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Frico
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Review: Replay Records is a German label on which DJ Frico (aka DJ Friction) releases re-edits of his favourite rare groove tracks, where he's previously employed his crafty resplicing methods to anthems by Crown Heights Affair, D-Train and Teddy Pendergrass. This time around he has turned his deft hand to two respectful edits here: first up on the uplifting Salsoul-ish flavour of "Burning Spear" jam packed full of good time party vibes, followed by the piping hot disco inferno of "Zambesi" which will no doubt keep the party going all night - guaranteed!
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RR 0332021
21 May 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
21 May 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: DJ Friction AKA Frico brings us two eminently playable disco/boogie re-edits on his own Replay label. 'Got To Have Your Lovin'' revisits the 1982 Steve Kahn & Co cut of the same name; if you don't know the tune, then think the early 80s output of The Gap Band, The Whispers or Fatback and you're somewhere in the ballpark, with brass fanfares, squelchy bass and a near-falsetto male soul vocal. 'Moonchild', meanwhile, is Friction's take on a 1979 track by the great but criminally under-rated Captain Sky which Dave Lee also did a re-edit of ten years ago, and sports some very fine space disco stabs that are worth the price of admission on their own!
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RR 0302020
28 Aug 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
28 Aug 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Frico has been serving up tasty, suitably reverential re-edits for longer than most, so it's little surprise that these two re-rubs - like the majority of his revisions - are undeniably on-point. "Never Stop Loving You" sees him gently tease out a Philadelphia International style disco-soul number, cleverly flitting between short vocal and instrumental passages before letting the song build to a stunning conclusion. "Inch By Inch", meanwhile, adds a little early house flavour, extended disco percussion breaks and some late night production effects to a 1981 cut that was once a staple in Larry Levan's sets at the Paradise Garage. It's rather good, all told, and is undoubtedly our pick of two strong reworks.
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RR 027
25 Jan 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
25 Jan 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Dario Piana, Superbreak, Don Dayglow, Juno Recommends Disco, Kenneth Bager // Musicfordreams, Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze)
Review: Before the world went re-edit crazy, Frico AKA DJ Friction was putting out rock-solid 12" singles of solid scalpel reworks. These days, he rarely bothers with wax, but his appetite for re-editing classics and little known cuts remains. His latest two-track offering is typically tasteful, delivering life-affirming reworks of the artist forever known as the King of Pop. Both "Everybody" and "Lovely One" are typical of Quincy Jones' productions during the disco era, with darting horn lines and sweeping orchestral movements wrapping themselves around killer grooves. Frico's edits extend the tracks in all the right places, with the producer wisely choosing to retain the familiar vocals whilst offering club-friendly arrangements. As a result, both edits sound like party anthems in waiting.
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RR 025
03 Aug 17
Disco/Nu-Disco
03 Aug 17
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Tonbe
Review: While re-editors come and go, Frico AKA DJ Friction has been serving up fine re-edits in regular intervals for the best part of 15 years. The two scalpel jobs showcased here are arguably amongst his most impressive to date. As the title suggests, "Dance, Dance, Dance" is a rework of a particularly well-known New York disco milestone. While faithful to the original in the opening stages, it gets a little more dubbed-out and eccentric over the course of its near 10-minute duration, with Frico giving greater prominence to the instrumental elements and drum breaks. Hit the virtual flipside for "So You Wanna Be A Star", a tasteful rearrangement of boogie-era disco shuffler laden with wiggly synthesizers and bold vocals.
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RR 024
13 Apr 17
Disco/Nu-Disco
13 Apr 17
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Juno Recommends Disco
Review: Martin "Frico" Welzer is one of the nu-disco scene's longest serving editors, having put out his first rare groove reworks on Replay Records back in 2003. His re-edits are usually relatively faithful to the source material, offering astute rearrangements - sometimes with a touch of delay, or the odd filter sweep - that steer clear of cheap thrills. That's certainly the case on his latest pair of tasty tweaks. "Work That Body" is a killer, nine-minute chunk of jazz-funk influenced disco-funk, with well-judged instrumental sections and extended drum breaks eventually giving way to sweaty vocal sections. On "Jump For Joy" he presses the button marked "carefree disco fun", expertly cutting up a vintage Jackson Five cut for maximum dancefloor pleasure.
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RR 023
16 Sep 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
16 Sep 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
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RR 022
12 Aug 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
12 Aug 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: The bootlegging DJ Friction calls upon Martin Welzer's Frico alias to rework some more classic rare groove and disco for another essential two-track release. First up is a phase-heavy shake up of Kleer's undeniably funky "Keep your body workin'" with extended break down and bassline sections with extra accapella's thrown on top for extra measure. The alternative is a sped up, high energy stomping re-edit of Steve Bender's beefy 1976 cut "The Final Thing" and it's hot hot hot.
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RR 021
28 Jul 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
28 Jul 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: To celebrate the first 10 years of his occasional Replay Records re-edit series, DJ Friction has decided to collect together some of his finest re-edits for the imprints under the Frico moniker. There's naturally much to enjoy, from brilliant '80s NYC style re-dubs of D-Train's "Keep On" and Exodus's "Together Forever" (the latter stretched out to a trippy 13 minutes), to party-friendly cuts of soul and funk classics from Spanky Wilson (the superbly choppy "Sunshine of Your Love") and Peggy Lee (a riotous rework of her classic over of Otis Redding classic "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay"). Friction is, unsurprisingly, reverential to the source material while adding just enough fancy effects and production tricks to emphasize each track's dancefloor potential.
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RRCOMP 002
11 Jul 14
Disco/Nu-Disco
11 Jul 14
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Played by: George Kelly, DAVE GERRARD, Dicky Trisco, FINGERMAN, YAM WHO?, Dario Piana, Superbreak, G&D, Juno Recommends Disco, Jay Ru, Moustache Love, Evil Smarty, B.G. Baarregaard, Timo Maas, 80's Child, South Beach Recycling, PHILLY VANILLI (We Mean Disco!!), Alan Mooney's Edits, Wonkar, DJ Spinna
Review: We Mean Disco! deal in quality and they also like to tease - they released a short preview of their latest comp a whole month ago, whetting appetites to a frenzy. Well, Allstar Nuggets Volume 3 is finally here and it's bursting with a whopping 26 pumpers including the chrome and carpet slap-bass jam "Double Express", the breezy Eurodisco of Butch Le Butch's "He's So Shy" and Max K's uplifting retweak of Tullio De Piscopo's hazy classic "Stop Bajon".
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WMD 020
15 Jun 14
Disco/Nu-Disco
15 Jun 14
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Played by: Superbreak, Djpascha, Carl Cox, Alien Disco Sugar (Leonidas DeeJay), Ramsey Hercules, Marathon Edits, Killer Funk Disco Digital US, PHILLY VANILLI (We Mean Disco!!)
Review: Austrian disco zealots We Mean Disco (run by veteran house DJ Pariz/ Senor Manolo) have tirelessly dug deep to find authentic disco 12"s to shake down, spruce up and reintroduce to the world. Now it's time to take stock with this compilation album that acts as a remarkable sampler of the label's roster so far. Standouts include the glistening glamour-funk of "Love Has Come Around" the synthy bleep-soul of "I Need You Now" and the housed-up Michael McDonald-sampling "I'm In Love". Boom!
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WMD 010
03 Jan 14
Disco/Nu-Disco
03 Jan 14
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Juno Recommends Disco
Review: It's disco o'clock and Frico (aka DJ Friction) is just the man to serve up the goods. Following on from his top selling Action 78, we now have two more nuggets, edits of some vintage smokin' grooves, to salivate over. The first tune, featuring accelerating guitar, brass and anthemic vocals, implores us to "Check Out This Groove" and gives us over nine minutes to do so. Meanwhile it's all about sleazy, nonchalant French funk on "Stop Ou Encore". C'est magnifique!
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RR 0122013
02 Oct 13
Disco/Nu-Disco
02 Oct 13
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Replay boss DJ Friction continues to trade under his Frico name, and here delivers his first newie since that Rock Freak edit way back in April. This EP captures both sides of his more recent choices - one obscure and one more obvious. The former plays on the feverous, endless percussive mania of the Erotic Drums Band's "Action 78", while the latter goes for the Yellow Magic Orchestra's "Computer Games"; an electro tune that inspired hip-hoppers as much as New Romantics.
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RR 0112013
28 Aug 13
Disco/Nu-Disco
28 Aug 13
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Valique, FINGERMAN, JKriv (Razor-N-Tape), Shota Tanaka (Beaten Space Probe), The Legendary 1979 Orchestra, Reed & Radley, Dixfisical
Review: It's nice to see DJ Friction re-launching his hush-hush edits imprint Replay, which has lain dormant since 2005. For two years before that, the label released some simple but killer re-edits of soul, funk, boogie, disco and rare groove jams. On this first 2013 outing, Friction (under his Frico guise) takes his rusty scalpel to two tracks from Italian disco legend Gino Soccio. On the (virtual) A, "Dancer" gets the treatment, with Friction cleverly building dancefloor pressure thanks to a few well-timed groove extensions, cuts and well-executed delays. It's the same deal on the flip, where "It's Alright" gets straightened up, remastered and rearranged to perfection.
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RR 0092013
27 Jun 13
Disco/Nu-Disco
27 Jun 13
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Reed & Radley
Review: With his previous disco re-edits for German imprint Replay, Frico has usually dug a bit deeper, sourcing more obscure material. This time round though he's going straight for Loose Joints' tried and tested "Is It All Over My Face", and due to his decision to really only make it slightly dubbier, gets away with it. "Together For Ever" re-jigs Exodus' 1979 disco classic and makes the most of its frenetic Latino percussion and hyper elasticized bassline.
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RR 0082013
17 May 13
Disco/Nu-Disco
17 May 13
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Reed & Radley
Review: GQ were a successful 1970s American soul/disco act whose biggest hit was probably 1978's "Disco Nights (Rock Freak). Here Frico provides a cheeky re-edit, which really just teases out the goodness of this excellent rock guitar-heavy disco classic. Also included here is an edit of "Groovin' You", complete with killer extended break and immediately recognisable 'dum, dum, dum, dum, dum" chant.
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RR 0072013
10 Apr 13
Disco/Nu-Disco
10 Apr 13
Disco/Nu-Disco
