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Disco Archipelago
Disco Archipelago (original mix) - (5:24) 115 BPM
New Life (original mix) - (4:52) 119 BPM
New Life (Tech Support remix) - (6:14) 119 BPM Hot
Breeze (Joe Morris Evening Breeze remix) - (6:24) 115 BPM
Played by: James Bright
Review: Leeds label Shades of Sound seem obsessed with serving up melodious and colourful music tailor-made for sunny days and humid dancing at dusk. They're at it again on 'Disco Archipalego', a bold and entertaining label debut courtesy of Sydney producer Arp Decco. There three typically sparkling and kaleidoscopic original tracks on display: the mid-tempo, synth strings-laden Balearic piano house-meets-Reverso 68 cheeriness of 'Disco Archipalego', the synth solo sporting piano house-with-acid-bass flex of 'New Life', and the gorgeous 'Breeze', whose snaking sax solos, joyous melodious and chunky TB-303 bassline create a suitably loved-up mood. 'Tech Support' turn 'New Life' into an acid-flecked, sunrise-ready breakbeat house gem, before Joe Morris rounds off a fine EP by giving 'Breeze' a nostalgic, Balearic house-goes-breakbeat re-fix.
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SOS 019
15 Apr 24
Ltdblbl013
A Perfect Misconception - (6:05) 115 BPM
Review: The Ltd W/lbl imprint excels at delivering expansive EPs packed to the rafters with floor-friendly deep house cuts, as recent releases from Benjamin Long and Alberto Castellana emphatically proved. Here the shadowy imprint turns to a familiar favourite, Eloi, who last appeared on the label two years ago. The vibe here is deep, sensual, warming and jazzy, with twinkling electric piano motifs, dusty samples and hissing cymbals riding tactile grooves. It's a formula that guarantees success every time - at least on this excellent release - with our picks including atmospheric opener 'The Great Delusion', the horn-spattered wonder of 'Foundation's End', and the Moodymann-esque excellence of 'It Gets Better'.
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LTDBLBL 013
26 Apr 24
Right Place / Need You (Unclepasha Remixes)
Right Place (Unclepasha remix) - (5:32) 117 BPM
Need You (Unclepasha remix) - (5:57) 118 BPM Hot
Review: Two recent cuts from Russian disco don Alexander Chebankov, better known as Sunner Soul, get handed over to fellow St Petersburg native Unclepasha - whose musical CV dates back to the early 00s - for the remix treatment. His take on 'Right Place', which first appeared on last month's 'Something Good' EP, tones down the boogie and jazz-funk influences of the original and ends up deeper and smoother as a result. Conversely, he's kept the boogie stylings of 'Need You' (taken from February's 'Da Funk' EP) intact and arguably even emphasised them, in a dubbed-out remix that gets distinctly Levan/Peech Boys-esque in places.
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VMR 107
22 Apr 24
Edgy Future Discotheque, Vol 6
Various
La Guardia De La Luz - "Los Eiyani" (original mix) - (9:25) 119 BPM
MinimalArchiv - "The Weak And The True" (original mix) - (5:54) 114 BPM Hot
La Guardia De La Luz - "Libertad" (Bonaventura mix) - (9:23) 111 BPM
Review: Sprechen are never afraid to explore electronic music's more leftfield, arty fringes, and you'll find plenty of such shenanigans on this new six-track V/A. Coyote kicks us off with the downtempo drifter 'Cami De Sa Veleta'. Things then get a little more cinematic on La Guardia De La Luz's 'Los Eiyani' before Mummy's Boy's 'Giddy Up' provides the EP's only real dancefloor moment. Popsneon then channel 80s Visage vibes on 'Caffeine Detox', MinimalArchiv's 'The Weak And The True' marries sweeping synths to glitchy beats, before it's back over to La Guardia De La Luz for the inevitable epic closer, 'Libertad'.
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EFD 6
22 Apr 24
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