Review: Scalpel-wielding rework maestro V (the artist formerly known as funk-breaks sort Valique) has been more prolific than usual this year, with the numerous pandemic lockdowns and rules allowing him more time at home working on his popular cut-jobs. As a result, his latest annual 'best of' collection is packed to the rafters with tasty treats. There's plenty of variety too, with the long-serving editor leaping between guitar-heavy workouts ('B-Ware', Deep Purple tweak 'Hush'), weighty '80s synth-pop (Billy Idol re-rub 'White Wed'), beefed-up krautrock (the cowbell-laden heaviness of 'Vitamin D', a tweak of one of Can's most popular tunes), glassy-eyed disco (the Clavinet-heavy 'Little Love') and sleazy, pitched-down glam-rock ('Jewelry').
Review: Trusty scalpel in hand and a bag of beefed-up beats at his side, Vehicle main man Valique returns with another quartet of "V's Edits". He hits the ground running with Clavinet-heavy opener "Little Love", a bouncy disco-house number full of flanged guitar parts, simmering orchestration and hot-to-trot female vocal snippets, before delivering a more stripped-back, bass-heavy number rich in sparkling piano riffs and celebratory old school flavours ("Do It"). "Sensation" is a seductive, steamy and occasionally sleazy re-make of a breathy mid-tempo disco workout, while "Stand By Me" sees him turn a much-loved laidback soul number into a slow-house head-nodder.
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