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Disco Fruit
Tropical EPEXCLUSIVE
Review: Even by the standards of the disco edit scene, where producers and scalpel fiends think nothing of chucking out new EPs left, right and centre, Hotmood Man Guillermo Gonzalez is impressively prolific. Unlike some of his contemporaries, though, his high standards never split. There's naturally plenty to admire on this return to Disco Fruit, from the baggy-but-bouncing brilliance of "Afro Vibrations" - all lolloping beats, Fela Kuti style sax solos, layered percussion and rich Afro-funk guitars - to the humid and sun-kissed chug of "Tropical", which appears to mix samples lifted from a cover of a well-known jazz-funk jam with warm and wozzy new instrumentation. Also impressive is "Shiny Stockings", a loopy, boogie-driven jam that sits somewhere between Tiger & Woods and Nang-style nu-disco.
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DF 084
15 Mar 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
15 Mar 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
2023 Mixes Part 2EXCLUSIVE
Played by: Tonbe
Review: Another EP featuring new rubs of previously released Tonbe cuts, coming on his own Disco Fruit label. 'Disco Frisco' is all walking bassline, looped guitars and space disco stabs, augmented by plinky-plonk synths and some fairly restrained brass. 'Raw Taste' has a very similar MO but with a rawer funk feel, while 'Summer Education' augments the blueprint with wailing geetar. All three are plenty playable but as so often with Tonbe's releases there's one clear standout, and in this case it's 'Move That Ass', which will grab the floor's attention with its spoken "bounce that ass, move that ass, shake that ass" vocal. File under "big, dumb and glorious".
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DF 169
01 Dec 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
01 Dec 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
ExistenceEXCLUSIVE
Review: By anyone's standards, this is a bumper selection of re-edits from Disco Fruit big cheese Tonbe. Amongst the 12 tracks you'll find a head-nodding chunk of horn-heavy funk ("It's Not Over"), a tooled-up peak-time disco-funk smasher ("The Beginning"), some Talkbox-sporting P-funk madness ("Never Enough"), a dash of deep space Italo-disco/electrofunk fusion (the superb "Unreal") and even a big dollop of hands-in-the-air piano house fun (skipping, turn of the '90s workout "I Can't Help Myself" and the slightly deeper but no lass glassy-eyed "Love And Sunshine"). It's the kind of collection that DJs will want to keep on their USB sticks at all times; it's not just the diversity that impresses, but also Tonbe's high quality threshold. Put simply, there's very little filler and plenty of killer cuts.
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DF 082
08 Feb 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
08 Feb 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Staring Into BlacknessEXCLUSIVE
Review: Mitiko's last outing on Disco Fruit, September 2018's "Easy To See", was a particularly expansive and action-packed set. The prolific, Montenegro-based producer seems to have simmered down a little, because this return to Tonbe's popular imprint contains just three tracks. Crucially, though, they all hit the spot. First up is the groovy, electric piano-laden dancefloor sweetness of "You Make Me", whose elastic bassline and fizzing nu-disco synths catch the ear. "Staring Into Blackness" is a slow disco-house chugger built around heavy bass guitar and Meters-style Hammond organ licks, while "Should I Go Now" sees our hero wrap snaking sax lines around another sumptuous, slow-motion groove and suitably Balearic acoustic guitar flourishes.
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DF 083
01 Mar 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
01 Mar 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Serious Edits Vol 16EXCLUSIVE
Review: Turns out Milos Djordjevic, AKA Serbian re-edit king Loshmi, has something of an Eddy Grant fixation. He must have, because two of the Guyanese-British reggae star's tracks get a Loshmi makeover here - namely 'Rampage' and 'Boys In The Street'. Elsewhere, 'No Way' is another reggae edit, 'Across The Floor' and 'In The Club' draw on unidentified boogie sources, Jimmy Bo Horne's 'Is It In' from 1980 gets reworked as 'Yes It Is', Salsoul Orchestra get the treatment on 'Right Size' and - perhaps tread carefully with this one! - 'Neon Rider' revisits the theme to a certain 80s TV series starring The Hoff...
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DF 121
05 Mar 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
05 Mar 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
All About GroovesEXCLUSIVE
Review: The trouble with Tonbe is you've no sooner finished reviewing one long-player than the next one arrives! With such a prolific output, it's all the more wonder that the Serbian nu-disco stalwart manages to maintain the quality standard - but make no mistake, quality is what you get here. One or two tracks (eg opener 'Live My Life') veer a little too far down the pop route, but just check out the strutty 'This Is Party', euphoric Hammond workout 'Change The Mood' or the jazz-tastic closing triptych that begins with 'Keep On Moving, Keep On Grooving' and you'll surely agree that Tonbe is a rare talent indeed.
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DF 122
19 Mar 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
19 Mar 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Lay DownEXCLUSIVE
Review: The 70s force is strong in this one... listen to this latest full-length collection from Montenegran producer Sasha Mitich, AKA Mitiko, and you may have to remind yourself, as this writer did, that you're actually listening to a brand new album and not a set of re-edits! There are no spangly Nang-esque synths here, no wonked-out Italo-cosmic excursions, just seven slabs of fat-assed funk ('Real Nasty'), lavish disco-soul ('Thank You For Tonight') and, perhaps most interestingly, a couple of tracks ('Lay Down On Me', 'Universal Love') that lean towards a mellower, more 'crossover' style ? la Bill Withers or The Bellamy Brothers.
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DF 118
08 Jan 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
08 Jan 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Powerful FunkEXCLUSIVE
Review: Tonbe's music has spanned a range of styles from Balearica to boogie, but when he calls his latest long-playing offering 'Postive Funk' you kinda know what to expect, don't you? Thankfully the titular promise is one on which he more than delivers, with the album striking a nice balance between raw, 70s-sounding funkers like 'Funkstar' and 'Dig It', and more 80s- or pop-flavoured nuggets such as 'Ain't Nothing Wrong' or 'Live My Life'. Highlights for yours truly include '15th Street' (home to some extremely cool Hammond licks) as well as 'Another Bite', which takes some downright liberties with a Queen classic.
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DF 144
06 May 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
06 May 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
Sexy LadyEXCLUSIVE
Review: Prolific Montenegrin producer Mitiko (real name Sasha Mitich) will need no introduction to nu-disco lovers by now, and here he brings us seven more very playable nuggets on a release you can call an EP or LP as you see fit! 'Are You Ready' revisits Fatback Band's classic 'Do The Bus Stop' - serviceably if perhaps a little unnecessarily - while Marley/Clapton classic 'I Shot The Sheriff' gets covered (not re-edited) inna disco style; the other five cuts are similarly 70s-themed, with the slow-moving, sleazy funk of 'On Ya' leading the charge for this reviewer on the strength of that squelch bassline alone.
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DF 120
12 Feb 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
12 Feb 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Easy Dancin'EXCLUSIVE
Review: Serbia's Milos Dordevic, AKA Tonbe/Loshmi, proves his mastery of the nu-disco game in just two tracks here! Submission 1: opener 'Easy Dancin', which has a wistful female vocal, spacey Dave Lee-esque Rhodes doodles and, most importantly, what is possibly the greatest stab ever recorded (check it at 0:32). Submission 2: 'Ram Tam Tam', which (after another excellent stab) centres around a rising Hammond riff that never quite resolves - ideal for building energy levels to fever pitch just before you drop that "right, everyone up!" anthem. Four more solid nu-disco/boogie cuts are just the icing on what's already a pretty unmissable cake.
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DF 119
22 Jan 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
22 Jan 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Naturally Artificial LPEXCLUSIVE
Review: It's only been five months since Disco Fruit overlord Tonbe (real name Milos Djordjevic) offered up his fourth full-length excursion, but he's already offering up album number five. The Serbian producer begins with a squelchy synth-funk cover of Queen Classic "Another One Bites The Dust" (renamed "Another Bite") and ends with the cowbell-laden nu-boogie smoothness of "Sunny August"; in between, you'll find a fine selection of colourful, synth-heavy workouts that successfully blend bold melodies and ear-catching chords with beats that variously touch on house, disco, Italo, freestyle and electro. It's a coherent and entertaining set with plenty of dancefloor-ready club cuts for all those who dig melody-driven nu-disco.
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DF 103
06 Mar 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
06 Mar 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Forgotten EPEXCLUSIVE
Played by: Tonbe
Review: The productive Milos Djordevic once again dons the Tonbe alias for his seventh EP of 2014. Like many of his singles, the Forgotten EP sees the Serb join the dots between disco, house, soul and boogie with the assistance of some killer samples and more than one eye on the dancefloor. The real killer here is "Without Action", a swinging, bumpin' house jam that makes great use of a driving but rubbery boogie bassline and crunchy funk guitars. There's more of a classic disco feel to the sweltering grooves, compressed bass, deep house chords and clipped guitars of "After Vision", while "Expectation" layers deliciously tactile P-funk synths over a dreamy, evocative deep house groove.
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DF 006
17 Nov 14
Disco/Nu-Disco
17 Nov 14
Disco/Nu-Disco
Personal Touch EPEXCLUSIVE
Played by: Tonbe
Review: Usually the sole preserve of producer Tonbe, I Selektion has all his Christmases come at once, getting his own Disco Fruit release here on the Personal Touch EP. As we've come to expect from this label, the vibe here is all about early '80s American synth-heavy soul with Evelyn 'Champagne' King's classic "Love Come Down", rejigged on lead track "C'mon Down My Love". Other highlights include the heavily filtered shimmer-soul of "Personal Touch" and the ramped up housey version of Oliver Cheatham's "Get Down Saturday Night".
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DF 008
15 Dec 14
Disco/Nu-Disco
15 Dec 14
Disco/Nu-Disco
Serious Edits Vol 3EXCLUSIVE
Played by: Juno Recommends Disco, Tonbe, Alessandro Otiz, TURNTILL, Evil Smarty, DJ P-SOL, KS French
Review: Prolific disco-house dude Tonbe is back under his Loshi moniker for his biggest Serious Edits installment yet on his Disco Fruit label. There's a whopping eight new scalpel jobs this time and it's all about the glorious sound stardust and neon sprinkled late 70s American dance floors. Highlights include the liquid silk bass of the Jacksons-esque "Few More Steps", the sleazy late night block-rocker "Funky Stroke" and the bewildering spacey strings of "Trouble Man".
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DF 009
07 Jan 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
07 Jan 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
Serious Edits Vol 6EXCLUSIVE
Review: Serbia's Tonbe is busy man but, despite the workload, he still makes sure that he keeps his alter ego Loshmi's regular monthly appointments with the Serious Edits series. This sixth installment sees him tackle exactly six of the best party classics around. Highlights include a Chimpmunked Dazz Band jam "Can You Be Good", the raw 80s electro-funk jam "Hot Rubber" and the sizzling hot Cameo rework "Lonely Life".
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DF 017
27 May 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
27 May 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
Serious Edits Vol 7EXCLUSIVE
Review: Since his previous installment of his Serious Edits series in May, Serbia's Loshmi (aka Tonbe) has clearly had a purple patch, having already rustled up another six disco-house bombs for Volume 7. Highlights include thumping new wave groover "Be With Me", the teched-up Chic-style slinker "Coming With You" and the catchy '80s pop vibes of "Honest With Me".
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DF 018
17 Jun 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
17 Jun 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
Disco Laser EPEXCLUSIVE
Played by: Superbreak, Kiu D, Juno Recommends Disco, Tonbe, TURNTILL, Sunner Soul, DJ P-SOL, BRENDON P, DEELICIOUS, VinylAddicted, Jay Airiness (Venice Beach)
Review: Serbia's Tonbe, who goes by the name of Milos Djordjevic, returns to his home label Disco Fruit with a new bundle of party-friendly disco stompers, five funky and soulful late night swingers tailored for hip-swaying action. The production on these little bombs is rather impressive thanks to Tonbe's groovy hooks and pin-point arrangements, something can be heard loudly on the beat-heavy "Always On My Mind", the utterly funky and string-heavy "Dig It", and of course the electro-flavoured "Disco Laser".
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DF 019
01 Jul 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
01 Jul 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
Disco Fruit Selection Vol 2EXCLUSIVE
Review: Serbian disco stu Tonbe, together with partner in retro crimes Loshni, get together to compile some late night sleaze for Eurotrash, plain and simple. Tonbe turns in some cosmic party jams in the form of "Cosmic Nag", Disco Frisco" and "Rhapsody" taking in some cheeky well known samples in the process. Loshmi on the other hand goes for the more funky disco house vibe on "Long Night" and does a good re-edit of Fatback's "Is This The Future" on "Sad Future".
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DF 020
17 Jul 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
17 Jul 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
Little Things LPEXCLUSIVE
Review: Although he's released a multitude of singles of late, this new long player by Serbian nu-disco buccaneer Tonbe (aka Milos Djordevic) boasts all new material. Everything he's explored in the past - disco, boogie, electro and house are all present and correct over the course of these nine funky workouts. Highlights include the slightly cold, early 80s new-wave-house of "I Feel Your Love", the sensuous and smoky, late night Metro Area-isms of "Giving A Rush" and the slow-mo synth-pop-body-music of "Little Things".
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DF 012
04 Mar 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
04 Mar 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
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DF 011
09 Feb 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
09 Feb 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
Run Now EPEXCLUSIVE
Played by: B-Jam, Vincent Inc, Matthew Moffre, Kiu D, Juno Recommends Disco, Kojake, Tonbe, Alien Disco Sugar (Leonidas DeeJay), BRENDON P, VinylAddicted, 80's Child, Funk Hunk, Le Visiteur Online, Lord Funk, Funk Fusion, Phil Disco, SITUATION, SEEN ON TV
Review: Following a recent acclaimed re-edits outing under his alternative Loshimi alias, Serbian producer Milos Djordjevic once again dons the Tonbe guise for a trip into cheery disco-house/nu-disco/deep house fusion. As usual, he has his eyes fixed firmly on the dancefloor, delivering a quintet of tracks that lace chunky house grooves with all manner of authentic disco elements (think clipped guitars, rubbery bass, slippery synths and breezy vocals). There's naturally plenty to enjoy, from the Clavinet-laden disco-funk thrills of "Give Me Funk", to the dreamy vocal sweetness of "This Is The Place", via the sharp string stabs and parping horns of "Disco Frisco".
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DF 014
08 Apr 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
08 Apr 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
Serious Edits Vol 4EXCLUSIVE
Played by: B-Jam, Superbreak, Juno Recommends Disco, Tonbe, Dino Soccio, Dusty Tonez, Alan Dixon, Alien Disco Sugar (Leonidas DeeJay), KS French, CHEZZ
Review: Serbian disco/house type Tonbe seems to reserve the Loshmi alter-ego for some of his finest reworks; killer edits of often obscure or overlooked material that shows due reverence to the source material. That's certainly the case here, as he works his way through a variety of styles over the course of six suitably hot edits. So, he treats us to some soaring '80s soul revivalism ("Real Love"), jaunty but tight, piano-laden electrofunk ("Be My Love"), surging, high-octane, disco-funk (the string laden madness that is "Depends On You"), and even a dash of punchy boogie-rap (the brilliant "Sad Future", which comes complete with an excellent spoken vocal and some terrifically sleazy sax solos).
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DF 013
18 Mar 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
18 Mar 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
West Side Love EPEXCLUSIVE
Review: The disco missives from Serbia are coming thick and fast courtesy of on-fire nu-disco buccaneer, Tonbe. Released by Disco Fruit, the West Side EP is his most bumper packed release yet, boasting five new cuts to choose from. The G-funk vibes of his previous releases are absent, with this single veering more towards soulful retro disco/funk with housey beats. Highlights include the smooth soul shuffle of opener "New Life", sleazy piano-beat brooder "Written Off" and the floaty, orchestrated, cloud nine bliss of "Sea Love".
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DF 002
08 Sep 14
Disco/Nu-Disco
08 Sep 14
Disco/Nu-Disco
Bring Out The LoveEXCLUSIVE
Played by: Tonbe
Review: It's been an epic year so far for Milos Djordjevic. Kicking off with his debut album and a string of lavish originals on the likes of Editorial, Midnight Riot and Manuscript, here we find him launching his own label Disco Fruit, and he's doing it with a vibrant trio of cuts that sit pretty in the endless green pastures between the lands of house and disco. "Bring Out The Love" wades into the fray with a lolloping DFA style bassline and Paqua-style slinky guitar washes, "Don't Make Me Wait" struts with Joey Negro-level string-striking disco fever while "Keep Moving" ups the jack factor with a set of crunchy drums, an array of cosmic disco bubbles and a bassline so funky you'll be convinced it's 2003 all over again. Guaranteed to bring out the love, Tonbe continues to smash 2014 into smithereens.
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DF 001
21 Jul 14
Disco/Nu-Disco
21 Jul 14
Disco/Nu-Disco
Disko DissEXCLUSIVE
Review: Montenegran producer Sasha Mitich returns to Serbia's Disco Fruit with his second album proper, which follows 2018's 'Disko Adriatiko'. We're in nu-disco/disco-house territory as opposed to straight-up 70s pastiche - in fact it's 80s boogie/electrofunk, rather than 70s disco per se, that's the most obvious influence, particularly on cuts like 'Pray For Another Day'. But the album's perhaps at its most interesting when it crosses over into other musical pastures: there's some fine jazz-funk playing to be heard on Ronnie Laws/Incognito cover 'Always There', for instance, while the standout for this reviewer is jazz-fuelled deep houser 'Sound Of The Rain' - think St Germain jamming with the Average White Band!
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DF 108
26 Jun 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
26 Jun 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Serious Edits Vol 5EXCLUSIVE
Review: Tonbe is keeping himself busy. This fifth volume in the Serious Edits series, credited to his alternative Loshmi alias, comes hot on the heels of the fourth. As usual, it's an expansive collection, delivering tidily put together reworks that get the right balance between the original material and the needs of contemporary dancefloors. Kicking off with the fluid disco-funk of "Evil Girls", the Serbian producer variously touches on swinging, blue-eyed soul ("George The Man"), hot-to-trot disco hustlers ("Goodbye", "Her Shine"), Solar Records style '80s vocal disco ("I Wanna Be Ready"), and filter-heavy versions of radio-friendly disco anthems ("This Is The Night"). Best of all, though, is "Secret Game", a breathy, sleazy exercise in Rhodes-laden disco sweatiness.
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DF 015
22 Apr 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
22 Apr 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
Shoot Me Up EPEXCLUSIVE
Review: It seems that the relationship between Serbian disco meister Tonbe and the Disco Fruit label is growing stronger as he appears to be sticking with the label more and more of late. His latest EP, Shoot Me Up, is literally tingling with disco fever, spread over a healthy six tracks. Highlights include the Les Rhythmes Digitales-esque good times electro boogie of the title track, the quirky, chopped up synth jam "Rare Groove Part 3" and the seven-minute long rolling funk monster "First Look".
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DF 003
29 Sep 14
Disco/Nu-Disco
29 Sep 14
Disco/Nu-Disco
Serious Edits Vol 1EXCLUSIVE
Review: Re-edit maestro and disco/house producer Tonbe dons the lesser-used Loshmi alias for this four-tracker on his Disco Fruit imprint. This time out, he's exploring a P-funk/electrofunk flex, delivering Serious Edits that subtly toughen up and rework a quartet of little-known '80s jams. There's a delightfully celebratory feel about opener "Bring Me There", whose jaunty horns, party atmos and synth squiggles are backed by a superbly rubbery low-end groove. There's more urgent slap bass action to be found on the baggier "Fighting For Nothing", while "Wsoop Wsoop" and "Whatever You Do" both deliver heavy, floor-friendly P-funk workouts. In other words, Tonbe delivers all killers, no fillers.
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DF 004
13 Oct 14
Disco/Nu-Disco
13 Oct 14
Disco/Nu-Disco
G Funk EPEXCLUSIVE
Review: Serbia's Milos Djordjevic has been sonically branching out of late, stepping beyond the nu-disco formula to re-edit other genres that tickle his fancy. Here he tackles g-funk in fine style, delivering five blunt-smokin' west coast jams all souped up with disco beats. Highlights include the funked up electro-pop-hop of "Rhapsody", the smooth and shimmering sleepy fender rhodes dreamer "Shots" and the pumpin synth-heavy looper "How We Do This". Ain't nothin but a (disco) g-thang!
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DF 016
06 May 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
06 May 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
Always Like ThisEXCLUSIVE
Review: There's a lot to admire about Tonbe's boundary-blurring, edit-not-edit releases on Disco Fruit, particularly the attractiveness of the material on offer and their good-value nature. His latest release, Always Like This, naturally ticks both of these boxes, cannily combinig elements of good-time house, electrofunk, jazz-funk and nu-disco. There's no weak links, just 10 party-hearty treats to savour. Our picks of a very strong bunch include the bouncy disco-house cheeriness of 'Days Like These', the bustling jazz-house beats and tidy organ stabs of 'Raw & Dirty', the Clavinet-sporting, cowbell-laden stomp of 'Shake That Booty' and the classic, late '80s NYC garage-house goodness of 'Without You'. Instant fun-times.
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DF 117
18 Dec 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
18 Dec 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Wrong DirectionEXCLUSIVE
Review: Prolific Montenegran producer Sasha Mitich, better known to disco lovers as Mitiko, returns to his regular home of Disco Fruit with, incredibly, his third full-length release of the year, following June's 'Disko Diss' and September's 'Best Of'. Things get off to a flying start with the stunning 'Akugen', as deep house, disco and Balearica collide in the heart of the rain forest. Elsewhere, cuts like 'It's A Long Ride' and 'Living After Time' have a more soulful feel, 'Now I Can See' is a dubby late-night groove, and 'Tour De Happiness' and 'Looking Back' house things up a little, making for a varied and enjoyably listen all round - though 'Akugen' remains the stone-cold killer.
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DF 116
04 Dec 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
04 Dec 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Disco Fruit Selection Vol 8EXCLUSIVE
Played by: Tonbe
Review: Fresh from the market, Disco Fruit offers up a suitably large pallet of juicy re-edits, tasty revisions and sun-ripened reworks. As you'd expect, there's plenty to get your teeth into from start to finish. Our highlights include the fuzzy 21st century disco-funk of Brian SNR's "Down For Some Loving", the bouncy, synth-bass-propelled funkiness of C Da Afro's "Music Is Love", the sleazy sweatiness of Frank Virgilio's flash-fried "Thick As A Brick (The ReThink)", the throbbing goodness of Loshmi's Italo-disco/80s rock revision "Palm Springs", the mid-tempo disco bliss of Mitiko's "It's Over, It's Over" and the disco-house bump of Tonbe's "Make It Last Forever".
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DF 104
20 Mar 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
20 Mar 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Serious Edits Vol 22EXCLUSIVE
Review: Ever-prolific Serbian disco don Tonbe once more assumes his Loshmi re-editor's mantle to bring us reworks of 11 dancefloor gems from days gone by. Opening with Chaka Khan's 'Every Woman' is a tad misleading, because he's mostly opted for slightly less obvious (and, for time reasons, largely unidentified) source material, drawing mostly on 80s boogie and electrofunk for inspiration - though there's time enough for some raw James Brown stompery (see 'Up Or Down'), and you just might hear a hint of his Princeness in there as well! There's a pleasing circularity, too, to the inclusion of 'I Feel', another Chaka rework, as the album approaches its end.
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DF 155
13 Jan 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
13 Jan 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Serious Edits Vol 26EXCLUSIVE
Review: Nine years after volume one landed on Junodownload, Loshmi (AKA Serbian nu-disco scene stalwart Tonbe) is back with the series' 26th instalment. He begins with the thunderous, peak-time-ready assault of 'Swat', a tweak of a gnarly rock-guitar sporting OTT orchestral workout underpinned by thumping house drums, before offering up the rolling, synth-sporting pop-goes-house roll of 'Lady'. Loshmi dives into his collection of glossy '80s electrofunk/boogie jams on 'Knock It', a deliciously squelchy, colourful and soulful affair, before rounding off another rock-solid re-edit EP with the Balearic acoustic guitar solos, dreamy chords, Flamenco vocals and chunky house beats of 'Train Running'.
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DF 166
15 Sep 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
15 Sep 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Serious Edits Vol 17EXCLUSIVE
Played by: Tonbe
Review: The artist often known as Tonbe returns to regular home Disco Fruit with five more Serious Edits for those who like their disco colourful, synth-heavy and with a subtle house twist. After opening with the P-funk-influenced, cowbell-sporting swirl of 'Bomb on Me', the Serbian producer delivers two versions (vocal and dub) of 'Physic', a cheery, squelchy tweak of the Olivia Newton-John track of the same name with added house pianos. Elsewhere, 'Fantasy' is a low-slung revision of what sounds like a classic Talking Heads cut, while 'Waiting' is a slo-mo Balearic treat full of glistening guitars, tactile AOR grooves and sunset-ready synthesizer chords.
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DF 127
18 Jun 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
18 Jun 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
StompEXCLUSIVE
Review: This is at least the tenth album-length release that Montenegro's Sascha Mitich has produced for Serbian label Disco Fruit, a work rate rivalled only by label boss Tonbe (AKA Loshmi). As ever, the seven tracks featured here blur the lines between re-edits and sample-based productions, with the energetic, good time Afro-tropical vibes of 'Desperately' (think Barrabas, Osibisa) the standout for this reviewer, and the Hammond-sporting (and fairly self-explanatory) 'Foot Stompin' Music' a close second. A lounge-y cover of Stevie Wonder classic 'Ma Cherie Amour' may prove a little more Marmite ("you either love it or hate it"), but isn't without its charms.
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DF 123
09 Apr 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
09 Apr 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Disco Fruit Sampler 02EXCLUSIVE
Review: Here's one of those releases that really doesn't need a lot of explaining - anyone with even a passing interest in nu-disco should be more than familiar with all four artists involved, as well as the label! Hotmood brings the 70s vibes on the string-drenched, guitar-flecked 'You Are A Star', C Da Afro fast-forwards to the 80s boogie era with the shiny-suited 'So Good For Me', while Loshmi arguably gets the most inventive, mixing up Afro, Latin and spy movie soundtrack vibes on 'Regah'. It's the lazy, laidback funk/jazz-funk of Mitiko's 'Back To Dance', though, that takes the gold.
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DF 124
23 Apr 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
23 Apr 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Good TasteEXCLUSIVE
Review: There are producers out there who'll spend months agonising over a snare sound or a clap, and who'll turn out maybe two or three tracks a year. At the other end of the spectrum are artists like Tonbe, who are seemingly capable of knocking together an album's worth of material by lunchtime, and frequently do! Both approaches can, of course, turn up gold - in this case, see the wonky Hammond shuffle that is 'Funker', or the summery good-time funk of 'Pontiac GTO'. This latest offering also finds Tonbe exploring poppier territory on cuts like 'Sugar' and 'Don't Let Me Go'.
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DF 125
07 May 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
07 May 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Serious Edits Vol 8EXCLUSIVE
Review: Disco and edit wizard Tonbe returns to his Loshmi moniker for a new episode of sultry funk goodness on his own Disco Fruit outlet. "Sweet & Nasty" is just about as seductive as you can get - those strings do some real damage in that groove - while "Still Loving You" is a more driving take on a classic boogie monster from the '80s. Aside from those two beauts, "Your Move" gets the hats-off from us - those itchy guitar riffs in the depths of the mix are a pleasure on the ears and a stand-out on the speakers.
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DF 023
09 Sep 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
09 Sep 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
EssenceEXCLUSIVE
Review: The titles here might suggest a re-edits EP but rest assured the five tracks ARE actually original, albeit sample-based, productions. 'Step Off The Train', for instance, does indeed bite EBTG's 'Missing' as you'd expect, but simply takes a two-line vocal snip and loops it up over a slo-mo grinder that sits right on the deep house/nu-disco cusp, while 'Oops Upside' is another house/disco fusion that draws not on The Gap Band but on a female-sung cover thereof. So let's not worry about sources and inspirations and just say these are five classy midtempo groovers that'll suit more discerning nu-disco floors down to the ground.
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DF 126
04 Jun 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
04 Jun 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Serious Edits Vol 13EXCLUSIVE
Review: Eight re-edits here that, somewhat unusually, draw largely on classic hip-hop rather than the standard old school funk, disco and boogie for inspiration - opener 'Ding Dong', for example, lifts a chunk of vocal from Sequence's Sugarhill classic 'Funk You Up' - though musically we're firmly in disco/house territory. Standouts include 'Burn The Floor' with its infectious P-funk synths and George Clinton-via-Death Row vocal chant, the seriously phat 'n' squelchy 'Real G', and 'In Your Face', which comes on like Ice-T having a go at that oompah-loompah, Balkan-style tech-house that was so popular around 2010 or so.
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DF 085
05 Apr 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
05 Apr 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Dancin' To Stay AliveEXCLUSIVE
Review: Sasha Mitich is a native of Kotor in Montenegro, and for the past decade he's been delivering a stream of re-edits and original material drawing on his love of classic disco, soul, funk and boogie. Seven such cuts are gathered together on this EP/mini-album, no fewer than three of which - 'What Have You Done For Me', 'Think Of You' and 'Doesn't Know That' are very playable Janet Jackson re-edits. Elsewhere, 'Rising Sun' features some fine cheesy sax work, 'You're My Kind Of Woman' borrows from Sho Nuff's 1980 boogie gem 'It's Alright', the title track has an 80s Miami feel and 'Superstar' reworks Amadeo's 'Moving Like A Superstar' from 1977.
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DF 089
31 May 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
31 May 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Sugar LoveEXCLUSIVE
Review: Fresh from lending his sublime scalpel skills to Editorial as part of the label's latest multi-artist extravaganza, C Da Afro returns to Disco Fruit with another tasty two-track missive. The Grecian producer is in predictably fine form on chunky, bass-heavy opener "Music Is Love", where dubbed-out vocal snippets, jazzy guitar motifs, swirling strings and fuzzy organ riffs cluster around a rubbery, all action disco-house groove. "Sugar Love" is an altogether more synth heavy beast, with C Da Afro applying his successful formula - all beefed-up bottom end and excitement building filter sweeps - to a dazzling slab of colourful '80s Euro-boogie goodness.
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DF 088
17 May 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
17 May 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Serious Edits Vol 2EXCLUSIVE
Review: It's a lucky week for Tonbe fans because here, under his Loshmi alias, we have his second EP in the last seven days. "Serious Edits Vol 2" is a different kettle of fish to Cactus Jack altogether. Instead of the housey funk of the latter, it's all about vintage party disco. Highlights include "Disco Chola", which sounds like a long lost Frank Farian Euro gem, "Music Forever" - a Paradise Garage-style muscular retro funk jam and the obvious but good "The Way I Like It".
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DF 005
03 Nov 14
Disco/Nu-Disco
03 Nov 14
Disco/Nu-Disco
Gem Picker EPEXCLUSIVE
Review: When it comes to serving up tried-and-tested re-edits with beefed-up bottom end, Disco Fruit main man Tonbe can usually be relied upon to deliver the goods. This EP appears less than three months after his most recent edits album and contains four more reasons to be cheerful. He begins with the rubbery bounce of "Gem Picker", where a deep, trumpet-laden jazz-funk workout is given a gentle house makeover, before sticking a size 12 boot up the backside of what sounds like a Robert Owens-voiced deep house cut. "Rough" is a cheery, horn-heavy romp through European disco-funk pastures, while "Get Loose" sees the Serbian layer sparkling piano riffs and mazy synth lines over a hip-wiggling house beat.
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DF 087
03 May 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
03 May 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
From Paris To NYEXCLUSIVE
Review: Montenegro's Mitiko is taking a journey "From Paris to NY" and the good news is that we're all invited along for the ride. In typical fashion, the prolific producer's soundtrack is packed to the rafters with club-ready disco workouts guaranteed to get a party going on any Transatlantic flight. Our picks include the Clavinet-heavy disco-funk bounce of "Give It Up", the mid-80s, Fairlight stab-sporting electrofunk madness of "Let It All", the chiming synths and Jam & Lewis style beats of '80s soul revision "The One Who Loves You" and the rolling disco-house bounce of superior title track "From Paris to NY". In other words, it's a veritable smorgasbord of tasty re-edit treats.
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DF 086
19 Apr 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
19 Apr 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
This Is That EPEXCLUSIVE
Review: Leeds-based Deelicious impressed with his debut EP for Dimitri Ferrari's Sound Exhibitions label, Neon Disco, so naturally hopes are high for this outing on Tonbe's Disco Fruit imprint. Like its' predecessor, This Is That is full of sparkling, sun-kissed disco reworks that perfectly navigate the tricky waters between reverential rearrangement and the heavier demands of 22st century dancefloors. Some familiar favourites get a going over in the shape of "Why Did You Do It" and "I'll Be Around", a lightly tooled-up version of the Spinners' classic of the same name. Elsewhere, he digs deeper in the crates for inspiration, delivering a flute-laden chunk of filter disco-house ("This Is That") and a bright-eyed chunk of celebratory disco ("Tear Drops & Heartache").
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DF 022
26 Aug 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
26 Aug 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
