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Chewy Rubs
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Review: Fran Deeper's Spa in Disco label is now 11 years old. To celebrate, the popular nu-disco imprint has unveiled this celebratory compilation. Andy Buchan gets things going in fine style via the mid-tempo nu-disco-meets-classic-house flex of 'House Party (Disco Version)', before Chewy Rubs drops some Soundstream-esque loopy disco-house ('Feel Good Factor') and Frank Virgilo takes a similar tack on 'Never Too Late'. From then on, it's a joyous sprint to the finish, with hands-aloft outings courtesy of Funk Hunk and others being joined by killer cuts courtesy of Juan Laya & Jorge Montiel (the rubbery bass guitar-propelled 'Funk Supreme'), Hiva & Funky Junkie (the hard-wired disco-funk of 'Hola') and Shakavoy (the party-starting 'Get Funky').
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SPA 310
17 Nov 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
17 Nov 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Anything with Chewy Rubs' name on it is sure to prick up this reviewer's ears, and the Naughty But Nice veteran certainly doesn't disappoint with this latest four-track EP, which finds him with his house hat on. The standout to these ears is 'Get Loose' with its rubberband bassline, party shouts and sense of just-repressed energy, followed closely by 'Sweet Little Booboo' with its chopped n' looped preacherman vox, while 'Active Ingredients' itself borrows from D-Train classic 'Music' and 'Team Work' is an eyes-down, blues-infused shuffler, built for the wee small hours and riding a b-line that kicks like the proverbial equine quadraped
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BAN 036
27 May 22
Funky/Club House
27 May 22
Funky/Club House
Review: Reversing the usual process, this EP of disco edits begins with a disco-fied take on a house classic, and not the other way around! Adeva's 'In And Out Of My Life' is the classic in question, and Birdee makes a fine fist of the repurposing job he's done. So, too, have Chuggin' Edits with 'Sat Feev', a cheeky Bee Gees refix, though your view on that may vary depending on what you think of the original. Elsewhere on the EP, Soul Avengerz' 'Right For Me' (original source unknown) is a solid disco houser, while Chewy Rubs take us back to the early 80s with their re-edit of The Real Thing's 'Foot Tappin''.
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RLVD 015
14 Dec 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
14 Dec 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Seamus Haaji has gathered together a suitably impressive cast of producers for this fourth volume in his Re-Loved label's "All Stars" series of EPs. Conan Liquid kicks things off with a heavily compressed chunk of Clavinet-sporting, delay-laden disco house (the fittingly titled "Hot"), before Frank Virgilio flexes his muscles (and squelchy synths) on the down-low P-funk/disco-funk fusion of "Bite My Groove". Chewy Rubs steals this show with an even more tooled up version of what sounds like a Motown style 1960s soul stomper (the bounce-along heaviness of "Good People"), while Danny "80s Child" Worrall serves up a breezy, colourful and cheery rearrangement of a percussively stuttering '80s soul gem.
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RLVD 023
05 Jul 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
05 Jul 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: FINGERMAN, Juno Recommends Disco, Ladies On Mars, Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze), Chuggin Edits
Review: A four-track re-edits EP from Re-Loved here. Indonesia's Per QX is up first with 'Feed Me', a low-slung disco-funker topped with an impassioned diva vocal, before Get Down Edits bring us 'Suite Magic', a reworking of Le Pamplemousse's 1978 hit 'Sweet Magic' (possibly via Matrix's 'Get Out' from 1992, an early Kerri Chandler production which also sped up the sample to the tempo heard here). Chewy Rubs once more looks to Latin music for inspiration on 'Munky Fonkey', which rocks disco strings and a half-sung/half-shouted Mexican vocal, while the EP's completed by Maffa's 'Love's Generosity', a sumptuous, near-instrumental workout with an authentic late 70s feel.
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RLVD 035
24 Jul 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
24 Jul 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Played by: Dj XS (FVUK), FINGERMAN, Javi Frias, Juno Recommends Disco, Ash Reynolds, J&M BROTHERS, Rayko, Ladies On Mars, Dave Mathmos, BRENDON P, 80's Child, Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze), Chuggin Edits, Downunder Disco, Kongisto, Ruff Diamond
Review: Going by the volume of tracks on show, it would be fair to say that Masterworks Music's "Bag of Tricks" is not a little handbag, but more like a Mary Poppins style bottomless carpetbag. The label's latest rummage through its seemingly endless contents has been a successful one, with the 20 showcased cuts including a wealth of fine fusions of disco, house, boogie, electro and 80s soul. It's uniformly dancefloor-focused, with highlights including the Afro-house/disco-tech fusion of JB Dizzy, the driving, spaced-out disco-house grooves of Mike Woods, the loose-limbed, off-the-wall edits of Chewy Rubs, the sweet disco-soul bounce of RocknRolla Soundsystem, the delay-laden synth sing-along styles of Rayko and the hot-to-trot brilliance of Downunder Disco.
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MMD 085
28 Oct 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
28 Oct 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Played by: Juno Recommends Disco, Juno Recommends Downtempo, Ash Reynolds, Kenneth Bager // Musicfordreams, Rayko, Limpodisco, CHEWY RUBS, Hober Mallow, Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze), Chuggin Edits, Sould Out, Paper Street Soul
Review: The third edition in Midnight Riot's White Isle-friendly compilation series arrives right on time for the summer and brings back a huge package full of sublime cosmic & spiritual soundtrack from around the globe. No surprises from the label, it's packed with hypnotic delights with touches of blue eyed soul, slo mo disco and tropical low slung groovers. Upping the standard it contains unreleased tracks & Balearic revisions from many of the Midnight Riot crew featuring Shalvoy & Hifi Sean, FSQ, Jack Priest, Northern Souls, Chewy Rubs, Dim Zach, Chuggin' Edits & Steve Cobby (Fila Brazillia) plus loads more all curated by label boss Yam Who?
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MIDRIOTDBALVOL 3
23 Jul 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
23 Jul 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: FINGERMAN, Juno Recommends Disco, Ash Reynolds, SUNNER SOUL, Monsieur Van Pratt, Dave Mathmos, CHEWY RUBS, 80's Child, FRAN DEEPER
Review: The nu-disco scene's favourite Wookee, Chewy Rubs, has dedicated much more time to collaborations of late. He's already joined forces with Fingerman and North Laine, and here shares the results of studio time spent with the previously unheard M.O.K.E. There's much to set the pulse racing throughout, from the rolling nu-disco warmth of EP opener "Echo The Love", where bubbly electronic motifs and surging synth lines ride an elastic groove, to the weirdo vocals and disco-tech vibes of the rather ear-pleasing "Silent Caller". Best of all though is title track "Beam", a fine chunk of 21st century Italo-disco/house fusion full of sparkling refrains, sleazy analogue bass and dreamy, sun-kissed melodies.
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BAN 019
27 Mar 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
27 Mar 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: FINGERMAN, Juno Recommends Disco, Juno Recommends Funky House, Discoholic Ken, CHEWY RUBS, Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze), FRAN DEEPER, Andy Buchan, SuperStyle Deluxe
Review: There's definitely something of a signature sound to Chewy Rubs releases: perhaps we could call it "chewy disco", or something? And, oh look, here comes a new four-tracker on his own Bandolier label called just that! If you've enjoyed the Naughty But Nice veteran's previous output then suffice to say these latest bullets won't disappoint: there's plenty of raw funk coursing through the veins of both 'Finger Lickers' (arguably the EP standout) and 'Getting Serious', while 'Get Up' has the loopy feel of mid-90s underground disco-house and 'Let's Go (To The Disco Dub)' brings the mirrorballs and handclaps nostalgia.
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BAN 045
04 Aug 23
Funky/Club House
04 Aug 23
Funky/Club House
Played by: Reed & Radley, Gazeebo, FINGERMAN, YAM WHO?, Irregular Disco Workers, Superbreak, Alessandro Otiz, Shota Tanaka (Beaten Space Probe), TURNTILL, Justin Gg Green, Get Down Edits, Dynamicron (Los Grandes/Our Nights), DJ P-SOL, Ramsey Hercules, Marathon Edits, VinylAddicted
Review: Everybody loves a good collaboration and Chewy Rubs is happy to oblige, hooking up here with fellow acclaimed producer, Fingerman. We get four meetings of minds here, covering feelgood piano stomps ("Everybody Loves A Good Thing"), strings 'n' guitar jams ("Power"), cool and sparse low-slung bass workouts ("Hit On You") and discofied electro-funk ("Take You Home"). More please!
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CR 007
09 Dec 13
Disco/Nu-Disco
09 Dec 13
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Brett Johnson
Review: Unheralded re-edit master Chewy Rubs pops up on Midnight Riot with four more tried-and-tested chunks of discoid gold. The rubbery, delay-laden boogie of "Universal Love" - think slap-bass, echoing vocal samples, synth squiggles and shuffling house drums - kicks things off, before "Party On & Get Down" successfully rearranges a smooth disco-funk shuffler. There's a dash of subdued disco bounce in the shape of "I'll Tell You", before "Let It Lay" delivers the knock-out punch - a righteous chunk of squidgy P-funk with just the right amount of delay-laden low-slung disco flavour. All four tracks are expertly teased and tweaked, suggesting they'll prove popular on disco floors over the next few months.
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MIDRIOTD 006
20 Jan 14
Disco/Nu-Disco
20 Jan 14
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: FINGERMAN, Luis Machuca, Roberto Rodriguez (Manolo), Cyclist, Justin Gg Green, Dynamicron (Los Grandes/Our Nights)
Review: There's almost no information available on Soundcloud re-edit hero Chewy Rubs, except that he hails from the UK. Instead he prefers to let the music do the talking and this time he's, cough, eschewed his normal nu-disco fare in favour of some acidic grit. Track one takes "Ooh I Love It" by the Salsoul Orchestra and gives it a bouncy 303 injection, Track two arpeggiates the bassline for some seriously moody electro-disco business and track 3 wraps things - and the listener - up in swathes of trippy jackin' delirium.
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CR 005
24 Jul 13
Disco/Nu-Disco
24 Jul 13
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Anonymous edit artist Chewy calls up Italian DJs Giacomo Fioranelli and Matteo Verdini to help him rekindle the fire of house music's oldest roots. The result is a bumping, piano-struck session that promises serious dancefloor wriggles and giggles. "Piano Attack" is an epic homage to the piano, all perky and jazzy thanks to the playful subversions of the key riff. "Prince Street" follows a similar suit but with added slap-bass and a gutsy soul vocal. "Heaven", meanwhile, looks more towards the Mr Fingers style of early house music with big 808s, smouldering bass tight, sharp 909 hi-hats. Timeless.
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CR 006
28 Aug 13
Funky/Club House
28 Aug 13
Funky/Club House
Review: UK deep house and disco stalwart Chewy Rubs is back with four brand new cuts whose overall MO is summed up rather nicely by the EP title. 'Chunky But Funky' itself centres around a hefty, squelching bassline that's married to a solid 4/4 kick, tizzy hats and a single, nagging piano chord, with spacier synths joining the party in the second half. Elsewhere, 'Dance To It' is a rollicking disco roller with a male "dance to it" vocal joined by chorus'd female "dance!" shouts, 'Disco Evo' ploughs a rawer funk furrow, while 'Feed Your Soul' brings the strutty deep house vibes. Good stuff all round.
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BAN 049
02 Feb 24
Funky/Club House
02 Feb 24
Funky/Club House
Review: UK comer Chewy Rubs (Deep Sense/Chopshop/Situation Sounds) is up next for London's Midnight Riot. It's all things retro ("Cosmo Disco"), slo-mo ("To The Party") and indeed lo-slung ("Gonna Make You Feel"), these four lush and loopy disco jams that still retain their dusty and vintage sensibilities and are quality jams that are welcome additions to any serious Disco Stu's arsenal.
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MIDRIOTD 095
27 Mar 17
Disco/Nu-Disco
27 Mar 17
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Black Hawks of Panama, FINGERMAN, Jean Jacques Smoothie, Juno Recommends Disco, Dave Mathmos, CHEWY RUBS, 80's Child, Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze), That Needs an Edit/Pete Le Freq, Chuggin Edits, Downunder Disco, FRAN DEEPER, Andy Buchan, The Magic Track, Twin Sun
Review: Always a pleasure when a new release from Mr Rubs lands in the inbox! 'Dig It' kicks things off this time, a disco chugger that's dripping in restrained energy and comes topped with two male voices ("Can you dig it?"/"Yeah, I can dig it"). 'You've Got To Live' is a big, strutty funker designed to induce the throwing of shapes out on the dancefloor, while 'Music' is more the kind of sparse, stripped-down throbber that'll see you through the wee small hours nicely. Completing the EP is 'Destiny', a disco-house-boogie concoction with a looped female vocal and subtle hints of jazz around the edges.
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BAN 030
08 Oct 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
08 Oct 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: FINGERMAN, Juno Recommends Disco, CHEWY RUBS, Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze), Chuggin Edits, FRAN DEEPER, Juno Download
Review: Chewy Rubs is one nu-disco producer who's never afraid to throw in the odd curveball, and seldom has this been more evident than on 'Pluckers Luck', which sounds like a crazed disco producer jamming with an entire Russian orchestra - pretty sure we actually heard a bassoon in there at point! And there's DEFINITELY a kazoo... The EP's other three cuts are all perfectly serviceable nu-disco jams, by turns eyes-down ('Feel The Groove'), uplifting ('Boogie 1Nite') and lo-slung and funky ('Get A Lift'), but it's 'Pluckers Luck' that'll have 'em running up to the booth demanding track IDs.
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BAN 028
07 May 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
07 May 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Javi Frias, Juno Recommends Disco, SUNNER SOUL, Dave Mathmos, BRENDON P, CHEWY RUBS, 80's Child, Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze), Downunder Disco
Review: If you've been living the life of a hermit for the last few years, you're unlikely to have come across Chewy Rubs, a prolific re-editor and maker of dancefloor dubs whose regular EPs for Re-Loved, Bandolier and Fall From Grace are must-check affairs. Predictably the producer's latest outing on Midnight Riot is packed with top-notch treats too. Our pick of the bunch is "Hammered", a sweaty romp through extra-percussive funk-rock pastures rich in wild organ stabs, grunting vocals, slap bass and flash-fried guitar licks. That said, the other three tracks are equally as impressive, particularly the string-laden disco dub "Dancin' At The Disco" and swirling Italo-disco-meets-disco-house opener "Bo Fo".
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MIDRIOTD 226
13 Mar 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
13 Mar 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Phil Jaimes - "My Sensitivity (Gets In The Way)" (feat Amma - Yam Who? extended vocal mix) - (5:55) 119 BPM
Review: When it comes to celebratory, life-affirming musical positivity, you can't beat Midnight Riot's ongoing "Disco Made Me Do It" compilation series, which gathers together a mixture of re-edits, reworks and original productions from the label's vast roster of artists. At 24 tracks deep it's a bit of an epic, though we can happily confirm that the quality threshold remains impressively high throughout. Our current favourites include the Redux Inc re-edit of Casa Blanco's P-funk flavoured hip-wiggler, "Funk & Dub With You", the rushing, piano-powered house bounce of "Got Me" by Ladies on Mars, label boss Yam Who's sparkling nu-boogie revision of Phil Jaimes' "My Sensitivity" and the deep, groovy '80s soul flex of Chevals' "Thank You For The Ride".
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MIDRIOTDMMDIVOL 3
01 May 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
01 May 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: FINGERMAN, Trotter, Juno Recommends Disco, SUNNER SOUL, CHEWY RUBS, LEGO EDIT, 80's Child, Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze), Andy Buchan, Chuggin Edits, Downunder Disco
Review: For those who didn't live through the '90s, it was once the done thing to refer to ravers by their rhyming slang title: "Quavers". Therefore this collaborative EP from Chewy Rubs and Fingerman is aimed fairly and squarely at disco ravers. The title track brilliantly sets the tone, peppering a low-slung disco-house groove with intergalactic electronics, echoing spoken word samples and delay-laden string stabs. "Theory Funker" is a lesson in disco-tech heaviness - all swirling samples and acid-fired electronics - while "Maintain the Groove" is a lolloping dance into hazy dub disco territory. The most "disco-rave" cut of all, though, is closer "Maintain The Acid", a mind-altering re-make of the above cut smothered in psychedelic TB-303 acid lines and echoing disco samples.
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BAN 014
26 Jul 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
26 Jul 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: FINGERMAN, YAM WHO?, Javi Frias, Superbreak, Dr Packer, Kiu D, Tonbe, Shota Tanaka (Beaten Space Probe), Jay Ru, Monkey Boots, Coutel, IMFROMULL, 80's Child, Phil Disco
Review: UK veteran edit master Chewy Rubs steps out of his own Chewy outlet and lands on the old-school-friendly Masterworks Music. He's in a disco mood, as per usual, and he's mashing up samples and beats like no tomorrow; we have five juicy pieces of dancefloor gold on here, the more magical moments residing in the funky and riff-driven "Makes You Blind" (Don't Stop edit)", the man's BSP dub of the string-heavy "Burning Up", and his dubbier dub of "Found Love". Party tools.
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MMD 008
29 Jun 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
29 Jun 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Irregular Disco Workers, FINGERMAN, Juno Recommends Disco, Andy Downtown Science, CHEWY RUBS, MANUEL COSTELA, FRAN DEEPER
Review: Nu-disco's number one (imaginary) wookiee returns to Spa in Disco with a one-shot missive, 'Discopia'. Beginning with glistening guitar notes and suspenseful synth strings rising above a Giorgio Moroder/Bobby Orlando style bassline, the track is driving and dancefloor-ready but also surprisingly jazzy thanks to the presence of some seriously attractive jazz guitar licks. Throw in some choice vocal snippets, a couple of lovely breakdowns and snappy drum machine percussion that subtly builds in intensity as the track progresses, and you have a gloriously addictive, endlessly entertaining workout that should get plenty of plays during the summer festival season.
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SPA 274
07 Apr 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
07 Apr 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: FINGERMAN, REz, Juno Recommends Funky House, Rayko, Dave Mathmos, FRAN DEEPER, Andy Buchan
Review: Ever-prolific Hereford veteran Chewy Rubs steps up with another four-track EP on his own Bandolier label. 'Whoolly Mammoth' kicks us off in whompy, stompy, loopy fashion, before we get a slice of proper dancefloor struttery in the form of the fairly self-explanatory 'Tek Disco'. Next comes 'Hot To Trot', which with its clipped brass stabs comes a little closer to late 90s/early 00s-style filter disco, before the EP's completed by 'Easy Tiger', another looping bass workout in a very similar style to the opener, but now with the addition of six-string wails and keyboard licks redolent of early Chi-town house.
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BAN 033
28 Jan 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
28 Jan 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: FINGERMAN, Limpodisco, CHEWY RUBS, LEGO EDIT, 80's Child, Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze), Sould Out, Paper Street Soul, Ruff Diamond
Review: Here, Seamus Haji's reliable Re-Loved imprint serves up a third collection of club-ready reworks from long-serving British re-editor Chewy Rubs. Turn first to the stomping peak-time fun of "Aux Naturally", where the hirsute scalpel specialist turns swirling, life affirming disco classic into a find slab of loopy disco-house gold. Things get sweatier and denser on the wonderfully percussive disco-house sleaze of "Everybody Disco", while "Space In Raver" is a fine fusion of raw, bombastic UK garage style bass, jaunty piano riffs and rolling house drums. Finally, the Chewy one reaches for the cowbells and dub disco bass on "Bunch of Grapes", a low-slung late night roller rich in delays effects and jammed-out keys.
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RLVD 010
31 Aug 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
31 Aug 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: FINGERMAN, Juno Recommends Disco, Limpodisco, CHEWY RUBS, Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze), That Needs an Edit/Pete Le Freq
Review: There's a fine line between the re-edit and the sample track, and it's a line that gets notably blurred on this latest Chewy Rubs EP from Re-Loved, though the latter tag probably fits slightly better. 'Everybody' is a stuttery nu-disco/disco-house jam topped with familiar diva vocal snippets, the rolling, bass-y Seamus Haji Remix of 'It's Not Over' impressively breathes new life into the well-worn First Choice vocal, 'Too Much, You Know' operates at the jazzier end of the contemporary funk spectrum and will likely prove the connoisseurs' choice, while 'Doing It' is straight-up Euro dancefloor exuberance, late 70s-style.
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RLVD 013
09 Nov 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
09 Nov 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Ruff Diamond
Review: Chewy Rubs' output has been rather impressive of late, so it's no surprise to find that the producer's fifth EP for Re-Loved is another essential outing. He begins with the rolling disco-funk bounce of cheeky Chic rework "Dance, Clap & Move Everybody (Chewy Rubs Future Dub)", where headline-grabbing chorus vocals rise above incessant guitar and vibraphone loops and a suitably heavyweight groove. "Live For-Ever (Chewy Rubs Irene's After-Party Dub)" is a wild, acid-flecked, Tiger & Woods style loop jam destined to ignite early morning dancefloors, while "Airs Groove (Chewy Rubs Rollin' Dub)" is a percussion-laden breakbeat disco smasher straight from the top drawer. If that's not enough to set the pulse racing, insatiably funky closing cut "Feel Good (Chewy Rubs Rub)" should give you serious heart palpitations.
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RLVD 021
10 May 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
10 May 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: The nu-disco scene's premier scalpel-wielding wookee returns with a sixth selection of roaring reworks for Seamus Haaji's disco-house inspired Re-Loved label. The experienced editor hits the ground running in some style on "Let It Go", a bold, slightly loopy and undeniably low-slung affair that cleverly combines lifts from a familiar disco favourite with what sound like vocal samples from a completely different record. "Overhanging Love" is his driving, sweaty and life-affirming take on Diana Ross's most potent disco hit, while "Boogie Strut" turns a wedding disco favourite into a driving, bass-heavy chunk of disco-house heat. Finally, "Funktion" is an extra percussive chunk of late night dub disco heaviness that's by far and away the EP's standout moment.
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RLVD 025
20 Sep 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
20 Sep 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Seamus Haji, FINGERMAN, Juno Recommends Disco, J&M BROTHERS, Limpodisco, Hober Mallow, Andy Buchan, Chuggin Edits, Downunder Disco, DINKY
Review: Having previously used the Re-Loved label as a vehicle for his own party-hearty reworks, Seamus Haji has now asked Midnight Riot regular Chewy Rubs to join in the fun. Typically, he's hit the mark, delivering a couple of booming, tooled-up edits that put the demands of the dancefloor front and centre. Opener "Dance", for example, boasts a killer groove built around a rubbery, low-slung bassline, onto which dubbed-out vocal snippets and occasionally crunchy Clavinet lines are layered. "Summer Radio", meanwhile, is given the "Chewy Dub" treatment, with the acclaimed editor turning a jangly, piano-heavy electrofunk number into a heavy chunk of disco-house loop-funk. Haji delivers a bonus version of the latter, delivering a similarly loopy workout in his classic funky house style.
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RLVD 002
04 Aug 17
Disco/Nu-Disco
04 Aug 17
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Irregular Disco Workers, FINGERMAN, Juno Recommends Disco, Juno Recommends Deep House, Juno Recommends Funky House, Rayko, Dave Mathmos, CHEWY RUBS, FRAN DEEPER, Andy Buchan
Review: Former Naughty But Nice man Chewy Rubs teams up with another unsung hero of the UK scene, Travski, for this four-tracker on his own Bandolier label - with impeccable results. 'Jellybean' gets the ball rolling with throbbing synth-bass and rap vocal bites from LL Cool J's 'I'm Bad' and Dr Octagon AKA Kool Keith's 'Bear Witness', after which there's more party-hearty cut-up action on 'Contra D'. We then drop down into a deeper groove for 'Feel This Dub', a bassy slow-burner topped with synth-strings and indecipherable, barely-there vocal snips, and stay there for the jazzier 'Feel This', which rocks the house-eulogising diva vocal from Antoine Clamaran & D-Plac's 'Get Up'.
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BAN 044
19 May 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
19 May 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Valique, FINGERMAN, Superbreak, Juno Recommends Disco, Benjamin Ferreira, Limpodisco, CHEWY RUBS, LEGO EDIT, Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze), Andy Buchan, Chuggin Edits, Sould Out, Downunder Disco, Paper Street Soul
Review: Hairy heroics: Chewy returns to the controls of his own new label Bandolier with four more expert edits. "Here Comes The Law" struts with brilliant momentum that's both gradual and dynamic before paying off with big funk sleaze. Elsewhere "The Game" is more of a hip-slinker with its trouser dropping slinky bassline, alluring percussion and sexual come-from-nowhere sax antics while "Get Some Lovin'" is the ultimate soaking wet chugger with lolloping slap-bass and classic loopy discoid vocal shots. Finally "Doing It Tonight" goes back to the source with brazen orchestral blasts over an addictive stripped back groove before dropping into a very well-known hook mid-way. The perfect tool for the best creative DJs, Chewy's got you covered.
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BAN 002
30 Mar 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
30 Mar 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: FINGERMAN, Superbreak, Juno Recommends Disco, Ash Reynolds, SUNNER SOUL, Dave Mathmos, CHEWY RUBS, LEGO EDIT, Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze), Downunder Disco, Henri Le Blanc, FRAN DEEPER, Paul Older, Ruff Diamond, D.S.D., Andy Buchan, Joji Chissu, The Magic Track
Review: A collaborative four-track EP here from two leading lights of the contemporary funk and disco scene, and the results don't disappoint. The EP opens with 'Beats For Chance', an unsurprisingly percussion-led affair with snatches of boogie-style male vox. Next comes the looping funk workout that is 'Hook Of Love' with its chanted "1 2 3, look at me, I'm hooked up on your love" vocal, which is followed by the suppressed energy of 'Time To Freak'. The EP's then completed by 'Throw It, Shake It', a cheeky little strutter with another boogie-esque vocal that potentially has the most floor appeal of the lot.
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HOTDIGIT 092
20 Dec 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
20 Dec 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: The re-edit scene's tallest, most hirsute scalpel fiend invites us to step aboard the Millennium Falcon for a five-track party of intergalactic proportions. There's naturally much to set the pulse racing, from the epic, proto-house style delays and sharp synth stabs of sleazy electrofunk chugger "Everybody Follows A Leader (Retro Dub)", to the hard, sax-laden disco funk romp of "Feel Good Today" and locked-in Balearic deep house trip of "Talk About Free Love". Also impressive is the hairy one's loose, jazzy and rolling hook-up with Disko Tech sort M Christian, "Sesh 1". In other words, it's another strong set of reworks from a galaxy far, far away.
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MIDRIOTD 117
16 Oct 17
Disco/Nu-Disco
16 Oct 17
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: The ever-prolific Chewy Rubs issues forth four more re-edited vintage dancefloor nuggets from his secret underground lair. The funk-fuelled boogie of 'Furry Mover' (a rework of One On One's 'Body Music' from 1981) opens proceedings, followed by 'Get Up Off Your Arse' (original source unknown), which has another big PHAT bassline, dramatic synth stabs and a western movie-like trumpet/bugle line. 'Love Your Glow' has an early 80s feel and much use of filters and FX, while completing the EP is 'Get Enough', a more smooth-rollin' affair that harks back to first-generation disco-house of the mid-90s.
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BAN 012
10 May 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
10 May 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
