Review: All credit is due to Lego Edit here, because of the four re-edits featured we can identify the source material for only one - namely 'Movin', which revisits Brass Construction's 1975 Latin funk/disco classic. Elsewhere, 'Pman' is a rolling funk groover that builds with male soul vox and strings as it progresses, while 'Dis Is Nice' takes us into slightly deeper territory - think jazz-funk through a deep house filter. Perhaps the EP's most distinctive track, though, is 'Mystic Sahara', a midtempo concoction of pounding tribal drums and snake charmer flutes that's surely destined to kick off a thousand DJ mixes...
Review: Two very serviceable funk/soul edits here, although what they're actually edits of we couldn't tell you: 'Soul Power' sounds like it should be obvious but has nothing to do with the James Brown classic, and 'M' doesn't talk about pop muzik either! Still, with a nagging, fluttering guitar riff that plays throughout, brass fanfares, soaring saxophone and an ass-shakin' bassline, 'Soul Power ('Lego Edit 5am)' will get 'em on the floor without a doubt, while 'M', with its shuffle-y drums and hazy bassline topped with a mournful violin line, has a more laidback, almost Balearic feel, and would sound fantastic lazing by a poolside.
Review: Surrounded by piles of plastic bricks and merrily whistling "Everything Is Awesome", Lego Edit opens up his "Sample Bag" and offers up more hush-hush reworks from his seemingly endless collection. As usual, there are plenty of tried-and-tested treats to savour, from the tooled-up house take on Steely Dan classic "Do It Again" that is "Dee-Ly Stan" (see what he did there etc) and the filter-heavy disco-house thrust of "Jungle Track", to the hard-wired loop arrangements and booming bottom end of standout "Jazzy Track" and the sun-kissed afternoon pleasure of "Simply Jazz", a solos-laden romp through soul-jazz pastures tantalizingly tweaked to guarantee dancefloor pleasure.
Review: On his latest expansive collection of tastefully tooled-up scalpel cuts, construction toy enthusiast Lego Edit has turned his attention to the world of Rare Groove. The results are naturally on-point, from the lolloping loops, head-nodding grooves and echoing Curtis Mayfield style vocals of "Supa People", to the densely percussive disco mysticism of "Mondo Tibet", where Indian style strings and earthy vocal grunts rise above some suitably heavy drums. In between you'll encounter such highlights as the hypnotic, filter-heavy disco-house pump of "Funk Family", the sizzling Brazilian carnival celebration that is "A2" and the classic disco bounce of certified peak-time stomper "Love In (Lego Edit Disco Cut)".
Review: Under the Lego Edit alias, Diego Lelli has a penchant for serving up expansive collections of tooled-up reworks that offer excellent value for money. He's at it again here, offering up 18 finger-lickin' "Chicken Edits" that are far more tasty and satisfying than your average 3am fast food takeaway. Naturally, the material on offer is largely peak-time focused, with highlights including the glassy-eyed, filter-heavy disco-house of "Paris By Night", the wiggling, Maceo Parker style funk fun of "Gnomo Gnomo (Lego Re-Funk)", the breezy Brazilian samba-disco bliss of "Latin Maria (Lego dub 5am)", the sweaty loop-house heaviness of "A (BraziLego Edit)" and the percussive, organ-heavy, jazz-wise stomp of "The Crickets (Lego Classic Edit)".
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