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Chewy Rubs
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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
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SPA 337
03 May 24
Disco/Nu-Disco
03 May 24
Disco/Nu-Disco
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SPC 104
12 Apr 24
Disco/Nu-Disco
12 Apr 24
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: A four-tracker here from Chewy Rubs, coming on his own Bandolier label and operating, as the title suggests, at a slightly lower tempo than is his wont. The EP opens with 'Acid Chugger', whose very name kindly saves yours truly having to think of what to say about it! 'Fro Mo' is another midpaced affair topped with dialogue samples, 'Jazz Cat' opens with a "this is a how it should be done" vocal sample (the first of many) and has a party-hearty, Jalapeno-esque feel, before finally we come to 'Something For Your Soul', another chugging, throbbing affair with treated, spoken vocal snips and lashings of acid bass.
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BAN 051
05 Apr 24
Disco/Nu-Disco
05 Apr 24
Disco/Nu-Disco
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
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SPC 087
03 Nov 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
03 Nov 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: FINGERMAN, Juno Recommends Disco, Juno Recommends Funky House, Juno Recommends Minimal Tech, Rayko, Vladimir Marinkovic, CHEWY RUBS, LEGO EDIT, FRAN DEEPER, Andy Buchan
Review: Chewy Rubs' 'Ruff Beats' series reaches its fourth instalment in a little over 12 months, with deep, tracky grooves the order of the day once more. 'Keep On Doing It' is a mid-paced affair that tops moody synth sweeps with an echoing male vocal urging us to "keep on doing it like that", 'My Definition' is a more driving, house-ified cut that gets free 'n' easy with a Dream Warriors vocal snip, 'Sensations Of The Mind' marries snatches of two well-known vocals to a heavyweight funk bassline and hard-slammin' 4/4s, while 'Swagger' again plunders classic hip-hop from New York, New York (that's a clue!) for vocal inspiration.
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BAN 047
22 Sep 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
22 Sep 23
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: 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, Juno Recommends Disco, Juno Recommends Funky House, Rayko, CHEWY RUBS, FRAN DEEPER
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BAN 042
31 Mar 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
31 Mar 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Chewy Rubs is a name that'll always prick up this reviewer's ears and here he serves up a spanking new four-tracker on his own Bandolier label. The EP kicks off with 'Disco Magic', a solid lil' chugger with a male "disco dancing" vocal refrain. That's followed by the struttier and slightly more energetic 'Keep Going', after which we come to 'Love Takeover', a denser, more atmospheric jam with a cut-up female "your love is taking me over" vocal, before 'The Vibe', another moodier cut with a distinctive squelchy electronic bassline and male "feel the vibe" vocal shouts, plays us out.
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BAN 039
25 Nov 22
Funky/Club House
25 Nov 22
Funky/Club House
Review: UK scene stalwart Chewy Rubs gets down with his bad self on an EP that can be safely filed under "tracky shit". With its acid bassline and cut-up rap vocal samples, 'Ruff Beats' is a simple affair but utterly irresistible, and will get bodies onto floors for sure. There are more rap snips on midtempo disco-house roller 'Hype Or Right', while the sample-happy 'Make It Funky' has a charmingly na?ve, late 80s/early 90s feel. 'Party Up' then plays us out on a slightly more straight-up disco tip. All four are eminently playable, but suffice to say the lead track has been well chosen.
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BAN 037
02 Sep 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
02 Sep 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
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RV 057
01 Jul 22
Deep House
01 Jul 22
Deep House
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
Played by: FINGERMAN, Juno Recommends Disco, Juno Recommends Funky House, Discolypso, Chuggin Edits, Andy Buchan, The Magic Track
Review: A very solid four-tracker here from Mr C Rubs, opening with the chunky 'Afro Disco', which isn't particularly Afro-flavoured musically but does feature a snatch of sampled tribal speech by way of a vocal. 'Music To Move' then brings the peaktime disco-house stomper vibes, before 'Respect & Harmony' takes us into chunkier pastures. And then we come to what for this reviewer is the EP standout by far - 'Strictly Rockers', wherein a monster bass throb provides the musical backbone around which assorted FX, piano licks, shakers, vocal snips and more interwine for seven slinky, sinuous minutes.
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BAN 035
29 Apr 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
29 Apr 22
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, Juno Recommends Disco, SUNNER SOUL, Dave Mathmos, CHEWY RUBS, Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze), Downunder Disco, Andy Buchan
Review: Four predictably fine slices of contemporary funk 'n' boogie courtesy of Hereford's own disco don Chewy Rubs. While retro-flavoured vibes may dominate, Mr Rubs shows a healthy disregard for convention or stylistic 'historical accuracy' - so 'Muffin Bizniz' marries scorching 60s Hammond funk to a "raggamuffin bizness and ting" vocal, while the early 80s boogie/funk groove of 'Ecstasy' (think Cameo or Rick James) gets augmented by the "acid... ecstasy" vocal snip from Beltram classic 'Energy Flash'. Meanwhile, it it's sheer squelchy bass and soaring strings retro disco silliness you're after then head for 'Happy When You're Free'.
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BAN 032
26 Nov 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
26 Nov 21
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: Black Hawks of Panama, FINGERMAN, Juno Recommends Disco, SAUCO, Mr Doris, CHEWY RUBS, Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze), Andy Buchan, Kongisto, FRAN DEEPER, Akeem Raphael
Review: This reviewer always experiences something of a frisson when a new Chewy Rubs promo lands in the inbox, and this latest offering doesn't disappoint, packing two slabs of party-hearty, authentically 70s-sounding funk squelch ('Voodoo Disco' and 'Have A Bit Of Fun') and two tracks ('Golden Fire' and 'Welcome') that lean more towards disco-house and nu-disco. As with much of Chewy's output, it's hard to tell if these tracks are straight re-edits or just heavily sample-based productions, but no matter - if they're re-edits, the source material is sufficiently obscure that they'll sound "new" to most ears regardless!
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BAN 025
01 Jan 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
01 Jan 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Chewy Rubs productions are usually heavily sampled-based, but there's enough original work gone into them that to label them simply as re-edits would be unfair. 'You Can Get It', for instance, loops up a chunk of vocal from Instant Funk's 1978 Salsoul classic 'I Got My Mind Made Up', but pairs it with an insistent Italo-esque bass throb. The other three tracks are all instrumentals: 'Over The Boarder' nods to west coast jazz-funk, 'On The Move' recaptures some of the irresistible exuberance of Chewy's own 'Sombrero' from last year and 'Lush' has an 80s Euro feel... but in a good way.
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SPA 077
17 Apr 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
17 Apr 20
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
Played by: FINGERMAN, Javi Frias, Juno Recommends Disco, SUNNER SOUL, LEGO EDIT, 80's Child, JAMES ROD, Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze), Chuggin Edits
Review: Tom Vine AKA Chewy Rubs fires forth four more salvoes from his disco machine gun. 'Disco Hook' gets the ball rolling, a lively affair that sports some killer space disco stabs and a looped "disco music" vocal, and that recalls Joey Negro's work with The Trammps. 'Party Tool (Chewy Rubs G-Funk Disco Dub)' is another one that doesn't take much explaining, given that the relevant keywords are right there in the title; ditto 'Garage Disco IV', which rocks a super-infectious bassline not dissimilar to last year's 'Sombrero' and old-school "jack!" vocal samples, while finally 'Hypnotizin', as you've probably already guessed, borrows from Raw Silk.
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BAN 015
25 Oct 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
25 Oct 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
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
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
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
Review: Like fictional super-spy James Bond, Chewy Rubs prefers his re-edits "Shaken Not Stirred". "Took My Love Away (Chewy Rubs Deep Disco Vox"), the opening cut from the Star Wars-loving producer's latest EP, is every bit as potent and tipsy as a pint of Vodka Martini, with deliciously glassy-eyed female vocal snippets rising above a loopy disco-house groove. Similarly impressive is chugging, mind-altering throb-job "Love A Groove (Chewy Rubs Extend-it)", where spacey synthesizer arpeggio lines and quirky vocal samples rise above a pulsating, mid-'80s dancefloor groove. Elsewhere, "Garage Disco III" is a electric piano-heavy revision of a mid-80s NYC house jam rearranged in cahoots with pal Moke, while "Rake The Moon (Chewy Rubs Space Dust Rub)" is a creepy, ever-growing, house-friendly tweak of a weirdo space disco workout.
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BAN 007
09 Nov 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
09 Nov 18
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
Review: Since launching the Bandolier digi-label earlier this year, hairy scalpel sort Chewy Rubs has served up some seriously fine cuts. Predictably, there's plenty more dancefloor gold to be found on the rework Wookie's latest four-track missive. "Garage Disco II", a rolling peak-time sequel that wraps new synth parts and sampled disco orchestration around a seriously muscular, shirts-off peak-time groove, sets the tone, before our hero joins forces with Moke for the disco-fied deep house roll of "Control Z". He returns to straight re-edit pastures on the fiendishly heavy, low-slung dub disco pump of "I Didn't Know", while "Hanging By A String" is a wonderfully cheery and sun-kissed exploration of orchestral disco pastures.
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BAN 005
31 Aug 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
31 Aug 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Hirsure, Star Wars-loving scalpel fiend Chewy Rubs is one of the disco scene's more reliable re-editors. Over the years, he's delivered superb floor-friendly re-rubs for most of the scene's most checked labels, often prioritizing percussive grooves and low-slung basslines. That's exactly what you get with "Garage Disco (Chewy Rubs Dub)", the opening gambit from the disco Wookie's latest EP. The track is built around heavy, rubbery punk-funk style bass, dense pots-and-pans percussion and some mind-altering dub effects, but retains a strong link with peak-time dancefloors throughout. Elsewhere, Moke lends a hand on the driving, dub disco-meets-disco-house bounce of "Keep Improving On (Bubble Dub)", while "Somebody That Loves You (T&B Perc Dub)" is low-slung, bass-heavy dub disco delight.
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BAN 004
18 May 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
18 May 18
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, Limpodisco, CHEWY RUBS, Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze), Andy Buchan, Chuggin Edits
Review: Britain's premier disco wookie, Chewy Rubs, has decided to launch his own label, Bandolier Records. Here, he delivers the debut release, an enjoyable mixture of original tracks and sneaky, peak-time re-edits. He begins with the mid-tempo throb of "Baby Get Down", a colourful, bass-heavy fusion of hip-house, boogie and warehouse-friendly deep house, before charging towards peak-time via the classic disco/sparkling nu-disco fusion of "Disco Chicago". "Strange Love" is a pulsating, mind-altering re-edit rich in heavy bass, rising orchestration and cut-up freestyle vocal samples, while fine closer "Watch Out" (co-produced by Charles Christian) sits somewhere between hypnotic, Afro-tinged house and Clavinet-sporting disco-chug.
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BAN 001
19 Jan 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
19 Jan 18
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
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
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
