Review: Our pun-tastic artist name of the week award goes to Boston-based Serge Gamesbourg, who's perhaps best known as the man behind BBE's 'Boston Goes Disco!' collection. Here he serves up his own re-edits of two slightly overlooked gems from days gone by, with 'The Cool, The Hip & The Square' itself a reworking of Ted Taylor's 1977 TK Disco cut 'Ghetto Disco' while 'Bring Them Back Together' plunders Billy Paul's 'Bring The Family Back' from 1979. Both re-edits are very checkable, with the former leaning more to the funky side while the latter's a string-drenched, soulful affair.
Review: The best thing about spring is all the new stuff starts to arrive. Editorial have taken this idea quite literately and have rounded up a whole bunch of fresh new faces and tunes. There are nine fine jams contained on Spring Thing comp, some of the (many) highlights include the sweet and tender boogie-pop of "Good 4 You" by the artfully-punned Serge Gamesbourg, the throbbing bass loops of the sublime "Closer & Closer" and the mesmerising fusion of punk-funk bass and sunshine keyboard melodies on "Brighter" by Dagfest.
Review: Serge Gamesbourg has held his native Boston captive with his retro beats for over twenty years, initially playing hip-hop before moving into funk and soul territory. Here we get three cuts that perfectly reflect the sound of his popular Dis-Connection party from the slick discofied funky jam of "A Little Bit Of Your Love" to the brooding boogie of "4AM" and finally the jazzy houser "Get Down With Me".
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