Review: Italian label Mondo Groove (part of the Cinedelic family) bring us a six-track collection of obscure female-vocalled cuts from early 80s Italy, with tracks ranging from the gloriously camp Italo-disco of Gioia's "No Secrets" to the straight-up synth-pop of Patrizia Pellegrino's "Bandito" via the cod calypso of Laura Bitto?s "Trinidad" and the Laura Branningan/Pat Benatar-isms of Virna Anderson's "Life Sound". Those with a strong aversion to gorgonzola and mozzarella should probably steer clear but if you can handle the Eurovision-ish aftertaste then Simona Gay's "This Night" has a certain wry charm.
Review: Chapter One of Daniele Baldelli's Cosmic Temple series, released earlier this month, contained some of the cosmic disco pioneer's strongest studio work to date. Happily, this second 'chapter' is equally as impressive, and contains three typically chugging, psychedelic dancefloor workouts. There's the obligatory trip into stargazing, slow-motion electronics - the excellent "Afelio" - and a pitched down dub-disco/space disco weird-out built around sampled Afro-disco drums and buzzing analogue synthesizer lines ("Zircaloy"). Best of the bunch, though, is opener "Krebs Cycle", which layers sharp funk guitars, intensive percussion hits and wild electronic melodies atop a dark, druggy, Italo-style arpeggio line.
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