Review: Though not officially billed as such, what we have here is essentially a 'best of' collection from Tel Aviv's Jean Claude Gavri, featuring a mixture of re-edits and original tracks given some fresh 2019 production sheen, plus a clutch of unheard material. The previously unreleased 'Forever In A Day' is one clear standout, a very polished reworking of Phyllis Hyman's disco/soul classic 'You Know How To Love Me', while also scoring high on the reedit-o-meter is 2013's Bowie-biting 'Les Dance'. Other highlights include the lazy, laidback Balearica of 'Interviews By The Pool', the sprightly pianos of 'Seaside Walk' and another unreleased gem, the more Euro/coldwave-sounding 'Last In The Bin'.
Review: Jean Claude Gavri is a re-edit fiend, it's his thing, and it's simply what he does. Here he goes straight for the commercial jugular with re-edits of the likes of the mighty David Bowie (a synthy electro-house version "Starman"), a sumptuous reworking of "Get Down On A Saturday Night" by Oliver Cheatham and even a touched up version of Robert Plant's yacht-rock classic, "The Big Log".
Review: In the last six months, Tel Aviv-based producer Jean-Claude Gavri has come from relative obscurity to dominate the disco edit download charts. It's not hard to see why; his edits are dubby, percussive and floor-friendly, beefing up the original tracks without resorting to cheap tricks such as filters and super-compressed additional kicks. This second full-length collection of sneaky reworks features plenty of high-grade material, from the voodoo percussion of "Playa" and "Disco Africa" to euphoric, near anthemic rubs of Sylvester and Harold Melvin. There's also some delicious sleaze in the form of "Nitelife" and a wall-of-sound take on "California Dreaming".
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