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Local Talk
Review: Two stalwarts of the Toronto house scene join forces with unsurprisingly classy results. Opener 'The Rain' is a stompy affair defined primarily by its prominent handclaps and gospel-style vocal: it's got energy to spare and if your feet aren't tapping to this, then you might want to double-check that you've actually got any. But it's 'Cry No More' that's the real killer, being a deep, rolling house workout sporting jazzy keys and two separate, sampled vocals: one a timestretched bite from The Supreme Jubilees' 1979 soul jam 'It'll All Be Over', the other male and spoken. Simply listing the elements involved doesn't really convey just what a quality cut this is, though, so check this one for sure!
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LT146B
22 Mar 24
Funky/Club House
22 Mar 24
Funky/Club House
Review: Brussells-based Krewcial (real name Pascal Garner) is famed for his original blends of disco and soulful house flavours, though on this Local Talk label debut he's tried something far more adventurous - specifically blending live jazz instrumentation and electronic house rhythms. It's a formula that works well, offering a tactile and pleasingly loose take on jazz-house that's far warmer and sunnier than most similar exercises. Check first 'Brooklyn Affair', where classic piano flourishes, jazzy guitar notes, dreamy pads and hip-hop vocal samples dance atop double bass and deep house beats, before admiring the jazz dancer-friendly bounce of 'Elaboritz'. Finally, he opts for a more authentic jazz-dance flex on 'Roll Call', whose spoken word vocal lists some of his most cherished musical heroes old and new.
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LT 145A
01 Mar 24
Funky/Club House
01 Mar 24
Funky/Club House
Played by: Juno Recommends Funky House
Review: New York native and Barcelona resident Ralph Session (real name Ralph Rodriguez) brings his brand of house "heavy hitters" to Local Talk for the first time. He begins a strong label debut with 'BQE', a thumpin', moody and sweat-soaked mix of Kenny Dope style drums, dark string stabs, wide-eyed vocal stabs and Horror movie chords, before creating spine-tingling sound worlds and hands-in-the-air moments on the grandiose brilliance of 'Can You Lie'. 'Keep On' is a jazzier and warmer slab of deep house goodness, while 'Dance With You' is a stab-happy late-night box jam that should appeal to all those who appreciate classic-sounding US deep house.
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LT 144
16 Feb 24
Funky/Club House
16 Feb 24
Funky/Club House
Review: Since making his debut on Mister Saturday Night a decade ago, Keita Sano has racked up releases on such esteemed imprints as Delusions of Grandeur, Let's Play House, 1080 and Spring Theory. Here the Berlin-based Japanese producer makes his bow on another admired house stable, Local Talk. He begins in typically sweat-soaked fashion via the breathless lo-fi house beats, cut-up vocal samples, hissing cymbals and rubbery slap-bass of 'When Love Comes Around', before opting for a more intergalactic sound on sci-fi house jam 'Special Time'. 'Roll of Acid' is a surging slab of lo-fi acid house insanity, while 'Love You Mr Brooklyn (KS For You Dub) is a bubbly, intoxicating and mind-mangling early morning stomper.
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LT 142
15 Dec 23
Funky/Club House
15 Dec 23
Funky/Club House
Review: If first-gen house and techno are your bag then don't sleep on this excellent EP from Oliver Siebert and Stefan Braatz, AKA Acid Jerks: it's got vintage flavas seeping from every pore. The EP opens with 'Shades Of Grey', which combines Detroitian strings and a 'French Kiss'-like bass throb. 'Wheels Of Fortune' and 'Rise Up' then look to early Chi-town deep house from the likes of Ron Trent and Larry Heard for inspiration, before 'Ace Of Spade' plays us out and finally answers the question, "What would acid house sound like it had been invented AFTER the Jet and Zip effects on Pioneer DJ kit?". Jack your body!
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LT 139
17 Nov 23
Funky/Club House
17 Nov 23
Funky/Club House
Various
Played by: Juno Recommends Funky House
Review: Local Talk's celebration of the '90s house-inspired corners of its now vast catalogue continues, with the much admired Swedish stable serving up 12 tidy tracks from a mixture of rising stars and scene stalwarts. It begins with the tactile, sunrise-ready wonder of Sean McCabe's '6AM Dub' of his own superb 'It's My Life', and ends with the densely layered, loop-powered disco-house rush of Circulation's 'The Return (1997 Mix)'; in between, you'll find an array of highlights including Dirtytwo's 'Moody' (an on-point Mood II Swing tribute), the deep, Italo-house style colour of Willie Graff and Tuccillo's 'Sunday Morning', the vintage Kerri Chandler-esque bump of Tom Noir's 'Feel Me' and the rolling warmth of Art of Tones' 'Dirty Stories'.
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ISH 007
27 Oct 23
Funky/Club House
27 Oct 23
Funky/Club House
