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Alkalino
AUDAZ 219
10 May 24
Minimal/Tech House
10 May 24
Minimal/Tech House
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AUDAZ 218
26 Apr 24
Deep House
26 Apr 24
Deep House
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AUDAZ 215
15 Mar 24
Deep House
15 Mar 24
Deep House
Summer Vibe EditsEXCLUSIVE
Review: Despite the title there's no particular discernible 'summer' theme to this latest batch of re-edits from German maestro Alkalino, but that's probably just as well - after all, no one wants to hear 4/4'd up remakes of holiday 'classics' like 'The Birdy Song' or 'Agadoo', do they?! Instead the Audaz boss serves up another typically classy bunch of reworkings, drawing on sources that include Change ft Jocelyn Brown's 'Angel In My Pocket' ('I Remember All So Clearly'), Lenny Williams' 'Midnight Girl' ('The Music Plays And Plays'), Central Line's 'Walking Into Sunshine' ('I Got To Get Away') and Talking Heads' 'Seen And Not Seen' ('A Larger Forehead'), to name but a few.
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AUDAZSUB 33
23 Feb 24
Disco/Nu-Disco
23 Feb 24
Disco/Nu-Disco
Transgenre EditsEXCLUSIVE
Played by: Kraak & Smaak, Irregular Disco Workers, ROMANTO (YSR / DISCO MACHINE), Juno Recommends Disco, Kongisto
Review: Although Alkalino has re-edited all sorts of music over the years, disco, boogie and Italo-disco tracks have always been his bread and butter. He's taken a different path on his latest release, offering up 'Transgenre Edits' that touch on a wide variety of sounds and styles. There's much to admire throughout, from the 105 BPM conscious soul-goes-dancing headiness of 'Songs That I See' and the weirdo disco-rock-goes-Italo-disco throb of 'Angry Eyes' (a take on a legendary 1979 by Skatt Bros) to the effervescent jazziness of 'Sad Sax' (an edit of the track sampled by Mr Scruff on 'Get a Move On'), the muscular, mind-mangling synth-disco throb of 'Angel Dust' and the bouncy Tango-disco rush of 'Funana'.
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AUDAZSUB 32
12 Jan 24
Disco/Nu-Disco
12 Jan 24
Disco/Nu-Disco
Roots EditsEXCLUSIVE
Played by: Juno Recommends Disco
Review: Portuguese producer Alkalino has been relatively quiet of late, at least by his own prolific standards, so it's hardly a surprise to find that his return to action is an album-length collection of tried-and-tested re-edits with a firm focus on the dancefloor. He begins with the bass-heavy Afro-disco bounce of 'Superstition', before variously serving up post-punk disco throb-jobs ('Warp'), guitar-laden disco-rock ('5 Letters'), percussion-laden global disco excess ('Kingston Town'), tooled-up Zimbabwean excellence ('Lion of Zimbabwe'), what sounds like a synth-laden William Onyeabor revision ('Be My Angel'), filter-heavy Afro house-not-house ('Just Begun') and colourful highlife reworks ('Oh Deus').
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AUDAZSUB 31
01 Dec 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
01 Dec 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Cicciolino's Gold EditsEXCLUSIVE
Review: With 17 tracks on offer there's no room here to list the source material for every track on this latest re-edits selection from the ever-busy Alkalino, even if we could identify them all - which we can't, because it's fair to say he's dug really deep here to find some gems. No guilty 80s pop pleasures here, just obscure disco, Italo and boogie nuggets expertly repolished to suit modern dancefloors, the arguable exception to that rule being an excellent take on the Detroit Emeralds' 1972 soul/funk classic "Baby Let You Take Me (In My Arms)", here reinvented as "Let Me Kiss You". Other highlights include the lazy, sensual "Feel The Music" and the dreamy jazz-fusion of "Ghetto Blues".
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AUDAZSUB 30
27 Oct 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
27 Oct 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
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AUDAZ 212
20 Oct 23
Deep House
20 Oct 23
Deep House
Dark Pop Edits Vol 4EXCLUSIVE
Played by: BAZZA RANKS
Review: This is the fourth volume in the series, so you should have the idea by now: Audaz boss Alkalino revisits his youth by taking on pop hits (mostly) from the late 70s and 80s, often reworking the most unlikely source material into dancefloor gold. This time out, though, he's cast his net a little wider, with sources including Jimmy Soul's 1963 calypso hit 'If You Wanna Be Happy', The Chordettes' 'Mr Sandman' from 1954 (an unexpected standout), Sixto Rodiquez's 'Sugar Man' from 1970 and Johnny Cash's 'I Walk The Line' from 1956, as well as the more par-for-the-course likes of The Clash's 'Guns Of Brixton', Stan Ridgway's 'Camouflage', M's 'Pop Muzik' and Paul Hardcastle's '19'.
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AUDAZSUB 29
13 Oct 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
13 Oct 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
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AUDAZ 211
06 Oct 23
Deep House
06 Oct 23
Deep House
Dark Pop Edits Vol 3EXCLUSIVE
Review: Number three in a series whose title was self-explanatory to start with, so you should have a pretty good idea what's going on here as re-editor par excellence Alkalino makes free with 11 more nuggets from days of yore. Getting the treatment this time are Prince's '1999', Michael Jackson's 'Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough', Dire Straits' 'So Far Away', Rocksteady Crew's 'Hey You', Journey's 'Don't Stop Believing', King's 'Love And Pride', Visage's 'Move Up', The Smiths' 'Bigmouth Strikes Again', The Stranglers' 'Always The Sun' and a couple of unidentified cuts (one of which sounds like it might be The Human League while the other has a Front 242/Meat Beat Manifesto-like feel)... some surprising sources there for sure, but they're all handled with Alkalino's trademark aplomb so listen with open ears!
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AUDAZSUB 28
29 Sep 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
29 Sep 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
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AUDAZ 209
14 Jul 23
Minimal/Tech House
14 Jul 23
Minimal/Tech House
Dark Pop Edits Vol 2EXCLUSIVE
Review: Lino Rodrigues, better known as re-editor extraordinaire Alkalino, takes us on another trip down Memory Lane to the 1980s. Coming under the scalpel for a spot of cosmetic surgery this time out are (in order) Prince's 'Gett Off', Laura Branigan's 'Self Control', Oran 'Juice' Jones's 'The Rain', Madonna's 'Everybody', Marillion's 'Kayleigh', AR Kane's 'A Love From Outer Space', Prefab Sprout's 'When Love Breaks Down' and Kajagoogoo's 'Too Shy'. It's an eclectic selection for sure, and which tracks hit hardest for you will probably depend on how you feel about the originals, but give all of 'em a whirl because some of the reworks are quite radical in approach. And yes, we known 'Gett Off' is from 1991 but let's not get pedantic, eh?
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AUDAZSUB 27
14 Jul 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
14 Jul 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Solitude EditsEXCLUSIVE
Played by: Romanto (YSR / DISCO MACHINE)
Review: Alkalino's dug pretty deep for this latest re-edits EP, with our disco detectives only able to identify the source of two of the four cuts. The two we can't place are 'Mad Words', a lightly tropically-infused disco shimmy with an androgynous spoken, Euro-sounding vocal and "whoo-oo-ooh" backing vox, and 'Solitude', an instrumental comprised of fluttering guitars, organs and some killer "pyoww!" stabs. Elsewhere, 'It's Not In Your Eyes' reworks the cod reggae of Boz Scaggs' 'Love Me Tomorrow' (1976) into a midtempo, piano-led disco groove while Change's Jocelyn Brown-starring 'It's A Girl's Affair' (1980) gets reworked as 'People Be Aware".
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AUDAZSUB 26
30 Jun 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
30 Jun 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
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AUDAZ 207
16 Jun 23
Deep House
16 Jun 23
Deep House
Linosaur EditsEXCLUSIVE
Played by: Juno Recommends Disco
Review: Given the titular nod to the era of breakdancing, garish tracksuits and high-top fades, it should come as no surprise that there's a distinctly late 70s/early 80s feel to this new collection of reworks from Audaz boss Alkalino. Opener 'If You Want To' revisits Bileo's 'You Can Win' from 1979, before we skip forward a decade as Womack & Womack's 'MFB' from 1988 becomes 'I Lost My Love'. We then get Alkalino's take on Tommy Tate's 'For The Dollar Bill' from 1981, now retitled 'People Will Do Anything', before it's back to the 70s for 'Floating', a reworking of The Floaters' stone-cold 1977 classic 'Float On'.
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AUDAZSUB 25
16 Jun 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
16 Jun 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
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AUDAZ 206
02 Jun 23
Minimal/Tech House
02 Jun 23
Minimal/Tech House
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AUDAZ 205
19 May 23
Deep House
19 May 23
Deep House
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AUDAZ 203
21 Apr 23
Techno
21 Apr 23
Techno
Dark Pop EditsEXCLUSIVE
Review: Audaz boss Alkalino has never been shy of wearing his pop-loving heart on his sleeve, and this latest collection of re-edits merely underlines the point, as he serves up fresh reworks of (mostly) 80s gems. The edits themselves range from 'token' to 'truly radical' and you'll have your own faves for sure, but sources include The Cure ('Let's Go To Bed'), New Order ('Temptation'), Visage ('Fade To Grey'), Dead Or Alive ('You Spin Me Round'), Nik Kershaw ('I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me'), Kate Bush ('Them Heavy People'), Talking Heads ('Seen And Not Seen'), Alphaville ('Big In Japan'), Jona Lewie ('You'll Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties') and, rewinding back into the 70s as the album draws to a close, David Bowie ('Starman').
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AUDAZSUB 24
07 Apr 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
07 Apr 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
BootlegsEXCLUSIVE
Played by: Juno Recommends Deep House
Review: As the title makes clear, experienced re-editor and remixer Alkalino's latest outing - an expansive seven-track affair - features some of his hush-hush reworks of a wealth of well-known tracks. There's plenty of guaranteed floor-filling material on show throughout, including a slightly pitched-down, Clavinet-sporting rework of New Order's most celebrated dancefloor anthem ('Tell Me How Do I Feel'), a trippy and druggy take on an old KLF favourite ('Mu Mu'), a sub-heavy excursion that blends bits of various classic cuts ('I Know You Wanna Do It'), a low-slung deep house treat ('Ruff N Stuff') and a dark, deliciously bass-heavy peak-time workout ('Jack Area').
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AUDAZSUB 23
17 Mar 23
Deep House
17 Mar 23
Deep House
Eva Gina EditsEXCLUSIVE
Review: The Audaz boss and re-editor par excellence serves up seven fresh takes on vintage dancefloor nuggets both very familiar and slightly less so. Sources this time out include The Isley Brothers' 'Fight The Power' ('Fight It',) the Peter Jacques Band's 'Dancing Down The Street' ('Everyone You Meet'), Steely Dan's 'Peg' ('This Is Your Big Debut' - a brave move, but it works!), the Steve Miller Band's 'Fly Like An Eagle' ('Wanna Fly'), Stargard's 'Which Way Is Up' ('This Side Up') and, most surprisingly, The Chordettes' 'Mr Sandman' from back in the 50s ('Bring Me A Dream') - all handled, of course, with Alkalino's usual flair.
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AUDAZSUB 22
10 Mar 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
10 Mar 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Sure Shot Edits Vol 6EXCLUSIVE
Played by: Juno Recommends Disco
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AUDAZSUB 20
26 Dec 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
26 Dec 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
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AUDAZSUB 19
25 Nov 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
25 Nov 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
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AUDAZ 199
21 Oct 22
Minimal/Tech House
21 Oct 22
Minimal/Tech House
Sure Shot Edits Vol 4EXCLUSIVE
Played by: Juno Recommends Disco
Review: Audaz boss Alkalino brings us another selection of re-edits whose source material will sadly have to go unidentified. 'Hey Baby' is a fairly mellow, understated cut sitting somewere round the funk/soul/boogie interchange, while 'Something About You' packs naggingly familiar Parliament-style synths and 'woah-oh-oh' vocal choruses, and is more overtly floor-oriented. The standout for this reviewer, though, is 'Ain't Got No Money' a lively, rolling, uptempo soul cut with lyrics - "Ain't got no money, just holdin' on" - that will strike a chord for many us right now.
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AUDAZ SUB 18
21 Oct 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
21 Oct 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
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AUDAZ 198
07 Oct 22
Deep House
07 Oct 22
Deep House
Sure Shot Edits Vol 3EXCLUSIVE
Played by: Juno Recommends Disco
Review: A cool 13-track edits collection here from Audaz boss Alkalino. Where the 'Lolita Edits' series was never afraid to reach for a much-loved pop nugget, the 'Sure Shot' series seems to dig a little deeper and favour instrumental cuts, and as such, many sources will have to remain a mystery. Those we could identify, though, include Baccara's 'Yes Sir I Can Boogie', Sylvester's 'Over And Over', Jon English's 'Hollywood Seven' and, last but by no means least, The Escorts' 'Make Me Over' from 1981, which is reworked here into a surefire tension-builder as Alkalino teases out the intro and adds some highly distinctive cat-like wails.
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AUDAZSUB 17
30 Sep 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
30 Sep 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
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AUDAZ 192
24 Jun 22
Minimal/Tech House
24 Jun 22
Minimal/Tech House
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AUDAZ 190
13 May 22
Deep House
13 May 22
Deep House
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AUDAZ 189
29 Apr 22
Deep House
29 Apr 22
Deep House
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AUDAZ 188
15 Apr 22
Deep House
15 Apr 22
Deep House
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AUDAZ 187
01 Apr 22
Deep House
01 Apr 22
Deep House
Various
Played by: Black Hawks of Panama, Alkalino, Juno Recommends Disco, Rayko, Martin Brodin, FRAN DEEPER, Andy Buchan
Review: Rare Wiri's 'Retro Future Disco' series, launched in 2016, reaches its third installment - and with 10 tracks on offer, many of them coming from scene big-hitters like Alkalino, Ilya Santana, C Da Afro, Andy Buchan and of course label boss Rayko, nu-disco lovers will be salivating already! Generally speaking it's synth-tastic grooves inspired by Italo and cosmic disco that lead the charge here - though, given the talent roster, you'd expect a certain degree of stylistic variety, and you'll find such in Buchan's rawer, more funk-leaning 'Family Kings' and the soulful vibes of The Beatbroker's 'Belong 2 Me'.
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RW 124
27 Sep 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
27 Sep 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: A fine deep tech three-tracker here from German producer Alkalino, coming on his own Audaz label. In its original form, 'Rechner Z1' is a 4am, eyes-down kinda cut that gets into a groove and stays there, its rolling backbeat married to echoing synths and assorted space/sci-fi/industral sounds. The accompanying 'Rechner Z1.1' gives the track a tribal makeover, while closer 'Try Out' is a moodier, bassier affair with just a tiny hint of acid. Bonus fun fact: the title of the EP refers to the Z1, an early German mechanical computer ('Rechner') built by one Konrad Zuse in the 1930s.
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AUDAZ 176
28 May 21
Minimal/Tech House
28 May 21
Minimal/Tech House
Lolita Edits Vol 1EXCLUSIVE
Review: Listen up, cos this one's just a little bit confusing! Audaz released the first of their 'Lolita' re-edit EPs in October 2019; by February 2021 there were 32 volumes in the series, each packing 10 tracks. Now here comes a five-track 'best of' selection credited to label boss Alkalino, who presumably is finally owning up! Reworking obscure dancefloor cuts from AKB, Detroit Emeralds (okay, that one's not so obscure), Radiance, Catherine Miller and Johnny Taylor, the EP will serve as a useful introduction to the series for anyone who's yet to become familiar, even if long-term fans will own all these tracks already.
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AUDAZSUB 1
14 May 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
14 May 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: The ever reliable Alkalino returns on his esteemed Audaz label with a new offering titled the Old Memories EP. As we"ve noticed from recent relases by the Munich-based artist, there's been more of a tech house influence creeping into his work, much to impressive effect. From the hypnotic and bass-driven main room groove of "Rumble", to the sensual late night mood music of the title track - which is top shelf deep house if we do say so ourselves. Finally, he channels that dusty Berlin hip-hop influenced sound, as popularised by Max Graef and Glenn Astro, on the urban vibe of "Pizza Minelli".
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AUDAZ 174
30 Apr 21
Deep House
30 Apr 21
Deep House
Review: Alkalino - aka Portuguese producer Lino Polonio - serves up a three-tracker on his own Munich-based Audaz label. Audaz's catalogue spans both nu-disco and deep house, but we're firmly in the latter camp this time out, with the squelchy, synth-y 'Mariposa' itself getting the ball rolling on a Detroit-y kinda tip before 'Ricochete' takes us on a dubbed-out excursion that'll be perfect for weary 4am floors which are already locked-on and deep in the zone. Completing the EP is 'Formel', which is more uptempo and urgent in feel, with lots of electro-y glitches and bassline nods to the rave daze (think Acen or early 4 Hero).
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AUDAZ 173
19 Apr 21
Deep House
19 Apr 21
Deep House
Review: Audaz boss Alkalino's productions regularly flit back and forth between disco/boogie and deep house, but on this latest three-tracker we find him firmly in the latter camp. 'Hope For The Future' is quite a tuff, pacey affair, and easily identifiable thanks to its familiar Cuba Gooding Jr/Acen vocal sample and warping 90s synth hook. The squelchy 'Kohra' then takes us into the jackin' zone with a spoken male vocal that's vaguely reminiscent of Logic's Strictly Rhythm classic 'The Warning', while finally 'Gimme Some' is a dark, urgently pulsing cut with a little more of a techno kinda feel.
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AUDAZ 171
15 Mar 21
Deep House
15 Mar 21
Deep House
Review: Alkalino is back on his Munich-based Audaz label, with some surefire tech infused grooves. There's the adrenaline-fuelled "Depp House" kicking off the new Warp Speed EP, with its razor sharp arpeggio cutting through syncopated rhythms and roaring gospel vocals. It's a little more familiar of the Portugese producer on the druggy nu-disco of "Ventilator" combined with a minimal techno influence and awash in lush melodies. Closing it out is the seething slow burner "Reproduction" taking things down a left hand path.
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AUDAZ 169
14 Dec 20
Minimal/Tech House
14 Dec 20
Minimal/Tech House
Review: Munich machine Alkalino returns on his esteemed Audaz label with the Matcha EP, which carries on with the prolific Portugal-born producer's new pusuit of minimal/tech-house sounds - all infused with his good ol' love of nu-disco grooves. From the slinky and hypnotic mood music of "Pythagoras" which is reminiscent of the Diynamic label's early output, or the aptly titled "Back To Minimal" which funnily enough has more of a dub influence (but still very much worth your while) and - proving that there's yet more in his sonic repertoire - he goes out all guns blazing on the fierce, Berlin-themed techno banger "Ice Cold" (version 2).
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AUDAZ 166
02 Nov 20
Minimal/Tech House
02 Nov 20
Minimal/Tech House
Review: Munich machine Alkalino is back, with a brand new piping-hot jam for his esteemed Audaz label. "Growth" is a surprising departure from what we have come to know from the Portugese producer; this sublime and hypnotic exploration in dancefloor drama has more in common with the sounds of Life & Death or Afterlife than disco - but the intermittent diva vocals throughout are a signal that it's still an integral part of his sound. "Growth" (part 2) takes a more sinister turn, going deeper and darker into the afterhours in tunnelling fashion. Finally, he gets his funky groove on with the White Isle tech house party vibe of "Stay Sane".
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AUDAZ 164
17 Aug 20
Minimal/Tech House
17 Aug 20
Minimal/Tech House
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BBC 20202910
10 Aug 20
Minimal/Tech House
10 Aug 20
Minimal/Tech House
Review: Audaz boss Alkalino serves up three quite different-sounding cuts on the label's latest EP. 'Anima' is up first, opening with a disco drum beat before bringing in a big ruff-edged bassline that's soon joined by a cascading, metallic synth hook and, eventually, a spoken vocal with a distinctly 80s feel. 'Sing The Blues' is up next, and features the unusual but surprisingly effective combination of house drums, a dub bassline and a nasal male country-blues vocal, while finally 'Watch Yourself' is a dark slab of vaguely disquieting electro-disco. Three cuts that are hard to pigeonhole, then, but thankfully nice n' easy to dance to!
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AUDAZ 163
03 Aug 20
Deep House
03 Aug 20
Deep House
Review: Munich-based Portuguese producer continues to move away from the re-edits with which he made his name, instead offering up regular missives of quietly impressive original productions. There's much to admire on his latest three-tracker, starting with the moody late-night house flex of "Upside Down". The track's addictive power derives mainly from a bold, faintly foreboding bassline and intricately programmed drums, though the hazy male vocal samples employed throughout also plays a significant role. Elsewhere, he updates hip-house via the tech-tinged deep house bustle of "The Password", before wrapping mind-altering electronic riffs and stabs around a booming bassline on "To Be Follow".
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AUDAZ 162
13 Jul 20
Deep House
13 Jul 20
Deep House
Review: Lino Pol?nio aka Alkalino returns to his Audaz imprint to deliver this superb EP. "Mad About Kelly" is a highly distinctive track; underpinned by a clanging bass and powered by rolling drums, it sees the label owner also weave in some infectious vocal snippets over its skipping rhythm. it's like a steel-plated, turbo-charged fusion of underground techno and 2-step. On "Less", Pol?nio changes tact; the rhythm is straighter and led by tribal drums and an ominous bass, but once again, he uses a hypnotic vocal sample that intones the term 'less is more'. In the case of both tracks, this sentiment proves to be correct.
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AUDAZ 161
29 Jun 20
Minimal/Tech House
29 Jun 20
Minimal/Tech House
Review: If you've not heard of Alkalino by now you've been living under a rock. The prolific disco house specialist of late has been dabbling in the beefer, more club ready, industrialised end of these genres, with EPs like Moonchild being a perfect example. Channeling warehouse dub vibes in "I Need Ya" an undeniable bassline produces both the melody and rhythm in both versions here while expect something more minimal and US house related in "All Lies In The Hands Of The People" that touches on classic strains of soul from Chicago and Detroit, with a touch of UK pop spirit.
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AUDAZ 160
15 Jun 20
Deep House
15 Jun 20
Deep House
Review: Audaz boss Alkalino's latest offering is a three-track EP that could find favour with house lovers from right across the spectrum. 'Blow Attack' is up first and sits somewhere between classic Heard-style deepness and Balearic prog, with lingering, string-like pads and a fluttering, euphoric topline that's almost guaranteed to see hands raised in Pavlovian response out on the dancefloor. 'Anker', although quite a pace-y affair, has a deeper, dubbier feel and hollow, almost whistle-like synth sounds that are oddly reminiscent of [classic UK kids' TV show] 'The Clangers', and finally 'Vulture' owes a debt of inspiration to 'French Kiss'.
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AUDAZ 159
08 Jun 20
Minimal/Tech House
08 Jun 20
Minimal/Tech House
Played by: Alkalino
Review: All time great Alkalino looks to the headlines for a Dark Room Scandal! Sending in deeper house vibes for this three-track release, there's a playful spirit to the dark side of this EP. "Orson Welles" sees the slightest of disco influences maintained in the track's percussion alongside deeper basslines, melodies and tripped out vocals. Dubby bassline house is paired with starry synths loops in "Dancing With Somebody", with the title-track doubling down on its clap-track, industrial atmospheres and suspenseful strings. Alkalino goes deep.
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AUDAZ 158
25 May 20
Minimal/Tech House
25 May 20
Minimal/Tech House
Played by: Alkalino
Review: Two very well-known samples lie at the heart of this latest EP from Audaz boss Alkalino, which should help ensure maximum dancefloor appeal. 'Nightmare Walking' borrows the "I am a nightmare walking" line from Ice-T's 'Colors' (as famously used on Kid Unknown's rave-era Warp classic 'Nightmare') and places it atop a solid, rolling house backdrop. Or at least, Version 1 does: the accompanying Version 2 is a more bottom-heavy, instrumental pass and perhaps better suited to deeper floors. 'Gimme A Fat Beat' also harks back to the rave days with its cavernous bass and reedy organs, while lifting the titular vocal snip from Kraze's much-sampled 'The Party'.
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AUDAZ 157
11 May 20
Deep House
11 May 20
Deep House
Played by: Alkalino
Review: Audaz boss Alkalino takes time out from curating the label's stream of 'Lolita' re-edit EPs to serve up three heavily sampled-based tracks of his own. 'Let You Go' purloins the vocal intro from On The House's early (1986) house gem 'Pleasure Control' and places it over clattering beats and warping, reversed-sounding synths, while on 'Ice Cold' a chugging, bass-y tech-house groove underpins a snatch from Frankie Bones' 1989 classic 'Call It Techno'. The inspiration for 'Another Generation' is harder to pinpoint, but that distorted 303 bassline is frustratingly familiar! Three very solid cuts that join the dots between past, present and future.
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AUDAZ 156
27 Apr 20
Deep House
27 Apr 20
Deep House
Played by: Alkalino
Review: Germany's Alkalino serves up a three-tracker on his own Audaz label. 'U Have To Understand' is up first, a throbbing, pulsing instrumental houser with something of an early prog feel - think Guerrilla Records circa 1993. 'Grey & Hot' marries more of those 90s synths to tuff percussion, Daft Punk-ish bleeps and a Hamilton Bohannon "New York is red hot" vocal loop, while completing the EP is 'Roda Da Sapateiro', a darker, slightly techier cut that's built for the small hours, with a barely-there snatch of disco vocal and a bassline that owes more than a little to 'Plastic Dreams'.
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AUDAZ 155
12 Apr 20
Deep House
12 Apr 20
Deep House
Review: Having spent the last couple of months offering up weekly compilations from mystery re-editor "Lolita", Audaz boss Alkalino has decided the time is right for him to return to the long-running imprint. The four tracks are all original productions, too, with the Portuguese producer fusing a few choice samples with tech-tinged house grooves, darkroom rhythms and evocative electronics. Our picks of the bunch are hypnotic closer "I Can Tell You", where opaque, echo-laden stabs rise above a locked-in groove, the warm and trippy goodness of "Straight On & On" and "Somewhere", a deliciously sleazy late night workout rich in bouncy beats, stabbing analogue bass and - more surprisingly - a classic vocal sample from the KLF's "Chill Out" album.
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AUDAZ 154
27 Jan 20
Deep House
27 Jan 20
Deep House
