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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
3
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
4
Various
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
7
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
15
Played by: Soulfuledge
Review: Midnight Riot don their boogie shoes to bring us this two-track, five-mix EP from William Kurk, a keyboardist, vocalist and producer who hails from Chicago, comes from a long line of musicians (gospel and blues pioneer Thomas A Dorsey was his great-uncle) and has had a 20-year career working in jazz and music for theatre. The title track features Kurk's own sing-song vocal (think Blaze's 'We Are One') but it's the Instrumental that works better for yours truly as the track's jazz-funk overtones come further to the fore, while Andrew Emil's three complementary rubs of 'Willionaire' should keep soulful house floors grooving along nicely.
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MIDRIOTD 293
19 Mar 21
19 Mar 21
16
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
19
Various
Brothers In Arts & Cosentino - "Believe In You" (feat Coree Mathews - Yam Who? extended remix) - (5:18) 123 BPM
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MIDRIOTDWR 10PT 1
29 Apr 22
29 Apr 22
21
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MIDRIOTD 462
22 Dec 23
22 Dec 23
23
Review: Through his releases on Midnight Riot and sister label ISM, Danny Kane has proved time and again that he's one of the British nu-disco scene's greatest funk-soul-disco fusionists. We Come In Peace, his debut album, further confirms the Birmingham producer's rising star status via a mix of previously released singles, unheard workouts and a handful of fine remixes from such talented producers as J Kriv, Qwestlife and Art of Tones. Our picks of an extremely strong bunch include disco-funk/boogie fusion number 'We Come in Peace', revivalist '80s soul gem 'Do It Right', dreamy boogie-house roller 'Octopussy', future disco scene anthem 'Good Love' and his swirling, all-action disco-house collaboration with Natasha Kitty Katt, 'Ascend to Love'.
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MIDRIOTDWCIP
22 Apr 22
22 Apr 22
26
Review: Surprisingly, this 1981 classic - the first-ever rap release on the mighty Tommy Boy Records, and an Afrika Bambaataa, Shep Pettibone and Arthur Baker production with Mrs Baker reworking Gwen McCrae's 'Funky Sensation' on the mic - has been reissued a few times over the years but never remixed, at least not officially. Who better than Midnight Riot to put that right, 40 years later, as they draft in heavyweights Moodeena and Yam Who? to take of business. Moodeena's rub is a little more uptempo, Yam Who?'s a little more sultry, but suffice to say neither disappoints. Essential.
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MIDRIOTD 309
18 Jun 21
18 Jun 21
30
Various
Played by: Dj XS (FVUK), Craig Charles Funk And Soul, FINGERMAN, YAM WHO?, BRENDON P, SITUATION, Downunder Disco, Champ de Mars
Review: Since launching in 2018, Midnight Riot's gospel-fired "Take It To Church" compilation series has proved hugely popular, hence this third volume of re-edits, remixes and sample-heavy original productions. As usual, there's much to set the pulse racing from start to finish, with highlights including the jazz-funk fired soulful house bump of Opolopo's remix of "Follow Me" by Sense of Sound Singers, the gospel disco/disco-house fusion of Sarah Dash's "Something Inside (DJ Spen & Reelsoul Remix)", the rubbery goodness of Carlton Low's 1980s sounding "Peace, Love, Happiness", the gospel-boogie brilliance of Jack Tennis's filter-heavy "Won't You" and the gospel scalpel science that is Divine Situation's superb "Goin' On" re-edit.
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MIDRIOTCHURCH 3
28 Feb 20
28 Feb 20
31
Review: Perhaps best known as the founding (and since 2008 only) member of Classic faves Greenskeepers, James Curd knows a thing or two about crafting a quality house groove after 20 years in the game, and this latest EP for Yam Who?'s Midnight Riot label is no exception! The bouncy 'You Give Me Pleasure' opens the EP with crisp beats, a lolloping b-line, spoken male vox with a female chorus and a touch of acid. 'Love Motion' itself follows, a heads-down, 131bpm roller with a sparkling two-note piano riff and head-fried synths galore, before a Radio Edit of 'You Give Me Pleasure' completes the package.
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MIDRIOTD 185
29 Apr 19
29 Apr 19
34
Played by: YAM WHO?, Javi Frias, Juno Recommends Disco, Ladies On Mars, Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze)
Review: "If you want a job done properly, do it yourself," they say, but if the job's making disco-house we'd suggest leaving it to Michael Gray instead: he helped define the sound back in the Hustler's Convention days, and 20+ years of experience since have paid off! There's nothing especially new going on here, and Original, Club Vocal, Acapella and Radio mixes don't really take a great deal of explaining - it's just that '24 7 People' (a summer anthem in waiting with a one-line "24/7 party people" vocal) is the Brazil national squad, whereas a thousand sample-pack imitators are merely your local non-League side.
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MIDRIOTD 182
08 Apr 19
08 Apr 19
35
Review: Having impressed heads via an impressive array of re-edits and original productions on his own Disco Legends and Soulful Legends imprints, house and nu-disco producer Twism pops up on Midnight Riot for the very first time. "What I'd Do", which is available in full-length and radio edit variations, is an enjoyable, on-point revision of a soaring, late '70s style disco bumper rich in strong choruses, prominent "walking" bass, punchy horn refrains, rising orchestration and clipped, Chic style guitar motifs. Oh, and some suitably tasty synthesizer solos. Twism has beefed up the groove underpinning the original track a bit, but his additional production is subtle enough to sit naturally and not sound forced. As a result, "What I'd Do" is one of the stronger re-edits we've heard this month.
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MIDRIOTD 183
15 Apr 19
15 Apr 19
36
Review: While Christos Antoniou AKA C Da Afro releases rather a lot of tidy re-edits, he often saves his best work for Midnight Riot. Or at least that's how it seems to us. Certainly, there's much to enjoy on the Greek producer's latest outing on Yam Who's label. Highlights include "Feel Like Dancing" - a rolling, pumped-up revision of a 1986 94 East private press jam to which Antoniou has added a thickset synth bassline - and the soaring orchestration and thumping disco-house grooves of "Heaven". Slick P-funk revision "Tonight" - all bubby synths, kaleidoscopic solos and Roger Troutman style talkbox vocals - is also worth a listen.
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MIDRIOTD 179
18 Mar 19
18 Mar 19
37
Review: This latest collaboration between Yam Who? and Jaegerossa comes in three mixes, and between them should find its way onto a range of floors. The lead Yam Who? & Jaegerossa Remix is the one for the soulful/disco house floors, with a top-drawer vocal from Ms Wallace, lavish strings and a Joey Negro-esque exuberance. The Boogie Remix, unsurprisingly, takes us into boogie territory and sports a fat, squidgy bottom end to match, but perhaps more impressive is the Retro Soul Mix, an altogether more organic-sounding pass that could easily hold its own alongside the likes of the Dap Kings et al.
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MIDRIOTD 180
01 Apr 19
01 Apr 19
38
Played by: YAM WHO?, Juno Recommends Disco, Ash Reynolds, DAVID DUNNE (Triple Dee/Funkademia), Limpodisco, BRENDON P, 80's Child, Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze), Chuggin Edits, Ruff Diamond
Review: Given the success of their previous joint single on Z Records, "Grateful", we know that Yam Who, Jacqui George and Jaegerossa are natural collaborators. Predictably, they've hit the mark again with this heavy, peak-time ready cover of Francine McGhee disco classic "Delirium". They've replicated many of the original's most potent features - think jammed-out electric piano riffs, heady vocals and wild synth solos - whilst updating it a little for house-centric contemporary dancefloors. The accompanying remixes are rather good, too. First, '80s Child and Ruff Diamond offer up a warmer, looser and breezier disco revision that adds a little more synth-heavy electrofunk flabvour, before Danny Russell and Ronald Christoph brilliantly strip the track back and emphasize the killer bassline on a superb disco-house take.
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MIDRIOTD 174
11 Feb 19
11 Feb 19
40
Review: Djeko and K'You may be French, but they operate out of Mexico - a fact that partly explains the humid and colourful feel of their first single for Midnight Riot. They hit the ground running with "All Night", a razor-sharp, synth bass-driven peak-time chugger rich in layered hand percussion, bold piano motifs and loved-up vocal snippets. It's sparse but heavy, propelled forwards by the kind of bassline that will wind its way into your subconscious. "Juicy Laugh" is similarly inclined, with the pair constructing a rolling peak-time workout around tough-but-stripped-back drums and another bold synthesizer bassline, this time plucked (or more likely copied) from one of the biggest freestyle-era hits of the 1980s.
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MIDRIOTD 176
18 Feb 19
18 Feb 19
42
Review: Okay, hold tight because this one's a bit confusing! Bernadette Trax is a new alias for UK deep house stalwart Michael Lovatt, and is also the name of his new Berlin-based label - but the digital release of this, the label's debut offering, is being taken care of by Midnight Riot. Got that? Then all you need to know is that 'Setting Sun' in its Original form is a slice of wistful, midtempo Balearica with an excellent jazz-inflected vocal from Ms Glahn, while the remix from Yam Who? & Jaegerossa gives the track a summery disco dancefloor makeover. Completing the EP is 'Mello', a druggy, hypnotic slo-mo affair.
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MIDRIOTD 177
11 Mar 19
11 Mar 19
43
Various
Played by: Dj XS (FVUK), Chris Massey, FINGERMAN, YAM WHO?, Javi Frias, REz, Juno Recommends Disco, MARK FLASH, Limpodisco, Sophie Lloyd, BRENDON P, Sould Out, SEEN ON TV, The Black Madonna, Ruff Diamond
Review: Midnight Riot's first celebration of gospel-fired disco and boogie, "Take It To Church", was rather special, so hopes are naturally high for this follow-up. Happily, we can confirm that Yam Who and company have once again nailed the brief. As with its predecessor, the 23-track set offers up a scintillating, soulful mixture of bumpin' gospel house (see Redsoul's superb "Born Again" and DJ Spen's bass-heavy tweak of Boorman's "God's Got It"), righteous disco-house (the Showfa, Alan Dixon, the piano-heavy stomp of Yam Who's "Tomorrow"), synth-laden gospel boogie (Dr Packer, Yam Who's tidy revision of Andre Esput's "Call Me"), breezy sing-alongs (Lux Experience) and plenty of dusty disco, electrofunk soul rearrangements (Divine Situation, Sweet Jubilees, Phil Jaimes). In other words, it's another essential collection.
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MIDRIOTCHURCH 2
04 Mar 19
04 Mar 19
44
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
45
Jung Soul feat Louise Marshall
Played by: Juno Recommends Disco
Review: Following previous releases on Big Love Music and Congellous, the slightly mysterious Jung Soul come to Midnight Riot with this uplifting and summery slice of soulful/disco house. Mic duties are taken care of by one Louise Marshall - presumably not to be confused with Louise Clare Marshall, who's worked with everyone from the Jools Holland Orchestra to Bryan Ferry and Robbie Williams - who repeatedly invites us to "take me down, I'm hot for love". Is it a future classic in the making? Probably not. Will it inspire hands-in-the-air singalong action in Ibiza this summer? Almost certainly.
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MIDRIOTD 427
26 May 23
26 May 23
46
Various
Played by: Juno Download
Review: It may have been a pretty rubbish year in general, but Midnight Riot has done its best to keep us entertained via a wealth of disco and boogie-centric EPs. If you missed out on many of the label's 2020 treats, don't worry, because they've gathered together the best of their recent output on this epic compilation. Drawing on original nu-disco, revivalist disco, feel-good house, synth-heavy boogie sounds and gently tooled-up edits, highlights are predictably plentiful. Our picks include the summery soulful house goodness of 'Nothing But the Music (Hotevilla Mix)' by Platinum City, the nu-boogie brilliance of Qwestlife's remix of 'Savage' by Tommy Glasses, the loopy disco-house joy of Mottes 'The Horse Ride' and Yam Who's 'Full Vocal Mix' of Sam Shelley's sunshine disco number 'Groove It'.
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MIDRIOTFINEST 2020
18 Dec 20
18 Dec 20
49
Review: One look at the track titles here and some of you will be thinking of Donna Summer's Bad Girls already - and yes, the line you're thinking of does indeed crop up on 'Beep Beep'. But it IS just a sample and these are definitely fresh tracks rather then re-edits. Something of an epic, lavishly produced track, in the case in question - a Horse Meat Disco anthem in waiting if ever we heard one! The accompaning Paradise Mix is a slightly more spaced-out variation on the theme, while 'Making Love' has that authentic 70s feel but most assuredly packs a 21st Century sonic punch.
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MIDRIOTD 281A
25 Dec 20
25 Dec 20
