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The Beat Goes On EPEXCLUSIVE
Review: While he's prone to occasional trips into skewed Balearic territory, London-based Grecian Alien Disco Sugar is often at his best when focusing on reworking classic disco and boogie gems. He begins this latest EP with his take on the Whispers' cheery disco standard "And The Beat Goes On", adding tougher beats and a whisper of Italo-style arpeggio chug. "The One I Need" is a deliciously loved-up, string-laden chunk of reworked close-dance disco (think Barry White, and you're close), while "Boogie Body" is the kind of celebratory P-funk jam that evokes images of nappy-clad Funkadelic members gyrating around on stage. Meanwhile, for those that fancy some eyes-closed, slo-mo disco/boogie sweetness, "I Love You More" is almost perfect.
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DWADSEP 23
02 Nov 15
02 Nov 15
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Gravity, Stars & SugarEXCLUSIVE
Played by: Smashed Atoms, Juno Recommends Disco, Alien Disco Sugar (Leonidas DeeJay), Marathon Edits
Review: Given the sheer volume of material he releases, Alien Disco Sugar is undoubtedly worthy of a "best-of". Happily, Gravity, Stars & Sugar provides just that, gathering together 24 of his best re-edits, remixes, mash-ups and original productions. Unsurprisingly, it's a cheery, fun-time affair, with material veering from the disco-house swing of "Music Sounds Better With You" tribute "Better With You" to sensual, filter-heavy slow jams (see "I Can So Give You Love", in particular), via a swathe of red-hot, dub-flecked disco, boogie, Balearic and P-funk revisions. As if that wasn't enough to tempt you, he's also included a pair "best of" DJ mixes to help entertain you on long drives, train journeys, and during the two weeks you'll have to wait for his next EP.
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DWADSAL 1
07 Dec 15
07 Dec 15
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Safe Edits Vol 1EXCLUSIVE
Played by: Juno Recommends Disco, TURNTILL, Fab Mayday, Jay Ru, Alien Disco Sugar (Leonidas DeeJay), Black Amex, VinylAddicted, 80's Child
Review: Alien Disco Sugar sounds like the kind of thing we'd like in our tea: "two lumps at least please!". Here we get a bunch of slick disco rejigs evenly divided between the '70s and '80s. "Gimme Your Love" and "African Love Song" cover the former with rolling soulful grooves and raw, Afrocentric gospel-funk respectively. Then we hit the '80s with "Records Keep Spinning" reworking "Last Night A DJ Saved My Life", and Gino Soccio's masterpiece "Dancer" getting a glorious extending.
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DWADSSEV 1
03 Mar 14
03 Mar 14
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Coconut Days EPEXCLUSIVE
Played by: Groove Motion, Dario Piana, Juno Recommends Disco, Bachteen, Alien Disco Sugar (Leonidas DeeJay), Ziggy Phunk, KS French, Marathon Edits, VinylAddicted
Review: Alien Disco Sugar is the production alias of Leonidas DeeJay, a veteran Greek DJ with over 30 years experience behind the decks. He uses that dancefloor experience to craft disco and boogie re-edits that consistently hit the spot. This latest re-edit four-tracker is an excellent example; on all four tracks, he makes liberal use of filters and delays, while tightening up the grooves a little. Our pick is probably the head-nodding shuffle of the dancefloor soul cut-up "That Gold Old Love", though the synth-laden deep disco jam "Coco" is also impressive. As for "Keep On Moving" and "You Got Me Burning Up", they're both certified dancefloor killers - celebratory edits that will easily slip into both disco and house sets.
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DWADSEP 8
08 Sep 14
08 Sep 14
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Music Of Life EPEXCLUSIVE
Review: Second comings are in the air these days what with the return of both Moroder and Chic. Well, veteran Greek DJ Leonidas was returning before they were(!) and he's been firing out killer re-edits for the last few years under the Alien Disco Sugar moniker. Here we get four new (old) cuts - "Get Over You" is housed up and filtered down electro-boogie, "Love Sign" is a subtle re-tweak of a '90s Prince/Nona Gaye jam, "Music Of Life" is hazy Balearic bliss, and "Keep It Up" wraps on a similar, but slower, and longer, note.
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DWADSEP 18
23 Mar 15
23 Mar 15
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Stylish Wolf EPEXCLUSIVE
Played by: TURNTILL
Review: Despite residing in sunny Greece, veteran disco DJ Leonidas (aka Alien Disco Sugar) is fully embracing the whole, er cold thing - Christmas releases with wolves and snow and stuff. There are four winter warmers on here "Learn How To Dance" kicks things off with an infectious 70s guitar and clavinet groove that should make learning easy, "SuperFunKey" is like what the title suggests - a roaring retro funk stomper, "Master Of The Game" takes a very Chic sounding slice of slick old New York sizzle and beefs it up just ever so slightly. Finally the title track wraps things up nicely with an orchestrated slo-mo head nodder.
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DWADSEP 13
15 Dec 14
15 Dec 14
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Unlimited Love EPEXCLUSIVE
Review: The Alien Disco Sugar crew are on a roll, having arrived in an unidentified funk object earlier this year. Despite the cover depicting a woman sharing a beach with drainage waste, the "Unlimited Love EP" evokes images of good times on much more glamorous shores. "Unlimited Alien Phunk" is a slice of an effervescent good-time funk with vintage samples, whirls, swooshes and the kind of retro rap that always gets the ladies on the floor. Elsewhere "Together Again" covers golden sunkissed '80s soul weekenders and "When She's Gone" is a smooth rolling '70s organ, toms and strings joint. Phunky stuff!
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DWADSEP 2
24 Mar 14
24 Mar 14
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Jungle Eyes EPEXCLUSIVE
Played by: FINGERMAN, JP Source, Juno Recommends Disco, Alien Disco Sugar (Leonidas DeeJay), KS French, Marathon Edits, 80's Child
Review: Greek DJ, producer and re-editor Alien Disco Sugar has been busy recently, averaging a new EP of disco reworks a month on his Digital Wax Productions imprint. This latest four-track salvo offers many more reasons to be cheerful, not least the spacey filters, sweeping strings and surprisingly Balearic bump of "Jungle Eyes". "So Good, So Right" offers a wonderfully tactile, piano-laden take on the Imagination record of the same name, updating the legendary Larry Levan dub for a new generation. Elsewhere, "Denise" is a synth heavy reggae-disco delight, while the pitched-down "Don't Let Go" throbs, rises and falls in all the right places.
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DWADSEP 10
13 Oct 14
13 Oct 14
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Right On EPEXCLUSIVE
Review: Greek scalpel maestro Alien Disco Sugar doesn't mess around. Throughout 2014, he averaged a new EP of bumpin', dancefloor-friendly disco re-edits a month, and kicked off 2015 in January with another essential selection of contemporary re-cuts. Right On is typical of his no-frills, the floor-comes-first style, meaning there's plenty of playable material to choose from. The sweeping filters, righteous horns and bass-heavy bounce of the title track arguably hit home hardest, though P-Funk slammer "Get Your Body Up" and Salsoul rework "Love Thang" push it close. For those after something a little more sensual, "I Can Sho Give You Love" will get you in the mood via some sinewy, string-laden builds, filtered vocals and an undulating groove.
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DWADSEP 15
02 Feb 15
02 Feb 15
