsy

Review: The Polish party vibes keep flowing at Tru Funk as Chudy returns to the stall with another fine mess of well-laced booties and nu-funk nuggets. "Happy Joint" is the perfect opener, fusing Art Of Fighters with a Michelle Wallace classic. "Looking For Somebody", meanwhile, is the perfect heater; jumping and jiving with a more cut-up sound, it takes an L.T.D joint to a whole new groove dimension. "Where's The Party At" rides with more of a playful, sexy swing while "Keep The Beat" ends on more of a b-boy flavour with added pianos. And that's before we even get to the wide range of remixes! Another must-have from Tru Funk.

VARIOUS

Futurism Shades Of Space

ISM

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ISM 026X
25 Mar 13

Bonar Bradberry - "This Way Up" - (7:15) 112 BPM

Spektrum - "Ambush In Istanbul" (Kiwi remix) - (6:46) 124 BPM

St Petersburgh Disco Spin Club - "Pardonnez Moi Pour Mon Francais" - (6:22) 117 BPM

Mannmade Music - "Listen Up" - (6:43) 116 BPM

Ron Basejam - "Is The Word" (PBR Streetgang remix) - (10:26) 119 BPM

Jamie L - "Rough Jammm Yo" - (8:08) 120 BPM

Michelle Manetti - "Give It Up" (Ruben & Ra remix) - (6:52) 120 BPM

Nu Ak - "Fly Away" - (6:54) 115 BPM

Adolfo Velayos - "The Taste" - (7:31) 120 BPM

Rubinskee - "Sources" (The Dead Rose Music Company remix) - (6:44) 118 BPM

Nega Tiv - "Liquid Call" - (5:04) 124 BPM

Ex Friendly - "Shokran" - (8:12) 80 BPM

Odyssey - "Aint No Stoppin Us Now" (Ron Basejam remix) - (7:10) 119 BPM

Gemini Bros - "Jocko" (DJ Rocca Eurodiscodub) - (5:58) 120 BPM

Ben La Desh & Plan DAqua - "Crackstate" - (6:54) 105 BPM

Yam Who? - "Dont You Want My Love" (feat Natasha Watts - Stupid Human mix) - (6:14) 120 BPM

Questlife - "What You Like" (feat Lola & Wildchild) - (6:20) 118 BPM

Freekwency - "By My Side" (feat Charli James) - (5:22) 111 BPM

Phunktastike - "Love Crisis" - (5:20) 110 BPM

Yambee - "SAM" - (7:25) 110 BPM

Genius Collective - "Stronger Than Me" - (6:09) 100 BPM

Hamish Balfour - "Believe" (feat Erik Rico) - (6:00) 108 BPM

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Played by: B-Jam, Dave Lee / Joey Negro, Tronik Youth - No Dice Edits, Michael Mckenna (Keep Schtum), Sleazy Mcqueen, Yam Who?, Superbreak, Sw, Maurice Aymard, Al Kent, Moonoton, Benny Badge (Freekwency), Peza, Dynamicron (Los Grandes/Our Nights), Willo Schubarth, Monkey Boots, Thomass Jackson

Review: ISM Records' two Futurism EPs have proved so popular that label boss Yam Who has decided to use them as the inspiration for an expansive compilation of previously unreleased gems. Unlike the label's other popular strand, Midnight Riot, there's always been a bit more of an open-minded, eclectic feel about the Futurism releases. This is no different. Whilst rooted in nu-disco and deep house, Futurism: Shades of Space also touches on 21st century jazz-funk (Manmademusic), bongo-laden spiritual house (Nu Ak's "Fly Away"), fluid garage (Nega Tiv's excellent "Liquid Call"), woozy Balearica (Ben La Desh and Plan DAqua), block party boogie (Questlife feat Wildstyle, Freekwency) and nu-jazz (Hamish Balfour). More importantly, the quality threshold remains high throughout.

RAYKO/FEZA/VENICE BEACH/THE OWL/B-JAM

Double Double

Editorial

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ED 22
05 Dec 12

Feza - "Stars" (Kozmik Oda rework) - (9:57) 108 BPM

Venice Beach - "Boogie Zapping" - (4:06) 107 BPM

Rayko - "Sho!" - (8:09) 110 BPM

B-Jam - "Choices" - (4:24) 97 BPM

The Owl - "Tie Me Down" - (5:08) 108 BPM

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Played by: DJ Butcher (Chopshop Music), Sleazy Mcqueen, Superbreak, Venice Beach, Disco Tech (Discodat), Juno Recommends Disco, Alessandro Otiz, The Funk Hunters, Disco B, Jona Saucedo, Del Strange, Lazy Kiss, Vinyladdicted

BEATEN SPACE PROBE

Beaten Space Probe 002

Beaten Space Probe

BSP 002
21 Mar 13

Boogie Rice - (6:26) 103 BPM

In Your Soul - (7:28) 113 BPM

Feel Like Dancing - (8:26) 110 BPM

River Magic - (8:42) 120 BPM

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Played by: Visti, Gazeebo, Fingerman, Juno Recommends Disco, Shota Tanaka (Beaten Space Probe), Ramsey Hercules, B.g. Baarregaard, Future Feelings, Monkey Boots, Vinyladdicted, Cocaine On Her Dress

Review: It's been a while since we've had contact with Beaten Space Probe, but presumably his probe is still operational because here we have a follow up to last year's debut. Once again this Japanese producer (aka Shota Tanaka) is in party mood with four authentically 70s sounding slices of disco. "Boogie Rice" marries Philly strings with a killer funk riff and "In Your Soul" is a tour de force of female belters; "Feel Like Dancing" is the standout with a Nightfever funk that'll make you strut like Travolta, although "River Magic" come a close second with its emotional orchestration and tight guitar licks.

VARIOUS

Tales From The City Vol 3

DiscoDat

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DD 009
05 Jun 13

Riccio - "Your World" - (6:56) 100 BPM

Disco Tech - "The One" - (6:34) 90 BPM

Beaten Space Probe - "Do Me Right" - (7:06) 108 BPM

Dynamicron - "2 Hot" - (6:36) 117 BPM

Young Pulse - "Welcome To The Love Bank" - (7:49) 111 BPM

The Reflex - "Around The Corner" - (10:10) 114 BPM

Keep Schtum - "Do You Wanna Get Funky With Me" - (7:11) 104 BPM

Fingerman - "It Will All Come Back Around" - (7:10) 88 BPM

JM Jackmaster - "Its Got To Be Funky" - (5:18) 108 BPM

Belabouche - "Time To Get It Together" - (5:06) 97 BPM

Nordstorm - "Gettin Wit It" - (5:59) 113 BPM

Rayko - "Drunkcat" - (5:43) 109 BPM

Whiskey Barons - "The Same Love" - (9:51) 101 BPM

Karim - "Caught Up In The Rapture" (Karim Magic Of You dub) - (5:49) 91 BPM

Sensus Soul - "Higher Tensions" - (8:24) 120 BPM

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Played by: Jm Jackmaster, Michael Mckenna (Keep Schtum), Fingerman, Dave Allison, Disco Tech (Discodat), Shota Tanaka (Beaten Space Probe), 78 Edits, Dynamicron (Los Grandes/Our Nights)

VARIOUS

Midnight Riot Volume 3

Midnight Riot

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MR 005
05 Nov 12

Ex-Friendly - "Love Is Not Lost" - (7:42) 101 BPM

Wish & Consyn - "Abrassive Spoke" - (6:25) 114 BPM

Shit Hot Soundsystem - "Girls" - (5:20) 114 BPM

B-Jam - "Later" - (4:45) 90 BPM

Ilya Santana - "Love Me Madly" - (5:12) 116 BPM

Peza - "Do You Have Any" - (6:15) 98 BPM

Rayko - "Take It To The Top" - (5:44) 110 BPM

Fingerman - "Kiss The Skylife" - (9:52) 120 BPM

Get Down Edits - "Make Me Wanna Holla" - (7:22) 96 BPM

Ruben & Ra - "Furry Love Affair" - (6:05) 118 BPM

Stupid Human - "Simmer Down Robbie" - (6:47) 115 BPM

Boogie Cartel - "Love Games" - (8:45) 111 BPM

Inkswel - "Like That" (feat Suzi Analogue) - (4:29) 102 BPM

Lonely Smoker - "'Frontin'" - (6:35) 104 BPM

Panorama - "Don't You Know That" - (7:54) 106 BPM

Love Bites - "Got To Let You Know" - (6:37) 100 BPM

Dynamicron - "Monster" - (6:11) 100 BPM

Sleazy McQueen - "Live Without It" - (6:23) 102 BPM

Jimmy The Twin - "Interlude 707" - (7:14) 120 BPM

Low Slung - "Mama Day Ooh" - (9:52) 100 BPM

Mosaik - "Through My Life" - (6:19) 107 BPM

Deadly Sins - "The Way" (feat Yam Who?) - (5:55) 110 BPM

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Review: With his Midnight Riot compilations, Yam Who has proved to be a shrewd mover. By focusing largely on the edits-not-edits sound - where disco and electrofunk meets deep house - he's managed to catch the zeitgeist of a scene that remains hugely popular. This third volume reads like a veritable who's who of contemporary talent, featuring both well-known names (Ilya Santana, Rayko, Sleazy McQueen, Get Down Edits) and rising stars (Shit Hot Soundsystem, Jimmy The Twin, B-Jam, the excellent Stupid Human). Musically, it largely delivers what you'd expect, expertly moving between delay-laden disco dubbiness, Tiger & Woods-ish disco-house and starlight nu-boogie.

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A Brighter Light

Under The Shade

UTS 040
09 May 13

A Brighter Light - (7:32) 119 BPM

A Brighter Light (Lars Vegas Juiced mix) - (7:47) 122 BPM

A Brighter Light (re a/jus/ted mix) - (7:38) 119 BPM

A Brighter Light (instrumental) - (7:00) 119 BPM

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Played by: Alkalino, Juno Recommends Disco, Mark Knight, Jkriv (Deep And Disco/Razor-N-Tape), P A U L I E, Fredeverything, Shota Tanaka (Beaten Space Probe), 2 Good Souls, Jeremy Glenn, Lesale, Disco Doubles

Review: The fantastically named A/Jus/Ted - veteran producers Justin Strauss and Eddie Mars on a collaborative tip - make their debut on Under The Shade. "A Brighter Light", featuring the treacle-thick soul vocals of Jeremy Glenn, sits somewhere between electro-soul, early Chicago house and Balearic nu-disco. As you'd probably expect from the soul-minded Strauss, the resultant track is effortlessly soulful, quietly uplifting and brilliantly produced. The same could be said of the more instrumental Re A/Jus/Ted remix, which blends skittering proto-house rhythms and electrofunk dub elements with woozy modern deep house. Like the original, it's excellent.

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Tales From The City Vol 2

DiscoDat

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DD 005
08 Oct 12

Karim - "Keep The Home Fire Burning" (Karim Burnin' dub) - (6:04) 93 BPM

Disco Tech - "Pretty Baby" - (7:46) 100 BPM

Belabouche - "How Do You Spell Love" - (4:21) 90 BPM

Fingerman - "Fingerlickin'" - (7:22) 105 BPM

JM Jackmaster - "Love & Happiness Dub" - (4:42) 100 BPM

Copycat - "Lovely Day" - (5:38) 99 BPM

Bobby Spice - "Night Fever" (Bobby Spice mixed with lov) - (7:55) 109 BPM

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Played by: B-Jam, Jimmythetwin, Gazeebo, Superbreak, Disco Tech (Discodat), Juno Recommends Disco, Karim, Cc:disco!, Get Down Edits, Dynamicron (Los Grandes/Our Nights), Ramsey Hercules, Nu Disco Fever

Review: Proving that's there's still life in old re-edit disco dog yet, the guys at fledgling label DiscoDat continue their ascent with a second instalment in this series. Aiming to collect unreleased reworks from the players on the re-edit scene, this album boasts, amongst others, Karim's fleshed-out rework of Millie Jackson's "Keep The Homefires Burnin", Copycat's extended "Lovely Day" by Bill Withers and label boss himself, Disco Tech's teased-out version of Sister Sledges' 'Pretty Baby".

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Can't Stop Feelin

Pole Position Recordings