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Review: Strangely, DFA chose not to do much promotion on this latest single from long-serving label stalwart the Juan MacLean. It seems a little odd, because "What Do You Feel Free About?" is one of MacLean's most attractive singles for sometime. Seemingly a thinly veiled commentary on America in 2018 featuring vocals from regular collaborator Nancy Whang, the track is a rip-roaring fusion of whistle-heavy late '80s Chicago house, boisterous organ-heavy New York house and the kind of driving, percussion-rich disco that MacLean has always done so well. Man Power drags the track down a sleazy sex dungeon on his terrific accompanying remix, which re-casts the track as a stomping, arpeggio-driven slab of muscular late night house rich in dark arpeggio lines, reverb-laden organs and all manner of mind-altering electronics.
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DFA 2602DIG1
01 Jun 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
01 Jun 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: While frustratingly overlooked by critics, Sheffield veteran Richard Barratt's debut album under the Crooked Man alias was one of the finest house albums of 2016. Here, DFA has asked a bunch of suitably well-respected producers to give their own spin on tracks from the hot-to-trot set. Ostgut Ton types Barker & Baumecker steal the show with vocal and instrumental remixes of "Fools & Fanatics" that gleefully join the dots between Brown Album-era Orbital, vintage electro, early breakbeat, Chicago acid and piano house. Both sound like anthems in waiting. Elsewhere, DFA stalwart Juan MacLean provides a driving, surprisingly murky rework of nostalgia-driven sing-along "Happiness", while fellow NYC veterans WhateverWhatever give unlikely Northern Soul cover "I'll Be Loving You" a dark, machine-driven, acid-flecked makeover.
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DFA 2550DIG1
10 Mar 17
Disco/Nu-Disco
10 Mar 17
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Gobby's 'crack house' opus No Mercy Bad Poet was released earlier this year on James Murphy and Tim Goldsworthy's celebrated DFA imprint to much fanfare. Now we are treated to some equally curious remixes by a bit of a current who's who on this edition. Starting out with North Carolina duo Edaan Brook and Brint Hansen aka Earthly who deliver a bass heavy, breaks driven rendition of "The Alcoholic" which sounds like an early 90's rave record on -8. Label staple and Black Dice man Eric Copeland delivers a clattering and typically lo-fi makeover of "Hometown" while Hype Williams' Dean Blunt also steps up to the challenge to provide a rather curious remix for "The Dishwasher".
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DFA 2540DIG1
23 Sep 16
Experimental/Electronic
23 Sep 16
Experimental/Electronic
Played by: Simic
Review: Since the departure of Dominic Butler, Factory Floor's Gabriel Gurnsy and Nik Colk Void has consciously moved away from the Throbbing Gristle/Cabaret Voltaire inspired sound with which they made their name. On 25 25, their third full length, they continue this voyage. While there are occasional reminders of their industrial roots dotted throughout the album, the most obvious influences this time round are acid house and no-nonsense European techno. Their tracks have always been subtly shifting, full-throttle, groove-based affairs, of course, but this time round they seem more intent on sound-tracking breathless, 4am dancefloor moments, rather than showcasing their arty, experimental roots. That all of the eight tracks bang hard is a given.
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DFA 2525CD
19 Aug 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
19 Aug 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Gobby! One of our favourite mystery artists touches down on the unstoppable DFA with a blinder of an album. Just a quick note: we are always amazed at how DFA manage to continuously reinvent their sound and style, and this has been a consistent characteristic of theirs throughout the years, so hats-off and dance shoes on! No Mercy Bad Poet is absolutely genreless, a whirlpool of daring electronic sound and rhythms that somehow manage to make sense as a whole. In fact, all eleven tunes could almost be considered a new genre, something that we herein classify as 'crack house'. That's right, there is just something utterly wring with each and every one of these tunes, and we love this release for it. It's just to refreshing to hear someone going beyond the genre boundaries and rules. Heavily recommended.
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DFA 2505DIG1
01 Apr 16
Experimental/Electronic
01 Apr 16
Experimental/Electronic
Review: Here's something of a curveball from DFA: a surprise single from Italian misfits Ninos Du Brasil, whose dark, intense and percussive Novos Misterios album on Hospital Productions was one of the highlights of 2014. Here they continue on a similar tip, delivering two apocalyptic fusions of surging, low-end electronics and dense Latin percussion. "Aromobates NDB" sets the tone, with discordant effects, delay-laden electronics and powerful live percussion being layered atop a sludgy, slow techno rhythm. "Cleilia Cleilia" ups the ante, delivering a 134 BPM techno smasher built around dense tropical melodies and nightmarish percussion. Not for the faint hearted, but unsurprisingly sublime nonetheless.
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DFA 2441LP
16 Jan 15
Techno
16 Jan 15
Techno
Played by: Maelstrom
Review: Since the 2007 Hermaphrodite LP for Californian label Post Present Medium, Eric Copeland has released a wave of music under his own name. Solo-wise 2014 has been the American's most active of late, with several split releases on DFA, his Logo My Ego mini-album on L.I.E.S. and now the four-track Ms Pretzel EP. As is to be expected, Copeland's respect for genre classification flies out the window here and across these four tracks combines convulsions of tribal funk, Eno & Byrne style post-punk noise and trippy house vibes. This could well be DFA's best release of this year - another round of applause for Mr Copeland please.
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DFA 2427LP
01 Dec 14
Experimental/Electronic
01 Dec 14
Experimental/Electronic
Review: Pat Mahoney and Dennis McNany's Museum of Love project has always been an enticing proposition. The duo's two singles to date, "Down South" and "Monotronic", tickled the fancy of all those with a penchant for wide-eyed, Balearic-leaning pop - all soft-focus electronics, shuffling rhythms and yearning vocals. This much-discussed debut album continues in a similar vein - albeit with a little more grittiness in places - with Mahoney doing his best Bryan Ferry impression over McNany's warm, loose and melodious production. It's a formula that guarantees great results, from the low-slung, disco-influenced shuffle of the trumpet-laden "The Who's Who Of Who Cares", to the classic DFA swagger of the raucous rock-out "The Large Glass".
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DFA 2422CD
14 Oct 14
Coldwave/Synth
14 Oct 14
Coldwave/Synth
