Review: To celebrate the 12th birthday of their Compost Disco sub-label, Compost Records has offered up two compilations packed to the rafters with previously unheard treats and much-loved gems from the vaults. Volume one (available separately) is excellent and this second instalment is every bit as alluring. It begins with the bubbly, synth-laden nu-disco cheeriness of Moodrama's remix of Ed Lee and vocalist Alison David's 'I Am Someone' and ends with the loose-limbed krautrock/swamp funk/organic house fusion of Kalabrese's rework of 'Go Back' by Thomasz Guiddo and Nirosta Steel. Highlights sandwiched in between include the woozy, analogue-rich haze of Mark E's 'I'm Your Eversion', the late-night disco/proto-house hypnotism of 'Disco (Ah Ha)' by Chocolate Garage Productions and the Balearic boogie sunniness of Clavis's 'Aviaco'.
Review: Culled from his forthcoming new long player on the ever-reliable Compost, "You Are The Sun" is the brand new single from award-winning cult house DJ/producer Ed Lee. It features the leather-lunged vocals of veteran session singer Alison David, and, with its raw, crackly production and deep soulfulness, evokes classic Larry Levan-era disco. It gets extra hiss courtesy of remixer Moonstarr and gets turned into quirky go-go jazz by Akshin Alizadeh. Bonus cut "Follicle" is a forlorn bluesy lullaby.
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