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FKR maison du groove
Review: While he may be one of the most prolific re-editors around, Belabouche rarely fails to deliver the goods - a point emphatically proved by the Italian artist's latest outing on regular home FKR Maison du Groove. He begins by inviting us to "A Party", a gleefully celebratory romp through bouncy peak-time disco-funk pastures rich in sing-along chorus vocals, clipped guitars, crunchy Clavinet lines, rolling drums and a fresh analogue bassline that's weightier than Homer Simpson after several foot-long sandwiches and gallons of Duff beer. "Happy Not Happy" is a slightly looser and groovier (but no less cheery) workout featuring house style drums, filter effects and ear-catching trumpet lines, while "One Night In Napoli" is a languid shuffle through spacey Italian disco complete with jazz-funk horns and intergalactic Moog lines.
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FKR 277
10 Feb 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
10 Feb 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Kraak & Smaak, Craig Charles Funk And Soul, Don Dayglow, Juno Recommends Disco, KS French, The Funk District, LEGO EDIT, Funky Boogie Brothers, Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze), Vito lalinga
Review: Sometime Katakana Edits artist Belabouche has previously released some of the highest quality material FKR Maison Du Groove has to offer. Predictably, his latest five-track assault is another must-check for those who like their edits rolling and funk-fuelled. Highlights include the razor-sharp guitar riifs, fizzing P-funk grooves and insatiable slap bass of "Get Funky", the throbbing Italo-disco goes disco-house stomp of "Funk A Freak" and the heavy horn lines and lolloping grooves of high-grade Afrobeat rework "Afro Dialects". Elsewhere, closing cut "Mirage" is a head-nodding mid-tempo revision of a Santana style workout, while "Bullshits" is a muscular re-edit of what sounds like an old Grace Jones workout from the iconic artist's "Warm Leatherette" period.
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FKR 240
07 May 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
07 May 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Bela Edits V6EXCLUSIVE
Review: There's always been an authentic feel about Belabouche's re-edits. While the Italian producer does occasionally beef up the bottom end or add the odd bit of additional percussion, his reworks feel like traditional scalpel jobs. That's certainly the case with the material showcased on this sixth volume in his Bela Edits series. It can be heard in the rich, jazzy looseness or the organ and synth-laden, sunshine disco shuffle of "Liquore", the dub-wise Brazilian boogie brightness of "Do Ben", and the elastic bassline, sharp horns and celebratory vocals of "Cause It Feels Good". Arguably best of all, though, is the sax-and-organ heavy Afrobeat shuffle of closer "Afrobeats".
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FKR 127
10 Nov 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
10 Nov 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
Bela Edits V3EXCLUSIVE
Played by: Superbreak, Juno Recommends Disco, Evil Smarty, KS French, Jay Airiness (Venice Beach), MR Given Raw, Parisien Editeur, KNG EDITS
Review: With the possible exception of slo-mo sensation LTJ, Belabouche is Italy's finest scalpel specialist. He usually digs deep for source material, and the resultant reworks are both reverential (largely steering clear of over-quantized drums and filter tricks) and dancefloor-friendly. This third EP of edits for FKR is full of tasty morsels, from the freshly baked party grooves of cheery funk shuffler "Jam On Sun" and the sensual '80s soul loveliness of "My Life", to the soaring, string-laden peaktime disco of "At The Park". Best of all, though, is opener "Turned On", a mid-tempo chunk of horn tootin' disco that shuffles, throbs and climaxes in all the right places.
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FKR 059
13 Mar 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
13 Mar 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
Supa Funky Edits EPEXCLUSIVE
Played by: DAVE GERRARD, FINGERMAN, Superbreak, Juno Recommends Disco, Richard Rossa, KS French, Alan Mooney's Edits, MR Given Raw, Parisien Editeur, KNG EDITS
Review: Respectively Italy and France's most prolific editors, Belabouche and KS French, return to FKR with a quartet of super-tight disco jams. Belabouche aims straight for the top with two stone-cold takes on James Brown ("Loud Funky") and Sly & The Family Stone ("Let Me"). Elsewhere Monsieur French Kiss tightens his funk belt with the slippery licks of "Supa Funky" before dropping into horn heaven and harmony heaven a la People's Choice with "Do It Like". Super funky indeed.
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FKR 054
01 Feb 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
01 Feb 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
Bela Edits 2EXCLUSIVE
Played by: Dario Piana, Superbreak, Jay Ru, DJ P-SOL, Soultronic, KS French, Funk Hunk, Funk Fusion, MR Given Raw, KNG EDITS
Review: Italian edit stallion Belabouche is back and he's brandishing possibly his most funky work yet. "Give It Up" starts things in a celebratory mood with tough kicks connecting with bass twangs and all sewn together nicely with smooth diva vocals, "Disco Strut" is sassier and slower too - just a laid back disco-rock jam, "Coming To You Live" features layers of percussion that form a muscular chassis of a particularly cool vintage disco motor. Finally it's all about some serious space boogie on the dancefloor seducer "Get Up An' Dance".
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FKR 046
27 Nov 14
Disco/Nu-Disco
27 Nov 14
Disco/Nu-Disco
