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Midnight Riot
Review: An in-house three-way here as Midnight Riot boss Yam Who? teams up with his partner-in-crime Phil Rose AKA Jaegerossa (who runs the Black Riot sub-label) and regular collaborator Rebecca Scales, whose tonsils have graced several previous Midnight Riot releases. The resulting track is exactly the kind of uplifting Saturday night disco-houser you'd expect and is served in three mixes: DJ Mark Brickman's will pack the most punch on commercial floors but these ears are drawn to the slightly smoother, sultrier Original Mix, which comes with a matching instrumental and which will be the better bet in the more soulful spots.
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MIDRIOTD 440
04 Aug 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
04 Aug 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Juno Recommends Disco
Review: UK disco don Yam Who? once more teams up Lincolnshire-based vocalist Suki Soul and He Who Shall Not Be Googled (Mr Smith) on this cover of Krystol's 1984 boogie classic 'After The Dance Is Through'. Their rendering wisely leaves the song structure intact, simply upping the tempo a notch or two and giving the track a light topcoat of shimmering nu-disco polish, while Suki turns in an impressive vocal performance - especially when you consider that she's having to try and compete with an original sung by a trio. A cert on soulful and nu-disco floors for the summer, with simple vocal and instrumental rubs to choose from.
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MIDRIOTD 438
21 Jul 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
21 Jul 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: A heavy-hitting collab here as UK disco stalwart Yam Who? joins forces once more with San Francisco-based soul vocalist Brian Lucas. There's a distinctly Sly Stone-esque quality to Lucas's performance on 'Gettin To Know You', an uplifting and peaktime-oriented but still very musical affair with infectious pianos, a soaring sax line and gospel-style BVs. It has to be said that the Extended, Main and Radio mixes really differ only in length - a little more variety wouldn't have gone amiss but then again, you know what they say to do when it ain't broke...
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MIDRIOTD 435
30 Jun 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
30 Jun 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: The boogie vibes are strong in this three-way team-up between disco stalwart Yam Who?, northern UK vocalist Suki Soul and the mysterious Mr Smith, about whom we can't tell you much except that he once made a record called 'Santa's Techno Sled' so he can't be all bad! Atop a background that's long on squelchy analogue synths, fat funk bass (both organic and synthesized) and gloriously 80s-sounding drum machine beats, Ms Soul promises her lover that while she'll "be a good girl for the world", it really is the quiet ones you've got to watch...
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MIDRIOTD 426
19 May 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
19 May 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Here's an EP that's almost a fully-fledged supergroup in its own right, as three very well-respected producers from the contemporary disco scene - Andy Williams AKA Yam Who?and UK duo Jaegerossa - join forces, and draft in accomplished vocalist Brian Lucas on tonsil duties. What they've come up with between them is an uplifting peaktime soulful/disco houser that'll go down a storm at the likes of 51st State and Vocal Booth Weekender, while for a more authentically 70s sounding pass you can head for the Live From Philly Mix. Radio and instrumental rubs complete the package.
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MIDRIOTD 328A
10 Sep 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
10 Sep 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: This two-tracker from Midnight Riot has all the makings of a future disco-house anthem. It comes courtesy of label regular Natasha Kitty Katt, imprint big cheese Yam Who and vocalist Jacqui George. In its EP-opening "Gospeldelic Mix" form, "Into Your Life" is a rushing fusion of rolling house grooves, spacey synth solos, jangling gospel house pianos and a stunning lead vocal from George that should get the hairs on the back of your next leaping heavenwards. Danny Kane handles remix duties, offering a slicker and smoother interpretation that sits somewhere between nu-disco (check the squidgy new synth parts), soulful house and bouncy disco-house. Like the version that preceded it, Kane's mix is a genuine winter warmer.
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MIDRIOTD 212
11 Nov 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
11 Nov 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: This latest collaboration between Yam Who? and Jaegerossa comes in three mixes, and between them should find its way onto a range of floors. The lead Yam Who? & Jaegerossa Remix is the one for the soulful/disco house floors, with a top-drawer vocal from Ms Wallace, lavish strings and a Joey Negro-esque exuberance. The Boogie Remix, unsurprisingly, takes us into boogie territory and sports a fat, squidgy bottom end to match, but perhaps more impressive is the Retro Soul Mix, an altogether more organic-sounding pass that could easily hold its own alongside the likes of the Dap Kings et al.
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MIDRIOTD 180
01 Apr 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
01 Apr 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: YAM WHO?, Juno Recommends Disco, Ash Reynolds, DAVID DUNNE (Triple Dee/Funkademia), Limpodisco, BRENDON P, 80's Child, Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze), Chuggin Edits, Ruff Diamond
Review: Given the success of their previous joint single on Z Records, "Grateful", we know that Yam Who, Jacqui George and Jaegerossa are natural collaborators. Predictably, they've hit the mark again with this heavy, peak-time ready cover of Francine McGhee disco classic "Delirium". They've replicated many of the original's most potent features - think jammed-out electric piano riffs, heady vocals and wild synth solos - whilst updating it a little for house-centric contemporary dancefloors. The accompanying remixes are rather good, too. First, '80s Child and Ruff Diamond offer up a warmer, looser and breezier disco revision that adds a little more synth-heavy electrofunk flabvour, before Danny Russell and Ronald Christoph brilliantly strip the track back and emphasize the killer bassline on a superb disco-house take.
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MIDRIOTD 174
11 Feb 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
11 Feb 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Yam Who? / Various
Freekwency - "Living In A Lie" (feat Ale Chambers & De Konichiwa - Benny Badge Downtown dub) - (5:08) 110 BPM
Played by: George Kelly, FINGERMAN, YAM WHO?, Dr Packer, Juno Recommends Disco, Ash Reynolds, TURNTILL, Alan Dixon, DJ P-SOL, Ziggy Phunk, BRENDON P, 80's Child, South Beach Recycling, JAMES ROD, Wonkar, Chuggin Edits, SITUATION, Olivier (La Freund Recordings), Saucy Lady
Review: If you weren't aware already, Yam Who? is one ambitious, tirelessly active chap. First emerging at the turn of the century with some superb edits of poppy R n'b (anyone remember his boogie take on "Frontin" by Pharrell?) the Yam master has gone on to build quite the empire with his Midnight Riot label. The latest MR release reflects his nature, a new mix featuring 20 killer rollerskate jams from friends as well as some outright classics. Highlights include the glistening, chrome-plated funk of George Kelly's "Turn It Up", the sleek and synthy 80s jam "Living A Lie" by Freekwency and the slammin Linn drum freestyle action of "On The Upside (High Drummer edit)" by Wonkar.
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MIDRIOTBOOGIE 001
07 Sep 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
07 Sep 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
