Review: London-based Detoiter Demi Riquisimo has been responsible for some high-quality music over the last 18 months, most notably a superb two-tracker on Homage and an electro-focused outing on 10 Questions. Divine Reality, the producer's Lost Palms label debut, is equally as striking. Riquisimo sets the tone with the sci-fi seeped title track, where classic Kraftwerk synths, psychedelic acid motifs and shimmering Motor City electronics rise above a crunchy drum machine beat, before exploring disco-fuelled loop jam territory on the unfeasibly funky 'Local Chain'. Arguably best of all though is closing cut 'Green Machine', a joyously camp and driving chunk of late-night Italo-disco rich in mid-'80s synth riffs, intergalactic chords and thrusting electronic bass.
Review: Fast-rising producer Demi Riquisimo - a native of Detroit who now resides in London - comes to Ryan Clover and Fabi Jujo's fledgling NYC-based Homage label with a two-track EP. 'Stride' itself opens with rock-solid 4/4s and tizzy hi-hats, then introduces a burbling bassline which paves the way for sweeping, filter disco-style strings that give the track a surging, energetic feel. 'Makossa', meanwhile, comes on like a fusion between deep house, 90s handbag and Italo-disco, with strings again doing a lot of the heavy lifting but helped out here by a funky-ass guitar line. Contemporary disco-house at its best.
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