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Review: Contemporary disco with the funk and soul in full effect is the order of the day on this V/A offering from Ravanelli Disco Club. Vigi's opening 'Loving You' comes from the more discofied end of the deep house and garage spectrum and should be a small-hours cert, after which comes Kousto's 'Save My Soul', which marries rolling tribal drums to a looped soulful male vocal, and as such should work on soul and soulful house floors alike. It's then time to get up, stand up as Sauco's aptly-titled 'Twisted Funk' takes us into struttier territory, before finally Donny Rotten brings the 70s-inspired nu-disco vibes with 'Her Way'.
Played by: Juno Recommends Funky House
Review: Since debuting on vinyl back in 2019, Kousto has delivered a steady stream of quietly impressive releases, many of which effortlessly join the dots between deep house, jazz-funk, dub, tropical grooves and jazz. His latest four-track outing takes a similarly hybrid approach. The London-based producer first wraps Latin-tinged percussion and sumptuously dreamy pads around a smooth bassline and tactile deep house grooves on 'Postcards', before opting for a more subtly soul-flecked sound on the retro-futurist U.S deep house vibes of 'Gone Coconuts'. 'I Lost Wilson' is an organ-rich chunk of bossa-house warmth full of alien-sounding synths and bouncy beats, while 'Enzo's Wetsuit' is a sparkling sonic rainbow of tropical-house rhythms, jaunty bass and sprightly melodies.
