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Just like when you put a shell to your ear and hear the sea, if you put one of these 'Shellerz' to your ear it will actually slap your nan. True story. Just ask the Born On Road crew. Coming out the lockdown locker with a whole stack of new-gen banger craft, this is the first in a series and the name says it all; yung Toxinate will shell your chubby cheeks with his junglized 'Bumbaclart Wobbles', J Select will shell your grey matter as he rolls you up and sparks you alight with 'Skunked', 4K will shell your bare hide with the outstanding bassline and surging harmonic MC vocals of 'Murda Ross' while Toby Ross will shell your soul and make your bones rumble with 'Respect'. Get shelled soon.

Doug Willis / Dave Lee / Various

Life's Better With Disco Z Records

As the title suggests, this fantastic - and let's face it, pleasingly epic - compilation showcases some of the many disco-centric cuts in the Z Records vaults, throwing in a few exclusives (see Dave Lee's fantastic, hybrid disco-boogie rework of Firefly's 'Love is Gonna Be on Your Side') for good measure. Such is the high-quality threshold that picking stand outs is tough, but our picks of a very strong bunch include the slick, boogie-funk brilliance of Crackazat's 'Sensationalized', Larry Levan's vintage, delay-heavy synth dub of Johnny Dynell's 'Rhythm of Love', the stomping disco-house release of 'Gotta Thing (2021 Remaster)' by Foreal People, Taana Gardner and Dave Lee, and John Morales' epic rework of Sean McCabe's 'Love For Life'. As the old saying goes, this is all killer and no filler.

Cinthie

Free Fall Shall Not Fade

Cinthie Christl's 2020 debut album, Skylines - City Lights, was arguably one of the best dancefloor-focused full-length excursions of recent years, with a distinctly retro-futurist vibe that undoubtedly chimed with listeners. There's a similarly timeless and feelgood flex about the Berlin-based producer's first EP for Shall Not Fade. After opening with the sparkling, smile-inducing piano house revivalism of 'Offenbach Anthem', Christl confidently bounces between swinging deep house chunkiness ('13 Steps to Heaven'), organ-powered, sub-heavy New Jersey garage goodness (EP highlight 'Oh No No No', which sounds like a late-night basement anthem in waiting) and bumpin' brilliance ('What You Mean To Me', whose main attractions are a seriously squelchy bassline and superbly sweaty drums).

Claude Vonstroke / Walker & Royce

Enthusiasm Dirtybird US

Kicking it off with an undeniable Claude VonStroke 'uhh' on B-side track "The End Of The Lime", the Dirtybird boss hooks up with US house duo Walker & Royce, uh!. Keeping it mainstream and peak time of course is the lead cut with its burning synthlines and bass mechanics that burst with percussive hype and that trademark trippy sound Dirtybird have purported for a generation. Mainstage DJs check this out - but moving to the switch up is "The End Of The Lime" which throws down a laid back, lowly groove with crystal clear bleeps and explosions of detuned rave perfect for that ghostly back room set. Dirtybird. Happy days.

Mark Broom

Funfzig Rekids

Following on from his recent Fast Funfzig EP on Rekids, Mark Broom now unveils a superb album for the label. Drawing on a range of styles and sounds, it sees the veteran producer deliver house music in the form of the organ-led "Mover" and disco-sampling, good time vibes of "We Gonna Dance" which features Ella Fleur's uplifting vocals. However, this isn't a case of Broom mellowing out with age/. The album is peppered with straight up bangers like the dynamic, filtered "Let's Roll" and the epic builds of "Memories" that sit alongside crisp, minimal grooves such as "EFX" and more experimental jams like the stepping "Stark" and the evocative shanty of "Dub Me Good".

Tony Touch

Sacude Vega

Second time around for NYC beat-maker Tony Touch's Latin-fired dancefloor workout 'Sacude', which first surfaced on Vega Records back in 2017. This time round it comes accompanied by a dizzying number of fresh remixes. Label boss Louie Vega leads the way, delivering a trio of low-slung, sweat-soaked Latin house takes that put heavy bass guitar and Puerto Rican percussion at the heart of the action. Manoo's suite of remixes are largely deeper and more rhythmically bouncy, with shimmering synth chords, beefy sub-bass and crisp, punchy percussion. Miami scene stalwart Oscar G (he of Murk fame) provides tougher, tech-tinged, basement-bothering revisions that are more muscular than your average powerlifter, while Tony Touch's own remix doffs a cap towards Cumbia and reggaeton.