Review: With multiple releases on Salted Music, Simma Red and Street King to his name, Soledrifter (real name Dimitry Mescheryakov) is well-established within the global house scene. Here the Canada-based Russian returns to Peppermint Jam with a second single for the long-running German imprint (his first appeared back in 2018). 'Need To Get Down' offers the perfect balance between rubbery disco and jazz-flecked deep house warmth, with rich chords, dewy-eyed female vocal snippets, jaunty synth riffs and short sax samples enveloping funky bass guitar and organic-sounding drums. 'That Chance' is deeper and more immersive in tone, with Mescheryakov tipping a wink to the spacey sounds of late '90s UK tech-house/deep house fusion.
Review: There's a reason this digi release from German house stalwarts Peppermint Jam sounds so '90s: it was recorded in 1995. Originally released on 12" in the same year, it's in many ways typical of deep house of the era - particularly that made in the US. Opener "Brazil (Krypt Keepers Mix)" layers sprightly US garage organs atop loose, snare-heavy, borderline tribal percussion. It's crunchy, deep and rolling in equal measure. Original flipside "Jazz Machine" wanders more towards trad US garage territory, building into a delightful percussion jam via crazy organs, jazz cymbals and freaky organ solos. Both tracks offer an authentic blast from the past for those inspired by 1990s US house sounds.
Review: It's not unusual for record labels to dig into the archives and reissue previously forgotten 12" singles as digital downloads, but few seem to be digging quite as deep as Germany's Peppermint Jam. This first 12" from the long-forgotten Shake Your Ass first appeared in 1994. A-Side "Just Can't Be Friends" was co-produced by Kerri Chandler, and it shows. Typical of his early work, it blends early 90s deep house with warm grooves and production techniques typical of New Jersey garage. Flipside "B-House" isn't quite as impressive, but still offers lovers of classic NYC house a formidable blast from the past.
Review: Having already been united on record before - after Dlugosch's remix of the Murphy-vocalled "Sing It Back" by Moloko went astronomical - the pair have reconvened for this similarly disco-influenced collaboration. Led by Murphy's swooping, Beth Gibbons-recalling vocals, Dlugosch supplies Chic-like string in abundance on this glitterball-friendly funky house mainstay.
Review: A jaunty little roller here that'd work on disco and house floors alike. The work of Italian veteran Corrado Alunni, who's been DJing since 1988 - and who shares his name with a famed leader of Italy's Red Brigades - 'A Different Story' takes a familiar lyrical trope ("Ain't no party like a house party cos a house party don't stop") then places the one-line vocal against a backdrop of sweetly tinkling jazzy organ links and parping brass, the end result being a lively cut that'll rock the spot for sure. It comes supplied in simple full-length and edit versions but hey, if it ain't broke...
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