Review: To celebrate their eighth birthday, Play Pal Music has delved deep into its archives and put together two retrospectives of back catalogue tracks, "that sound as fresh now as when they were released". There's plenty to savour on this second volume, from the dubby, dark Italo-disco throb of Alda's 'Night Wolf', and the atmospheric, slow-motion chug of 'Cosmic' by Did Virgo, to the breaks-goes-new wave sleaziness of Fabio Me Llaman Soltero's strangely exotic 'Morena, Moreno (TYU REemix)' and the psych-rock-goes-kraut-disco hedonism of Mushrooms Project's 'Sake'. Throw in similarly impressive outings from Monoblock & PSLKTR (as remixed by Curses), Teniente Castillo and Vox Low, and you have a genuinely essential collection of inspired, off-kilter cuts.
Review: These are dark days for people on both sides of the Atlantic, so we'll forgive American artist Nahuel for the moody and intoxicating nature of his first EP for Play Pal Music. Tending towards the dark and psychedelic end of the nu-disco spectrum, the collected cuts make great use of flow-slung bass guitar, fuzzy electric guitar solos, mind-altering electronics and tight but unfussy drums. We're particularly enjoying the hazy shuffle of "Dark Days" and the pulsating throb of "No Land", though the more panicked and foreboding "Guerra" is also rather good. There are three accompanying remixes, Motel 77's end-of-days take on "Dark Days", Balam's more heavily electronic - and otherworldly - version of "No Land" and Teniente Castillo's frenzied club approach version of 'Guerra'.
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