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Ian Upfold
Browse the latest digital releases by Ian Upfold
Various
Played by: DJ LAUREL, FINGERMAN, Juno Recommends Disco, Rayko, Discoholic Ken, Dave Mathmos, BRENDON P, That Needs an Edit/Pete Le Freq, Kongisto, Andy Buchan, Ben Jamin
Review: Arriving just in time for the summer season, Hot Digits delivers a compilation that is tailor made to soundtrack lazy, hazy days. Even Funkier's "Feel So Good Inside" is an irresistible, funk-fuelled disco groove, while Ben Jamin's "Handle" inhabits a similar space. Soaked in wailing guitar and soulful vocals, it's a wonderfully infectious track. Both Andy Buchan and P-Sol raise the tempo with string-filled disco workouts, while Fray Bentos' "Danced To Death" offers a more electronic take on this sound. The compilation does veer towards house on occasion - most impressively with the subtle drum builds and chord progressions on Down Under Disco's "On My Mind". In the main though, Year Nine impresses most when it draws on disco and funk influences, such as the raucous party jam that is label owner Fingerman's collaboration with Chewy Rubs, "Block Party Bad Boy".
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HOTDIGITMAXI 009
19 Jun 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
19 Jun 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Get Down Edits & Stephen Richards - "People Get Up" (Da House Getting Down version) - (6:47) 119 BPM
Played by: The Allergies, FINGERMAN, Juno Recommends Disco, SUNNER SOUL, Discoholic Ken, LEGO EDIT, Kongisto, Andy Buchan
Review: For their 100th release, Hot Digits bring us a truly outstanding collection that gathers together the best of the label's last 50 outings. Just one look at the talent roster involved should be enough to get any contemporary disco lover's tastebuds tingling, replete as it is with names like Fingerman, Dexter Jones, Fray Bentos, C Da Afro, Dave Mathmos and Jet Boot Jack, and suffice to say the music they provide doesn't disappoint one iota! With 30 full-length cuts plus two hour-long DJ mixes there's no room here to go into every track, but whether you like it deep n' chuggy, funky n' furious or boogie-tastic n' soul-tinged, you'll find plenty of fresh ammo for your disco machine gun here.
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HOTDIGIT100COMP
16 Jan 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
16 Jan 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Played by: FINGERMAN, Juno Recommends Disco, Juno Recommends Funky House, Rayko, Kongisto, FRAN DEEPER, Gino Boleti
Review: With 36 tracks to choose from, there's no doubting the VFM on offer here... or so goes the old clich?! But if those 36 tracks are rubbish, that's no good, is it? Lucky, then, that THESE 36 cuts come from the Bandolier label, which is headed up by Chewy Rubs - for this reviewer's money, one of the finest and most under-rated UK producers working in the disco arena today. Featuring multiple contributions from Chewy himself as well as label regulars Stephen Richards and Ian Upfold, picking highlights is pretty much superfluous here because while not every track is a killer, obviously, a good 30 or so of 'em are! But 'Sombrero' has been a surefire floorfiller for yours truly since its 2019 single release, so maybe start there...
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BANRECLP 01
23 Dec 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
23 Dec 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Four varied tracks make up this latest EP from Ian Upfold, a Brighton-based studio veteran who's latterly turned producer in his own right. The EP opens with 'Sugar' itself, an understated groover made up of warm, rolling bass, sprightly synth top-notes and occasional ultra-80s stings. That's followed first by 'Another Mile', which has a Nang-y, nu-disco kinda feel, and then by 'Zulu Shuffle' which, interestingly, marries the obligatory chanted Afro vox to both a full-phat disco b-line and warping, Prodigy-like synth/organ stabs. Completing the package is 'Made To Measure' - think 80s synth-pop with a jazz-funk twist.
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BAN 038
23 Sep 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
23 Sep 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Played by: DJ LAUREL, FINGERMAN, Juno Recommends Disco, CHEWY RUBS, Chuggin Edits, Andy Buchan, DiCE_NZ, The Magic Track, Balearic Ultras, Petko Turner
Review: Happy eighth birthday to Hot Digits, who are celebrating their anniversary with this superb collection of contemporary disco, funk and boogie slammers. With a whopping 30 tracks to choose from there's obviously no room here to go into them all one-by-one, but with cuts ranging from the smooth jazz-funk of 'George's Groove' to the unabashed filter disco euphoria of 'Cuz I'm Naked', and from the fat-ass slap bass of 'We're Gettin' In' to cheeky Loleatta-referencing disco-houser 'Dub Sensation', there's evidence a-plenty here, should any be required, that Hot Digits do this kind of tackle better than most.
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HOTDIGITMAXI 008
30 May 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
30 May 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: FINGERMAN, Juno Recommends Disco, Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze), Akeem Raphael, Balearic Ultras
Review: Brighton's Ian Upfold is a relative newcomer to the scene but has already chalked up several releases on Chewy Rubs' Bandolier Records as well as Fingerman's Hot Digits. He returns to the latter stable with the five-track 'Last Flight Out' EP, which opens with a couple of serviceable house/disco chuggers before dropping dub-ified, piano-sprinkled disco slammer 'Key Speaker', which features a distinctive 60s-sounding sampled, spoken vocal (think 'The Avengers' , 'The Prisoner', etc), and which is matched in quality only by lively, Hammond-augmented funker 'I've No Idea'. Fingerman's fairly self-explanatory Londoner Acid Remix of 'Key Speaker' completes the EP.
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HOTDIGIT 089
13 Sep 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
13 Sep 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: FINGERMAN
Review: A four-track EP here from Ian Upfold, a Brighton, UK-based DJ and producer whose output has spanned both re-edits and original material. We're in the latter mode here, with 'Distance Living' a midtempo affair that'd work well for afternoon, bar or warm-up play, 'Dog Day Afternoon' a chunky lil' mover that'll appeal to disco, funk and deep house floors alike, 'Other Side Of The Storm' an unlikely but effective combination of sleazy funk grind and a full preacherman vocal that has something of a Roland Clark-ish feel, and 'Stress Release' a brass-dripping workout for the jazz-dancers. Good stuff all round.
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BAN 029
21 May 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
21 May 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Played by: Dj XS (FVUK), Craig Charles Funk And Soul, FINGERMAN, Javi Frias, Don Dayglow, Ash Reynolds, Conan The Selector, Marco Giannini (Sticky Heat), Monsieur Van Pratt, Dave Mathmos, 80's Child, Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze), Andy Buchan, Chuggin Edits, SITUATION, Kongisto, VIGI, Paul Older, Ruff Diamond
Review: Having recently notched up a sixth year in business, Fingerman's Hot Digits imprint is in a celebratory mood - hence this all-action round-up of recent delights and unheard treats from the disco-loving label. Encompassing no less than 30 tunes, the collection giddily skips between warming beatdown disco (P-Sol's "Walter"), Mark E style slo-mo loop jams (Vigi's "I'll Be There") and glassy-eyed Balearic nu-disco (Picklejam's "Untitled Love"), before raising its hands skywards as the peak-time party-starters begin to appear thick and fast. Highights in this category include the vibrant jazz-house flex of Dexter Jones' "Swing Thing", the bustling boogie re-edit business of Monsieur Von Pratt's "Let's Dance" and the hearty disco-funk heaviness of Chewy Rubs' "Funky Bee Bop".
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HOTDIGITMAXI 006
01 Jun 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
01 Jun 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze)
Review: Some records take a little longer than others to really sink in. Take 'Sunken Ship', for instance: why, it could well be a full 30 seconds or so before it has you on your feet! But that simple looping, chugging bassline is a call to the dancefloor if ever we heard one, and once the matching keys come in, at around the two-minute mark, it's game over. Coming a close second to the title track is 'Flower Press', an urgent, pulsating jam with an organ line that's positively straining at the leash, while disco-funker 'Like Electricity' and the slightly housier 'Shifting Sand' complete a very fine package.
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BAN 020
17 Apr 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
17 Apr 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Ian Upfold's first two solo EPs on Bandolier were both rather impressive, so it's no surprise to find that his lasting outing is also packed to the rafters with synth-heavy, left of centre dancefloor treats. We're not quite sure whether they're re-edits or original tracks, but it many ways it doesn't matter; regardless, what you get is superb. Check first the off-kilter broken house beats, double-tracked bass (guitar/TB-303 style acid) and sparse but positive melodic elements of "Second Chance", before admiring the throbbing Italo-style arpeggio bass, droning electronics and heady chords of "Burning Sun". "Two of Everything" sounds like a bubbly Balearic cover of M's "Pop Musik" minus the vocals, while "Rounded Corners" is a chunky bounce through disco-house/deep house/gospel fusion.
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BAN 016
22 Nov 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
22 Nov 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Played by: Dj XS (FVUK), FINGERMAN, Javi Frias, Juno Recommends Disco, Ash Reynolds, J&M BROTHERS, Rayko, Ladies On Mars, Dave Mathmos, BRENDON P, 80's Child, Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze), Chuggin Edits, Downunder Disco, Kongisto, Ruff Diamond
Review: Going by the volume of tracks on show, it would be fair to say that Masterworks Music's "Bag of Tricks" is not a little handbag, but more like a Mary Poppins style bottomless carpetbag. The label's latest rummage through its seemingly endless contents has been a successful one, with the 20 showcased cuts including a wealth of fine fusions of disco, house, boogie, electro and 80s soul. It's uniformly dancefloor-focused, with highlights including the Afro-house/disco-tech fusion of JB Dizzy, the driving, spaced-out disco-house grooves of Mike Woods, the loose-limbed, off-the-wall edits of Chewy Rubs, the sweet disco-soul bounce of RocknRolla Soundsystem, the delay-laden synth sing-along styles of Rayko and the hot-to-trot brilliance of Downunder Disco.
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MMD 085
28 Oct 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
28 Oct 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: We were genuinely impressed by Ian Upfold's first outing on Bandolier last December, so hopes are naturally high for this relatively speedy follow-up. There's a wonderfully languid but elastic feel to opener "Secret Combination", a jolly fusion of Italo-disco style bottom end and cheery nu-disco melodies. Upfold wraps his distinctively lo-fi synthesizer motifs around a slightly wonky, chugging mid-tempo groove on "The Mover", before moving towards breezier nu-disco/disco-house territory on the unflinchingly sunny "Bouncy Castle". If that's not enough to wet the whistle, the Brighton producer offers up a superb climax in the shape of the "Bladerunner"-era Vangelis inspired nu-disco bounce of "Lone Wolf".
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BAN 013
07 Jun 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
07 Jun 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Synth-y, squelchy contemporary disco bordering on slo-mo house is the order of the day on this four-tracker from rising Brighton producer Ian Upfold. '30 & Rolling' itself foregrounds a hefty walking b-line and Flat Eric-ish wobbles, while 'Sick Day Jam' contains nods to both early prog ? la Guerrilla Records and 80s electro. 'Love's Gonna Get You' then delves into the mists of time for inspiration and comes out clutching a famous Jocelyn Brown vocal from 1987, before 'Natural High' adds a little Balearic flavour with its Italo-house piano and sampled, spoken self-help vocal.
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BAN 008
14 Dec 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
14 Dec 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
