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Brian Snr
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Disco Fruit Sampler 03EXCLUSIVE
Review: Serbia's Disco Fruit bring us an EP packing one track apiece from some of the biggest names on the contemporary disco scene. 'My Dream Come True' from Mexican fave Hotmood is a hazy, looping affair with a soulful male vocal, while Montenegro's Mitiko reworks Fatback classic 'Do The Bus Stop' as 'Are You Ready'. We stay in re-edit mode as label boss Tonbe, in his Loshmi guise, revists Jimmy Bo Horne's 'Is It In?' on 'Yes It Is', before finally Brian SNR closes out the EP with 'Wanna Kiss You', which sports an almost punk-funk/new wave-style vocal and some glorlously cheesy 80s sax work.
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DF 137
07 Jan 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
07 Jan 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: With releases on Paper, Midnight Riot and Disco Fruit under his belt, Pretoria, South Africa-based Brian Snr comes to Rayko's Rare Wiri with two funk-fuelled nu-disco workouts. 'Ocean Drive' itself rides chugging 4/4s and a simple two-note bass throb with parping, echoed sax and jaunty disco six-string chops, and should go down well wherever nu-disco is played, but 'Flashback 2' is equally strong with its two competing vocals, opening with a "check it out now" loop that then recedes into the background as a second, sleazy, Euro-style vocal takes the lead while assorted synth squiggles maintain the musical interest.
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RW 109
19 Apr 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
19 Apr 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Played by: Chris Massey, Flash Atkins, Pete Herbert, Juno Recommends Disco, Rayko, Paper Recordings, Secret Soul Society
Review: Number eight in the series, and do you really need us to tell you that it's an object lesson in how to do 21st Century disco properly? Tracks range from the Kraftwerk/Yello-isms of From Beyond's 'Hypersleep' to Kooky & Damoon's genre-defying 'Confidence Of Ignorance (Dub'), which tops a sumptuous, jazzy funk/soul cut with a liberal dose of acid squelch, and from Jahn Solo's Ecstasy, Passion & Pain-biting piano houser 'Touch Me' to the sleazy early 80s Berlin throb of Brian SNR's 'Hot Shot', with a side-order of syprupy soul courtesy of The Secret Soul Society. Big names may be in short supply here but adventurous, imaginative grooves are not!
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PAPD 294
18 Nov 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
18 Nov 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Phil Jaimes - "My Sensitivity" (Gets In The Way - feat Amma - Yam Who? extended vocal mix) - (5:55) 119 BPM
Sean Scanlan - "Daydreaming" (feat Elysah West - Yam Who? & Jaegerossa Main vocal remix) - (6:45) 122 BPM
Review: As it is now 15 years since the birth of his Yam Who? project, Midnight Riot main man Andy Williams is naturally in a celebratory mood. To mark the occasion, he's releasing a series of 'Best of' collections featuring a mixture of original productions and remixes. There's naturally tons to set the pulse racing on this second compilation, from the chunky revivalist boogie brilliance of Williams' previously unreleased dub of the Patchworks Band's 'Rock Your Body' and the Rhodes-laden, jazz-funk-goes-nu-disco warmth of his revision of Situation's superb 'Take Me Or Leave Me', to the bass-heavy, string-laden disco-house chunkiness of his Din Jay remix ('Sweet & Sour') and the soulful house-meets-electrofunk goodness of the Phil Jaimes' rework ('My Sensitivity').
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MIDRIOTDYAMWHOPT 2
09 Oct 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
09 Oct 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Disco Fruit Selection Vol 8EXCLUSIVE
Played by: Tonbe
Review: Fresh from the market, Disco Fruit offers up a suitably large pallet of juicy re-edits, tasty revisions and sun-ripened reworks. As you'd expect, there's plenty to get your teeth into from start to finish. Our highlights include the fuzzy 21st century disco-funk of Brian SNR's "Down For Some Loving", the bouncy, synth-bass-propelled funkiness of C Da Afro's "Music Is Love", the sleazy sweatiness of Frank Virgilio's flash-fried "Thick As A Brick (The ReThink)", the throbbing goodness of Loshmi's Italo-disco/80s rock revision "Palm Springs", the mid-tempo disco bliss of Mitiko's "It's Over, It's Over" and the disco-house bump of Tonbe's "Make It Last Forever".
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DF 104
20 Mar 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
20 Mar 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: This time last year Brian Basil van Heerden delivered his strongest single to date under the now familiar Brian Snr alias. The good news is that "Hot Shot" - his first EP for 12 months - is arguably even better. In its original form (track two), "Hot Shot" is sleazy, throbbing and overtly sexual; a revivalist chunk of mid-tempo Italo-disco headiness full of whispered spoken word vocals, razor-sharp alien synthesizer lines and an arpeggio style bassline so druggy it may induce hallucinations. It comes accompanied by two fine remixes: the "Hober Mellow Dub", which re-casts it as a chunk of dubby deep house dreaminess, and a superb Yam Who revision which re-builds the track as a sparkling slab of revivalist disco-boogie cheeriness complete with Balearic piano stabs and swirling strings.
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MIDRIOTD 219
04 Jan 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
04 Jan 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
Muscle Funk LPEXCLUSIVE
Review: This undeniably epic set by Brian Basil van Heerden under the familiar Brian Snr alias offers up a handful of unheard cuts and a dizzying array of remixes of previous Disco Fruit singles "She's Superfly" and "Down 4Some Loving". In the former category you'll find "Let's Dance", a hard-wired disco chugger rich in rasping saxophone solos, the piano-sporting disco-funk strut of "Like A Fever" and the low slung dub disco/electrofunk fusion of "Lover's Delight". Remix-wise, we're rather enjoying the stripped back mid-tempo chunkiness of SNR's revision of "She's Superfly", the Clav-happy, slo-mo breakbeat sludge-funk that is Mitiko's remix of "Down 4 Some Loving" and C Da Afro's electrofunk take on the same track. That said, the quality threshold remains high throughout.
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DF 081
18 Jan 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
18 Jan 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Some hot nu-disco grooves from South African producer Brian Basil van Heerden here on the Wild Cat EP. He is founder and owner of the legendary vinyl store Camino Records, DJ since 1998, founder and owner of Strutmode Recordings - in addition to being one half of Janova Jacks and Southside High. From the slo-mo/lo-slung sleaze of "Funking It Up" and the title track - which is followed by by an electric rendition by label stalwarts Yam?Who and the late night boogie down groove of "Flashback" - it is clear that Brian Snr can bring the funk, whatever the occasion!
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MIDRIOTD 137
07 May 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
07 May 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Down for some loving and kisses but not doing the dishes? Speak to Brian. He's so frank about the topic he's written a whole tune about it. A pretty darn slinky spacey discofied tune at that. Big sax, lolloping bass and a surging sense of steamy sentiment, it's a real meltdown session of a jam from Cherry Cola. Loaded with a more groove focused dub mix, this is much more than a one-off quickie. Dish cloth not included.
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CCR 005
19 Jan 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
19 Jan 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Disco Fruit Selection Vol 5EXCLUSIVE
Review: Serbian edit king Tonbe digs deep into the vaults of his prolific Disco Fruit stable, returning with a 10-track selection of club-ready highlights. There's naturally plenty to set the pulse racing, from the swirling strings and sumptuous, Barry White style grooves of Mitiko's "As You Grow Up" and the acid-laden wiggle of Evil Smarty's fantastic revision of The Osmonds "I,I.I" (here titled "Feel The Fire"), to the pumping drums, low-slung bass and flash-fried, Hendrix-style guitars of Loshmi's "Drugstore". Tonbe himself drops a bouncy chunk of disco-house pressure in the shape of "Don't Mess With Us" (complete with hip-house style sampled vocals), while C Da Afro impresses with the cheeky synths and quirky boogie backing of "One Step".
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DF 050
01 Feb 17
Disco/Nu-Disco
01 Feb 17
Disco/Nu-Disco
Nice & Slow EPEXCLUSIVE
Review: Given the nature of his re-edit work, it's perhaps unsurprising that there's little information out there about Brian Snr. All we know is that he's from South Africa, and the Nice 'N' Slow EP marks his first appearance on Disco Fruit, following a smattering of successful singles on other imprints. The title track is something of a rubbery, disco-funk treat, with the South African making merry with an elastic bassline, wah-wah laden guitars, taut horn lines and sleazy, spoken word vocals. The killer groove and occasional flute solos are emphasized further on the accompanying Dub Mix, before label boss Tonbe gives the track a subtle disco-house makeover.
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DF 042
29 Aug 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
29 Aug 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
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BMD 536
20 Jun 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
20 Jun 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: The mysterious Brian SNR from 012, South Africa; all we know is that he's naughty but nice! Let's Dance" is some of the sleaziest deep disco funk you'll hear this year: think of a year 2016 re-incarnation of Right Said Fred and you'll get the right idea. And yes; there is one absolutely hot saxophone solo in this one, supported by some retro cliches of the best kind.
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BMD 527
16 May 16
Minimal/Tech House
16 May 16
Minimal/Tech House
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BMD 506
29 Feb 16
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
29 Feb 16
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
