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Solazz
Various
Review: Hot Gorilla Records, self-styled purveyors of "disco for funky monkeys", has enjoyed a very successful 2023 - as this timely round-up of the imprint's finest moments of the year emphatically proves. Check first the summery, party-starting disco-goes-house joy of Dexter Jones' 'Space Sister', before admiring the horn-heavy, edit-not-edit excellence of Andy Buchan's 'Shake What You Got' and the Brenda Taylor-sampling boogie-meets-nu-disco fusion of 'Lovers Boogie' by Solazz. Highlights elsewhere across the compilation include the 21st century disco-funk of Harlem Dance Club's 'Shake a Hand', the eyes-closed peak-time rush of Fray Bentos' 'No Lies', and the rolling, effects-laden hedonism of 'Feels So Good' by Pete Whitely.
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HGR 044
22 Dec 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
22 Dec 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Played by: DJ LAUREL, FINGERMAN, Juno Recommends Disco, Rayko, Discoholic Ken, Dave Mathmos, BRENDON P, That Needs an Edit/Pete Le Freq, Kongisto, Andy Buchan, Ben Jamin
Review: Arriving just in time for the summer season, Hot Digits delivers a compilation that is tailor made to soundtrack lazy, hazy days. Even Funkier's "Feel So Good Inside" is an irresistible, funk-fuelled disco groove, while Ben Jamin's "Handle" inhabits a similar space. Soaked in wailing guitar and soulful vocals, it's a wonderfully infectious track. Both Andy Buchan and P-Sol raise the tempo with string-filled disco workouts, while Fray Bentos' "Danced To Death" offers a more electronic take on this sound. The compilation does veer towards house on occasion - most impressively with the subtle drum builds and chord progressions on Down Under Disco's "On My Mind". In the main though, Year Nine impresses most when it draws on disco and funk influences, such as the raucous party jam that is label owner Fingerman's collaboration with Chewy Rubs, "Block Party Bad Boy".
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HOTDIGITMAXI 009
19 Jun 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
19 Jun 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: The Allergies, Solazz, FINGERMAN, Juno Recommends Disco, Rayko, Discoholic Ken, LEGO EDIT, Chuggin Edits, FRAN DEEPER, Andy Buchan, Groovemasta
Review: Two mixes to choose from of this latest cut from Spanish disco stalwart Oscar Albaladejo, AKA Solazz, which is brought to you by UK label Hot Gorilla. In its Original form, 'Blow Your Mind' sits neatly on the funk/disco cusp, and a little bit of digging reveals it to in fact be a reworking of 'Be Yourself', a track taken from the 1977 debut album by UK outfit Eruption. The accompanying Brassmonkeys Remix from Andy Buchan gives the track something of a Dave Lee-esque disco-house makeover and brings the sparkling horns further to the fore while, lyrically, the track urges us to be ourselves, and not go round telling people we work for the CIA... so if you've been doing that, stop it!
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HGR 034
03 Feb 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
03 Feb 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
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RG 074
06 Jan 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
06 Jan 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Spain's Oscar Albaladejo AKA Solazz comes to Hot Gorilla with a simple two-tracker here. 'Don't Stop', in its Original form, sits on the disco/boogie cusp, with distinctly 80s-sounding synths married to a nice chunky walking bassline and a boogie-style male "don't stop until the morning comes" vocal. So effectively does it recapture the sound and feel of that era, in fact, that it feels almost churlish to say that it's C Da Afro's beefed-up and slightly pacier remix that's probably got the most instant dancefloor appeal. But we'll leave track selection up to you: either's good, so you pays your money and you makes your choice!
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HGR 030
14 Oct 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
14 Oct 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
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DD 258
19 Aug 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
19 Aug 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Review: UK label Hot Gorilla reach the terrible twos and celebrate with a 10-track compilation that's packed with fine contemporary disco, funk, soul and boogie vibes. If you're looking for highlights, then Havana Hustlers' opener rocks a b-line that somehow manages to recall both 'Lovely Day' and 'Boogie Nights', Fray Bentos makes great use of a classic Afrika Bambaataa sample on 'Stormy Nights', while Andy Buchan's 'The House That Funk Built' plunders Aretha to equally powerful effect and Solazz's 'Blaze The Party' is a boogie-tastic delight. But there are six more quality jams where those came from, from Even Funkier's Patrice Rushen-biting 'Those Were The Times' to the jazz-funk inflections of Shalvoy's 'Beautiful2Strangers'.
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HGR 029
19 Aug 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
19 Aug 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: The 10th release from Javi Frias' Night Shift label comes from Ibiza-based Solazz, who serves up four very solid disco/funk jams. 'Work It Out' kicks things off in decidedly Rick James-esque mode, before 'Time's Burning' takes us down a slightly more soulful route while rocking a 'Disco's Revenge'-like bassline. 'Roller Skate INC' comes next and calls to mind Vaughan Mason & Crew's 'Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll', before finally we come to the title track, the unsurprisingly Afro-inspired 'Highlife Music'. Whether these four cuts should be framed as re-edits or original productions isn't entirely clear, but there's no doubting their dancefloor appeal.
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SHIFT 010
07 Jan 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
07 Jan 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
