Papa Was A Rolling Stone (Philly Vanilli extended remix) - (15:33) 122 BPM
Marvin Gaye - "Lets Get It On" (Philly Vanilli mix) - (11:11) 85 BPM
Ohio Players - "Fire" (Philly Vanilli remix) - (8:59) 108 BPM
Love Rollercoaster (Philly Vanilli remix) - (10:01) 116 BPM
Let The Music Play (Philly Vanilli mix) - (7:36) 100 BPM
Jungle Boogie (Philly Vanilli mix) - (6:22) 107 BPM
James Brown - "Sex Machine" (Philly Vanilli remix) - (10:07)
108 BPM Review: Germany's Philly Vanilli has been around since forever, it seems, but to these ears - and they're ears that have reviewed plenty of his previous releases for this very website - this new set of reworks for Deep Disco Edits is the best work he's turned out so far. He's working with some very well-known source tracks here, so there's no point insulting your intelligence by enumerating them: suffice to say that somehow he's managed to tease the funk out of these much-loved classics in a way that, in some cases, even the original artists didn't manage. Ohio Players' 'Love Rollercoaster' was, admittedly, always a personal fave of yours truly but in PV's hands it becomes a truly exceptional 10 minutes of sheer funk joy, while his reworkings of Marvin, Kool & The Gang and The Temptations are equally impressive. Essential!