Review: When he's not DJing and producing as Vincent Inc, or running Manuscript Records, Igor Visotskiy also works as a photographer and interior desgner. He's clearly a man of many talents, something that's also evidenced by the musical variety on an EP packing three heavily sample-based cuts that blur the lines between 'homage' and 're-edit'. Opener 'Kyoto Disco' is about as smooth, sultry n' soulful as disco gets before it's just soul again, 'You Got Me' channels 80s boogie vibes and sports some very cool, Scritti Politti-ish use of vocal FX, while finally 'Schizophrenia' takes us into late 60s deep funk territory. Classy stuff all round.
Review: Russian producer Muteng comes to Ukraine's Manuscript with a varied three-tracker. First up is 'DMMF', which is a housed-up re-edit of The Headhunters' classic 'God Made Me Funky' from back in 1973, and which would slot neatly into deep house and funk/disco sets alike. The EP's other original cut, '4 Gladys', operates in quite different musical territory, topping an ominous synth-bass throb redolent of new beat/EBM (albeit at a house tempo) with what appears to be the acapella version of Gladys Knight's 'Neither One Of Us' from 1972. The package is then completed by a chugging, midtempo remix of 'DMMF' from label boss Vincent Inc - think ALFOS or Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve.
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