She Once Knew (Massimiliano Pagliara remix) - (8:31) 124 BPM
Review: According to Gomma's PR blurb, Barotti is a "much talked about multimedia artist based in Berlin". While well known in Europe for his performance art and sound instillations, this is his debut single. There's something classically beautiful about the atmospheric, ultra-deep house of "She Might Know", which expertly combines analogue gear, sinewy orchestration and his own hazy, occasionally gruff vocals. There's a more broken, alien feel to "She Might", where glitch-tronica influences rub shoulders with twinkling pianos and more clandestine vocals. A quietly impressive package is completed by a rough, acid-laden rework of "She Might Know" by Ostgut Ton and Live at Robert Johnson regular Massimiliano Pagliara.
Review: Munich-based studio boffin Moullinex quietly impressed with his recent debut album, the jaunty and synth-heavy Flora. Here, he delivers extended, club-friendly versions of six album staples. His style - bubbling, smile-inducing nu-disco with just the right balance between electrofunk revivalism and synth-heavy house - is best expressed on the chunky "Deja vu", but there are plenty more reasons to be cheerful. The snappy, loose-limbed "Let Your Feet (Do The Extra Work)" is a cheery, stab-laden delight, while "Flora" is almost unbelievably upbeat (and all the better for it). There's also some joyous, piano-laden house shuffle in the shape of the grinning "Sunflare", and a rubbery chunk of cheeky synth-funk ("Hypnotize") that's almost impossible to dislike.
Review: Ever a reliable outlet for the newest of nu-disco, Gomma once again come up trumps with this record from Justin Robertson's more synth-wave influenced project. The original is a dynamic and immaculately realised pop jaunt fit for early Depeche Mode, not least in the stoutly English vocals. Ewan Pearson gets a snappy house framework around the key elements of the track, never so in his element as reworking a bombastic vocal tune. The "Club" mix focuses on a serious dose of acid intent with a hint of electro house a la Tiefschwarz, and Disco Bloodbath turn out an unbeatable slice of Chicago precision.
Review: The KDMS (aka Kathy Diamond and Maximilian Skiba, geddit?) return to the Gomma imprint with this little gem of a single boasting remixes from King Of Kong and Box Codax. The original version of "Tonight" features Diamond's dulcet tones cooing over some vintage boogie-disco flex - the strings in particular are quite enchanting. Wisely the instrumental version doesn't dispense with the vocals totally, just strips them back a bit, while the King Of Kong remix beefs up the bottom end considerably and Box Codax offers a fun interpretation full of noodling synths.
Review: With its jangling Spanish guitars, spiralling guitar solos, manic South American percussion and authentic spoken word vocal, "No Hay Ritmo" comes on like the soundtrack to a Mexican gun-slingers' stand off that's morphed into an impromptu rave. By the time it reaches its breathless climax after 11 epic minutes, most of the protaganists will have laid down their weapons and moved on to sweaty hugs. "No Hay Dub", meanwhile, offers a more breezily percussive take on this memorable scene, while PG Parallax's electrofunk-flavoured remix drops a bagful of God knows what into the drinking water and points the camera towards the heavens.
Review: Has there ever been an instance with pop duos of the moody, out-of-focus-bloke-at-the-back actually being the singer and the pouting glamour puss female being the socially uncomfortable producer boffin? We doubt it, but some rules aren't meant to be broken. Hotlane know this and just get on with the music instead. "On My Own" is a lovely slice of deeply seductive Europop and appears in many remixed guises too, the best of which being DJ Steef's off-kilter Balearic groover and Ricardo Baez's pristine glacial house effort.
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