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Bill Brewster
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Bill Brewster / Various
Review: The concept behind Bill Brewster's latest 'After Dark' compilation - his first for eight years fact fans - is "low and slow", with the author, DJ and record collector utilising this loose but logical theme to deliver an undeniably eclectic selection of high-grade cuts. The quality threshold remains high from start to finish, as Brewster variously serves up twinkling, jazz-flecked electronica (T.O.E), synth-laden proto-Balearic dreaminess (Island Band), Weatherall-esque dark disco psychedelia (Brewster's Hotel Motel project remixing Jeb Loy Nichols), squelchy nu-disco deepness (Ray Mang dubbing out Khruangbin), acid-flecked revivalist proto-house (Rhythm Plate), little-known, 80s soul era synth-pop (Debbie & The Code), future Balearic anthems (Naill re-editing Gilbert O'Sullivan), saucer-eyed, piano-sporting space house (Gus Patterson) and ultra-deep electro (Carl Finlow).
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ALN 69
04 Aug 23
Balearic/Downtempo
04 Aug 23
Balearic/Downtempo
Played by: Kraak & Smaak, Irregular Disco Workers, Darren Clark, Juno Recommends Disco, HOLDTight, Tonbe, Rayko, Rafael Cancian, Dave Mathmos, BRENDON P, CHEWY RUBS, LEGO EDIT, KX9000, Kongisto, HOTMOOD, Bully Boy, Andy Buchan, Mark van der Ree, Saint-Loup-en-Bray
Review: The first four volumes in the Hot'n'Spicy series came from label head HOLDTight, AKA Fabrice Pinori, a Paris-based producer and re-editor specialising in "psychedelic and Balearic disco," but on this V/A outing he shares the helm with some fellow hardcore vinyl botherers. Whether these are original productions or re-edits is hard to say but Eddie C's 'Big City Freak' is a low-slung disco/funk workout, Paul Older's '7 Days & 7 Nights' is a more uptempo disco romp, HOLDTight's own 'Afrodisiaa' is an Afro-infused funk jam with squelch by the bucketload and finally Bill Brewster's 'Love Easy' drops down into hazy, druggy ALFOS-ish territory.
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HNS 005
24 Mar 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
24 Mar 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Rio Dela Duna & KORT - "Kissing Me" (feat Jamielisa - Da Funk Junkies extended remix) - (5:49) 123 BPM
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CSCOMP 3082
23 Dec 22
Funky/Club House
23 Dec 22
Funky/Club House
Various
Played by: FINGERMAN, Juno Recommends Disco, Rayko, Andy Downtown Science, BRENDON P, Duncan Gray, Paper Recordings, D.S.D., Andy Buchan, Gino Boleti
Review: Nearly 30 years in the game and the Paper crew don't show any signs of slowing down in their old age just yet, as they bring us this 22-track collection that, just in case the title wasn't clear, showcases the best of their disco/nu-disco output from the past 10 years or so. Featuring cuts from the heavy-hitting likes of Yam Who?, Bill Brewster, Late Night Tuff Guy, Fingerman, Richard Norris, Andy Buchan, Flash Atkins, Girls Of The Internet and James Rod, you shouldn't need us to tell you how good this compilation is. But just to be clear, it's really very, very good indeed...
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PAPD 311
16 Nov 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
16 Nov 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Played by: Chris Massey, FINGERMAN, Flash Atkins, Juno Recommends Disco, Discolypso, Marco Giannini (Sticky Heat), Rayko, Martin Brodin, Paul Withey // Sweetooth, Citizens Of Vice, FRAN DEEPER, NaCL, Paper Recordings, D.S.D., Andy Buchan
Review: No less a personage than dance music historian extraordinaire Bill Brewster is the man wearing the 'selecter' hat for this five-track V/A offering from Stretford-based Sprechen. Andy Buchan's 'Reasons' is a reworking of Ian Dury classic 'Reasons To Be Cheerful', Yum Yum Club's 'An Acid Love Feel Track' bites Donna Summer and Yootis's 'Preach' takes liberties with the Peech Boys' 'Don't Make Me Wait'; that suggests the other two cuts may also be re-edits, though if that's true we couldn't tell you what of! All the same, these are five reliable workouts that'll get contemporary disco floors shimmying for sure.
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EFD 3
18 Jan 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
18 Jan 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Juno Recommends Disco, Marco Giannini (Sticky Heat), Rayko, D-Funk, Andy Buchan, FRAN DEEPER, Paper Street Soul, Problematic Disko
Review: Last Night Bill Brewster saved my life, Sprechen Sie? Legendary UK musicologist, DJ and scribe Billy B returns to Chris Massey's Sprechen label following his Frottage Cheese EP from last year. Laced with the right kind of fromage a second time around, BB let's loose with some wild rhodes and heavy struck piano chords and mumba percussion in "Macumba Espanol", with some starlight bassline funk and cosmic instrumental disco in "Gone East (Version Deux)" - zing! FInd some high street soul-jazz in "Where There's Muck, There's Brass" with some spacey UK dub and post punk funk in "Wake Up (Dub Disco)". Tell 'em Elton sent ya. A good Brew.
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SM 039
12 Aug 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
12 Aug 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Yam Who Jaegerossa - "Delirium" (feat Jacqui George - Ronald Christoph & Danny Russell remix) - (5:59) 120 BPM
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PAPDA 267
17 Jul 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
17 Jul 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Dj XS (FVUK), Chris Massey, YAM WHO?, Don Dayglow, Flash Atkins, Chris Coco, Juno Recommends Disco, Discolypso, Rayko, Sophie Lloyd, 80's Child, That Needs an Edit/Pete Le Freq, Andy Buchan
Review: Sprechen's latest release is something of a doozy, all told. It comes from font-of-all-musical-knowledge and top notch DJ Bill Brewster, who shares four killer cuts from his personal stash of re-edits. It really is all killer, no filler, with "Love Hard" - a brilliant revision of a spacey, throbbing, tongue-in-cheek classic that dispenses with almost all of the most familiar bits and concentrates on the track's sleazy groove and intergalactic synths - hitting home particularly hard. Opener "Carpet Warehouse" offers more spacey synths, camp vocals and killer grooves, while "SOS" is a near perfect revision of a low-slung, post punk-era dub disco obscurity. Speaking of post-punk era goodness, we'd suggest checking out EP closer "Wide Awake Club", which could well be the strongest edit on a very strong collection of reworks.
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SM 021
04 Feb 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
04 Feb 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Played by: Dicky Trisco, FINGERMAN, YAM WHO?, Superbreak, Flash Atkins, Juno Recommends Disco, Juno Recommends Funky House, Discolypso, LeSale, LEGO EDIT, Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze), Andy Buchan, SITUATION, Downunder Disco, Honey Soundsystem, Paper Street Soul, Paper Recordings
Review: In the words of Paper Disco, episode six of their floor-friendly "Trash The Wax" series delivers "plenty of party pumping offerings". Predictably, proof of the set's club-ready status arrives via Hi-FI Sean's compilation opening remix of IPG v Hot Toddy's "Slow Motion Cowboy", which delivers a funk-fuelled riot of delay-laden guitars, funk rock attitude and sizzling dub disco grooves. Naturally, the rest of the collection is similarly strong. Highlights include a rare production outing from Bill Brewster (the throbbing, off-kilter Italo-disco him of "4 U Blue"), the Balearic Italo-disco bliss of Richard Norris's "Glow", the dreamy, arpeggio-driven nu-disco warmth of Kooky and Damoon's "Walk Back Into My Life" and Sheffield stalwart Solid State's deep, epic revision of "Remnants" by Speed For Lovers.
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PAPDA 241
22 Sep 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
22 Sep 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
Bill Brewster / Various
Played by: Smashed Atoms, Marcel Vogel, Juno Recommends Broken Beat Nu Jazz, Kenneth Bager // Musicfordreams
Review: When Eskimo Recordings approached Bill Brewster with the idea of putting together a compilation exploring his epic record collection, the acclaimed journalist and DJ decided to take a widescreen approach. While the CD and vinyl versions are split into multiple, themed editions ("Post-Punk", "Balearic" and "House"), this vast, 41-track digital edition gathers everything together in one place. Predictably, it's a hugely impressive and eye-opening set, with Brewster serving up largely obscure or long-forgotten cuts that range in scope from trippy, dubbed-out post-punk disco, jaunty jazz-funk, synth-heavy boogie and heavily percussive Afro-disco grooves, to saucer-eyed European synth-pop, the dub techno of Maurizio, Swag's early UK tech-house and the East Midlands deep house bump of Charles Webster's "A Love From San Francisco" project. In other words, it's a cracker from start to finish.
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541416508743D
03 Nov 17
Disco/Nu-Disco
03 Nov 17
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various / Bill Brewster
Review: DJ, author, journalist and all-round font of musical knowledge Bill Brewster is the owner of a killer record collection, so it's little surprise to see that Eskimo Recordings has asked him to curate an epic compilation. Tribal Rites is appearing in three parts. While later instalments focus on house and Balearica, this first edition delves into the post-punk section of the veteran selector's collection. Predictably, Brewster's selections are not only on-point but, for the most part, suitably obscure. Check, for example, the stretched-out jazz-rock-with-spoken-word weirdness of Agape's "Rejoice", the humid dub trip of Urang Otan's "Walking in the Jungle", the thrillingly tongue-in-cheek electro-pop silliness of Ploff's "Mein Walkman is Kaput" and the blissful brilliance of Motion's dub-fired lounge jazz number "Crazy Beat". And that's just for starters. In other words, you need this in your life.
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541416508743 CD1D
03 Nov 17
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
03 Nov 17
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
Bill Brewster / Various
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.
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ALND 31
05 May 13
Disco/Nu-Disco
05 May 13
Disco/Nu-Disco
