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York based Alpaca Edits is run by Pete Le Freq and makes make what you like in the headphones come out the big speakers with their top edits, reworks and remixes. Now he has hot C Da Afro - see what he did there - from Greece who has appeared previously for Midnight Riot, SpringBok, Editorial and Spa In Disco. Filtered late-night Miami vibes abound on "Touching You Feeling You", sexy deep disco for lovers awaits you on "Weekend Madness" and "With Cristine In The Disco" features some sultry saxophone action that would make a grown man cry.
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Having played a key role in popularizing the productions of Scandolearic heavyweights Lindstrom and Prins Thomas early in their careers, Eskimo Recordings continues to champion young Norwegian producers. The latest is Cavego, who celebrates the imminent release of his fine debut album with a suitably solid new single. "Vertical Vind" is available in two flavour combinations. There's the sublime album mix (track two), which sees him build the tension via waves of attractive synthesizer lines before introducing woozy vocal harmonies, even more melodies and a chugging space-disco groove of the kind regularly featured on Prins Thomas's "Full Pupp" label, and the shorter "Kort Versjon". This dispenses with the stretched-out intro completely, instead getting straight to the point and the Bergen-based producer's rush-inducing synths.
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Norwegian nu-disco producer Cavego, AKA Even Hymer Gillebo, has previously appeared on labels like Youth Control and Get Dancy, and here makes his debut on Belgium's mighty Eskimo imprint with an EP named after the valley where his family have a summer cabin. After the 1:44 intro that is 'Velkomst', he serves up five cuts inspired as much by Italo disco as by the Scandi sounds for which his fellow countrymen have made Norway famous, ranging from the sumptuous synth-pop of 'Hajfell' and the very 80s-sounding 'Farvel' to the irrepressibly sunny 'Var I Ayer' and the tripped-out, chuggy 'Kjeiken'
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After years spent flitting between such high profile labels as Visionquest, BPitch Control, Turbo and Supplement Facts, Chaim made his debut on Moscoman's Disco Halal label this time last year. While the resultant EP, "The Perfect Circle", was rather good, this belated follow-up is even better. Check, for example, druggy title track "Your Mulana", where military drum fills, exotic Middle Eastern vocals and lilting electronic melodies ride a faintly foreboding, low-slung groove. Or, for that matter, the mind-altering psychedelic disco thrust of "Ventilator" - all psych guitar solos, Italo-disco style arpeggio lines and creepy electronic - and wavy drums-and-synths style of closing cut "Toriaz". Also impressive is the atmospheric tech-house-meets-cosmic-disco shuffle of the Trikk Numero Fim Dub of "Your Mulana".
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Having previously showcased his wares on Better Listen, Kolour Ltd and Homage, Chevals makes his bow on Whiskey Disco with a quadruple dose of re-edit gold. The Frenchman first treats us to the deep house-disco bounce of "La Bouteille", where jammed-out electric piano lines and rising horn motifs increase in prominence throughout, before treating us to the shirts-off, hands-aloft disco soul pandemonium of "Under Your Command". Elsewhere, "Fairy Tales" is a pleasingly slick and soulful take on an '80s electrofunk shuffler, while "Croisades" is a giddy, punch-drunk dance through horn-heavy disco-funk pastures.
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There's a fine line between the re-edit and the sample track, and it's a line that gets notably blurred on this latest Chewy Rubs EP from Re-Loved, though the latter tag probably fits slightly better. 'Everybody' is a stuttery nu-disco/disco-house jam topped with familiar diva vocal snippets, the rolling, bass-y Seamus Haji Remix of 'It's Not Over' impressively breathes new life into the well-worn First Choice vocal, 'Too Much, You Know' operates at the jazzier end of the contemporary funk spectrum and will likely prove the connoisseurs' choice, while 'Doing It' is straight-up Euro dancefloor exuberance, late 70s-style.
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Like fictional super-spy James Bond, Chewy Rubs prefers his re-edits "Shaken Not Stirred". "Took My Love Away (Chewy Rubs Deep Disco Vox"), the opening cut from the Star Wars-loving producer's latest EP, is every bit as potent and tipsy as a pint of Vodka Martini, with deliciously glassy-eyed female vocal snippets rising above a loopy disco-house groove. Similarly impressive is chugging, mind-altering throb-job "Love A Groove (Chewy Rubs Extend-it)", where spacey synthesizer arpeggio lines and quirky vocal samples rise above a pulsating, mid-'80s dancefloor groove. Elsewhere, "Garage Disco III" is a electric piano-heavy revision of a mid-80s NYC house jam rearranged in cahoots with pal Moke, while "Rake The Moon (Chewy Rubs Space Dust Rub)" is a creepy, ever-growing, house-friendly tweak of a weirdo space disco workout.
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Amsterdam's La Freund are back with Fulgeance aka Claude, an artist that has been making music spanning diverse styles and various aliases for over a decade, releasing on labels such as Musique Large, Ed Banger and Nowadays to name a few. This is the fourth release under his Claude moniker, which he uses for his more uptempo endeavours. His new track "Future" is a sunkissed and balearic tinged expression in deep house that is at one emotive yet life affirming at the same time. Groningen's Duke Hugh (Rhythm Section International) provides a terrific remix on the nu-disco tip, and "All Right" receives a blistering rework by the inimitable The Maghreban which just defies categorisation.
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The original version of this Danielle Moore-voiced gem was one of the many highlights on D-Pulse's decidedly Balearic 2017 album "Sepentine". Here it gets a deserved single release, with a fresh rub from the producer behind the track - the dreamy, Balearic nu-disco chug of the "Saturated Mix" - being followed by a quartet of cheery, dancefloor-focused reinterpretations. Paxton Fettel steps up first, reaching for the jazz bass guitar and colourful synths on a jazz-funk inspired nu-disco take, before Kaspar Bjorke brilliantly re-imagines the track as a hypnotic, synthesizer-powered throb-job. His accompanying 'Dub' - ultra-dreamy and dubby in tone - is arguably even better, though Lay-Far's rich, bumpy and musically expansive broken house take is undeniably the EP's standout moment.
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Relative newcomers Difusion return with four more re-edits here. They've dug deep enough for the original source material to remain a mystery, but 'I Can Feel It' is a smooth, lounge-y soul cut with a male vocal, 'Can I Do It' is a rawer funk jam centred around the "Can I do it? Can y'all do it? All together now" vocal chant and 'Afrocal' is a mid-paced rolling groove with a female lead vocal, Afro-flavoured BVs and lavish orchestration, while finally 'Askin' You' is a dusty, scratchy, jazzy affair with a speeded-up "and I'm askin' you" female vocal and some fine work on the ivories.
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Disco Fruit's latest two-track missive sees label regular Loshmi join forces with Glitterbox regular and disco remixer to the stars Dr Packer. First up is "A Case of Emergency", which sounds like a tidied up, extra-fresh revision of a sparkling '80s soul/electrofunk ham full of addictive synth bass, sing-along chorus vocals, chiming melodies and twinkling pianos. Equally as impressive is accompanying cut-job "House In Downtown", another '80s soul style revision blessed with funk-fuelled boogie bass guitar, spacey synthesizer flourishes, life-affirming brass blasts and a vaguely familiar lead vocal that will have dancers singing along in unison. Proper party music for those who like their dancefloor grooves to come accompanied by shoulder pads, Jheri curls and a side order of cherry wine.
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Canadian twosome Ed Wizard and Disco Double Dee return to Editorial with some "Party Favors". The headline attraction is arguably another outing for Greg Wilson's forgotten 2011 revision of "Flip Da Beat", a delay-laden mid-tempo roller rich in filtered bass, echoing vocal samples, crispy disco drums and super-sweet disco and hip-hop samples. There's plenty to set the pulse racing elsewhere, too. "Stellar Dub" is a fine rework of a punchy Brazilian disco-funk jam that wisely focuses on the killer groove and ear-catching horn lines, while "Name of Luv" sees them straighten out and beef-up a grandiose disco number full of swirling strings, busy Clavinet lines and sugary soul vocals.
