Discocholics Anonymous Recordings is an off shoot of the Discoholics Anonymous music blog.
With a firm focus on Disco, Re-edits, Nu-Disco and Balearic/Downtempo Discoholics Anonymous Recordings will aim at high quality releases with artists as Drop Out Orchestra, Monsieur Van Pratt, Dexter Jones, Sauco and many more.
Celebrating its first successes in the summer of 2020, Discoholics Anonymous Recordings shot straight into the Disco top 20 with Drop Out Orchestra's 'Tunga Stenar', DISCOANON003.
Review: The Kiwi king of the re-edit returns with two more reworkings of classic cuts from days of yore. First to get the treatment is Ann Peebles' 'I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down' from 1973, as covered by Paul Young in the 80s - but don't let that put you off, because the original was a bona fide soul anthem and Dice's chopped n' looped take is very playable too. 'Cali Dreamin' meanwhile isn't the Mamas & Papas classic, but instead reworks an unidentified, male-voiced cover thereof. We can tell you it's not the Wes Montgomery, Colorado, Denial or Winston Francis recordings... our disco detectives gave up after that!
Review: Kiwi re-edit maestro DiCE_NZ is one of Discoholics Anonymous Recordings' most consistent artists. His continuing 'Highrollers' series, which debuted in the summer of 2021, has provided plenty of killer reworks and this fifth instalment is no different. While there are only two tracks on show, both are genuinely excellent. Up first is 'U Can't Hide', a deliciously shuffling, loose-limbed, hip-hop tempo rework of a gorgeously wide-eyed, loved-up disco gem from the late 1970s. He pushes up the tempo and beefs up the bass on 'Fall In Love', a semi-loopy, effects-laden tweak of a dusty, lesser-known disco-funk delight smothered in twinkling electric piano sounds, eyes-closed female vocal snippets and flanged jazz guitar solos.
Review: UK deep house veteran turned nu-disco don Adam Billingham - better known to the music-buying public as Fray Bentos - serves up a fine pair of re-edits as he revisits a couple of gems from the Prelude Records back catalogue. 'Dance 4 Love' is a rework of Bill Brandon's 'We Fell In Love While Dancing', while 'Lay It Down' is his homage to Gerald Mallory's 'Lay It Down On Me' from 1982. Both edits come from the "respectful, light-touch update" school of thought and either will be a cert on the more soulful floors, with 'Lay It Down' just nudging it for yours truly.
Review: Two sexy 'n' sophisticated soul/boogie re-edits here from DiCE_NZ, a loose collective of producers and musicians helmed by Auckland-based Fat Freddy's Drop collaborator DJ Dave Ti. 'Paradise' revisits Barbra Streisand & Robin Gibb's 'Promises' from the 1980 'Guilty' album, while Odyssey's 'Don't Tell Me, Tell Her' (also from 1980, and the AA-side to 'Use It Up And Wear It Out') provides the basis for 'Don't Tell Me'. Drawing on such heavy-hitting sources you already KNOW the quality's going to be there, but vibes-wise, think 'Too Slow To Disco' for the first one and '3am at Horse Meat Disco' for the latter.
Review: A couple of fine re-edits here courtesy of Dice_NZ, AKA Auckland-based Brit DJ Dave Ti and friends. Opener 'Balti More' (source unknown) is a laidback affair with a reggae-like lilt and hints of west coast jazz-funk in the guitars, while 'Let's Think Twice' revisits Donald Byrd's 1975 Blue Note classic 'Think Twice', as sampled or covered by artists as diverse as Armand Van Helden, The Orb, Peanut Butter Wolf and Erykah Badu. Dice_NZ's take was first released as a free download a year or two back, but if you missed out then here's your chance - don't sleep second time around.
Review: The funk vibes are strong in this one! Dee-Bunk is Hamburg-based Stefan Schoenewerk, who's been DJing since 1985 and making his own tracks for over 30 years. While 'Settin' It Out' isn't billed as a re-edit, it's fair to say that the sampler has come extensively into play here - what the source material was we couldn't tell you but think early 80s electro-funk and you'll get the general idea, with near-falsetto male vox, squelchy analogue stabs, synth-brass parps and the occasional electric guitar squall. The accompanying Dub ditches most of the vocal but otherwise doesn't stray too far from the original's blueprint.
Review: A two-tracker here from UK duo Pookie Knights, hosts of the weekly Black Light Disco show on NYC's MyHouseRadio FM. Fathers Children's 1979 funk/soul jam 'Hollywood Dreaming' provides the basis for 'Sweetest Sweetness' itself, a mellow, brass-led groover that can safely be filed under "laidback and gangster-lean"! 'Good Vibrations', meanwhile, draws on 'Sweet Vibrations' by Latimore - a soul cut released on TK sub-label Glades all the way back in 1976 - and has a similar smooth, Sunday afternoon vibe to the lead track. There's no shortage of hi-octane mirrorball stompers around right now - head here for something a little more sophisticated.
Review: DiCE_NZ are a loose collective centred around DJ Dave Ti, a UK native who relocated to Auckland in 2005. He/they made his/their name on the re-edits scene, but has/have latterly made the move into production, working alongside the likes of Fat Freddy's Drop and The Black Seeds and picking up regular spins from Craig Charles. Here, though - in surely the week's most laudable act of recidivism - Dave's up to his old tricks again, reworking Carole King classic 'It's Too Late' and an unidentifed but infuriatingly familiar jazz-funker into mellow, looping jams built for back rooms and post-club chilling.
Review: A definite case of wearing your heart on your sleeve here, as Discoholics Anonymous serve up an eight-track collection of tracks built for when you and that special someone are (ahem) getting better acquainted. Some of the tracks here are straight-up re-edits - Gwen McCrae's "Let's Straighten It Out" becomes Lup Ino's "Tossing And Turning", while Billy Paul's "Let's Make A Baby" is reworked by The Found Sound Orchestra and FF Edits revisit a much-loved Bobby Caldwell classic. Others are seemingly original productions, while stylistically the album ranges from scratchy leftfield hip-hop to mellow Balearica to smooth soul... but as a set, it should serve its purpose perfectly.
Review: Last month saw Monsieur Van Pratt aka Jesus Rodriguez deliver a remix for Drop Out Orchestra's top 10 Disco hit "Tunga Stenar". Rodriguez is a self-taught musician who mixes the grooves from the late '70s disco, '80s funk and the catchy rhythm of jazz. He is back with his solo debut on Denmark's Discoholics Anonymous Recordings. "1984" sees the Ciudad De Mexico based producer deliver an uplifting and neon-lit nu-disco belter that sounds straight out of its namesake's year. This is supported by Sauco's remix which is more like a dub mix and incorporates some roaring diva vocals for added effect.
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