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Hot Gorilla
Choir EPEXCLUSIVE
Review: Leeds' own disco don Andy Buchan returns to Hot Gorilla with an EP consisting of what are, essentially, three nu disco-fied cover versions - specifically, his takes on 'Don't You (Forget About Me)' by Simple Minds, 'Get Lucky' by Daft Punk and 'Burning Down The House' by Talking Heads. But there's a twist - as the EP title suggests, each of those covers has been augmented by the employment of a full choir on vocal duties. It's an approach that may prove a bit 'Marmite' (for this writer, the treatment works best on 'Get Lucky') but it certainly makes a change from endless re-edits...
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HGR 046
05 Apr 24
Disco/Nu-Disco
05 Apr 24
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Solazz, FINGERMAN, Juno Recommends Disco, Discoholic Ken, Kongisto, FRAN DEEPER, Andy Buchan
Review: Liverpool lad Benjamin Winstanley AKA Ben Jamin returns to Hot Gorilla with two mid-paced funk groovers. Whether these are original productions or re-edits isn't entirely clear, but both feature very strong female vocals with an earthy, almost country-ish feel - think Tina Turner or Ann Peebles. 'Dance' rides a swampy backbeat with a "dance to the music" chorus (nothing to do with the Sly Stone song) while 'Hold On Me' is just a touch lighter on its feet and has a chorus that says "I really gotta get a hold on me". Both will play best on floors that like their disco on the funkier side.
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HGR 032
25 Nov 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
25 Nov 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Review: UK label Hot Gorilla reach the terrible twos and celebrate with a 10-track compilation that's packed with fine contemporary disco, funk, soul and boogie vibes. If you're looking for highlights, then Havana Hustlers' opener rocks a b-line that somehow manages to recall both 'Lovely Day' and 'Boogie Nights', Fray Bentos makes great use of a classic Afrika Bambaataa sample on 'Stormy Nights', while Andy Buchan's 'The House That Funk Built' plunders Aretha to equally powerful effect and Solazz's 'Blaze The Party' is a boogie-tastic delight. But there are six more quality jams where those came from, from Even Funkier's Patrice Rushen-biting 'Those Were The Times' to the jazz-funk inflections of Shalvoy's 'Beautiful2Strangers'.
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HGR 029
19 Aug 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
19 Aug 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: FINGERMAN, Juno Recommends Disco, Juno Recommends Funky House, Ash Reynolds, Rayko, MANUEL COSTELA, Andy Buchan, DiCE_NZ, Or
Review: Three very serviceable disco jams here from Andy Buchan, a UK producer who, to be fair, can usually be relied upon to come up with the goods. Whether these tracks are best described as re-edits or simply sample-based productions is debatable, but 'Dance With Me' lifts chunks from Peter Brown and Betty Wright's 1977 TK Disco cut of the same name, while 'Basement Funk' revisits the bassline from Ver Jaxx's millennium anthem 'Red Alert'. As for 'Nite Walking', it's a string- and sax-drenched midtempo affair with a suitably hazy, Qaalude-infused kinda feel, and really rather sumptuous.
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HGR 025
18 Mar 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
18 Mar 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Smashed Atoms, FINGERMAN, Juno Recommends Disco, Juno Recommends Funky House, Andy Buchan, Henri Le Blanc, Juno Download
Review: After previous releases on such acclaimed disco labels as Spa In Disco, Rare Wiri, Midnight Riot, Paper Disco and Audaz, Leeds native Andy Buchan (alongside partner-in-crime Conan The Selector) set up his own Hot Gorilla imprint earlier this year. This sixth EP from the label sees him providing two very authentically late 70s-sounding gems, with 'Your Love' a hazy, lazy affair that sports a sensual, breathy female vocal and some understated house-y pianos, while 'Can't Hide' is a more funk-oriented, Latin-tinged near-instrumental cut whose sampled female vocal is buried deep in the mix.
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HGR 006
06 Nov 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
06 Nov 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
