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Masterworks Music
Review: Nice, France-based Vigi, whose music has previously appeared on labels such as Spa In Disco, Rare Wiri and Slightly Transformed, comes to Masterworks Music, the Manchester-based imprint headed up by Danny Worrall AKA 80s Child, with a three-track EP. 'Back To Love' itself kicks things off in pleasingly summery, rolling fashion and has a late 70s/early 80s disco feel. 'Sunday', which follows, pushes closer to Dave Lee-esque disco-house territory with its tuff 4/4s and looped soulful vocal sample, while completing the EP is 'Lost And Found', a lower-tempo funk/soul jam that for this reviewer is the pick of the crop.
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MMD 110
07 Mar 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
07 Mar 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Almost a year after making his debut on Mandrill Cuts, Kristoff MX pops up on Masterworks Music with another rock-solid selection of weighty, house style re-edits. The rising star first takes his scalpel to Fern Kinney's throbbing, arpeggio-heavy, reggae-influenced disco slow jam 'Baby Let Me Kiss You' ('Groovy Sensation'), successfully toughening it up while speeding up slightly, before going all disco-house on a chunky, sweat-soaked version of a classic, synth-sporting disco number ('Let It Go'). Arguably best of all though is 'Dizzy But Funky', a French Touch/Soundstream-influenced disco-house loop jam (based, we think, on an old pop hit by M) that sounds primed for peak-time plays.
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MMD 109
20 Dec 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
20 Dec 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: FINGERMAN, Superbreak, Romanto (YSR / DISCO MACHINE), Juno Recommends Disco, CHEWY RUBS, Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze), Downunder Disco, Andy Buchan, Alexny, The Magic Track, Twin Sun
Review: A four-tracker here from Hungarian duo The Magic Track, AKA DRJ & Gio, AKA Peter Makkai & Andras Szerepi. 'Lifebuoys & Straws' is a rolling, summery groover with chorus'd disco vox and some gloriously cheesy sax work. The bendy metal clarinet is also much in evidence (alongside a harmonica) on lightly blues-tinged funk/disco jam 'Dr Magenheim', while 'Lonely Teddy' sits right at the point where deep house, disco and Balearica collide. 'Applegate Scandal' then closes out the EP on a livelier, more rumbustious note. Like the lady says: raise your hands, get on up, let's party!
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MMD 108
25 Oct 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
25 Oct 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Fort Knox Five, Juno Recommends Disco, 80's Child, Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze), FRAN DEEPER, Twin Sun
Review: Over the course of his action-packed career to date, Jet Boot Jack has flitted between funk-fuelled, disco-tinged house and excitable, party-starting re-edits. On this EP for Masterworks Music, he combines the two things, delivering re-edits with added beats and sounds that will surely never fail to get dancefloors moving. First up is 'Call of the Wild', a bouncy, housed-up affair that seemingly draws on elements from Afrobeat, Italo-disco and disco-funk cuts. He follows this with the beefed-up, peak-time disco strut of 'I Ain't Asking', before putting his stamp on a deeper, Brazilian-sounding disco-funk number full of slap bass, jaunty piano riffs and jazzy guitars. Like much of the rest of his work, the groove underpinning the track is thickset, bass-heavy and undeniably weighty.
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MMD 106
20 Sep 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
20 Sep 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: A three-tracker here from Boise, Idaho-based nu-disco producer Bodie Lee. The title track is up first and, being essentially a re-edit/cover of 'Bad Boys' by Wham!, sets the tone for what is a very 80s-inspired EP all round. 'Boyz Like You' is followed by the boogie-flavoured 'Bout You', which rocks a fat funk bassline and a sweet female vocal, before the EP's completed by the more uptempo 'Freedom Flash', which nudges towards hi-NRG territory. Given the provenance of the 'Boyz Like You' these latter two are probably also re-edits, but we couldn't tell you what of...
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MMD 105
06 Sep 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
06 Sep 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Wolverhampton man Ian Stanford, better known as Slync and also one-third of Paper Street Soul, comes with the boogie nouveau vibes on this five-tracker for Masterworks Music. From the synth sounds to the vocal phrasing, 'Fantasy' is a musical wormhole that'll whisk you straight back to the early 80s, and comes accompanied by a Dub from the Levan/Cowley school of thought. Elsewhere on the EP, there are more boogie vibes on 'Stranger Feeling', 'Scuba Du' is a dreamier affair that leans towards jazz-funk and the slightly squelchier 'Piece Of Pi' has hints of Daft Punk around the edges.
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MMD 104
16 Aug 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
16 Aug 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Swiss producer Adam Nova has racked up releases on labels including Glasgow Underground, Mood Funk, Spa In Disco and many more. Now he comes to Masterworks Music, who are based in the glittering disco metropolis of Warrington, with this two-tracker. 'Give It On Up' itself is an authentically late 70s/early 80s-sounding affair, and perfectly serviceable, but it's the more house-ified 'You're Number 1' that's the killer to these ears - with an opening minute that's the closest thing you'll hear to an Ecstasy rush in sonic form, it's a proper sure-fire party-starter and no mistake, guv'nor!
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MMD 102
08 Mar 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
08 Mar 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
