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Rayko
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Review: Rayko teams up once more with Elena Hikari to deliver the pair's second joint long-player, following on the heels of 2023's 'Tu Alma Y La Mia'. But while that first album was good, this one's exceptional! Cinematic, cosmic opener 'Too Much' sets the tone but it's the second track, 'Nunca James', that really hits you in the face: it's a slow-burning monster, with Hikari's haunting vocal earning it a place in the box marked "truly sublime". 'Looking To Edge' is another BIG track that probably needs to be heard on a 4am dancefloor to be truly appreciated; after that you get four more cuts that blur the lines between cosmic/Italo disco, Balearica, coldwave, house and pop (including a new version of 'Extraordinarylove' from the first album) before the title track, another deep, slo-mo chugger, plays us out in very fine style. Excellent work!
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RW 238
18 Mar 24
Balearic/Downtempo
18 Mar 24
Balearic/Downtempo
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2024 DDE03
12 Mar 24
Disco/Nu-Disco
12 Mar 24
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Irregular Disco Workers, FINGERMAN, Disco Tech (DiscoDat), Juno Recommends Disco, Rayko, FRAN DEEPER, Mark van der Ree, Saint-Loup-en-Bray
Review: Given the prolific output of his Rare Wiri label, it's a wonder Rayko finds time to get in the studio at all. But he does, regularly - and when he's not producing synthy, 80s-flavoured nu-disco jams of his own, he somehow also manages to fit in the odd cheeky re-edit or 20! Here, then, a score of such reworks are served up for your listening and dancing pleasure, with the emphasis firmly on lesser-known gems - sources include Ann Peebles, Diana Ross, Quincy Jones, Break Machine, Michael Sembello and Earl Flint, as well as US folk-rocker Barbara Keith's version of 'All Along The Watchtower', but there are plenty more that will have to go unidentified. Suffice to say, though, that if funk, disco, boogie, electro and pop from the 70s and 80s float your boat, this collection will leave you positively buoyant!
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RW 232
05 Feb 24
Disco/Nu-Disco
05 Feb 24
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Review: Clocking it at just under 2.5 hours long, you certainly can't fault this Rare Wiri year-end label comp on the value for money front! With 23 tracks on offer there's no room here to go into them all individually, and you probably have a pretty good idea of the label's particular electronic, 80s-leaning flavour of nu-disco anyway. Suffice to say, then, that Rare Wiri's many existing fans will be more than satisfied while newbies - if there are any left! - should start with AINZ's chunky, sleazy 'Hangover', the Italo strut of From Beyond's 'Non Analogue', MR Gee's throbbing 'Gravity', Rune Lindbaek's sci-fi refix of Ilya Santana's 'Cosmos Rising' or, a personal fave, Kelton Prime's 'Disco Arpeggio', wherein nu-disco meets garage vox...
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RW 227
25 Dec 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
25 Dec 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Four tracks of heavily electronic disco make up this latest V/A collection from Rakyo's Rare Wiri stable. Ilya Santana gets the ball rolling with the ominous, cinematic 'After Dark', before Kay-chi & Keymon drag us onto the early 80s dancefloor with 'Patches Of Light' feat Kally Voo. The label boss himself then steps up with 'Relax Your Body', which looks to styles like cosmic disco, EBM and Belgian new beat for inspiration, before the EP's completed by MR Gee's 'Under The Moonlight', which opens with a mood-setting manic cackle then breaks out into something of a moody, midtempo synth epic.
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RW 219
30 Oct 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
30 Oct 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Four tracks from as many artists make up this latest V/A offering from Rayko's Rare Wiri, with a couple of heavy-hitters sharing the stage with a brace of newcomers. Up first is new boy Billy Woods, who channels early 80s cod reggae vibes on not-unlikable opener 'Reggae Music' before Spanish veteran Ilya Santana shows us how the big boys do it with the surging, euphoric and lightly rock-tinged nu-disco of 'X Factor'. Label chief Rayko then steps up with the decidedly 80s-sounding 'Jabdah' before Leo Zero plays us out with the rawk geetars of 'All Is Fair'.
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RW 217
16 Oct 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
16 Oct 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Played by: FINGERMAN, Juno Recommends Disco, Rayko, Ilya Santana, Discoholic Ken, BRENDON P, Kongisto, FRAN DEEPER, Warriors of the Dystotheque, Saint-Loup-en-Bray
Review: Born back in 2008, Rayko's Rare Wiri mark their 200th release with an album-length compilation featuring 12 brand new cuts from what the man himself describes simply as "some of my favourite artists out there". The album starts out in laidback, Balearic mode with Secret Soul Society's 'Draw Of The Cards' and ends up back there with Manolo's 'By The Moon', but in-between you'll find the looping, funked-up deep house of Fran Deeper's 'Lost Baby', the shape-throwing 80s Faltermeyer-isms of Kelton Prima's 'The Beggining', Ilya Santana's floor-friendly cover of Vangelis's 'Dervish D', the electro nouveau of From Beyond's 'Star Slip' and more besides. Here's to 200 more!
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RW 200
26 Jun 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
26 Jun 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Rayko feat Elena Hikari
Review: Spanish disco don and Rare Wiri boss Rayko has worked with vocalist Elena Hikari on several previous releases in the past, two of which - 'Unite' and 'Testify' - are among the eight tracks that make up their first collaborative full-length. As such you'll have a good idea what to expect already, with synth-y, 80s-inspired disco/pop the general order of the day, from chuggy, hazy opener 'Extraordinary Love' to slightly more abstract and beats-y closer 'Imagina'. But thankfully the sheer quality of Ms Hikari's voice is strong enough to carry it off, with 'Testify' in particular sounding as good as it ever did and the vaguely dark wave-ish 'Unite' and 'A Different Day' adding a little variety.
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RW 193
08 May 23
Balearic/Downtempo
08 May 23
Balearic/Downtempo
Various
Review: Boite Music is the baby brother of Fran Deeper's Spa In Disco stable, specialising in "synth, chugging Balearic and power disco". If you've yet to dip into the label's catalogue - or simply just can't get enough of it - then this nine-track compilation is well worth a listen. It begins with a throbbing and pulsating slab of exotic, Italo-tinged nu-disco (Cobertizo's 'Inana') and ends with the mind-mangling dark-Italo chug of Manuel Costela's synth-heavy 'Girls of the Night'; in between, you'll find a variety of trippy, heavily electronic treats including such highlights as the Bobby Orlando-on-sleeping pills shuffle of 'Glide' by Saturno 5, the occidental disco exoticism of Jason Core's 'Istanbul', and the atmospheric, delay-laden vocal nu-disco pulse of Rayko's 'Solstice'.
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BM 054
27 Jan 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
27 Jan 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Rayko feat Elena Hikari
Review: Ever-prolific Spanish disco don Rayko is joined once again by regular vocal collaborator Elena Hikari on an EP for Spa In Disco that packs two markedly contrasting cuts. 'Testify' itself is a slice of strutty, attitude-y nu-disco that's almost got something of a mid-00s Nag Nag Nag kinda feel, only with smoother edges... it's a cut that could well cross over onto pop floors, and if such was indeed the aim then the nods to Madge's 'Justify' probably won't hurt either! The tempo then drops right down for the hazy, Balearic 'A Different Day', which has echoes of early AMCA in its juxtaposition of dreamy fem vox and fat, squelchy bass.
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SPA 247
18 Nov 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
18 Nov 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: The trio of Ilya Santana, Rune Lindbaek and Rayko is surely a line-up to get any nu-disco lover's mouth watering, but do be aware that the clue's very much in the title here, with all three producers drawing heavily on Spanish/Latin influences - Lindbaek's 'Moonlight', in particular, may invoke memories of sangria-sozzled evenings on youthful package holidays. Conversely, if you're NOT a huge fan of Latin sounds generally, then Santana's 'Fresa' is probably the one to head for, operating as it does in slightly more typical nu-disco territory, with only the vocal and strings bringing a hint of Latin flava.
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RW 170
31 Oct 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
31 Oct 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: A new EP from Spanish disco don Rayko is always something to get excited about and this latest release on his own Rare Wiri imprint doesn't disappoint. 'Searching' itself is a midpaced groover with a nice squelchy bassline and a wistful female vocal, while 'Anyway You Wanna' reworks Cashmere's 'Do It Anyway You Wanna' from 1983. 'Can't Wait (For Your Love)' sounds like another boogie-era re-edit, though what of we're not sure - and no, it's not Nu-Shooz - and then finally there's 'Special Eyes', which keeps the early/mid 80s vibes coming and could probably tempt Max Headroom out of retirement!
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RW 167
10 Oct 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
10 Oct 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
Rayko feat Elena Hikari
Review: 14 years into his production career, Rayko is in better form than ever. That much is proved by 'Extraordinarylove', a fine slab of pitched-down, Italo-powered late-night pop featuring the fine vocals of Elena Hikari. Her lead vocal chimes out above a chugging, sequenced synthesiser bassline, bubbly lead lines and vintage-sounding drums (think Gaz Nevada, and you're close) on the Spanish producer's own 'Slow Version'. Manuel Costela provides the obligatory remix, upping the tempo and successfully re-framing the track as an atmospheric, squelchy and star-lit chunk of 21st century nu-disco excellence.
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RW 166
03 Oct 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
03 Oct 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
