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Pete Le Freq

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Unleash The Funk Kraken
Groove On - (6:33) 116 BPM Hot
Singers On The Stand - (6:44) 119 BPM
Satisfied - (7:04) 120 BPM
Sweeter - (6:30) 123 BPM
Played by: FRAN DEEPER
Review: Pete Le Freq returns to Alpaca Edits with four more reworks of vintage cuts. Getting the ball rolling is 'Groove On', which takes on Willie 'Beaver' Hale's 1980 cut of the same name, and it's fair to say a bit more time and effort has gone into this re-edit than most, not least because the tempo's been upped noticeably. 'Satisfied', which revisits a Dynasty jam that was first released on Solar in 1979, is another edit that transforms the original significantly while 'Singers On the Stand' draws on The Joubert Singers' classic 'Stand On The Lord' from 1985. That leaves only the source of 'Sweeter' unidentified, but it's a pleasant little disco/boogie workout regardless.
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ALPACA 083
08 Mar 24
Disco/Nu-Disco
Gnarly Seagull
All My Laxative - (7:11) 118 BPM Hot
Mi Sabrina - (6:28) 123 BPM
Mysteries Of Cissy - (6:04) 120 BPM
The Sweetest Way - (7:02) 114 BPM
Review: 2024 marks a decade since the launch of Alpaca Edits, an offshoot of the Llama Farm label established by Pete Le Freq and Fisco Dunk in the mid noughties. It's fitting, then, that the imprint's first missive of their 10th anniversary year comes from Le Freq. It's a joyous and celebratory affair all told, particularly opener 'All My Laxative', a cheery, string-laden and horn-toting rearrangement of a dewy-eyed disco-soul treat. Of course, there's plenty to set the pulse racing across the rest of the EP. Check first 'Mi Sabrina', a rolling house style re-edit of a jazz-funk-tinged Latin dancefloor gem, before turning your attention to the low-slung, delay-laden disco bump of 'Mysteries of Cissy', and the warming, loved-up disco warmth of 'The Sweetest Way'.
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ALPACA 082
09 Feb 24
Disco/Nu-Disco
Headspace
Show U My Love - (6:33) 119 BPM Hot
Chicago Player - (6:53) 123 BPM
That Gospel Track - (7:29) 120 BPM
Keep On Dancin' - (6:41) 122 BPM
Review: You wait ages for a Pete Le Freq edits EP, and two come along at once! This four-tracker from the popular disco-house fusionist appears two weeks after his return to the label (via 'The Gok Wan Back Up Plan') for the first time in two years. He begins by gentling dubbing out, housing up and expertly rearranging a Goldie Alexander classic ('Show U My Love'), before joining the dots between the Bucketheads' 'The Bomb' and thedisco classic it sampled ('Street Player') on the bass-heavy 'Chicago Player'. Elsewhere, 'That Gospel Track' sees Pete Le Freq make merry with aquatic disco bass, heady horns and soaring gospel vocals, while 'Keep On Dancin' is a high-grade disco dance-along straight from the top drawer.
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ALPACA 080
27 Oct 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
The Gok Wan Back Up Plan
Afraid To Freq - (6:19) 122 BPM Hot
Infinity Now - (6:32) 120 BPM
Close 2 U - (6:32) 120 BPM
Rescue Sybil - (7:13) 118 BPM
Review: For the first time since he shared an epic album's worth of 'lockdown edits' in December 2021, Pete Le Freq is back on Alpaca Edits with another red-hot selection of club-ready disco and boogie reworks. He first offers a smoothed-out, mixing-friendly take on a boogie-bass propelled disco number full of simmering strings and twinkling pianos ('Afraid To Freq'), before tweaking a more driving, electric piano-sporting disco number ('Infinity Now'). Those looking for a big dose of dancefloor energy should check the disco-funkin' excellence of 'Close To You', while 'Rescue Sybil' is a tastefully executed revision of a Sybil Thomas boogie classic with freshly metronomic drums.
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ALPACA 079
13 Oct 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
The Lockdown Sessions Vol 1
Another Bloke - (6:55) 118 BPM
Nites Of Disco - (6:19) 124 BPM
Down - (6:01) 118 BPM
Chance With U - (6:16) 120 BPM
Not The Last One - (6:48) 120 BPM
Cool - (7:25) 123 BPM
Do The Dance - (5:56) 120 BPM Hot
Lip Gloss - (5:28) 117 BPM
Better Than Silver - (6:27) 120 BPM
Don't Stop - (6:42) 118 BPM
Spidey's Girl - (6:53) 116 BPM
Review: UK stalwart Pete Le Freq cut his teeth on the East Midlands deep house scene, coming up alongside the likes of Inland Knights and DiY, but these days you'll find him working mostly in the disco and funk sphere. And now here comes an 11-track collection that's very much in the latter vein, and whose genesis is rather neatly explained by the title! 'Lip Gloss' reworks Hi-Gloss's 'You'll Never Know' and 'Spidey's Girl' chops up 'Mary Jane' by Rick James; that suggests the other nine cuts are also probably re-edits, but if so he's dug admirably deep for inspiration! Either way, if it's disco and funk from the more traditional side you're after, you'll find much to enjoy here...
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ALPACA 078X
03 Dec 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Multi-Track Freakouts Vol 5
AAS - "Tried, Tested & Positive" - (7:44) 119 BPM
AAS - "Discovered A Vaccine" - (7:06) 120 BPM
The Son Of Jack - "Day & Night Working" - (6:51) 125 BPM Hot
Sal's Really Big Band - "Sheffield's Tram Station" - (8:04) 117 BPM
Review: Pete Le Freq's re-edit series reaches Volume 5, with more cryptic artist names providing cheeky clues as to the sources. 'Day And Night Working' by Son Of Jack is an obvious one (The Jacksons, 'Working Day And Night', 1982), while Salsoul Orchestra's 1975 'Chicago Bus Stop' provides the basis for 'Sheffield's Bus Station' by Sal's Really Big Band. Elsewhere, 'Tried, Tested & Positive' and 'Discovered A Vaccine', both credited to AAS, are a couple of string-drenched, uptempo 70s-style disco stompers with big diva vocals - and were known in a previous life as 'Tried, Tested And Found True' and 'Found A Cure' by Ashford & Simpson.
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ALPACA 077X
22 Jan 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Multi-Track Freakouts Vol 4
Airr - "Here's 2 You" (Pete's Here's A Dubb) - (6:25) 122 BPM
Airr - "Here's 2 U" (Pete's vocal Refreq) - (8:31) 122 BPM
Smoked Ribena - "Being With U" (Pete Le Freq Refreq) - (7:40) 119 BPM Hot
Not The Smith Boys - "Egyptian Nights" (Pete Le Freq Refreq) - (8:46) 114 BPM
Review: A stalwart of the UK's deep house scene for over 20 years, Pete Le Freq comes to Alpaca Edits here with four very classy reworkings. Given that the original tracks in question are Skyy's 'Here's To You' (in Vocal and Dub flavours), Smokey Robinson's 'Being With You' and The Jones Girls' 'Nights Over Egypt', you certainly couldn't accuse the man of willful obscurantism when it comes to source material, but all three/four are very well done - especially 'Being With U', which has always been something of a guilty, schmaltzy pleasure for this reviewer and which just got one helluva lot easier to programme!
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ALPACA 076X
08 Jan 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Multi-Track Freakouts Vol 3
Refreq'ed Miracle - (7:13) 112 BPM Hot
It's The Freqqin' Weekend - (7:41) 125 BPM
Pete's Got Vertigo - (7:01) 123 BPM
Relight Dan's Fire (With Added Loleatta) - (12:00) 123 BPM
Twenty Percent - (9:22) 120 BPM
Luv Town - (9:04) 120 BPM
Review: Multi-track maestro Pete Le Freq is back with a third selection of hot-to-trot reworks created using original vocals and instrumentation from a range of disco and boogie-era cuts. He successfully teases and filters out the Jackson Sisters on "Refreq'ed Miracle", before putting his stamp on Phreek's Patrick Adams-produced Paradise Garage anthem, "Weekend". He then delivers two storming cuts based on Dan Hartman's "Relight My Fire": an extended instrumental ("Pete's Got Vertigo") and a sing-along version with added Loleatta Holloway ("Relight Dan's Fire"). Elsewhere, he successfully tampers with a Salsoul classic ("Twenty Percent") and sticks a bouncy house beat beneath a string-laden disco classic ("Luv Town").
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ALPACA 069X
09 Dec 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Multitrack Freak Outs Vol 2
The Playa - (6:27) 120 BPM
Any Further - (8:18) 103 BPM
Lately - (7:07) 119 BPM
Naughty Birds - (8:34) 120 BPM Hot
Let No Man - (8:36) 120 BPM
Review: Alpaca Edits heavyweight Pete Le Freq continues to make merry with the multi-track tapes of dusty disco, soul and electrofunk classics. This second selection of "freak-outs" is every bit as on-point as its predecessor, with the self-proclaimed "Freq" sprinting through the soaring disco-soul brilliance of "The Playa" before slinking into '80s soul/AOR pop mode on the dreamy and quietly groovy "Any Further" (a period 12" Dub style revision of a well-known radio favourite). Elsewhere he tampers with Janet Jackson's Jam and Lewis produced classic "What Have You Done For Me Lately" with typically impressive results before successfully "talkin' about bad girls" on punchy rework "Naughty Girls". Best of all, though, is "Let No Man", a loose and life-affirming edit of one of the greatest disco records of all time.
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ALPACA 068X
15 Jul 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Lost In A Freq'in Maze
U - (8:25) 112 BPM
Before - (7:58) 109 BPM Hot
Stompy Mcstompface - (8:15) 122 BPM
U Gave Me Luv - (8:20) 116 BPM
Boo Ghee Nites - (7:27) 118 BPM
Review: Right now it seems like a week doesn't pass without the release of a new re-edit EP from Pete Le Freq. While it's not that surprising - the disco edit scene is full of prolific rework merchants - what is eyebrow-raising is the way that the Alpaca Edits regular is able to keep the quality threshold impressively high. For proof, check the glassy-eyed yacht rock/AOR disco-soul brilliance of "Before", the all-action, slap-bass and string-laden disco heaviness of "Stompy McStompface" (this week's most humorously titled re-edit), and the filter sporting, dub disco style "Boo Ghee Nights", where one of disco's most famous cuts gets a tidy 21st century makeover.
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ALPACA 067X
01 Jul 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Yacht Rock Rewinds
Yah Mo - (7:52) 117 BPM
Puddin' And Pie - (8:00) 100 BPM Hot
Say - (6:22) 115 BPM
Review: We'd like to think that Pete Le Freq completed these glassy-eyed '70s and '80s yacht-rock edits while dressed in suitable attire, specifically a pastel coloured, loose fit jump suit and boat shoes. Sadly, he probably didn't, but happily his "rewinds" will suit all those yearning for a bit of warm, sun-kissed positivity. Our pick of the bunch is "Say", where a string-laden classic from blue-eyed soul maestro Boz Scaggs is gently tooled up, dubbed-out and rearranged for maximum dancefloor impact. Elsewhere, "Yah Mo" is a tasty version of an eyes-closed, synth-laden '80s soul/yacht rock classic, while "Puddin' & Pie" is a groovy, occasionally echoing version of soft focus Toto classic "Georgy Porgy" that's just crying out to be rocked on an Adriatic boat party.
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ALPACA 066X
17 Jun 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Burnin'
Burnin' - (8:23) 123 BPM Hot
Turn Your Love - (7:28) 108 BPM
Dreamin' The Dream - (8:00) 122 BPM
What About Nile? - (6:54) 95 BPM
Review: Alpaca Edits founder Pete Le Freq is on a roll at the moment, with a string of high-grade EPs still to drop in coming weeks. "Burnin" is the first of these and is every bit as essential as the producer's previous edit EPs. He starts in confident mood offering up a groovy, subtly beefed-up revision of a Gwen McRae classic that wisely gives dcue prominence to the original track's killer bassline. "Turn Your Love" sees the friendly Freq get busy with filter tricks on a breezy version of a 1980s George Benson favourite, while "Dreamin' The Dream" is a driving, low-slung revision of a powerful disco-funk workout. Arguably best of all, though, is "What About Nile", a gently breezy, filter-sporting slab revision of a sleek, chic and lovelorn disco classic.
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ALPACA 065X
03 Jun 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Shake It, Cheryl, Shake It!
Shake It Cheryl - (10:59) 120 BPM Hot
L.O.V.E. - (8:04) 117 BPM
Keep On - (5:32) 117 BPM
One More Step - (8:11) 118 BPM
Review: Pete Le Freq is Alpaca Edits and Llama Farm head honcho, serial re-editor and reworker of soul funk and disco. Here he presents three respectful edits such as "L.O.V.E." where he delivers a lo-slung and funky affair: Greek style, no guesses who he resplices on "Shake It Up Cheryl" - it's an oldie but indeed a goodie. There's also a 1979 British soul classic thats given a nice modern revision here on "One More Step" - timeless stuff! Pete's been djing for the last 20 years, has played all over the UK and Europe, spinning with the likes of Inland Knights, The Littlemen, Soydan, Cagedbaby, DIY, Matt Shrewd and loads more. His productions have taken elements of disco, soul, funk and jazz with a large dose of wobbly bass and blended them all together in a deep house smoothie.
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ALPACA 046X
29 Jan 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
Freq Show
Freq Show - (8:07) 122 BPM
Stuff - (7:38) 120 BPM Hot
Changing Transport - (8:27) 118 BPM
Review: Pete La Freq is a Cambridgeshire DJ that heads up Alpaca Edits and its parent label Llama Farm. On "Freq Show" be prepared for a Cameo sounding, neon-lit boogie funk edit that could well have been on the soundtrack to classic '80s films like Beverly Hills Cop or Action Jackson. And that P-funk bassline, manalive! Next up he serves up some lo-slung, deep disco business on "Stuff" that goes for that late '70s NYC kind of vibe. Finally "Changing Transport" is the kind of feel good and sunny 'respectful edit' that will appeal to fans of other equally lauded disco Stus of the moment - such as Perth's Dr. Packer or The Noodleman from Toronto. This follows up some awesome releases on the label in recent times, from the likes of Andy Buchan, RockNRolla Soundsystem and the charmingly titled C Da Afro.
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ALPACA 044X
08 Dec 17
Disco/Nu-Disco
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