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To Rack & Ruin Vol 6EXCLUSIVE
Played by: Chris Massey, JimmyTheTwin, Dicky Trisco, THE GROOVERS, Alex Boogie Cafe, Sleazy McQueen, Dario Piana, Richard Rossa, Freddy Love, Weedyman, KS French, LEGO EDIT, Somerville & Wilson
Review: Manchester's label/clubnight combo El Diablo has a knack for releasing some pretty heavyweight edits, but this eighth installment of its To Rack & Ruin series really ups the ante. With DJ Rocca teaming up with N2B, we are treated to four precision scalpel jobs, all of which really tease out the bassy loops. Highlights include seven minute opener "Get Up" - a dubby odyssey into misty lands of shuffly beats, incessant basslines and wah-wah guitar aplenty. Also the suspended tension of Balearic mind-trip "Weird Safari" and the '80s slap bass aerobics of "Mr Rossi's Backpain" are worth checking out.
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RR 007
10 Nov 14
Disco/Nu-Disco
10 Nov 14
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Played by: Teniente Castillo (Play Pal Music), Juno Recommends Disco, DJ ROCCA, JAMES ROD, James Bright
Review: Roam Recordings was set up by Jason 'JP Soul' Peters and Jeni 'Jeniluv' Erickson in 2001, and has since put out records by the likes of Demarkus Lewis, Rhythm Plate, Hesohi and Dino Lenny. For their 100th release/20th anniversary, though, they've avoided the obvious 'best of' route and instead serve up 21 brand new tracks coming from a mix of familiar names (Emperor Machine, DJ Rocca, Tronik Youth) and newcomers. The overall vibe leans towards cosmic and Italo disco, but that's a very broad-brush picture - there are tracks here that could, variously, be filed equally well under house, techno, electro, Balearica or prog. Psychedelic electronic disco at its best.
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ROM 100
05 Nov 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
05 Nov 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
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CODIS 0225
03 Dec 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
03 Dec 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
In Flagranti feat DJ Rocca
Review: In Flagranti have carved their own niche in dance music since back in the Electroclash days. This is due to their sexually charged analogue disco-funk style and sound. Here they rustle up "The Camelwalk" for Codek, a tune that sounds like a frisky Red Axes doing the soundtrack for a 70s porno with help from Bobby Konders (lots of flute!). Rayko's "Spiritual Wiri mix" features tough 4/4 drums, bass twangs, ascending arpeggios and yes, those flutes again. Inigo Vontier's mix revisits deepest, crackliest 80s Chicago and there also some cool retro beats featured in the bonus dub mix too.
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CRE 051
10 Jul 17
Disco/Nu-Disco
10 Jul 17
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Unclepasha - "Shield Of Love" (Sare Havlicek And Loudery First Avenue remix feat Loudery) - (5:47) 120 BPM
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505537 3541181
01 Jun 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
01 Jun 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Chris Massey, Alvaro Cabana (Rotten City), Tonbe, Future Bones, DJ ROCCA, Roe Deers, Field Theory November 2016 Chart
Review: Futureboogie's annual Summer Riot EP rarely disappoints. This year's instalment of the multi-artist extravaganza - the fifth in totak - is every bit as essential as its' predecessors. Long time friend of the family Bonar Bradberry steps up first with "Analogue Express", where bubbly synthesizer lead lines rub shoulders with Chicken Lips style bass and rich, life-affirming piano chords. Experienced Italian DJ Rocca fuses brain-melting acid lines, dark electronics and African influences on the wonky "Voodoo", before former Fila Brazillia man Steve Cobby drops a lolloping chunk of audible sunshine in the shape of "Lefthanded Books". Arguably best of all, though, is Field Theory's "Rituals", a swirling fusion of dreamy deep house, mind-altering acid, and warehouse-friendly rhythms.
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FBR 046
26 Aug 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
26 Aug 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: B2 Recordings hits release number 13 with DJ Rocca and Lex combing on a trio of fresh house cuts that blend elements of disco, Latin and soul. Up first is the glorious 'Solid Street' which has loose and percussive disco-house grooves overlaid with big synth energy and steamy vocals. 'Solar System' is slower and deeper, with a more rugged bassline and low slung sense of funk that never lets up. Last of all, 'Rose Tree' is a ramshackle house arrangement with whistles, Rhodes keys, tin-pot percussion, florid flutes and plenty of sunny energy all making it a real standout. A timeless EP packed with musicality.
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B2R 013
22 Mar 24
Disco/Nu-Disco
22 Mar 24
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Of late, Dean Meredith's Rogue Cat Sounds label has been exploring the more cosmic and Balearic end of the musical spectrum, so it's little surprise to see him welcome Italian legends DJ Rocca and Daniele Badlelli to the imprint. The storied twosome begins in fine fashion via the lilting electric guitar solos and bubby electronic disco grooves of "Sky Dump", before opting for a weirder and more psychedelic dancefloor sound on Afro-Cosmic workout "Massive Birth" and doffing a cap to Yello on the eccentric electronics of "Talorypo". The accompanying remix package is epic and uniformly high standard, though if we were picking favourites we'd opt for Warehouse Preservation Society's warm, thickset nu-disco version of "Talorypo" and Mind Fair's Chicken Lips-esque rework of "Massive Birth".
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ROGUE 015
09 Dec 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
09 Dec 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Played by: FINGERMAN, Juno Recommends Disco, Rayko, Ilya Santana, Discoholic Ken, BRENDON P, Kongisto, FRAN DEEPER, Warriors of the Dystotheque, Saint-Loup-en-Bray
Review: Born back in 2008, Rayko's Rare Wiri mark their 200th release with an album-length compilation featuring 12 brand new cuts from what the man himself describes simply as "some of my favourite artists out there". The album starts out in laidback, Balearic mode with Secret Soul Society's 'Draw Of The Cards' and ends up back there with Manolo's 'By The Moon', but in-between you'll find the looping, funked-up deep house of Fran Deeper's 'Lost Baby', the shape-throwing 80s Faltermeyer-isms of Kelton Prima's 'The Beggining', Ilya Santana's floor-friendly cover of Vangelis's 'Dervish D', the electro nouveau of From Beyond's 'Star Slip' and more besides. Here's to 200 more!
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RW 200
26 Jun 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
26 Jun 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Played by: Juno Recommends Disco, Rayko, LEGO EDIT, JAMES ROD, SEEN ON TV, Paper Street Soul, Ruff Diamond
Review: Spain's Rare Wiri label bring us their second retrospective label comp, which follows on the heels of last year's Vol 1, and just a quick glance at the artists involved - who include Ilya Santana, Rayko, The Beat Broker, Yam Who? and Ziggy Phunk - will give the initiated a pretty good idea of the quality on offer! Gazeebo's 'Soul Dance' is rooted in the deep funk of the early 70s, Phunk's 'Let It Move You' is a brass-spangled disco-house groover, Rayko's 'B-Nano' has an 80s Italo vibe, 'Whishbone' by Parissior channels late 70s Euro-disco, and so it goes on for six more very playable nu-disco bullets.
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RW 057
12 Apr 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
12 Apr 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Regular collaborators Daniele Baldelli and DJ Rocca join forces once more, this time for Is It Balearic Recordings. The title track leads the way, with the duo layering thickset analogue synth motifs and acid-tinged arpeggios atop a chunky groove, before "Santana" delivers more psychedelic, cosmic-tinged thrills - all alien melodies, rolling bottom end and wild guitars. Arguably best of all, though, is "Out To Lunch", a cheery, quirky concoction that sounds like the flipside dub of some long forgotten Italian synth-pop gem. Ray Mang provides the EP's obligatory remix, offering a tougher, dub-heavy take on "Reflextion" that rises and falls in all the right places.
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IIB 036
09 Apr 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
09 Apr 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Juno Recommends Downtempo
Review: Italy's Daniele Baldelli has simply kept on innovating since he began experimenting with disco and cosmic house, back in the early 1980s. The DJ-rpducer veteran is back on Real Balearic this week, coming through with some sublime downtempo-ism in "Quagga", a slow, break-centric swarm of delicate melodies that find their own sort of off-kilter movement - not to mention revel in an endless sea of majestic, jazz-friendly sounds. There's two remixes off the back of it, both form Aimes, with the first upping the tempo and crafting more of a house sound from Baldelli's rich sonics, and the second blending in some subtle 303 nuances to make it an altogether more rave-friendly experience.
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RBLRC 023
20 Jul 18
Balearic/Downtempo
20 Jul 18
Balearic/Downtempo
Played by: Juno Recommends Downtempo
Review: Daniele Baldelli is in a rich vein of form right now, with each successive release seemingly being stronger than its predecessor. The cosmic disco pioneer's latest project is an album that impressively blurs the boundaries between his original "Afro-cosmic" sound and the horizontal world of Balearica. Predictably, it's a formula that delivers a string of musical highlights, from the woozy easy listening flourishes and head nodding throb of "Quagga" and ambient-soaked late night fluidity of "Dodo", to the restless Afro percussion and jazzy guitars and of "Megaloceros (featuring Verdo)". Those looking for more Padilla-style horizontal thrills should check the "Extra Balearic" mix of "Pongo", while Baldelli's love of vintage analogue synths and lolloping rhythms is successfully explored on album highlight "Lipote".
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505537 3531144
11 Aug 17
Balearic/Downtempo
11 Aug 17
Balearic/Downtempo
Various
Played by: Chris Massey, FINGERMAN, Flash Atkins, Anthony Mansfield, Future Bones, DJ ROCCA, Somerville & Wilson
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PAPDLA 222
26 Jan 17
Deep House
26 Jan 17
Deep House
Played by: Private Agenda
Review: As resident DJ at infamous Italian disco Cosmic Club, Baldelli pioneered the slow chugging grooves that evolved into both Balearic and Belgian New Beat. Here he teams up with DJ Rocco for the impressive "Poouli". The track is a super cool slice of moody early 80s new wave dance music - all moody tropical vibes, not unlike Jamaica Running by The Pool. Private Agenda's "Sunrise" mix adds ecstasy to the mix for a shimmering masterpiece and Sare Havelicek turns in a stunning, warped-chillwave style jam. Gig Masin meanwhile opts for a beatless, chiming coda. Not a dud in sight on here!
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505537 3533636
28 Jul 17
Balearic/Downtempo
28 Jul 17
Balearic/Downtempo
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TFOM 0193
31 Jul 20
UK Hardcore
31 Jul 20
UK Hardcore
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CYPHND 02S
17 Mar 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
17 Mar 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Review: Nang's annual round-up of key cuts they've released over the previous 12 months, The Array, has long been a must-check for those who like their nu-disco colourful, synthesizer-heavy and soaked in Mediterranean sunshine. Here the long-serving label offers up volume 11, a predictably entertaining affair that skips between the revivalist '80s synth-pop shimmer of Kim & Buran's remix of Wang Chung's 'Dance Hall Days'; the jaunty nu-disco colour of Tonbe's squelchy 'Good Taste'; the more cosmic, Italo-influenced shuffle of Outtake's 'Black Discotheque'; the throbbing, acid-flecked trip that is Aimes' revision of the Beat Broker's pedal steel-flecked 'Hold Your Horses'; the shimmering cheeriness of Disco Doubles' 'Don't Hurt Me'; and the low-down disco-funk hustle of Future Feelings' 'Downtown Girl', as remixed by Situation.
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NANG 201
22 Jan 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
22 Jan 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
