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Ichisan
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Review: With a title like 'Cosmic Memories' your middle name doesn't need to be Sherlock to work out what's going on here, as Rare Wiri bring us a nine-track collection that pays homage to the trippy, synth-fuelled disco of early 80s Italy. Who better to kick things off, then, than cosmic disco originator Daniel Baldelli, with his and DJ Rocca's remix of Manolo's 'Amalfi Drive'? That sets the tone nicely for an album that's long on glacial synths, 80s-sounding electronic drum beats, Euro-style vox and dramatic magenta blusher... okay, you can only actually HEAR the first three of those, but you get the idea! Phoreski's 'Slow Down' stands out for yours truly, packing as it does a little more of Da Funk.
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RW 164
19 Sep 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
19 Sep 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Here is Gouranga Music's first album and Ichisan steps up to the task. It is the artists fifth overall and once again the Slovenian Space Disco producer sets his sights on the stars and takes us there many different times over. This album comes after recent singles 'Harmona' and 'Margit Mon' and collides catchy pop hooks with 80s synth sounds and widescreen grooves. It is an album that was written during lockdown after the artist had watched all kinds of movies and rediscovered the '1940 Fantasia' with his three year old son. That shows in the epic, retro-future production which is glossy and dazzling throughout.
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DLYPSO 12
01 Jul 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
01 Jul 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: It's an odd little track, is 'Margit Mono'. Coming from Slovenian nu-disco stalwart Igor Skafar AKA Ichisan, it starts out with a simple rolling backbeat and a lovely little jazzy keys lick, then lollops along in said fashion for several minutes - in no way preparing you for the glacial synths that are about to storm the stage and take over the show! It shouldn't work, really, but it does and it should make 'Margit Mono' a real attention-getter out on the floor. The accompanying 'Phonofilm', meanwhile, is a 'Beefa-friendly, prog-tinged instrumental houser with an intro that's vaguely reminiscent of Atlantic Ocean's 90s classic 'Waterfall'.
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DLYPSO 11
13 May 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
13 May 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: While nowhere near as prolific as he once was, IchiSan - real name Igor Skafar - remains one of the most reliable nu-disco producers around, with a trademark sound that prioritises sparkling electronic melodies, vintage synthesizer sounds, bubbly Italo-disco basslines and a big dollop of audible Balearic sunshine. The Slovenian is in prime form on 'Harmona', a gorgeously summery slab of pulsating nu-disco where waves of attractive synth sounds, dreamy chords and undulating acid lines bubble away atop a throbbing bassline and ufussy disco drums. Idjut Boy Dan Tyler provides the headline-grabbing reworks, first adding tons of reverb and delay on his sunrise-ready 'Remix', before reinventing 'Harmona' as a squelchy, echoing, mind-mangling late night jack track on the superior 'Acid Casualty Remix'. Cracking stuff!
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DLYPSO 08
01 Oct 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
01 Oct 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Ichisan is the alias of one Igor Skafar: an accomplished producer and DJ from Ljubljana, Slovenia who has appeared on labels such as Bordello A Parigi, Kanto and Violette Szabo Records. He's back on Nang for the first time since 2019 with his new full length titled Voda. From the hazy balearic chill of gorgeous offerings like "Gozd Reka" or "Cabernet Pa Na Taxi" which you could imagine enjoying at sunset on the Baleric Islands with a pina colada in hand, to bright like neon nu-disco grooves optimized for the late night dancefloor, best exemplified on "Gospa Jesen" or "Mornarska Kapa" - the latter getting properly low slung.
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NANG 205
28 May 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
28 May 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Review: Nang's annual round-up of key cuts they've released over the previous 12 months, The Array, has long been a must-check for those who like their nu-disco colourful, synthesizer-heavy and soaked in Mediterranean sunshine. Here the long-serving label offers up volume 11, a predictably entertaining affair that skips between the revivalist '80s synth-pop shimmer of Kim & Buran's remix of Wang Chung's 'Dance Hall Days'; the jaunty nu-disco colour of Tonbe's squelchy 'Good Taste'; the more cosmic, Italo-influenced shuffle of Outtake's 'Black Discotheque'; the throbbing, acid-flecked trip that is Aimes' revision of the Beat Broker's pedal steel-flecked 'Hold Your Horses'; the shimmering cheeriness of Disco Doubles' 'Don't Hurt Me'; and the low-down disco-funk hustle of Future Feelings' 'Downtown Girl', as remixed by Situation.
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NANG 201
22 Jan 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
22 Jan 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: A quirky nu-disco three-tracker from Ichisan, AKA Slovenian photographer, guitarist and DJ/producer Igor Skafar. Skafar released an album on Nang last year, which gives you an idea what to expect here: both 'Baba Mustafa' and 'Ultrapasa' would sit neatly alongside tracks from Nang label mates and fellow East Europeans Sare Havlicek or Ilija Rudman, for instance, having that same glossy Mediterranean 80s sheen. But 'Baba Mustafa' distinguishes itself by getting wilder and more wigged-out as it goes along, an idea that's carried to its natural conclusion on the seriously out-there Dub Mix, which hints at the sonic experiments and explorations of Larry Levan or Arthur Russell.
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DLYPSO 05
10 Nov 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
10 Nov 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Ichisan's 2017 debut album on Bordello A Parigi was arguably a little overlooked, which is something of a surprise considering the quality of the assembled Balearic, synth-wave, nu-disco and Italo-disco tracks on show. Hopefully the same fate won't befall his sophomore set, "Polykarp", because it's every bit as alluring and ear pleasing. It offers up a similarly colourful and vibrant collection of synth-heavy tracks, with highlights including the acid-flecked Italo/nu-disco fusion of "Polykarp", the Lindstrom style space disco positivity of "Kino-Sloga", the Todd Terje-esque Scandolearic dancefloor warmth of "Gonzo-Bossa Nova" and the Italian dream house revivalism of "Halo House".
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NANG 195
13 Dec 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
13 Dec 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Review: Notching up a decade in the business is big news for any label, so congratulations must go to Yam Who's ISM label. He's decided to mark the imprint's first decade in some style via a series of compilations that highlight some of the killer nu-disco, boogie, disco, house and Balearic jams nestling in ISM's bulging back catalogue. Highlights are plentiful throughout, from the Imagination-inspired electrofunk flex of Ron Basejam's killer rework of Alena's "Changes" and the synth-heavy rush of Balearic disco maestro Pete Herbert's revision of M Roberto & Nikolay Denev's "Be Yourself", to the breezy, soul-fired dancefloor warmth of Jonathan Ryno's "Don't Know Love" and Mark E's terrifically loved-up deep house tweak of Robot 84's "Lookin' For Love".
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ISM 102X
03 May 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
03 May 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Review: Hearty congratulations to Rayko, whose Rare Wiri label has just turned ten. To celebrate the label's decade in dance, the Spanish producer has put together this fittingly fine collection of archive cuts. It features no re-edits, just original tracks and associated remixes. There's plenty to set the pulse racing throughout, from the Clavinet-sporting crunchiness of Limpdisco's compilation-opening "Moving To '70s" and Spiritcatcher's D-Train style NYC boogie revision of Julian Sanza's "Can't Stop The Feeling", to the jazz funk-flecked deep house/disco fusion of Nowsense's "Smile" and Situation's wonderfully atmospheric electro-acid revision of James Rod's "Disco Rocket". Naturally, there are plenty of Rayko tracks and remixes dotted throughout, including a wonderfully spacey and bass-heavy take on Ilya Santana's "Electrik Mind".
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RW 054
04 Feb 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
04 Feb 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Slovenian space cadet Ichisan returns to the scene of the cosmic crime as he revisits select cuts from last year's superlative debut album Aperitiv. All equally velvet, "Hotel Jama" feels even more welcoming with its glistening strings, "Modri Tunel" is all about the deep dubby dynamics while "Kozmetika" while have you hot shoe shuffling quicker than you can say vibraphone. Finally "Terminal E" will fly you first class to wherever your head needs to be. Stunning, as always.
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BAP 119
14 May 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
14 May 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
