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Katakana Edits
Spacedisco EditsEXCLUSIVE
Played by: LEGO EDIT
Review: Katakana follow up the rather tasty EP from Frey Bentos with this bountiful compendium of Timewrap's juiciest, most cosmic edits. Ranging from the surefire party belters such as the slick and sprightly twist on "Pick It Up" to the spaced-out take of double-D pop fave with "Girls On Drugs" via the sprightly island bliss of "Stayin" and the chugging, subtly-filthed, horn-melting "Lost", it's a sunset to sunrise session with every shade of star-lit groove your dancefloor can ever ask for. Ready for takeoff?
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KE 9059
16 Mar 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
16 Mar 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
Katakana Edits Vol 99EXCLUSIVE
Review: The prolific Fabiolous Barker gets his eager little re-edit mitts on a further 16 vintage cuts as he serves up the 99th EP in the long-running 'Katakana Edits' series. Among the tracks getting the treatment this time around are Prince & The New Power Generation's 'Push', Chris Rea's 'Josephine', The Michael Zager Band's 'Let's All Chant' and Perucho Conde's 'La Cotorra', an evergreen Latin funk nugget from 1980 that was penned as a Venezuelan "answer" to Sugarhill Gang's 'Rapper's Delight'. Some fairly obvious choices there, but the rest of the EP draws on more obscure disco/funk/boogie sources, so dive on in and enjoy!
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KE 9099
24 Apr 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
24 Apr 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Katakana Edits Vol 98EXCLUSIVE
Played by: Morlack
Review: Rhode Island-based Katakana Edits bring us the 98th installment in this long-running series, and once more we're in the hands of Morlack, who's contributed no fewer than 14 previous volumes. The French DJ/producer has dug pretty deep for source material: 'Cali Style' bites Eddy Grant's 'California Style', the Jimmy Castor Bunch's 1975 novelty funker 'King Kong' gets a light-touch refix and 'L.Cats' gives The Cure an unexpected breakbeat makeover, but that's about as much as we can tell you! The rest of the EP draws on unidentified soul, funk and boogie nuggets, many of them with non-Anglophone vocals.
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KE 9098
03 Apr 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
03 Apr 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Katakana Edits Vol 97EXCLUSIVE
Played by: Dj XS (FVUK), Craig Charles Funk And Soul, FINGERMAN, Juno Recommends Disco, BRENDON P, 80's Child, Kongisto, Ruff Diamond
Review: The latest in the 'Katakana Edits' series comes once more from label regular DJ Laurel, who delivers six soul/funk/disco cuts that, as a rule, seek simply to update the source material for contemporary floors rather than rework anything too radically. That source material this time out includes Herbie Mann's 'Hijack' from 1974, Millie Jackson's 'Never Change Lovers In The Middle Of The Night' from 1979 and Arthur Prysock's 'When Love Is New' from 1976 on a straight disco tip, as well as the lounge-y, Latin vibes of Carmen Costa's 'Bateu, Doeu' from 1973 - the other two have us beat, but all six cuts are very playable.
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KE 9097
20 Mar 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
20 Mar 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Katakana Edits Vol 95EXCLUSIVE
Review: The unstoppable juggernaut that is the Katakana Edits series rolls on. Regular contributor Padcore is back at the wheel for this latest three-track instalment, which kicks off with 'Mexico', which conjures visions (in glorious Technicolor(TM), of course) of 1950s westerns set during the Mexican-American War. That's followed by 'What They Do', a mid-paced ballad that recalls the likes of Dusty Springfield, Julie London or Bobby Gentry while completing the EP is 'Wanna Hear', a low-slung, slow-burning funker that packs enough sleaze into its three-minute lifespan to give Times Square in the 70s a run for its money!
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KE 9095
27 Dec 19
Funk
27 Dec 19
Funk
Katakana Edits Vol 94EXCLUSIVE
Review: The long-running 'Katakana Edits' series reaches #94, with Parisian funk and disco producer Morlack at the controls and bringing us four tracks. Opener 'Wipe Mo' (source unknown) has a soca-ish feel, while 'Dance Dance Dance' feels like it's been reworked from an old African disco record. 'Wonderful', on the other hand, revisits Kid Creole & The Coconuts' 1982 hit 'I'm A Wonderful Thing Baby', while 'Whip' is a slowed-down, Temazepam disco reversioning of the Dazz Band's 'Let It Whip' from the same year. The EP as a whole will suit those who like their disco on the more leftfield side.
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KE 9094
20 Dec 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
20 Dec 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
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KE 9093
13 Dec 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
13 Dec 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Katakana Edits Vol 92EXCLUSIVE
Review: Under the DJ Laurel alias, Lavr Berzhanin has proved to be one of Katakana Edits' most reliable re-editors of recent times. We've lost count of the number of EPs he's delivered for the prolific imprint, but they're all rather good - as is his latest expansive effort. There's much to get the blood pumping across the six-track salvo, with our favourites including the rubbery, bouncy and glassy-eyed disco bliss of "All I've Got", the soaring, horn-heavy soundscape disco-soul shuffle of "Battend Ships" [sic], the blue-eyed soul goes drum and bass bounce of "Cookie" and the wah-wah guitar sporting two-step soul goodness of closing cut "Annie Mae". In other words, it's another rock solid collection of tried and tested reworks.
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KE 9092
18 Oct 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
18 Oct 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Katakana Edits Vol 91EXCLUSIVE
Played by: 80's Child
Review: Known for his work on Midnight Riot, Sound Exhibitions and Disco Fruit, among other labels, here London-based Argentinian producer Fabiolous Barker comes to the Katakana stable with three very fine re-edits. 'Only Fools Fall In Love' is a midtempo groover with female vocal harmonies, subtle guitar chops and an overall early 80s boogie vibe, 'Sending My Love' centres around a full-phat funk bassline and the Cameo-esque male "sending my love from me to you" vocal, while finally 'Weakness' has a male scatted vocal and tinkling keys. The source material has our disco detectives beat this time out, but all three are eminently spinnable.
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KE 9091
23 Aug 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
23 Aug 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Katakana Edits Vol 90EXCLUSIVE
Played by: Juno Recommends Disco
Review: Serious scalpel fiends Rockandrolla Soundsystem first came to our attention via a 2017 debut release on Springbok Records. In the same year they contributed to a killer compilation on Katakana, so it's little surprise to see the Dutch collective return to the label with a suitably strong two-track offering. Opener "Culture" is a mighty chunk of swamp funk/disco fusion where bluesy guitar parts, gruff soul vocals, alien synthesizer chords and bubbly synth-bass rise above rolling drums. "Caminho" continues on a similar vein, subtly scrubbing up and dubbing out a bluesy disco-rock number that sounds a little like JJ Cale after a night on disco biscuits in the company of Boz Scraggs, Eric Clapton and David Mancuso.
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KE 9090
09 Aug 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
09 Aug 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Katakana Edits Vol 9EXCLUSIVE
Review: The Katwana Edits crew can usually be relied upon to deliver reliable, floor-friendly edits that get just the right balance between contemporary dancefloor chops and original swing. This four-tracker from Timewrap and Lee Mazah is, unsurprisingly, pitched perfectly. The epic "We're Gonna Rule The World" cleverly blends a number of shuffling disco-soul classics, without ever sounding lie a needless mash-up. "Listen To This" ups the tempo, brilliantly chopping up a soaring, basement-friendly disco-funk jam. Lee Mazah's cheeky "Funky Cameron" goes straight for the P-funk jugluar (via an electrofunk take on the US national anthem and some ace party atmosphere samples), while "Revans" is an outlandishly groovy disco-funk stomper.
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KE 9009
11 Feb 13
Disco/Nu-Disco
11 Feb 13
Disco/Nu-Disco
Katakana Edits Vol 89EXCLUSIVE
Played by: Krystal Klear
Review: To our mind, Fabiolous Barker is one of the most dependable re-editors around. For proof, check his previous releases for the likes of Midnight Riot, Alpaca Edits and Disco Fruit, and of course his latest outing on regular home Katakana Edits. "Let's All Chant (Everybody Move The Body Mix)" sees him making merry with a bold, sing-along disco workout rich in electronic bass, Chic style guitars, energy-packed handclaps and rolling beats. It sounds like a peak-time anthem in the making. On the virtual reverse you'll find the "Nobody Move The Mix" version), which strips out a lot of the vocals, offers a stripped-back and heavy build-up, and surprisingly showcases a clarinet solo. It works well, of course, though it's not quite as spine tingling as the other mix.
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KE 9089
26 Jul 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
26 Jul 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Katakana Edits Vol 88EXCLUSIVE
Review: Parisian man of mystery Morlack is at the controls for this latest installment in the long-running Katakana Edits series, bringing us four more reworks of dancefloor cuts from days gone by. 'Terapeutica' tops a lolloping funk groove with brass parps and James Brown-like shouts, while 'Que Pasa' revisits Coati Mundi's 'Me No Pop I' from 1982. 'Manyoma' is a frothy, party-tastic cocktail of Latin, lounge and Afro influences, while completing the EP is 'Hot 4U', a more struttin', stripped-back disco jam with a late 70s kinda feel and, as the track nears its end, some scorching sax work.
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KE 9088
19 Jul 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
19 Jul 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Katakana Edits Vol 87EXCLUSIVE
Review: Lavr Berzhanin (DJ Laurel) returns with five more re-edited dancefloor nuggets from days gone by. Or perhaps four because, confusingly, raw funk-soul jam 'Hot Pents' comes in two near-identical versions, one 4:06 long and credited to Heavy Funk, one 4:26 long and credited to DJ Laurel. Go figure! Elsewhere, 'Windy City' reworks Lou Rawls' 'Dead End Street' (a 1967 spoken word cut that predated both Last Poets and Gil Scot-Heron), 'Stop Your Teasing' draws on an unknown disco source for inspiration, while finally 'I Don't Need Nobody Else' adds a little more dancefloor oomph to Eddie Kendricks' 1981 soul jam of the same name.
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KE 9087
05 Jul 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
05 Jul 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Katakana Edits Vol 86EXCLUSIVE
Review: Three very serviceable re-edits here from the ever-prolific Katakana stable. It's a brave man or woman who thinks they can improve on a Prince track, but 'Push It!' makes a surprisingly good fist of 'Push' all the same, beefing up the beats 'n' bass for the house/disco floors while keeping the original's Sugarhill-like funk intact. Not sure where 'La Cotorra' is sourced from but its disco bassline, energetic hand percussion and frantic, almost angry-sounding Spanish-language vocal will rock floors without doubt, while 'I'll Send You All My Love' closes out the EP on a Balearic note, looping up Chris Rea's 'Josephine' to hypnotic effect.
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KE 9086
21 Jun 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
21 Jun 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Katakana Edits Vol 85EXCLUSIVE
Played by: Juno Recommends Funk
Review: The unstoppable Katakana Edits series rolls on, with Vol 85 coming from label regular(s) Padcore. First to get the Katakana treatment is the Beasties classic 'Intergalactic', while 'Sweetback' revisits Viola Wills' 1969 ghetto funker of the same name (which predates Melvin Van Peebles' Blaxploitation flick by two years, fact fans). 'All The People' cuts up an unidentified, lounge-y soul take on Blues Magoos' 1967 garage/psych nugget 'The People Had No Faces', while Esther Phillips' 1971 cover of Gil Scott-Heron's 'Home Is Where The Hatred Is' provides the basis for the EP's standout cut, heartbreakingly melancholic closer 'Home'.
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KE 9085
07 Jun 19
Funk
07 Jun 19
Funk
Katakana Edits Vol 84EXCLUSIVE
Review: You could never accuse the Katakana Edits stable of sitting on their laurels - they deliver a seemingly endless supply of re-edit action on an almost weekly basis. This time out, the man at the controls is FL, who takes us into beats/leftfield territory with four edits that draw on film soundtracks by way of inspiration. 'Bloody Dance' is scratch-tastic, 'Last Monk' majestic and sweeping, 'Broken Days' jaunty yet delicate and 'Forgotten Tearz' ponderous and melancholic, with all four tracks featuring western movie strings/brass (think our gunslinger anti-hero riding slowly into a deserted Mexican village) and/or martial arts vocal samples prominently.
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KE 9084
24 May 19
Hip Hop/R&B
24 May 19
Hip Hop/R&B
Katakana Edits Vol 83EXCLUSIVE
Review: The chopper king himself Morlack returns here to the legendary Katanaka Edits imprint here with four stunning recreations, showcasing just why he is held in such high esteem by all of us here at Juno. The first track 'Here Comes The Hook' combines soulful, uplifting horn melodies with punchy drum moves for with fantastic results, whilst 'Here I'm' applies a similar format to some classic disco vocals. Next, 'Sossego' leaps to the forefront with some smooth, bluesy guitar riff, which is followed by the psychedelic grooves and twists of 'Lucy On Skate' to see out the EP in style.
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KE 9083
10 May 19
Breakbeat
10 May 19
Breakbeat
Katakana Edits Vol 82EXCLUSIVE
Review: Five more vintage cuts get a 21st Century refix from the ever-prolific Katakana camp, this time with DJ Laurel at the helm. The Chi-Lites' 'You Don't Have To Go' from 1976 is first to get the treatment, followed by Razzy Bailey's 'I Hate Hate', a 1974 country-soul gem that was something of a northern soul anthem and here gets served up in Disco Rework and Funk Rework flavours. Those first three rubs are all quite faithful to their respective originals; more liberties are taken with Benny Golson's 1978 rare groover 'I'm Always Dancing To The Music', which gets a boogiefied makeover and an added rap vocal, before finally Sam Cooke gets funked up and just slightly retitled on 'Stay By Me'.
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KE 9082
26 Apr 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
26 Apr 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Katakana Edits Vol 81EXCLUSIVE
Played by: Roast Beatz, Trotter, Juno Recommends Disco, LEGO EDIT, Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze), Andy Buchan
Review: Just under six months on from his last outing for the prolific rework label, tinned pie enthusiast turned hotshot re-editor Fray Bentos returns to Katakana Edits. He starts in typically strutting fashion, offering a slightly heavier and beefier version of Wild Cherry's funk-rock classic "Play That Funky Music" that subtly shifts from dubbed-out dancefloor stomp to full-throttle party madness over the course of six sizzling minutes. "House of Bricks" does a similar job on a hazy, horn-heavy chunk of flash-fried disco-funk goodness. This is perhaps a little more reverential than the producer's Wild Cherry revision, though it still boasts house-friendly beats to appease those who can't be bothered mixing records with live drums.
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KE 9081
19 Apr 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
19 Apr 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Katakana Edits Vol 80EXCLUSIVE
Review: Five more assorted re-edits from the ever-prolific Katakana stable here, this time coming from Gary Shepherd, the Brit-in-Amsterdam better known as Streamer. Opener 'ID' rather cheekily bites the ghetto-fabulous, attitude-y female vocal from Riton & Kah-Lo's 'Fake ID' - we say "cheekily" because the original only came out last year. 'Sex Machine' takes the James Brown classic into Latin-tinged territory, while 'On & On' drags Erykah Badu onto the deep/soulful house danceloor, before the EP's completed by two different (5:30 and 8:06) reworks of 'Legba Nan Baye', a track culled from Jacques Schwarz-Bart's 2014 voodoo jazz album 'Jazz Racine Haiti'.
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KE 9080
12 Apr 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
12 Apr 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Katakana Edits Vol 8EXCLUSIVE
Played by: Clairvo (MustBeat), Timewarp, Trotter, Jayl Funk, Sol Power All-Stars, Killer Funk Records USA, The Funk Hunters, Ez Icarus, ManJah, ManJah
Review: Fresh-faced funkateer Manjah steps up to the party-hardy Katakana series, and does so with distinction. It's a game of two halves as the first two cuts are dedicated to chanteuses Smokey Robinson and Donna Hightower. Both powered by swashbuckling 60s funk riffs, these are authentic edits done with true creativity. Later on in the EP we head West to the Caribbean as Manjah gets his skank on with Dancehall Queen. Those with a penchant for Greek taverna flavours should hold tight for the rustic groove on "Orienta Patria". Nice work.
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KE 9008
30 Nov 12
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
30 Nov 12
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
Katakana Edits Vol 79EXCLUSIVE
Played by: Juno Recommends Broken Beat Nu Jazz
Review: Since making his bow on Katakana Edits last April, Amsterdam-based Brit Gary Shepherd AKA Streamer has become a reliable source of cheeky re-edits and reworks. Unsurprisingly, the producer's latest outing - his first of any kind since July 2018 - contains four more high quality revisions. He begins by joining the dots between stab-happy funk, hip-hop heroes House of Pain and acid funk on "Pain Around", before turning a Cajun style hoedown into a skittish, rap-sporting drum and bass roller ("The Fastest Gumbo"). Arguably even better is his punchy, horn-heavy bossa-boogie take on Beats International classic "Just Be Good To Me", while "Feel Good (Funksploitation Version)" is a dub-wise workout rich in James Brown samples and fuzzy horns.
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KE 9079
22 Mar 19
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
22 Mar 19
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
Katakana Edits Vol 78EXCLUSIVE
Played by: Juno Recommends Funk
Review: We can usually identify the source material of Padcore's re-edits, but he's got us well and truly stumped with the four cuts featured here, though the overall cinematic vibe leads us to suspect he may have been rummaging in bins full of soundtrack albums! In any case, 'Kayne' is a slow, looping affair with a vaguely western-ish feel, both of which are qualities it shares with 'Play With Fire', while 'Track 02' is a livelier number with what sounds like a mariachi brass section. 'Track 04' completes the EP on a more straight-up funk/soul tip. File under 'obscure esoteric pleasures'.
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KE 9078
01 Mar 19
Funk
01 Mar 19
Funk
Katakana Edits Vol 77EXCLUSIVE
Review: The ever-prolific Katakana Edits stable bring us four more repurposed funk gems. 'Nina's Dance' has something of a kitsch, lounge-y feel to its lazy, looped-up beats and melancholy sax. 'Se Peisma' is a raunchier cut whose original source, though unknown, must surely have come from somewhere along the James Brown/JBs axis, while the more soulful 'J5' would soundtrack a late-night cab ride through Harlem in a 70s Blaxploitation flick perfectly. 'Break7', a percussion workout laced heavily with squelchy, sleazy bass, completes an EP whose overall vibe sits somewhere between 'new old' funk and dusty, lo-fi west coast hip-hop ? la Cold Busted Records.
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KE 9077
25 Jan 19
Funk
25 Jan 19
Funk
Katakana Edits Vol 76EXCLUSIVE
Played by: Craig Charles Funk And Soul, FINGERMAN, Juno Recommends Disco, Discolypso, DAVID DUNNE (Triple Dee/Funkademia), 80's Child
Review: Chopshop regular DJ Laurel returns to Katakana Edits - an imprint he's graced a number of times before - with a five-track selection of tried-and-tested revisions. He begins with a rolling revision of a full-throated disco-funk slammer ("Jam, Jam, Jam") before whipping off his shirt and dancing towards peak-time disco release via the spiraling madness of "I Will Get You Some Help". Those seeking loopy, piano-driven peak-time insanity should head for the bluesy brilliance of "Going For Another One", while "Just A Matter of Time" is an epic, everything-but-the-kitchen-sink slab of synth-laden AOR disco. Fittingly, he finishes with a bustling, tooled-up take on Evelyn "Champagne" King classic "Shame".
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KE 9076
18 Jan 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
18 Jan 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Katakana Edits Vol 75EXCLUSIVE
Review: Okay, Katakana, you got us this time! Where Padcore have found the source material for this latest batch of re-edits from has our finest disco detectives beat, suggesting they've dug pretty damn deep. Still, 'Bird Up In The Sky' tops a sleazy, 'Fame'-ish funk groove with a sweet, looping female vocal, 'Pride' is a rawer, 60s-sounding funker with a James Brown-ish feel, 'Funk You' has a heaver, druggier late 60s kinda vibe about it, while closer 'Soulfunk' has the sound palette of brassy Southern soul, only run through an MPC for that lo-fi hip-hop feel. All four are should prove eminently playable for a wide range of jocks.
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KE 9075
28 Dec 18
Funk
28 Dec 18
Funk
Katakana Edits Vol 74EXCLUSIVE
Review: For their latest two-track trip into peak-time party territory, the Katakana Edits crew has recruited a couple of break-digging artists from Greece: MCurdit and former Timewarp sorts Funkin' Basstards. It's the former who kicks things off with the low-slung, head-nodding, hip-wiggling bounce of "Brooklyn Bount Sq.", where aggressive (sampled) rap vocals rise above heavy bass and chunky beats. Funkin' Basstards, meanwhile, jet to sunnier climes via a funky and chunky, slightly tooled-up mid-tempo breaks revision of a Tito Puente style mambo workout. It's really rather good, all told, with jaunty and memorable horn lines, timbales and Cuban vocals all emphasizing the track's party-hearty Latin mood.
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KE 9074
21 Dec 18
Breakbeat
21 Dec 18
Breakbeat
Katakana Edits Vol 73EXCLUSIVE
Review: Paris-based Ben Morlack is the man at the controls for this latest addition to the ever-growing Katakana Edits series. 'Rainbow Mash' is just that: a mash-up of styles with house, big beat and P-funk influences thrown into the pot and serve up as a gloriously energetic dancefloor romp topped with a "party down!" vocal and a rolling, house-y piano riff. 'That Girl', meanwhile, beefs up Maxi Priest and Shaggy's 1996 ragga hit for modern dancefloors, while leaving the 'Green Onions' riff on which it's based intact. Both tracks can be safely filed in the box marked 'party-starters'.
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KE 9073
23 Nov 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
23 Nov 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
Katakana Edits Vol 72EXCLUSIVE
Review: Timewrap's last few releases on Katakana Edits have been epic affairs that gather together a sizeable collection of party-starting reworks. This one - the Rhode Island imprint's 72nd release in total - takes a different approach, offering up two acid-fired revisions of spiraling, tongue-in-cheek disco workout "Kabashaka". The Katakana regulars begin with an "Acid Vox" version that wraps psychedelic, mind-altering TB-303 disco lines around big house beats, swirling disco instrumentation and suitably camp, over-the-top vocals. Arguably even better is the "Acid Dub", which allows the distinctive acid motifs a little room to breathe while tooled-up drum hits and vocal snippets ricochet around the sound space. Both versions sound like serious dancefloor heat.
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KE 9072
09 Nov 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
09 Nov 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
Katakana Edits Vol 71EXCLUSIVE
Review: Its not just noted Twitter collage artist Coldwar Steve who has a thing for tinned pies. Fray Bentos, a Midlands-raised re-editor and rework merchant, is such a fan of the 1970s favourite that he named himself after it. There's something fittingly meaty about "Groove To Get Down", the opening cut from the producer's latest Katakana Edits outing. It offers up chunks of jazz-funk piano, finely diced synth flourishes and a hearty vocal in a thick disco funk gravy. You'll find more horn-heavy heartiness in the shape of rolling disco-funk workout "Night and Day", while "Love For The Sake of Love" sees him extend, beef-up and slightly pitch-up one of disco's better-known dancefloor slow jams.
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KE 9071
02 Nov 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
02 Nov 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
Katakana Edits Vol 70EXCLUSIVE
Review: The Katakana Edits series reaches #70. DJ Laurel - also known for his work on Greek label Chopshop - is once more in charge of the virtual razorblade and sticky tape for this latest collection, which draws largely on source material from the 70s soul pantheon. 'I Can't Stop Ya' adds an outsourced spoken vocal and some fine sax noodling to a Ty Karim nugget of (nearly) the same name, 'It Only Happens' lends the late, great Aretha some extra lounge-y swing, while 'The More I Want' dares to take on the Teddy Pendergrass classic and actually manages to get away with it.
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KE 9070
26 Oct 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
26 Oct 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
Katakana Edits Vol 7EXCLUSIVE
Played by: Clairvo (MustBeat), Timewarp, Straightoffthefloors.com, Andrew Allsgood (Free Association), Voodoocuts, Jayl Funk, Sard Boogie, Danny Massure, Hidden Riddim, Sol Power All-Stars, Juno Recommends Disco, Juno Recommends Broken Beat Nu Jazz, Juno Recommends Funk, Killer Funk Records USA, Alessandro Otiz, The Funk Hunters, Kiosko 33hz, Ez Icarus, Nick Bike, Dirty McKenzie, Get Down Edits, Mr Doris, Nu Disco Fever, ManJah, ManJah
Review: For the uninitiated, The Gaff is a Canada-based DJ, producer and prodigious maker of "party breaks" - shorthand for re-edits and reworks that should appeal for those DJs for whom loose rhythms are of more interest than a straight 4/4 pulse. This first contribution to the digital-only Katakana Edits series is full of funk and soul-laden jams with heavy but snappy drums. There's a global feel, too, with excellent forays into afro-funk ("High Life") and Latin beats ("Mambo Number 5"). While all four tracks are carefully tuned to the needs of dancefloors, the afro-flecked disco-funk grooves of "Funny Saga" stands out.
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KE 9007
15 Oct 12
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
15 Oct 12
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
Katakana Edits Vol 69EXCLUSIVE
Played by: Juno Recommends Disco
Review: Having contributed tracks to a number of their compilation style EPs, the Katakana Edits crew has finally offered Goji Berry a solo release. The mysterious re-editor has grasped the opportunity with both hands, delivering two killer rubs that should make their way into the playlists of lots of discerning DJs. First up is "Night and Reggae", a bouncy, hands-aloft-at-a-beach-party revision of a little-known 1980s pop-reggae number full of sweet vocals, jaunty horn stabs and rolling synthesizer basslines. "Wouldn't I" is similarly sweet, synth-heavy and 1980s in origin, with a chunkier house beat, eyes-closed guitar solos and dreamier chords adding to the holiday mood.
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KE 9069
03 Aug 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
03 Aug 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
Katakana Edits Vol 68EXCLUSIVE
Played by: Morlack
Review: Breakbeat Paradise regular Morlack has a reputation for serving up brilliantly chopped-up, funk-fuelled material that's guaranteed to get the party started. The Parisian producer's latest Katakana Edits outing ticks all of the right boxes, serving up two prime cuts of celebratory dancefloor release. Choose between the rubbery, beefed-up disco heaviness of "I Like The Way You..." - all elastic slap bass, punchy horns and screaming orchestration -and the chunkier, 109 BPM breakbeat shuffle of "Across The Floor". This is effectively a rearrangement of a well-known disco era staple with punchy new drums beneath. While simple by design, it's very effective.
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KE 9068
20 Jul 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
20 Jul 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
Katakana Edits Vol 66EXCLUSIVE
Review: Volume 66 of the Katakana Edits is nothing but vibes from start to finish, and surely exactly what we need in the blazing summer months - edits, edits, and nothing but more edits! SO|KA's opening "Grease" is a dubby, weighty house chugger that blends effortlessly with juat about any form of dance tune, while DJ Laurel's "Lost In The Crowd" is a disco charmer that leads with horns and is backed by pumping beats, leaving the final "All Or Nothing" to provide the seductive charms thanks to a gentle r&b charm. Beautiful stuff.
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KE 9066
22 Jun 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
22 Jun 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
Katakana Edits Vol 64EXCLUSIVE
Review: The mysterious Belabouche is back after top releases on the likes of Paper Disco, OBM Rec. and Thunder Jam in recent times. For Katakana Edits' 64th edition, he serves up a bunch of respectful edits here optimsed for maximum dancefloor potential. First up is "Sneakin Up Behind You" and indeed its groove certainly will in super lo-slung fashion. Some deep down and dirty funk action awaits you on the sexy-sleazy "Once You Get It" and prepare to venture into the exotic on the sultry latin action of "O Preguicoso" featuring some mad rhythms.
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KE 9064
25 May 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
25 May 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
Katakana Edits Vol 63EXCLUSIVE
Review: For their 63rd edition, Katakana Edits hand the reins over to Paris based DJ Morlack again with some crafty resplices of some forgotten disco gems. Following up a slew of terrific releases on the always reliable Breakbeat Paradise imprint - you're in equally good hands with this four tracker. From the neon-lit, '80s styled boogie down jam "Your Love", the Cameo styled funk attack on "Wop" to a golden oldie by the artist who was formerly known under a variety of names on "Do It 2U Right" - there is no doubt that Ben Morlack has got it goin' on!
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KE 9063
14 May 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
14 May 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
Katakana Edits Vol 62EXCLUSIVE
Played by: The Allergies, Craig Charles Funk And Soul, Roast Beatz, Superbreak, Jayl Funk, Juno Recommends Disco, Discolypso, J&M BROTHERS, D-Funk, Till Von Sein, LEGO EDIT, 80's Child, Kongisto, Paper Street Soul, Vito lalinga
Review: 62 collections deep and still blazing up any party in a 1000 mile radius; Katakana deliver yet another fun and funk-fuelled package. All laced with a heavy rhythmic theme, attention to groove detail is paid throughout as we're treated to range of classic and deeply dug edits. "Galaxy" sets the tone with a sleazy strutting war cry before we're hurled into a Latin frenzy on both the sultry "Camina" and the bull-fighting "Descarga". Elsewhere "Leroy Loves Ya" brings the soulful touch and "JB World" closes with a little psychedelic mystique.
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KE 9062
27 Apr 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
27 Apr 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
Katakana Edits Vol 61EXCLUSIVE
Review: Next up on Katakana Edits is emerging edit wizard Gary Shepherd aka Streamer, an expat in Amsterdam who turns in a bunch of cheeky resplices here of some obscure covers and versions. From the deep, down and dirty rendition of Stevie Wonder's classic "Superstition" which gets high into the stratosphere, some spiritual African disco by way of reggae on a cover of "Lively Up Yourself" and likewise some more Jah dubwise shenanigans on the block rockin' beats of "Raggamuffin Soul".
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KE 9061
13 Apr 18
Breakbeat
13 Apr 18
Breakbeat
Katakana Edits Vol 6EXCLUSIVE
Review: In keeping with the previous five releases in this series, Vol 6 of Katakana Edits once again takes vintage tunes and chops 'em up, adding extra modern percussion and the like, to deliver contemporary dancefloor fillers with an old skool twist. This release uses very old songs as the basis for each tune: vintage blues for the Moby-esque "Run Blind", Latino mambo on "Pussycat" and Mexicana on "Yiri Cumbia". Conversely, and perhaps to keep the audience on their toes, "Bitch Boot" features samples of foul-mouthed rap including "My Neck, My Back" by Khia!
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KE 9006
03 Sep 12
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
03 Sep 12
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
Katakana Edits Vol 58EXCLUSIVE
Review: Fray Bentos is Adam Billingham - currently a resident DJ with Brighton's infamous Soul Casserole crew. He has supported the likes of Norman Jay, Craig Charles, Don Letts, Giles Peterson and The Reflex during his tenure. He returns on the trusty Katakana Edits with more handy resplices of golden oldies for modern audiences, supported by Goji Berry and Hawwis here for the label's 58th edition. Bentos' "Magic Work" is a lo-slung affair with a rolling funk bassline and some shimmering synth work - it's an edit of something quite familiar you think - but then that vocal dops and it finally hits you! Greece's Goji Berry delivers some smooth Italo styled business on "Mama" while Manchester's Hawwis serves up the sweltering Afro vibes and gets totally spiritual on "Amiga".
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KE 9058
09 Mar 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
09 Mar 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
Katakana Edits Vol 57EXCLUSIVE
Review: Katakana Edits comes rolling through with its 57th edition, and they've scoped out a new artist by the name of Vagz. Yes, you're in for some supremely heartfelt funk. "No More" kicks off with nothing but love and tears, ?Brother Man? travels at a much "cooler" tempo, "Umba" is an ode to Brazilian carnival funk, "Something That Can Make You Do Wrong" offers a bit of electronic meandering - a blend of deep house and boogie - and "The Only Way" is an out and out soul monster, literally dripping with delightful sensation. Strong.
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KE 9057
16 Feb 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
16 Feb 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
Katakana Edits Vol 56EXCLUSIVE
Played by: Chris Massey, The Allergies, Craig Charles Funk And Soul, Don Dayglow, Juno Recommends Disco, Conan The Selector, Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze), Andy Buchan, Downunder Disco
Review: Oh dear, the Katakana edits are back once again, and that means pure and vibrant disco-house vibes for all shapes and sizes. Fray Bentos returns in fine style with two cuts, starting with the bumpy, utterly groovy "Body Down", followed by the deeper, more majestic jazzy feel of "Night Giver" - oh, those strings! DJ Laurel's up next, bringing through some proper stylish funkiness with "Yes I Know", sampling the late, great Pino Daniele on the vocals, while "More Shame" goes for the tribal touch, pushing through some lovely horns and a magnificent sway of seductive trumpets for that sexy feel. Yet more Katakana goodness!
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KE 9056
02 Feb 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
02 Feb 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
Katakana Edits Vol 54EXCLUSIVE
Review: The 54th EP from prolific rework imprint Katakana Edits is a triple-header, featuring hot new cut-jobs from Goji Berry, Little Prince and DJ Laurel. The latter's "Right On" is an undeniably sweet and soulful affair, with the producer underpinning slick '80s soul vocals and rising disco-funk horns with a low-slung, filter-heavy breakbeat groove. Although Little Prince's "Getting Down To Cuba" is an undeniably cheery peak-time affair - he adds a little house flavour to a Caribbean disco classic - the undoubted star of the show is Goji Berry. The producer serves up a trio of edits, with the hybrid Italo-disco/ electro-funk jauntiness of "I Need" and slow-mo, saucer-eyed vibes of "In The Heat" standing out.
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KE 9054
18 Dec 17
Disco/Nu-Disco
18 Dec 17
Disco/Nu-Disco
Katakana Edits Vol 53EXCLUSIVE
Review: Congratulations to the Katakana Edits crew, who have now reached a half century of releases. Their 53rd EP comes from the mysterious Ben Morlack from Paris. He's had other releases recently on Funk Blasters, Breakbeat Paradise, Relative Dimensions, Homebreakin, Tru Funk and Boogie Boutique: so you know where this guys coming from! "Train" is a well funky joint with some super powerful vocals retained from the original of this fine track - that sounds quite familiar. Next up you get served to some serious soul power on the wicked "There It Is".
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KE 9053
10 Nov 17
Disco/Nu-Disco
10 Nov 17
Disco/Nu-Disco
Katakana Edits Vol 52EXCLUSIVE
Played by: Downunder Disco
Review: Katakana Edits hail from Scituate, Rhode Island and are responsible for edits, re-edits, bootlegs and mash-ups only! Fair enough! The bulk of their new EP comes courtesy of Fray Bentos who is originally from the Midlands - where he cut his teeth blagging sets with the free party scene in the early 90's. He then lived in London where he ran his own night Deep Fried for 15 years. He's currently a resident DJ with Brighton's infamous Soul Casserole crew who have supported the likes of Norman Jay, Craig Charles, Don Letts, Giles Peterson and The Reflex. There's some familiar hooks on these fine edits such as on "Hot 2 Trot" which is absolute fire. "Come & Get It" has some some Summery NYC circa the '70s styled heat. Finally there's a track by Russian duo SO KA with "Loveliness". Their edit going for some smooth Curtis Mayfield styled flavour. Respectful edits on offer here.
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KE 9052
27 Oct 17
Disco/Nu-Disco
27 Oct 17
Disco/Nu-Disco
