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Duca Bianco
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DB12 013EXCLUSIVE
Review: Harri Pierson bangs the box with his new EP for Duca Bianco, a full thrill mix of disco and house sounds that want to get the party going. 'Instant Message' has a dense mix of raw drum sounds and squelchy synths with interesting melodic designs and steamy female coos. 'Techno Native' is laced up with piano stabs and a hint of old school energy then 'Trippy Too' cuts loose with a head-twisting mix of drums and whistles and bass and pads. 'Young Australians' then brings some big guitar licks to a Balearic beat that is for dancing under the stars. All four of these cuts are unique and compelling.
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DB 12 013
19 Jan 24
Disco/Nu-Disco
19 Jan 24
Disco/Nu-Disco
DB12 016EXCLUSIVE
Review: London party heads Good Block get snapped up for a new EP on the ever more crucial Duca Bianco label. They are well known for laying down tasteful party sounds at spots like Brilliant Corners and The Yard and count as finds the likes of Cosmic Slop, Habibi Funk and Jamie Tiller. That should give you an idea of what to expect here - a wonderfully bespoke and boutique mix of slow-motion dub, Balearic pop, New Age sounds, Japanese synth and proto-deep house with extra character. It's a bonkers collection that brings real charm to the club.
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DB 12 016
06 Oct 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
06 Oct 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
DB12 015EXCLUSIVE
Review: The Duca Bianco label swerves its usual various artists' format to allow CW - who has appeared on those before - to step up with his own solo EP. He is a mysterious artist but is well known for his immersive record collection and legendary sets on the London scene. He is one-third of the Beauty & The Beat party and brings his unique twists of Afro and soul to this quartet of tunes. 'Karambolage' opens up with lots of big horns and noodling string sounds over a ramshackle beat then things take a cosmic turn on the rather more psychedelic 'Six Times Seven' with its Nippon-koku polyriddims, while 'Ou Ka Jis Fe Kole' is a party starter with a Zouk dub edge and 'Nzimbab' is built on a low slung and swaggering rhythm.
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DB12 015
22 Sep 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
22 Sep 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
DB12 009EXCLUSIVE
Review: Rimini-based Duca Bianco has quickly established itself as one of the most interesting and on-point edits imprints around, primarily by showcasing subtle, floor-friendly rubs of thoroughly obscure, uncredited cuts from around the world. They're at it again on this fantastic multi-artist extravaganza. Franz Scala kicks things off via the clandestine, chugging, Italo-era Arabic new-wave funkiness of 'For Me', before celebrated London crate-digger and hyped selector CW offers up a punchy take on a horn-powered zouk gem ('Mind Zouk'). Der Sexa impresses with the druggy, delay-laden Germanic robo-disco of 'Gabi Plane', before Mancunian misfits Talking Drums reach for squally guitar solos, cosmic disco aesthetics and pulsating slo-mo grooves on 'DMNB'.
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DB12 009
25 Aug 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
25 Aug 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
DB12 012EXCLUSIVE
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Review: For what is only their 12th-ever release, Rimini-based Italian label Duca Bianco bring us this four-tracker from hotly tipped Manchester disco/funk experimentalists Talking Drums. We're firmly in leftfield territory here, so if you were expecting immediately accessible mirrorball stomp, think again! Instead you get 'Other World' with its Afro drums, jazz organ and soul/lounge-style male vocal, the melancholic 80s-sounding torch-pop of 'Dolce Julia', the wonked-out sci-fi boogie of the dense, shuffling 'Voice Of Omicron' and the looping, summery Afro/tropical vibes of 'Monkey Key'. Dancefloors that relish a dose of the unexpected should definitely groove to this one.
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DB12 012
20 Jan 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
20 Jan 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
DB12 011EXCLUSIVE
Review: Not to be confused with the French indie/rock band of the same name, Black Bones are a DJ crew from Belfast who are known for their genre-agnostic Glimmers/Alkan-esque club sets. No surprise, then, that this four-track EP for Duca Bianco is a similarly wide-ranging affair. At least two of the four cuts are essentially re-edits, with 'B.E.E.F' biting Heaven 17's '(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang', while 'Keep Dancin' reworks Chris Isaak's 'Dancin' from 1985. The genesis of the other two is less clear, but the angular, strutty 'T-2017' appears to have beamed in straight from mid-80s Berlin while 'Coming On Strong' takes us into pounding Italo/EBM territory.
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DB12 011
20 Dec 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
20 Dec 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
DB12 006EXCLUSIVE
Review: The sixth helping from Duca Bianco is a big disco offering that kicks off with a first track from Casinoboy in a decade. His On My Mind is a corrugated jam with knotted bass and deadpan 80s vocals then some a secret unknown weapon that layers angular, slapping drums with rave sirens and a dark disco beat. Contemporary disco legend Rune Lindbaek then comes good with a sci-fi trip and gauzy synth lines of Ratsastic Empress. Last of all, Khidja rounds out on Chuncho, a smooth groove with far-sighted pads that get you in the zone.
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DB12 006
06 Sep 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
06 Sep 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
DB12 055EXCLUSIVE
Review: The Duca Bianco posse continue to plough headlong into the thicket of vintage dance music across genre boundaries, with a crack team of deepest diggers picking out lesser spotted jams and giving them an expert re-rub. First up, Franz Scala drops some synth-pop B-side dub mix magic on Sweet Carillon, before Hysteric leaps into action with the staccato body-popping bombast of Pleides, coming on like Yello and The Human League rocking out with Thomas Dolby. Beatfoot & DJ Dollpin bring a seriously salty slice of proto trance voodoo on Osdorp Discoteca, capturing the magic of the sound when a melting pot of influences such as Italo disco were feeding into the musical mix. Cherrystones finishes things off with Gom Reg Raga, a loping, polyrhythmic meditation with plenty of mysticism folded in between the earthen drums.
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DB12 005
12 Apr 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
12 Apr 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
DB12 004EXCLUSIVE
Review: Duca Bianco brings the disco goodness once more here with Tom Bolas serving up four fresh cuts. Tanz Ohne Planeten is a go slow chugger with ling legend drums and glistening chords. Guestlist Of Love soars on a slick electro beat with robotic vocals adding some cyborg funk. Fick Mich steps it up with withering chords and libidinous vocal cries over stark and steely drums. Last of all, things get seductive and blissed out on Shinjuku Strut, a retro future vocal disco gem designed for good times. This is a hugely varied EP that nails four very different but equally brilliant styles.
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DB12 004
01 Mar 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
01 Mar 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
DB12 003EXCLUSIVE
Review: Duca Bianco have been on a roll lately with their off-beat edits and versions, finding a unique niche in a saturated market by welcoming a bit more of that psych rock sound into their grooves. Up next it's DJ Si Si Si Gracias, who is happy slinging out loose and jangly funk that sounds like it's been picked up in 1980s New York lolling around outside The Mudd Club with one eye on Danceteria but definitely too freaky for Studio 54. Gerry is a special highlight - a slow and delirious groover with wild synths spilling all over the funk. If you want things really messy though, head straight for the dub chaos of All The Feeling, where the percussion sounds like it's falling in on itself (in a good way).
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DB12 003
24 Feb 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
24 Feb 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
DB12 002EXCLUSIVE
Review: After a first volume that included Smagghe & Cross and Tom Bolas, Duca Bianco are back with another round of deviant disco delights for discerning diggers to get down to. Indovina Key's Suy Taysik is an insanely catch slice of synthy-disco, while Guillaume De Bois bathes in the sludge, all held together by some gorgeous full-fat leads. The omnipresent Cherrystones brings a heavier tint with the clattering pots n pans vibe of Grunts Breakfast and then Maybe Tonight bring a serious dose of 80s madcap sampling and boogie funk to Tribuna Politica.
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DB12 002
16 Dec 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
16 Dec 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
DB7 004EXCLUSIVE
Review: dane//close is sounding fierce as hell on this 7" edit grip for the ever-excellent Duca Bianco. Having previously moonlighted on Power Station and Prasens Editionen, you know this is a head with an instinct for alternative selections to make you move. First up he tackles the incendiary I Don't Wanna Go Out by iconic Australian punks X (not to be confused with the LA band), stretching out the rowdy groove of the original's two-minute burst. Things take a slinkier turn into oddball boogie sleaze with Bolass'd - the source material isn't so easy to detect, but it's definitely a jam to get low tempo lovers moving.
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DB7 004
03 Jun 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
03 Jun 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
DB7 003EXCLUSIVE
Review: Operating out of Saint Petersburg, Kito Jempere has been bringing a broad church of influences to bear on his vintage grooves for labels including Pleasure Unit, Bordello A Parigi, Bahnsteig 23 and many more. Now he's the latest to lend his touch to Duca Bianco's series of 7" edits, following strong entries from Cherrystones and Tom Bolas. FKA Lany is a slow and bombastic jam with a boogie-tastic lead and oodles of swooning female vocals, while on Drakon he tackles a Thomas Leer classic with lashings of Oriental mysticism. Both tracks should suit eclectic spinners with a taste for 80s production.
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DB7 003
20 May 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
20 May 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
DB12 001EXCLUSIVE
Review: To date, Rimini's Duca Bianco has put out just two 7"s by Cherrystones and Tom Bolas specifically. Now the label widens the net with a various artists 12" that features four disco-not-disco burners for adventurous party people to shake down to like they're in 1980s New York. S&C present "Drug Of A Nation,", a raw, funky garage rock jam embellished with wild synth parts. Tom Bolas brings things to a more Afrodisco flavoured peak with a cheeky famous funk lick and killer robo vocoder. Hanoben & ADSX take things in an Italo direction with Dreifaltigkeit with some incredible vocals to boot. Schmoltz sets things adrift in supreme Balearic style on Starnight.
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DB12 001
15 Apr 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
15 Apr 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
DB7 002EXCLUSIVE
Review: Duca Bianco's 7" series continues with aplomb following Cherrystones' essential drop, and this time esteemed German DJ and producer Tom Bolas is at the controls for two more heady trips into the far flung corners of funk. First up he drops the loose and limber "Kangham Funk," which bends and wobbles around liquid guitar lines, bugging synths and dreamy Oriental vocals. "Senopati Punk" is not a three-chord riot as the title might suggest, but rather a subtly noirish synthwave delight fronted by another striking female lead vocal. Two sides that complement each other even as they say very different things, but both aimed squarely at the eclectic groove-hunting crowd.
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DB7 002
25 Mar 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
25 Mar 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
