Review: On this sequel to the label's brilliant Italian house retrospective, Ciao Italia, the team at Rebirth Records has moved on to the early '90s and the next stage in Italy's electronic music evolution. Of course, the piano-laden, loved-up breeziness that marked out the earlier 'dream house' wave is still evident, but this time there's more low-slung basslines, tribal-influenced drums, and heavy late-night grooves. With a deeper and more diverse track listing, it's undoubtedly a brilliant sequel, with our picks of a very strong bunch including Donato Dozzy & Rumi's deep tribal house workout 'Flusso', Flavio Vecchi & House Pillar's bouncy 'Dancing On A Thin Line (Goin' Deep Mix)', T.R.A's thrusting, analogue-rich 'Take My Heart' and the frankly bonkers-but-brilliant 'LaLaLaa' by Cosmos.
Review: This is an excellent little Bitches Brew retrospective from label boss, DJ, promoter and producer extraordinaire Cosmo. Starting with the electronic soul elegy of Chi aka Cosmo's "Mistaken" branded by the distinctive vox of her long time muse Billie Godfrey, your ears are treated to Bambu's instrumental of their timeless Sergio Mendes cover and Jimpster's 2003 Rhodes heavy house rerub of Jinadu. The metallic rhythms and dubbed atmospherics of the MC Chickaboo featuring Freek by The Flaws make this a worthy purchase for those that dabble in melding deep house with more Latin and broken beat flavours.
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