Review: Billed as a "tribute to the forgotten late '80s/early '90s era of Bhangra influenced by house, dub and hip-hop", this expansive collection boasts fresh remixes of tracks from Manjeet Kondal's 1986 album 'Holle Holle', and a fresh cut featuring vocal samples from that set. Mr Scruff steps up to provide the remixes, offering four passes on 'Ishkaan de Mamie': a deliciously jacking, proto house-meets-acid house full vocal remix that lasts for just a shade under 10 mesmerising minutes, a sleazy and percussive 'Instrumental Dub', an alternative 'Vocal Strip Down' take with added TB-303 tweaks, and a tidy 'Edit'. Turbotito and Ragz deliver 'Pyaar', a brilliant slab of late '80s style Bhangra/hip-hop fusion with added acid lines. The 'Lovey Dubby Dub' is a sensational alternative pass that's arguably better than the duo's original mix.
Review: With the recent 'Twenty' compilation and assorted remixes out of the way, it's back to business as usual for the Dutch veterans and here we have the first fruit of their post-anniversary labours. 'My All' finds them teaming up with LA-based Turbotito AKA Filip Nikolic, who's perhaps best known as a member of Poolside and Ima Robot, and is a shimmering, pop-dance concoction that's tailor-made for good weather and happy sunshine vibes, with a treated and at times near-falsetto vocal atop fluttering guitars and sprightly keys. Sitting somewhere between nu-disco and Balearica, it's definitely one for your summer sets, so get on it.
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