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Alexis Victoria Hall, Jamie Van Goulden & Nick Hussey - "Wanna Be" (Yam Who? & Jaegerossa extended mix) - (7:28) 122 BPM
Review: Midnight Riot do their bit to address the much-discussed gender imbalance in dance music with a 25-track collection featuring an almost entirely female line-up (though a few possessors of Y-chromosomes do sneak in as collaborators). With big names like Kathy Brown, DJ Paulette, Rowetta, Caron Wheeler, Sulene Fleming and Natasha Kitty Katt nestling up alongside a host of more up-and-coming artists, the quality standard is high throughout, with the musical emphasis largely on good-time, Saturday night house and disco vibes, though there a few more gently paced moments - notably in the form of covers of Bobby Caldwell's 'What You Won't Do For Love' and Sade's 'Sweetest Taboo' - while Paulette & Massey serve up a pleasing dose of acid on 'Sheroes'.
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MIDRIOTLADIES 001A
15 Mar 24
15 Mar 24
2
Various
Derrick McKenzie, Darren Ellison, Enrico Terella & Laurent Schark - "Hold On 2 Luv" - (5:36) 121 BPM
Brian Lucas & Suki Soul - "Back Together" (Yam Who? & Jaegerossa extended club mix) - (7:35) 121 BPM
Review: It's that time of year when label compilations arrive by the truckload, but this Midnight Riot collection is definitely one that stands out from the herd, because it packs more bullets than a Gatling gun! Leading the charge for yours truly is Yam Who? & Rikky Disco's 'Set Me Free' with its romping house pianos, fat-ass b-line and absolute killer of a jazz-like female vocal, but not far behind come Da Lukas's 'Drop The Funk' (which bites Diana Brown & Barrie K Sharpe's early 90s classic 'The Masterplan'), Domino DB's gospel-infused soulful house anthem 'You Got The Love', The Love Doves' strutty 'Sistahood', Brian Lukas & Suki Soul's Inner City-nodding 'Back Together' and, well, you get the idea! A disco, nu-disco, disco-house and boogie delight.
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MIDRIOTFINEST 2023
15 Dec 23
15 Dec 23
4
Played by: Dj XS (FVUK), Jean Jacques Smoothie, Juno Recommends Disco, Ash Reynolds, Tonbe, Ladies On Mars, BRENDON P, 80's Child, Andy Buchan, Chuggin Edits, Ruff Diamond, Qwestlife
Review: After releases on Phonica and Freerange, Chilean producer Massiande puts another uber-hip label notch on his production bedpost with a three-track, four-mix EP for Midnight Riot. The title track so convincingly works late 70s/early 80s tropes that only a distinctly 21st Century heft to the bottom end gives away its much more recent origins, while Moodena supplies a housier remix that tuffens up the beats while bringing the guitar to the fore. Elsewhere, 'The City' is all jazz piano licks and 3am deep house beats, while 'United We Funk' operates in more straight-up disco-house territory.
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MIDRIOTD 230
10 Apr 20
10 Apr 20
5
Various
Brian Lucas & Suki Soul - "Back Together" (Yam Who? & Jaegerossa extended club mix) - (7:35) 121 BPM
Played by: Juno Recommends Disco
Review: Midnight Riot's ongoing 'Disco Made Me Do It' compilation series reaches volume seven. Like its' predecessors, the 20-track set prioritises fun and frolics, blurring the boundaries between disco, electrofunk, nu-disco and house via a mixture of unreleased cuts, high-grade remixes, exclusives and familiar favourites. There's naturally tons to get the blood pumping throughout, with the many highlights including Opolopo's deliciously squelchy, sun-soaked and soulful take on Danny Kane and Princess Freesia's 'I Love The Way You Do', Yam Who's fantastic, early '80s disco style rework of Bazza Ranks and Venessa Jackson's 'Talk Is Cheap', the synth-heavy nu-disco perfection of Sammy Deuce's 'Give Me Love', and the low-slung, party-starting brilliance of Brothers In Arts' 'We Got The Funk', featuring the distinctive vocals of Freakpower's Ashley Slater.
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MIDRIOTDMMDIVOL 7
27 Oct 23
27 Oct 23
6
Rayko / Various
Played by: Hakatone, Groove Motion, Valique, FINGERMAN, YAM WHO?, Dr Packer, Juno Recommends Disco, TURNTILL, Jay Ru, Evil Smarty, Dino Soccio, Coutel, Massimo Vanoni (The Smoker), Ziggy Phunk, BRENDON P, 80's Child, South Beach Recycling, Editor's Kutz, Le Visiteur Online, That Needs an Edit/Pete Le Freq, SITUATION, SEEN ON TV
Review: There's a reason that Midnight Riot's eponymous compilations frequently charge to the top of the Juno Download charts. Put simply, they never disappoint. This ninth installment sticks to the now tried-and-tested formula - house-friendly re-edits and originals from across the disco, boogie, soul and funk spectrum - but predictably hits the spot throughout. As usual, there's a bonus mix - this time put together by globe-trotting scalpel jockey Rayko - and tracks come from both label regulars ('80s Child, Ziggy Phunk, Chewy Funk) and an impressive array of new or unheralded talents. It's in the latter category that you'll find some of the most impressive fare - see Phil Jaimes deliciously Balearic "Nowhere To Hide" and Cosmocomics' kaleidoscopic synth-funk jam "Mary Jane" - though the standard remains pleasingly high throughout.
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MIDRIOTVOL 9
08 Jun 15
08 Jun 15
14
Played by: JOUTRO MUNDO, FINGERMAN, YAM WHO?, Juno Recommends Disco, Alan Dixon, Massimo Vanoni (The Smoker), Ziggy Phunk, BRENDON P, Roger Sanchez, 80's Child, That Needs an Edit/Pete Le Freq, SITUATION, Charlie brown superstar, Disco Funk Spinner - D.F.S, Discotron, DiCE_NZ, Deesko
Review: The Sound of Detroit by one of it's unsung heroes, Amp Fiddlers new album Motor City Booty coming straight off the D Funk assembly line, a full on dance floor affair from Motown to P-Funk, Techno and Neo Soul. This 11 track album produced by Amp Fiddler & Yam Who? includes the massive 'Soul Fly' sounding like a Mark Ronson production had he been hanging out with George Clinton's Parlet followed by the bonafide P-Funk anthem 'Steppin' both featuring the stunning vocals by the Dames Brown girls. Amp Fiddler is credited for taking both a young J Dilla and also Q-Tip under his wing teaching them his Akai MPC techniques, setting the path for some of Hip Hops finest recordings which have defined the shape of things to come. His musical collaborations & current duties include: Moodymann's musical maestro, keyboard wizard for Theo Parrish's live band, a longstanding Funkadelic member, co-writer for Sly & Robbie, Prince, Maxwell, Jamiroquai & Seal to name a few.
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MIDRIOTMCB 001
18 Jul 16
18 Jul 16
15
Review: DJ Mark Brickman arrived in South Beach in late 2000 and has been gracing the ears of house music fans ever since. As a DJ, producer and the current head of Miami's RaMBunktious Records, this veteran of the underground house music scene shows no signs of slowing down - and this new one for Midnight Riot is testament to that. There's a very familiar hook on the funked-up boogie down antics of "A Fifth Of Disco", followed similarly by the sultry, vocal-driven groove of "My Spirit" which is very much reminiscent of a classic. Finally, get stoned into the groove with the low slung "Keep On" which is derived from another oldie - but a goody!
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MIDRIOTD 236
22 May 20
22 May 20
18
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MIDRIOTD 468
29 Dec 23
29 Dec 23
25
Review: Oh boy, it's a new Jack Tennis stormer, and just in time for the disco-crimbo dances, too! Back on Midnight Riot, the zesty disco artiste slams down some chunky kick drums and funk-tastic basslines on "Everybody", the sort of nugget to make just about anyone move! "Somebody" is similarly seductive, dropping some dubby bass over soulful vocals, while "Dragging Around" feels like the instrumental cut - the DJ's ultimate weapon to get those hips moving! Yes, big Jack!
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MIDRIOTD 121
27 Nov 17
27 Nov 17
28
Review: Warrington-based 1980s obsessive Danny "80s Child" Worrall tends to eschew the obvious, delivering re-edits of '80s soul jams and overproduced, mid-'80s electrofunk curiosities. He's at it again here, dropping five more soulful, synth-laden nuggets for the Midnight Riot label. There's some saucer-eyed '80s soul in the shape of the touchy-feely "Missing", some gigantic, radio-friendly synth-rock ("Control"), and a dash of deliciously smooth, slow-dance fare ("Kiss U"). Better still is the New Jack Swing-flavoured dayglo rush of "Be Together", and "All Alone", a riotous electrofunk jam built around a familiar bassline and Shep Pettibone style drum edits.
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MIDRIOTD 015
12 May 14
12 May 14
29
Review: Although known as a nu-disco re-edit label, Midnight Riot regularly prefers the synthy, glitzy soul side of the '80s. No problem there, as much of that stuff crossed over to the disco side of things in that wonderful era of musical cross-pollination. Leading the charge is "Touch Of Magic", which basically takes all the best bits of Rose Royce's 1984 tropical synth-soul gem Magic Touch and makes it ten times better, Elsewhere we get a further five more slices of this shizzle including the deep, almost Balearic "Paradise" and the totally buggin' freak funk of "Taxis In Space".
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MIDRIOTD 022
08 Sep 14
08 Sep 14
30
Played by: JOUTRO MUNDO, YAM WHO?, Massimo Vanoni (The Smoker), Soultronic, Ziggy Phunk, That Needs an Edit/Pete Le Freq, Chuggin Edits
Review: Although the original Italian disco clubs have long gone, the spirit still remains in the likes of Massimo Vanoni. Here his latest missive, the Piano Weapon EP, features a variety of takes on a few of his tunes. The title track is a deep and hypnotic lounge funk workout, which gets a thumping 'jazz hands' remodel in a Jaydee Plastic Dreams referencing remix. The title track is all slinky elastic gyrations and is given a percolating Balearic/yacht rock makeover in the 'Cosmic Inspiration' version. Lastly "Feel This Grove" adds some much needed pan pipe action to the mix.
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MIDRIOTD 078
25 Jul 16
25 Jul 16
32
Various
Sean Scanlan & Yam Who? - "You Belong To Me" (feat Nell Shakespeare - Plam Beach Balearic mix) - (4:34) 55 BPM
Review: 'Balearic' was never meant to be a genre: originally, it was about playing all different kinds of music regardless of genre. The latest 'Cafe Del Mar' comp recently reminded us all of that and now, just to underline the point, here comes Vol 6 in Midnight Riot's 'Balearic Headspace' series, which packs in everything from Hi-Fi Sean's deep acid bubbler 'Sunshine Dub' to Amma's fine, fragile and near-bruk Sade cover, via ultra-mellow piano house from Hypnotic Lovers, spaced-out midtempo boogie from Shalvoy, 80s Europop stylings courtesy of Frank Karma and more besides... including, yes, a very 'Balearic', female-sung Steve Miller Band cover from Dominic Dawson.
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MIDRIOTDBALVOL 6
26 Aug 22
26 Aug 22
35
Played by: Chris Massey, Frankee More, Robot 84, FINGERMAN, YAM WHO?, Don Dayglow, DJ Said, Juno Recommends Disco, J&M BROTHERS, Alien Disco Sugar / Leonidas DeeJay, JT Donaldson, Future Bones, BRENDON P, Hober Mallow, 80's Child, Andy Buchan, Chuggin Edits, SITUATION, Deesko
Review: Midnight Riot isn't messing around with this collection of remixes of tracks from Detroit veteran Amp Fiddler's recent Motor City Booty set. Label boss Yam Who has pulled out all the stops, drawing on both Midnight Riot regulars and genuinely hot talents such as Eli Escobar (whose slick, soulful house rub of "Soul Fly Part 2" is a highlight), Thatmanmonkz, Inkswel and Mark E (who genuinely steals the show with a dreamy, mid-tempo take on "Superficial"). Taken as a whole, it's far more "killer" than "filler", with sterling contributions from Sam Redmore (dub-flecked Afro-house goodness), Kid Sublime (sun-kissed boogie-soul), chewy Rubs (low-slung disco-house heaviness), and Modified Man (synth-heavy broken beat).
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MIDRIOTMCB 002
03 Oct 16
03 Oct 16
36
Played by: DAVE GERRARD, Valique, Seamus Haji, FINGERMAN, YAM WHO?, Superbreak, Don Dayglow, Dr Packer, Juno Recommends Disco, Sneak-E Pete, J&M BROTHERS, Alan Dixon, MR ABSOLUTT, Massimo Vanoni (The Smoker), BRENDON P, 80's Child, Funk Hunk, That Needs an Edit/Pete Le Freq, Andy Buchan, Chuggin Edits, Sould Out, SITUATION, Alioscia Mele, Disco Funk Spinner - D.F.S, Discotron
Review: If you swap the first letters of Judge Funk's name, you get Fudge Junk. We're still trying to work out if that actually means anything at all. However, whilst we all ponder that existential question, lets listen to the music. Yam Who? pack five JF tracks in this single on their Midnight Riot label. Including their own take on "We Want Prince", where the original's crowd-chanting elastic bass hysteria becomes the funkiest disco-funk this side of Minneapolis. Elsewhere "Heads" is thumping mid-80s electro soul, "Rubbanova" is brassy, Loveboat-era boogie and "Deal With This" is deliriously glamorous shimmering disco-house escapism.
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MIDRIOTD 079
26 Sep 16
26 Sep 16
38
Played by: YAM WHO?, Juno Recommends Disco, J&M BROTHERS, Alan Dixon, MR ABSOLUTT, Ziggy Phunk, 80's Child, JAMES ROD, PHILLY VANILLI (We Mean Disco!!), That Needs an Edit/Pete Le Freq, Chuggin Edits, SITUATION, SEEN ON TV, Disco Funk Spinner - D.F.S, Goby
Review: You can always rely on the Midnight Riot label to pick up a party. Seriously they'd get people dancing in a morgue. Here label favourite Ziggy Phunk turns in four sweet and tasty reworks of obscure 80s dance cuts. "Give It To You" is a soft focus helium-voiced disco cut that puts The Bee Gees to shame, "Some Kinda Lover" is nearly seven minutes of tight and sharp 80s electro-soul, "Sneak Preview" is a shiny filtered pop gem that bears more than a passing resemblance to early Madonna, and "Stand Up" is a sped up celebration of guitars and trumpets.
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MIDRIOTD 068
11 Apr 16
11 Apr 16
39
Various
Full Intention & Nick Reach Up - "Night Of My Life" (feat Jazz Morley - DR. Packer remix) - (6:20) 118 BPM
Moussa Clarke & Zak Gee - "Still Feel The Rain" (feat Rachel Gavaletz - Yam Who? remix) - (7:34) 121 BPM
Review: There's no high concept behind Midnight Riot's latest compilation of label favourites and unheard cuts, just a desire to deliver "summer burners" to "make your body move". As usual, label boss Yam Who has gathered together a selection of original productions, re-edits and remixes that prioritize frenzied limb shaking. Highlights include a deliciously deep and woozy, Joey Negro style M+M rub of Soulpersona's "Sunset City", a bouncy, boogie-meets-nu-disco revision of Hypnotic Lovers' "Chemistry" by Birdee, the sax-laden disco-funk shuffle of Stephen King's "Hold On To You", some soaring peak-time disco edit business from Alan Dixon and a suitably cheery, talkbox-sporting rework of an underground disco classic by long-serving edit crew Drop Out Orchestra.
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MIDRIOTDMMDI 01
20 Aug 18
20 Aug 18
40
Various
Caron Wheeler, Love Is A Bassline & Gill Morley - "Keep On Shining" (Yam Who? Disco mix) - (6:02) 120 BPM
Review: If dancefloor-oriented soulful/disco house and nu disco are what float your boat then this latest V/A from Midnight Riot is one you'll want to check for sure. Volume 6 opens with the beefed-up 70s groove that is Yam Who?, Jaegerossa & Suki Soul's rework of Stargard's 'Wear It Out' (as sampled on Pete Heller's 'Big Love') and closes with some pure boogie sweetness from SequenceProgram & Mishell Ivon, while in-between you'll find the hazy, lazy Balearic pianos of Luca V1's 'Take Me On', peaktime disco stompery from Natasha Kitty Katt, uptempo flute-fuelled funk from C Da Afro, the marriage of Caron Wheeler's tonsils and some killer disco stabs on 'Keep On Shining' and, well, you get the idea! Essential stuff for glittered-up groovers on mirrorball manoeuvres.
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MIDRIOTDMMDIVOL 6
03 Mar 23
03 Mar 23
42
Various
Redux Inc - "Is It Love?" (Robbie Casa Blanco Revival mix - feat Robbie Casa Blanco) - (5:32) 120 BPM
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MIDRIOTDMMDIVOL 5
22 Jul 22
22 Jul 22
44
Various
Review: Midnight Riot bring us a 20-track compilation that certainly can't be faulted on the eclecticism front, with tracks ranging from the boogie nouveau of Ilija Rudman's 'Let This Dream Be Real' to Sirs' fairly self-explanatory 'Turkish Folk', and from the sumptuous soul of Jack Tyson Charles' 'Glory' to BJ Smith's acoustic psych-pop cover of Soul II Soul's 'Keep On Movin''. The southern bar room funk of HP Edits's 'Why Don't You Slide', the smokey soundtrack jazz vibes of Peter Simmons' 'Downtown' and Phoenix's 'Sueno Latino'-ish 'Nature Dance' are three more highlights of a varied and enjoyable collection.
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MIDRIOT DBALVOL 5
05 Jun 20
05 Jun 20
45
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MIDRIOTD 462
22 Dec 23
22 Dec 23
46
Various
Underground Ministries - "I Shall Not Be Moved" (feat Kenny Bobian - DJ Meme Classic vocal mix) - (10:48) 126 BPM
Review: Midnight Riot bring us a fourth collection of gospel-inspired house, disco and boogie. Mark Brickman & Yam Who's superb Vanessa Jackson-sung, disco-styled Praise Cats cover gets the ball rolling, the unmistakable tonsils of Kenny Bobian lend an authentically evangelistic feel to 'I Shall Not Be Moved', Yam Who? reappears in tandem with Brian Lucas on a cover of James Ingram's 80s soul classic 'Yah Mo' B There', prolific re-editor Jet Boot Jack gets busy on 'The Gospel According To Jack', and so it goes on... the devotional lyrics may be a bit much for some, admittedly, but if that's not an issue there's much to enjoy here.
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MIDRIOTCHURCH 4A
05 Mar 21
05 Mar 21
47
Yam Who? / Various
Freekwency - "Living In A Lie" (feat Ale Chambers & De Konichiwa - Benny Badge Downtown dub) - (5:08) 110 BPM
Played by: George Kelly, FINGERMAN, YAM WHO?, Dr Packer, Juno Recommends Disco, Ash Reynolds, TURNTILL, Alan Dixon, DJ P-SOL, Ziggy Phunk, BRENDON P, 80's Child, South Beach Recycling, JAMES ROD, Wonkar, Chuggin Edits, SITUATION, Olivier (La Freund Recordings), Saucy Lady
Review: If you weren't aware already, Yam Who? is one ambitious, tirelessly active chap. First emerging at the turn of the century with some superb edits of poppy R n'b (anyone remember his boogie take on "Frontin" by Pharrell?) the Yam master has gone on to build quite the empire with his Midnight Riot label. The latest MR release reflects his nature, a new mix featuring 20 killer rollerskate jams from friends as well as some outright classics. Highlights include the glistening, chrome-plated funk of George Kelly's "Turn It Up", the sleek and synthy 80s jam "Living A Lie" by Freekwency and the slammin Linn drum freestyle action of "On The Upside (High Drummer edit)" by Wonkar.
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MIDRIOTBOOGIE 001
07 Sep 15
07 Sep 15
49
Various
Marten Roberto & Nikolay Danev - "Everybody Loves Disco" (feat Volen Milchev & Desislava Andonova) - (7:03) 115 BPM
Played by: FINGERMAN, YAM WHO?, Pete Herbert, Tonbe, Alan Dixon, Werkshy, CHEWY RUBS, 80's Child, Andy Buchan, Chuggin Edits
Review: Anyone who's ever thought that disco's had it's day, well they clearly need to check out Le Spank, the latest bumper packed compilation from Yam Who?'s mighty Midnight Riot label for irrefutable evidence to the contrary. Yes the YM? duo have rustled up a whopping 20 summer jams to soundtrack out summer and boy are we grateful! Highlights include the hot-to-the-touch neon boogie of Qwestlife's "Streetlife" rework, HIfi Sean's campy hiNRG remake of "Shari Vari" and the deep, late 80s Brit house vibes of "Cant Get Enough" by Alan Dixon. Party all summer long!
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MRLESPANK 001
03 Jul 17
03 Jul 17
50
Played by: That Needs an Edit/Pete Le Freq
Review: This latest offering from Yam Who's prolific Midnight Riot stable and Berlin producer Jack Tennis comes with four mixes to choose from. In its Original form, 'Holding On' sits right on the disco/house cusp and sports both a soulful male vocal and some fine squelching acid. Pete Le Freq's remix brings the fat bassline and some excellent jazz-funk guitar picking to the fore, while fairly self-explanatory Dub and Radio Edit rubs complete the package. Reminiscent, albeit only in the vaguest way possible, of Peyton's 'Higher Place' from yesteryear, don't be surprised if 'Holding On' achieves Ibiza anthem status this summer.
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MIDRIOTD 190
20 May 19
20 May 19
