Review: With releases on Redux, Leng, International Feel and Is It Balearic? to his name, Fernando Pulichino's Balearic credentials are not in doubt. It's pleasing, then, to see the sometime 2020 Soundsystem and Silver City member make his bow on Pete Herbert's Music For Swimming Pools label. He delivers a trio of original tracks, beginning with the organ-sporting, bass guitar-propelled mid-tempo warmth of 'Mareas'. He goes deeper and slower still on the sunset soundscape that is 'Venus Banfield', before opting for a more dubbed-out, jazz funk-bass-sporting sound on the gorgeous 'Stations'. Pete Herbert naturally handles remix duties, first delivering a pitched-up, synth-laden nu-disco spin on 'Mareas', before turning 'Stations' into a slow-motion dancing delight.
Review: Some top-drawer collaborative action here, as much-loved quirky disco specialist Bottin joins up with fellow Italian scene stalwart Francisco de Bellis (Jolly Music, L.U.C.A) for some predictably eccentric but rather good tracks. Title track 'Love Life' is sleazy and sexy, with the pair adding trippy psych-rock guitars, effects-laden vocals and sparkling synth sounds to a squelchy, acid-flecked slo-mo groove, with Fernando Pulichino hook-up 'Delta Tigra' is gloriously sunny Afro-Balearic business that's as stunningly picturesque as it is hard to pigeonhole. The EP also boasts two tidy remixes: a dubby, spaced-out Italo-disco revision of 'Love Life' by Rodion, as a cheery, mood-enhancing nu-disco treatment of 'Delta Tigra' courtesy of Nang records regular Ichisan.
Review: Since launching at the dawn of the decade, Paul 'Mudd' Murphy and Simon Purnell's Leng label has risen to become one of the most consistent nu-disco labels around, with a trademark style that cannily combines chugging grooves, dub disco rhythms, and clear West Coast psychedelic rock and contemporary Balearica influences. It's for this reason that this celebratory 10th birthday compilation is such a treat. The multitude of highlights includes, but is no way limited to, the kaleidoscopic nu-disco rush of Pete Herbert's vintage remix of Apiento's 'She Walks', the kraut-folk-goes dub insanity of the Idjut Boys remix of Mountaineer's 'Golden Chalk', the intense drug-chug of Mudd's 'Slow Rave' mix of Tiago's 'The Source', and the late-night exotica of 'Luna' by Turkish producer Ali Kuru.
Review: By his usually prolific standards, Fernando Pulichino has had a very quiet 2016. In fact, this fine EP for Leng is his first, and presumably only, release of the year. It wuld be fair to say that it's been worth the wait, though. As usual, each of the three tracks is built around his own fine instrumentation; check, for example, the spacey synths, tactile synth-bass and freshly baked guitars of opener "Backwards". Arguably even better is the funk-fuelled Balearic blues workout "Natural 77", which boasts Pulichino's own freestyle vocals, razor-sharp funk-rock guitars, and one of the producer's traditional rubbery basslines. Closer "Attic Party", a breezy trip through deep space via the Adriatic, is also rather good.
Review: It's some 13 years since Fernando Pulichino made his debut as part of rubbery, dub-disco/deep house fusionists Silver City, and seven since his first solo outing on Redux. Here, he pops up on Bristol's Futureboogie Recordings with more pleasingly dubbed-out disco chuggers and sparkling nu-disco workouts. "Ride On" is classic Fernando, with the Argentine producer expertly combining a trademark punk funk bassline with spiraling synths, fluttering electronics and rolling beats. His electrofunk, Itallo-disco and Balearic influence shines through stronger on the trippy and dubby "Trespassing", while "Mid Decade" is a kind of bubbling, sun-kissed analogue nu-disco jam. There's also a neat bonus in the shape of DJ Nature's rework of "Ride On", which turns Pulichino's original into a woozy, guitar-laden deep house gem.
Review: On his previous solo excursions for Redux and Solardisco, Silver City and 2020 Soundsystem bass player Fernando variously fused punk-funk, dub disco and synth heavy nu-disco. Here, he's at it again, showcasing his credentials for the always-impressive Under The Shade. "The 87" is typical Fernando, with swishy electro-funk synths, high pitched vocal hooks and bubbling chords dancing around a typically rubbery bass guitar line. There's also a tasty DJ Kaos remix, which offers a kind of wall-of-sound production take on the surprisingly sparse original. On the (virtual) flip you'll find "Non Stop" (with accompanying Fabrizio Mammarella re-rub), a heavy and hooky electronic disco banger that almost outshines the A.
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