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Philly Vanilli
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Review: Germany's Philly Vanilli has been around since forever, it seems, but to these ears - and they're ears that have reviewed plenty of his previous releases for this very website - this new set of reworks for Deep Disco Edits is the best work he's turned out so far. He's working with some very well-known source tracks here, so there's no point insulting your intelligence by enumerating them: suffice to say that somehow he's managed to tease the funk out of these much-loved classics in a way that, in some cases, even the original artists didn't manage. Ohio Players' 'Love Rollercoaster' was, admittedly, always a personal fave of yours truly but in PV's hands it becomes a truly exceptional 10 minutes of sheer funk joy, while his reworkings of Marvin, Kool & The Gang and The Temptations are equally impressive. Essential!
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DDELP 0424
07 Apr 24
Funk
07 Apr 24
Funk
Played by: Juno Recommends Disco
Review: Lipps Inc's 'Funky Town' is undeniably a classic - hell, it's even mentioned in 'The Simpsons' as one of Homer's favourite songs - and Philly Vanilli have made a pretty decent fist of reworking it here, looping up various sections, letting those strident strings shine through in all their otherworldly glory and, perhaps most importantly, resisting the tempation to go overboard with the percussion FX, an error they've been guilty of in the past. Whether any dancefloor that'll accept this but not the original - which is surely the point of re-edits - actually exists is debatable, but in terms of simply refreshing a well-known standard, yes, nice job!
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DDE 99
14 Aug 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
14 Aug 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Vienna CallingEXCLUSIVE
Kidparis - "Ganz Wien" (Late Nite Swingin Tribute To Margareten By KidParis - extended) - (5:35) 114 BPM
Review: A split release here from Uruguay's Deep Disco Edits, featuring three tracks remade in a total of four mixes by a couple of label regulars, KidParis and Philly Vanilli. KidParis is first up with two takes (though it has to be said there's not really a lot of difference between them) on 'Ganz Wien', the 1981 debut single from Austrian artist/producer Falco, best known internationally for 1985's 'Rock Me Amadeus'. Continuing the theme is the Disco Bongo Rework of 'Vienna Calling', another Falco opus that featured on the same album as 'Rock Me Amadeus', before Philly Vanilli give us a wonked-out rework of Garnier classic 'The Man With The Red Face'.
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DDE 2312B
31 Jul 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
31 Jul 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Deep Disco NuggetsEXCLUSIVE
Review: With 30 tracks to choose from, you certainly can't fault this latest collection of re-edits from Manolo Brigante's Vienna-based WE MEAN DISCO!! stable on the value for money front. You might, admittedly, question whether a collection that packs reworkings of Chic's 'Good Times', Marvin Gaye's 'What's Going On', James Brown's 'Sex Machine' and Peter Gabriel's 'Sledgehammer', among others, can really set sail under the 'deep disco' flag and keep a straight face. But never mind that, because there are some very playable remakes on offer here for sure, ranging from the lightly beefed-up to the truly transformational - as well as plenty of less obvious sources to keep the 'spotters happy.
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LPDDE 2023056
19 Apr 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
19 Apr 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Luv Is The MessageEXCLUSIVE
Review: You're doubtless familiar with the sweeping strings and meandering jazz keys of MFSB's original, and now this stone-cold disco/Philly soul classic from 1973 gets revisited courtesy of Philly Vanilli. The Deutsch disco duo apply their usual kitchen sink approach to production on the Philly House Tribute, with multiple drum tracks and liberal use of FX; the pick, to these ears, is the Extended Philly Tribute, which takes a far more restrained approach in the percussion department and is closer in spirit to the original record. Both mixes are over a quarter-hour long, giving working jocks a welcome chance for a bathroom/bar break, too...
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WMD 10EP
11 Oct 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
11 Oct 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
4 2 DA FLOOR EPEXCLUSIVE
Review: We Mean Disco!! bring us a four-track re-edits EP featuring some very familiar scene names. Philly Vanilli's 'Money Love' loops up the guitar from Funk Masters' 1980 cut 'Love Money', then does that strange vari-tempo thing that they're so fond of, while We Mean Disco!!'s 'This Way Before' mines some unidentified but 70s-sounding disco jam for inspiration. Phil Pots' 'Back 2 Luv' then reworks Carl Smith's 1984 boogie gem 'Come Back Lover', while finally Mister Larry throws something of a curveball as he gives Billy Idol's 1984 hit 'Flesh For Fantasy' a slow-grindin', sleazoid makeover that's actually the surprise standout.
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WMD 2021P5EP
24 May 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
24 May 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Dance Classics Vol 1EXCLUSIVE
Played by: Juno Download
Review: The clue's in the title here, as prolific remixers Philly Vanilli turn their attention to some well-known dancefloor nuggets from days of yore. The standout for this reviewer is opener 'Confusion (Trip 2 Jazz ReFreshment)', an epic, druggy take on The Temptations' 1970 psychedelic soul anthem 'Ball Of Confusion', but PV's take on The Commodores' 80s fave 'Nite Shift' is also very worthy of your attention. Elsewhere, 'Back To Fire' and 'Take Your Seat' draw on unidentified funk/soul and lounge-y space disco sources, respectively, while 'Luther' loops n' warps Vandross classic 'Never Too Much' to within an inch of its life.
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WMD 2021EP007
11 May 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
11 May 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Special MixesEXCLUSIVE
Review: Six re-edits from five different artists make up this latest missive from the WE MEAN DISCO!! camp. Kid Paris mines late-period Michael Jackson, Philly Vanilli loops up Lamont Dozier's original 1977 version of 'Going Back To My Roots' before taking a turn for the Latin on 'Los Cubanos', RoofTopDisco look to Geman-language new wave/disco of the early 80s and Phil Potts bites Gwen Guthrie's Levan-produced 1982 gem 'It Should Have Been You', but it's closer 'Your Brother' by Mister Larry that's the killer - not sure of the source but it'll be a proper treat for lovers of trad-style US garage.
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WMD2021EP 05
26 Apr 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
26 Apr 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
FantasyEXCLUSIVE
Review: Bruni Pagan's 1979 disco jam 'Fantasy' gets reworked by the brilliantly named Philly Vanilli, with three mixes to choose from. The Extended Mix doesn't, truth be told, actually sound that different from the original record - he's just beefed up the bottom end a notch or six, while stuttering the vocal and chopping up the beats in classic 'early 80s remix' fashion in the mid-section. The accompanying Dub ploughs a deeper, more eyes-down furrow, while finally the NY House Mix is brasher, sparser and spacier, and would doubtless have sounded right at home on the floor at Paradise Garage or Danceteria circa 1983.
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WMD 2020F
14 Oct 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
14 Oct 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
The LightEXCLUSIVE
Review: Philly Vanilli bring us a slice of lavish, late 70s-style disco-soul in the form of 'The Light' - think Teddy Pendergrass or Barry White and you're somewhere in the area! There are two mixes on offer but truth be told they don't differ hugely, with the Main Club Mix really just an extended version of the Original. So it's up to bonus cut 'Tonite' to add a little musical variety to the package, which it does by moving us a little further forward in time to the 80s boogie era, albeit in a wonked-out kinda way...
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WMD 2020C
28 Sep 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
28 Sep 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Festive fun and frolics from prolific scalpel fiends We Mean Disco, as leading lights Philly Vanilla head to the dinner table with a steaming bowl of hearty "X-mash" (geddit?). It's a veritable feast of floor-focused party vibes, with the cheekily named twosome flitting between organ-powered disco-house (nine-minute workout "The Human Kind"), vibraphone-laced, delay-laden and suitably tooled up disco ("Heavy Vibes"), smile-inducing '80s soul/boogie-pop cheeriness ("Givin You All My Love") and disco-era Michael Jackson in dub ("Chilly Bean"). Since making this "X-Mash" was a collaborative effort, we also get to savour the woozy and dreamy old school house flex of Kid Paris ("There's No Hype Without Adelis (Wave Techdown Remix)") and the We Mean Disco crew (the party-hearty, pumped-up disco-funk goodness of "Ich Liebe Zu Tanzen!".
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WMDXMASHEDITION 001
08 Dec 18
Funky/Club House
08 Dec 18
Funky/Club House
Review: Some six weeks after dropping his tasty "Feels Like" EP, We Mean Disco regular Philly Vanilli returns with a couple of notable "Bonus Mixes". First up is "Feels Like I'm Yours (We Mean Disco Revision)", a driving, heavyweight, house style revision of the producer's previous rework that's built around filtered loops from Sade classic "Paradise" and plenty of sweaty extra drums. There are naturally snippets of vocal dotted throughout, as well as some suitable soft-touch '80s sax action. Virtual B-side "Afro Disco San Franz Disco" sees Mr Vanilli add epileptic, fidget style cut-up sections to a guitar solo-laden disco cut rich in lilting trumpet solos, Chic style bass and dub-wise effects. We think it's a revision of a South American cover of "Rapper's Delight", but don't quote us on that.
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WMDBONUSMIXESSPECIAL 001
19 Nov 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
19 Nov 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Review: Unashamed booty-shakin' booty action, with six tracks credited variously credited to Philly Vanilli and Guy Banister. Standouts include 'He's The Love Machine' with its filtered, looping, Zapp-ish "I wanna funk you" vocal, the defiantly euphoric Brit-funk vibes of 'I'm Still Alright Also Tonite', a bleepy take on Laid Back's early 80s classic 'White Horse' and the lo-slung funk of 'Too Late (Tribute To Tom Moulton)' with its Robert Owen vocal, but if you're looking for tracks that'll give the dancefloor an energy injection and don't mind the odd well-worn sample, then any one of the six cuts here will do the do.
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TWSWMD 03
30 Sep 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
30 Sep 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
The Very Last Edits Volume 1EXCLUSIVE
Played by: Superbreak
Review: The melodrama in nu-disco land is catching with this fine Vienna label taking their cue from Alkalino by announcing their "Very Last Edits". Let's hope it's all just hot air to promote their hot tunes. Philly Vanilli presents three of the four tracks: the weird and wonderful warped loops of "I Work For A Living", the rolling basslines, whistles and soulful vocals of "Every Way But Loose" and the gently tweaked "Saturday Night The Girls Are Alright". Aretha Franklin Roosevelt's "Its Just Your Love" is given a deep and shimmering house rework by Teddy Esposito too.
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WMD 060
01 Aug 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
01 Aug 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
Dirty Larry EPEXCLUSIVE
Played by: JAMES ROD
Review: The We Mean Disco edit label has always been a little in awe of the legendary Larry Levan, with much of their output featuring reworks of tracks championed by the late Paradise Garage DJ. They're at it again here, allowing regular contributor Philly Vanilli to rework a trio of house tracks championed by the great man. First, he tackles Cleavage's 1987 version of Cymande favourite "Bra", adding new percussion to the already heavy groove. "Oasis" reworks an early piano house gem, emphasizing the dreamy electronics and Inner City style stabs, while "Larry Levan Timewarp Tribute" expertly gathers together bits from a number of tracks, alongside some killer spoken word samples.
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WMD 53
22 Feb 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
22 Feb 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
Paradise ReworksEXCLUSIVE
Played by: PHILLY VANILLI (We Mean Disco!!)
Review: The good humour of the We Mean Disco!! crew is present and correct here on their first release of the year. However "Don't Make They Wait" is more than just a long toilet break, its 18 minutes of suspended bliss built out of a Peech Boys sample. The Paradise Garage vibes continue with two lushly accentuated cuts from The Padlock EP, turned into the spacey synth-funk gems, "Hot Scotch" and "We Are Getting Hot". Things wrap up on the lively "Luv Is The Message And The Message Is Luv", a dubby, but fast, exploration of early 80s disco joy.
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WMD 52
07 Feb 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
07 Feb 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: The We Mean Disco crew does a mean line in tongue-in-cheek monikers. Philly Vanilli, a regular contributor to the Viennese imprint, arguably boasts the strongest pseudonym of the lot. Here, he gets to work on Marvin Gaye classic "What's Going On", delivering a trio of contrasting re-makes. He begins with the dense percussion, rich chords, woozy vocal samples and metronomic deep house beat of "Wots Going On At My Grapevine", before dipping the tempo for a chugging 105 BPM "Letro House" re-make in which Gaye's world-weary vocals take centre stage. Finally, he moves further towards straight up deep house on the tasty "9/11 Inside Job Rework".
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WMD 043
14 Dec 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
14 Dec 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Roger Sanchez
Review: Since launching back in late 2013, We Mean Disco have more than lived up to their name, racking up almost 40 releases that have seen the label find its place among the hearts and folders of discotheque selectors everywhere. Release number 38 from the Viennese label sees We Mean Disco regular, the superbly named Philly Vanilli, returning to find his place alongside two debutants, DJ Rock and Kid Paris, for Weekend Grooves. A well-loved disco classic is the source material here and all three pull the track in different directions with Vanilli up first on a back in the house rework that dips into filtered disco house territory. By comparison DJ Rock and Kid Paris opt for a more classicist disco approach with the latter's quite fine.
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WMD 038
04 Sep 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
04 Sep 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
The Soul Groove ExperienceEXCLUSIVE
Review: Every now and then we bestow an unofficial 'outstanding achievements in professional moniker' award. Philly Vanilli are pretty much guaranteed to hold on to this title for a long time to come. "The Sould Groove Experience" is their latest missive for Manolo Brigante's Austrian We Mean Disco! imprint and it's packed with reworked '70s soul gems (eight to be precise). Highlights include the shimmering Fender Rhodes slow jam "Soul Food", the rolling phasered guitar freak out "I Need Da Funk" and the campy Eurodisco effervescence of "To Be In Love".
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WMD 030
31 Jul 15
Funk
31 Jul 15
Funk
