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Golden Bug
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Various
Played by: Juno Recommends Disco
Review: Back in the 00s, Mathias 'Munk' Modica and Jonas 'Telonius' Imbery's Gomma label was at the forefront of the punk-funk and indie-dance scene. Imbery later stepped away and Munk shuttered the label in 2016 to concentrate on his new venture Toy Tonics, but now he's taking time to revisit former glories with this second collection of cuts from the Gomma vaults. The timing's probably right: with clubbing's Nag Nag Nag generation now hitting 40, the retro/nostalgia bandwagon was bound to get around to the 00s eventually, and while certain tracks here may be a bit too redolent of asymmetrical haircuts and scarves worn indoors for some, the set also undoubtedly includes some fine nuggets that deserve exposure to a new generation, notably Mercury's rather lovely 'Sweetness' and Munk's own James Murphy collab 'Kick Out The Chairs'.
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TOYT 142
15 Mar 24
Disco/Nu-Disco
15 Mar 24
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Played by: FINGERMAN, Juno Recommends Disco, Juno Recommends Deep House, G-Blaster (Memorie Cluster), Detroit Rising
Review: Toy Tonics' latest release is a captivating collection of tracks originally introduced to the world via the German Gomma Records label during the years 2001 to 2010. Back then, Gomma stood as a pivotal figure in the Y2K indie dance movement, alongside luminaries such as James Murphy's DFA and Trevor Jackson's OUTPUT Records. Toy Tonics has taken it upon themselves to revive these early 2000s gems, with tracks encapsulating the raw, indie disco and punk-funk vibes that were the lifeblood of the party scene during those vibrant days. Gomma's influence was profoundly felt in off-location clubs like SCALA and RIO in Berlin, London's TRASH and 333 parties, to iconic Parisian clubs like Kill The DJ and Paris Social Club.
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TOYT141X
27 Oct 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
27 Oct 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Rob Lee, Lebrosk, Faze Action, ROMANTO (YSR / DISCO MACHINE), Pete Herbert, Juno Recommends Deep House, Tonbe, J&M BROTHERS, Rayko, Jerk Boy, G-Blaster (Memorie Cluster), Dave Mathmos, Jazzman Wax, D.S.D., Andy Buchan, MAFFA, The Magic Track, Petko Turner
Review: There's plenty to get excited about on this selection of 'lost mixes' from the vast back catalogue of Toy Tonics' parent label, Gomma. Check first Pete Herbert and Tristan Dan Cunha's retro-futurist, proto-house-meets-Balearic nu-disco rework of The Glimmers' 'U Rocked My World', before moving on to In Flagranti's all-action, peak-time ready take on Golden Bug's 'LookLookLook'. The Ep continues via a now 22 year-old rework of Leroy Hanghofer's 'Pin' by Jacques Lu Cont and John Burillo - a brilliantly low-slung house workout featuring punk-funk bass and colourful boogie synth flourishes - before concluding with a killer dub disco take on the KDMS' 'Never Stop Believing' courtesy of NYC disco original Nicky Siano.
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TOYT 129
04 Mar 22
Deep House
04 Mar 22
Deep House
Various
Review: There's a time for accessible podium belters, and there's a time for deeper jams that aren't afraid to take a left turn now and again. This five-tracker is one to reach for when you're firmly into the latter zone, as Multi Culti serve up a collection of eyes-down, late-night cuts that mine various global musics for inspiration: Sheila Chandra has been a stalwart of the British Asian music scene for 40 years, Sababa 5's 'Nasnusa' is a take on a classic Mizrahi song, while the title of 'Amakondera' references a style of Rwandan music that uses horn- and gourd-based wind instruments. An EP that will delight those whose tastes lean towards the exotic and the less familiar.
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MC 060
22 Dec 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
22 Dec 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Juno Recommends Electro
Review: A once legendary duo turned solo project of Antoine Harispuru - supplying hit records for Bang Gang 12 Inches, Gomma and Multi Culti - the Barcelona-based Frenchman refocuses his attention to La Belle (that he co-founded). With the help of a little Kompakt magic, this Tokoyo No Kuni single sees remixes from Michael Mayer, Wolf Muller and Nicola Cruz! The original sees a pumping electro-disco groove meet link up with spaghetti western space rock sound and Tokyo disco 'the year 3000' aesthetic. Wolf Muller adds to the vocal spectrum and percussion section is his remix with Michael Mayer turning in a 3AM post-punk version Tokyo-Disco-3000 original. And for that wild card inclusion is a downtempo, sparse and trippy remake by Cruz.
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LAB 52
17 Sep 21
Electro
17 Sep 21
Electro
Played by: Juno Recommends Reggae
Review: For this next selection we can see that the Multi Cult team have assembled a top draw line up to showcase some super experimental dub music, allowing the future of the genre to shine. We kick off with the haunted atmospheric layering and wavy melodic structures of Drugface's ' In The Clouds, followed by the incredible persuasive manoeuvres of Dreems' Digi-Dub-Dub-Dub mix of Espiritu, originally by Nicola Cruz. Next we take it Lo-Fi as Zongamin delivers a trippy bullet with 'Cosmic Serpent', a woodwind led exploration into syncopation and subs. Finally, we hear the Muli Cult remix of Golden Bugs 'Tamba', a vibrant bop consisting of glittering melodic blips and crunchy drum structures. Lovely work!
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MC 050
06 Jul 20
Dub
06 Jul 20
Dub
Review: 2019 is shaping up to be a busy year for Golden Bug aka Antoine Harispuru. Following on from an EP on Ivan Smagge's Les Disques De La Mort, he now drops this idiosyncratic release. The title track features stop-start beats and heavy use of the echo chamber as an eccentric male rambles away in the background. "Tamba", featuring Viktoria Wehrmeister on vocals, resounds to strung out tribal drums, while on "Yama", Harispuru delivers an immersive, dubbed out sound scape. The label has chosen the remixers wisely, with Marc Pinol turning "Trigger" into a wigged out acid track, followed by Krikor's broken beat version of "Yama".
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MC 045
08 Jul 19
Experimental/Electronic
08 Jul 19
Experimental/Electronic
Played by: Local Suicide
Review: Started as a duo, currently Golden Bug is the solo project of French producer Antoine Harispuru - now based in Barcelona. He is one of the founders of the label La Belle, a label that duo In Fields have appeared on also. They are a London-based project formed by Ed Cox and Raoul Marks. The Bones EP features the slo-mo cosmic psychedelia of the title track (featuring guitarist Diego Hdez from Santa Cruz de Tenerife), this is followed by the deeply tripped out ethnic vibes of "Shakes" and a moody cold wave-infused noir treatment of "Bones" by the ever impressive Fantastic Twins out of Berlin.
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DLM 021
25 Jan 19
Experimental/Electronic
25 Jan 19
Experimental/Electronic
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HNRDIGI 023
23 Jan 19
Experimental/Electronic
23 Jan 19
Experimental/Electronic
Review: A quick glance at the cast-list of remixers contributing to this reworked version of Golden Bug's V.I.C.T.O.R album should tell you it's a set worth checking. Certainly, there are some memorable reworks nestled amongst the 11 tracks on offer. Check, in particular, the fiendishly groovy and low-slung Red Axes version of "Room 666", a fantastic fusion of wild Hammond Funk, low-slung dub disco and wavy post-punk pop, and the wonderfully trippy and psychedelic revision of "Amazonia" by Disco Halal chief and ESP Institute regular Moscoman. The quality threshold remains high elsewhere, though, with Danny Daze's chugging "Euromix" of "Progress" (suitably fuzzy, bass-heavy and analogue-rich) and STA's deep and spaced out dub interpretation of "Dense Macabre" both catching the ear.
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LAB 40
01 Dec 17
Disco/Nu-Disco
01 Dec 17
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: French leftfield dance hero Golden Bug made his first appearance on Ivan Smagghe and Leon Oakey's Les Disqes De La Mort this time last year, dropping the devilishly good Wild Boys EP. Ironically, the four new productions showcased on this follow-up are arguably even wilder and weirder, in the best possible way. "Progress", for example, melds the arpeggio-heavy throb of druggy Italo-disco with trippy guitars, bizarre effects, and fiendishly fuzzy vocals, while "Physical Disco" is the kind of bizarre electro weird-out that deliciously difficult to pigeonhole. The best of the bunch is arguably "Keep It In The Backwood", a pleasingly off-kilter take on 1980s electrofunk. Also included in the package is a pair of chugging remixes of "Progress" by sometime Hot Creations man Danny Daze.
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DLM 013
16 Dec 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
16 Dec 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Somewhat surprisingly, it's been eight years since the debut album from French electro-disco misfits Golden Bug. All these years on, the project is now the sole preserve of Barcelona-based Frenchman Antoine Harispuru. He uses V.I.C.T.O.R as an opportunity to showcase the various sides of his musical personality, variously touching on new wave-tinged deep house ("Black Soul"), warped post-punk-meets-dub disco heaviness (the Mascara-clad strut of "Wild Boys"), bubbly acid-disco ("Krokodil"), stylish, alternative '80s electrofunk (the squidgy "The Face Of Another"), trippy electronica (the superb "Dos Pallilos"), and 1980s horror movie soundtracks (album closer "Danse Machine"). Yet despite the disparate - if complimentary - influences, V.I.C.T.O.R hangs together brilliantly.
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LAB 29B
30 Sep 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
30 Sep 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
Golden Bug feat Yann Wagner
Played by: Alvaro Cabana (Rotten City), DIONIGI, Cabaret Nocturne, Future Bones, Cannibal Ink, Sinchi Collective
Review: Antoine Harispuru, otherwise known as Golden Bug, has been delivering consistently excellent levels of disco-tinged house and electro over the last eight or so years, and it was only a matter of time before he's pop up on Ivan Smagghe and Leon Oakey's eclectic Les Disques De La Mort. The original mix of "Wild Boys" features Yan Wagner drooling over the beats in his familiarly lamenting, 80's reminiscent style, and there's a Lord Tusk mix on the back of it; the Londoner adds a subtle EBM flavour to the song, making harder and more penetrating on the dancefloor. "Ik Voel Je" is the weirdo in the crew, a magnificent piece of lo-fi psychedelia that stutters its guitar riffs amid heavy distortions and delays, while "L'Horloge" enters Kraftwerk territories thanks to its broken chops of mechanical voices and robotic beats. A little tip, indeed!
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DLM 007
29 Jan 16
Deep House
29 Jan 16
Deep House
Various
Giangi Cappai & Ralphi Rosario - "Bring Your Soul Back" (Flip Calvi live Disco remix) - (7:15) 124 BPM
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SC 140
19 Jan 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
19 Jan 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Review: This time last year, Parisian imprint La Belle - run, at least in part, by Golden Bug and Herr Styler - slipped out their first release. 12 months on, they present an impressive resume of their output to date. Focusing on a stylish, knowing, basement-friendly take on nu-disco, with nods to house, acid, punk-funk and electro - La Belle Season One is a riotous collection of floor-friendly jams. From the acid-infused 4/4 funk of Freeform Five's remix of Golden Bug's "One Way" and the inspired Italo of Moon Runner's "Tlatohua", to the Balearic disco-goes-rave stylings of Pete Herbert's rework of Lou Teti's "Talk About It", there's much to admire. In fact, you'll struggle to find a stronger collection of contemporary disco-inspired business.
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45644
21 Oct 13
Disco/Nu-Disco
21 Oct 13
Disco/Nu-Disco
Kasper Bjorke / Various
Kasper Bjorke & His Friendly Ghost - "The Great Derangement" (Catz'n'Dogz & Pol On Skandal remix) - (6:32) 120 BPM
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HFN 25XDS
11 Mar 13
Deep House
11 Mar 13
Deep House
Golden Bug feat Mau
Review: Parisian in Barcelona, Golden Bug has made quite a name for himself with his sleazy disco-electro releases on Gomma. Here's he's back, accompanied by Mau, with a newie on the La Belle label. "One Way" is what you expect: heavy punk-funky bassline, looped female singers, whistles, bells and a sleazy boy/girl drawl. In other words, hot stuff! Of the five(!) remixes supplied, the highlights are Freeform Five's acid-funk workout and Kapser Bjorke's hauntingly sublime, doom-disco re-rub.
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38657
03 Dec 12
Disco/Nu-Disco
03 Dec 12
Disco/Nu-Disco
Jerry Bouthier / Various
Dimitri From Paris & DJ Rocca - "A Reason For Living" (feat Fred Ventura - freestyle edit) - (6:59) 120 BPM
Played by: Solomun
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GOMMADT 0361
19 Aug 11
Disco/Nu-Disco
19 Aug 11
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Lusty Zanzibar
Review: Ahead of the release of his 100 Gomma mix CD, Parisian-in-London Jerry Bouthier presents a selection of the 26 exclusive edits he's done for the compilation. There are four edits to choose from, most confusingly of remixes rather than the original tracks! So, we get a catchy, singalong-edit of The Twelves' piano-centric rub of Munk's "Violent Love" and an action-packed cut-up of In Flagranti's hipster-disco version of "Look Look Look" by Golden Bug. There's also a delightfully short and sweet, radio style edit of Alan1's breezy synth work-out "Concentrate", and a percussion-laden extended version of the THC remix of Diskokaine's "Hall of Shame".
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GOMMADT 035
12 Aug 11
Disco/Nu-Disco
12 Aug 11
Disco/Nu-Disco
