Review: Experienced producer Moving Still is the latest artist to contribute to Palm Trax's so-far excellent CWPT label, delivering an EP that draws much from his Irish and Saudi Arabian heritage. He begins in intriguing fashion with the digital reggae-goes-Balearic-nu-disco flex of 'Kunafa King', before wrapping Middle Eastern melodies around Italo-disco style beats and Moroder-esque synth sounds on 'Hayati 89'. You'll find more Arabic lead lines, alongside buzzing acid motifs and Acid Arab style drum fills, on the excellent 'La Titasil Feeya', while 'My Bosa is Four You' is a gorgeously dreamy and sun-splashed slab of Hi-NRG revivalism. To round things off, he takes us on a squelchy and melody-rich 'Haram Odyssey', before sending everyone home happy via the impeccably atmospheric and tuneful 'Kalam Hub'.
Review: Following a series of hyped self-released 12-inch singles and an EP on Phonia A.M, rising stars Voodoos & Taboos pitch up on CWPT with a quartet of early morning delights. The Italian duo hits the ground running with percussive lead cut 'XTC', where tight, clipped organ motifs and breathy female vocal samples ride a low-slung groove and layered percussion, before reaching for alien bleeps, intoxicated chords and Korg M-1 bass on 'Tropical Love'. 'Warped Voodoo' is the pair's psychedelic, bass-heavy take on the early Warp era bleep & bass sound, while 'LSDreams' is an immersive, acid-flecked chunk of ambient breaks brilliance. In other words, it's another killer collection of cuts tailor-made for sunsets and sunrises.
Review: Those with a very deep knowledge of Chicago house history may be familiar with this one, which first slipped out way back in 1987 on the tiny Jack Street imprint. Here reissued digitally for the very first time, courtesy of Palms Trax's CWPT label, 'Body Fidelity' was produced by Reginald Rodgers, mixed by DJ Pierre and features vocals from Tonia Stevens. The opening, 'House Club Mix' is a classic slab of glassy-eyed, acid-era Chicagoan brilliance, with sweat-soaked percussion fills and a hugely memorable bassline driving the track forever forwards. The track's inherent energy and thrill-a-minute excitement is ratcheted up further by the TB-303-soaked 'Percusapella Mix' and the bassline dominated 'Bass-Ment Mix'. The Hot Mix 5-friendly 'Radio Mix' completes a fine package.
Review: A warm welcome back to Jay Donaldson AKA Palms Trax, who launches his new label CWPT with his first fresh EP since he appeared on Dekmantel two years ago. Musically, 'Petu' is arguably one of the most original and ear-catching things he's released during his career, with vocalist Nonku Phiri making her presence felt atop a gorgeous combination of spacey Italo-disco synths, punchy horns, densely layered percussion and throbbing synthesizer arpeggio lines. It comes accompanied by an almost vocal-free Dub and a killer remix by Masalo, who smartly re-casts the cut as a squelchy and surging slab of celebratory Italo-disco brilliance.
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