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Rare Wiri Spain
Review: In little over a year, Ziggy Phunk has become one of the re-edit scene's most reliable producers, delivering killer cuts that inhabit the no-man's-land between faithful scalpel rearrangement, re-production, and subtle rework. Here he returns to Rare Wiri with three more essential floor-slayers. Choose between the rubbery slap-bass, swinging drums, swirling strings and crunchy Clavinet lines of "One Evening", the sparkling, synth-laden electrofunk cheeriness of "Hold You Tight", and the decidedly Balearic, Italo-propelled Euro-shuffle of "Baby Doll". All three tracks sound like they were tailor made for al-fresco DJ sets, be they in Welsh woodland, on Ibiza terraces, or aboard Adriatic boat parties.
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RW 030
25 Jul 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
25 Jul 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Rayko
Review: This latest release from Rayko's Rare Wiri stable should have you covered whatever end of the disco spectrum you're most comfortable at, as 'Monody' and 'Much Better' - two cuts that first appeared on the 'Capriccio' EP back in December - get given the remix treatment. If you're a fan of cosmic and Italo vibes, 80s sci-fi soundtracks and synthier styles generally, then you'll want to head for Sauco's rub of the former, a bleepy throbber with Daft Punk-ish overtones around the edges. If you're more traditionally minded, on the other hand, then check out the label boss's refix of 'Much Better' for some killer sax action.
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RW 139
07 Mar 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
07 Mar 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: FINGERMAN, Romanto (YSR / DISCO MACHINE), Juno Recommends Disco, Ash Reynolds, Rayko, Chuggin Edits, VIGI, FRAN DEEPER
Review: Three tracks in a total of six mixes make up this EP from Nice, France-based Vigi, which comes on Rayko's Rare Wiri label. 'Thinking About You' itself starts life sounding like an early 80s AOR/yacht rock excursion - think Toto or Foreigner - while the Extended DJ Mix chucks a 4/4 kick underneath it, but it's the ever-reliable Manuel Costela who comes with the most obviously floor-friendly of the three rubs. Elsewhere on the EP, 'You Got Me' mines 80s boogie sounds and comes complete with an elevated-tempo Boogietraxx Remix (my pick), while the mellower 'Somethin' I Want' comes on like a Balearica-boogie meltdown.
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RW 134
31 Jan 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
31 Jan 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
Vicky Montefusco feat Anya Rei
Review: Italy's Vincenzo Montefusco teams up with fellow Napoletano Anya Rei, a DJ, producer and vocalist who heads up the Elettra Music label, for this joint outing on Rayko's Rare Wiri. 'Mare' in its Original form is a midpaced affair with shimmering Balearic synths and quite a poppy vocal from Ms Rei. The label boss then gives the track a makeover that sits somewhere around the Italo-disco/progressive house cusp, while the EP's completed by a remix from Mexico's Saint-Loup-en-Bray, who throws caution to the wind as he ditches the vocal and unleashes some seriously gnarly, angular synths.
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RW 215
02 Oct 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
02 Oct 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Review: Hearty congratulations to Rayko, whose Rare Wiri label has just turned ten. To celebrate the label's decade in dance, the Spanish producer has put together this fittingly fine collection of archive cuts. It features no re-edits, just original tracks and associated remixes. There's plenty to set the pulse racing throughout, from the Clavinet-sporting crunchiness of Limpdisco's compilation-opening "Moving To '70s" and Spiritcatcher's D-Train style NYC boogie revision of Julian Sanza's "Can't Stop The Feeling", to the jazz funk-flecked deep house/disco fusion of Nowsense's "Smile" and Situation's wonderfully atmospheric electro-acid revision of James Rod's "Disco Rocket". Naturally, there are plenty of Rayko tracks and remixes dotted throughout, including a wonderfully spacey and bass-heavy take on Ilya Santana's "Electrik Mind".
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RW 054
04 Feb 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
04 Feb 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Review: The '80s man from Madrid - Rayko - returns at the helm of a whole compilation of sleek synth cuts, Rare Wiri Chronicles. The timing couldn't be more perfect with the sunshine vibes collected here guaranteed to dispel even the slightest thought of winter blues. Highlights include the Sasse-esque digi-sweat-funk grind, "Wanting You" by Illya Rudman, Rayko & Landerground's sensual sophisti-pop seducer, "Mechanical Life" and the spacey Italo-disco joint, "Air Shark" by Phoreski.
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RW 019
08 Dec 14
Disco/Nu-Disco
08 Dec 14
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Played by: Pete Herbert, Juno Recommends Disco, Juno Recommends Downtempo, Rayko, DJ ROCCA, SAUCO, FRAN DEEPER, Juno Download
Review: After 12 years in the game, Spanish nu-disco stable have reached the 100-release milestone, and they're celebrating with an imaginatively titled compilation packing eight brand new tracks that have been handpicked by label boss Rayko. Obviously, with eight tracks from as many artists there's a fair degree of stylistic variety on offer, but the emphasis generally is on heavily electronic grooves - sometimes veering into Balearic/coffee table pastures, sometimes served with a darker, more leftfield twist. It's really more of a home listening album than a collection of club cuts, but for dancefloor purposes start with the contributions from Ilya Santana and Sauco...
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RW 100
11 Jan 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
11 Jan 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Played by: FINGERMAN, YAM WHO?, Tonbe, Rayko, Limpodisco, LEGO EDIT, 80's Child, JAMES ROD, Andy Buchan, Sould Out, Ruff Diamond
Review: Following a fine retrospective of "original productions and reworks" earlier in the month, the Rare Wiri label has prepped another killer compilation to help mark the imprint's 10th birthday. This time round, boss man Rayko has gathered together some of the label's most potent re-edits. The quality threshold remains impressively high throughout, with highlights including James Rod's chugging and cheery disco-boogie shuffler "So Easy", the dreamy deep house throb of In Flagranti's loopy version of "Walking In The Rain", the sparkling saccharine soul/jazz-funk flex of Yam Who's revision of "In Your Eyes" and the pulsating Italo-disco/disco-funk fusion of Ziggy Phunk's take on "One Evening". Throw in a clutch of top-notch Rayko re-edits and the result is an essential collection of floor-focused reworks.
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RW 055
22 Feb 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
22 Feb 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Played by: Juno Recommends Disco, Rayko, LEGO EDIT, JAMES ROD, SEEN ON TV, Paper Street Soul, Ruff Diamond
Review: Spain's Rare Wiri label bring us their second retrospective label comp, which follows on the heels of last year's Vol 1, and just a quick glance at the artists involved - who include Ilya Santana, Rayko, The Beat Broker, Yam Who? and Ziggy Phunk - will give the initiated a pretty good idea of the quality on offer! Gazeebo's 'Soul Dance' is rooted in the deep funk of the early 70s, Phunk's 'Let It Move You' is a brass-spangled disco-house groover, Rayko's 'B-Nano' has an 80s Italo vibe, 'Whishbone' by Parissior channels late 70s Euro-disco, and so it goes on for six more very playable nu-disco bullets.
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RW 057
12 Apr 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
12 Apr 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Played by: DAVE GERRARD, YAM WHO?, Don Dayglow, In Flagranti, J&M BROTHERS, Rayko, Limpodisco, Future Bones, BRENDON P, 80's Child, JAMES ROD, That Needs an Edit/Pete Le Freq, Andy Buchan, Sould Out, SITUATION, Disco Funk Spinner - D.F.S, FRAN DEEPER, Paper Street Soul
Review: Spanish producer Rayko has delivered some impressive dancefloor magic courtesy of his Rare Wiri label. Ranging from re-edits to deep nu-disco and everything in between, the imprints sound is all encompassing. That philosophy is fully explored here on Retro Future Disco, bringing all kinds of disco approaches to the table. Highlights include the schmokin' 70s jazz-funk of "Hot Head Disco" by Psychemagik, the legendary Il Flagranti's rare re-edit of new wave classic "Walking In The Rain" by Flash & The Pan and the dreamy, star-crossed synth-pop of "In Your Eyes" by Yam Who? Something for everyone here.
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RW 035
28 Nov 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
28 Nov 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Played by: Black Hawks of Panama, Alkalino, Juno Recommends Disco, Rayko, Martin Brodin, FRAN DEEPER, Andy Buchan
Review: Rare Wiri's 'Retro Future Disco' series, launched in 2016, reaches its third installment - and with 10 tracks on offer, many of them coming from scene big-hitters like Alkalino, Ilya Santana, C Da Afro, Andy Buchan and of course label boss Rayko, nu-disco lovers will be salivating already! Generally speaking it's synth-tastic grooves inspired by Italo and cosmic disco that lead the charge here - though, given the talent roster, you'd expect a certain degree of stylistic variety, and you'll find such in Buchan's rawer, more funk-leaning 'Family Kings' and the soulful vibes of The Beatbroker's 'Belong 2 Me'.
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RW 124
27 Sep 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
27 Sep 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Review: There was a time when Balearic meant "play what you want, as long as it makes people dance"; then, somewhere along the way, we fell into a bit of a rut and it came to mean "lots of achingly lovely soundscapes replete with fey, wispy female vocals, wave sounds and fluttering flamenco guitar". This collection from Rare Wiri, then - ranging as it does from Jerome La Souris' disco-fied take on MAW classic 'To Be In Love' to the proggy throb of Cuz Electric's 'Polly', and from the nu-boogie strut of Sauco's 'Get Off' to Rayko's 'Drive', which comes on like coldwave meets yacht rock - is a good chance to remind ourselves of what 'Balearic' was originally meant to be about!
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RW 126A
18 Oct 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
18 Oct 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Review: With a title like 'Cosmic Memories' your middle name doesn't need to be Sherlock to work out what's going on here, as Rare Wiri bring us a nine-track collection that pays homage to the trippy, synth-fuelled disco of early 80s Italy. Who better to kick things off, then, than cosmic disco originator Daniel Baldelli, with his and DJ Rocca's remix of Manolo's 'Amalfi Drive'? That sets the tone nicely for an album that's long on glacial synths, 80s-sounding electronic drum beats, Euro-style vox and dramatic magenta blusher... okay, you can only actually HEAR the first three of those, but you get the idea! Phoreski's 'Slow Down' stands out for yours truly, packing as it does a little more of Da Funk.
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RW 164
19 Sep 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
19 Sep 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Review: Clocking it at just under 2.5 hours long, you certainly can't fault this Rare Wiri year-end label comp on the value for money front! With 23 tracks on offer there's no room here to go into them all individually, and you probably have a pretty good idea of the label's particular electronic, 80s-leaning flavour of nu-disco anyway. Suffice to say, then, that Rare Wiri's many existing fans will be more than satisfied while newbies - if there are any left! - should start with AINZ's chunky, sleazy 'Hangover', the Italo strut of From Beyond's 'Non Analogue', MR Gee's throbbing 'Gravity', Rune Lindbaek's sci-fi refix of Ilya Santana's 'Cosmos Rising' or, a personal fave, Kelton Prime's 'Disco Arpeggio', wherein nu-disco meets garage vox...
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RW 227
25 Dec 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
25 Dec 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Played by: FINGERMAN, Juno Recommends Disco, Rayko, Ilya Santana, Discoholic Ken, BRENDON P, Kongisto, FRAN DEEPER, Warriors of the Dystotheque, Saint-Loup-en-Bray
Review: Born back in 2008, Rayko's Rare Wiri mark their 200th release with an album-length compilation featuring 12 brand new cuts from what the man himself describes simply as "some of my favourite artists out there". The album starts out in laidback, Balearic mode with Secret Soul Society's 'Draw Of The Cards' and ends up back there with Manolo's 'By The Moon', but in-between you'll find the looping, funked-up deep house of Fran Deeper's 'Lost Baby', the shape-throwing 80s Faltermeyer-isms of Kelton Prima's 'The Beggining', Ilya Santana's floor-friendly cover of Vangelis's 'Dervish D', the electro nouveau of From Beyond's 'Star Slip' and more besides. Here's to 200 more!
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RW 200
26 Jun 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
26 Jun 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Julian Sanza, Juno Recommends Disco, Rayko, Chuggin Edits, Kongisto, FRAN DEEPER, Ruff Diamond
Review: Rare Wiri's latest collection of club-focused cut-jobs comes courtesy of Uptown Funk, a recently formed, Huddersfield-based DJ/producer collective focused on disco, funk, soul and house music. It's a quietly impressive debut from the Yorkshire-based crew, offering a quartet of filter-sporting, gently tooled-up re-edits. They begin with the bouncy and spacey disco-funk grooves of 'Hit', before opting for a more percussive vibe on housed-up disco workout 'Goes On'. Heavyweight disco-funk vibes are supplied via sax-sporting number 'Believe It', while closing cut 'Extra Sensory Perception' does a good job in turning disco classic 'My Baby's Got ESP' into a swirling peak-time stomper.
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RW 092
21 Sep 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
21 Sep 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: As the late Meat Loaf informed us, two out of three ain't bad... but two out of four is the best we can do when it comes to identifying the source material for this batch of Uptown Funk re-edits. Opener 'A Brighter Shade Of Blue' draws on 1978's 'Perfect Love Affair' by Prelude regulars Constellation Orchestra (AKA The Saturday Night Band), while The Michael Zager Band's 'Music Fever' from the same year informs 'Got The Fever'. So much for the vocal disco stompers: 'Hondo' and 'The Ride', meanwhile, draw on rawer funk sources, 'The Ride' having a Blaxploitation-y feel while 'Hondo' adds a dash of tropical/Latin spirit.
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RW 137
21 Feb 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
21 Feb 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Introducing Uabos & Hard Ton! A new continental Italo duo conceived deep within the stables of Bordello A Parigi, the pair's music has naturally found its way out through Rayko's Rare Wiri! Delivering an electro, industrial pop and synth wave number that references all matter of '80s movie soundtracks, "Ghost" comes fixed with an authentic rerub by New Yorkian legend Man Parrish! Furthermore there's Aman 'Aimes" Ellis' dubbed-out acid makeover and adding a Euro-dance vibe to the collection is Australian producer Hysteric with his ghoulish night driving version.
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RW 085
27 Jul 20
Electro
27 Jul 20
Electro
Review: Tunesmith's breakout 'Disco Classic' featured on his 'Slow Disco' album earlier this year, but evidently he liked the title so much he's recycled it for this, his second Rare Wiri full-length in just six months. While 'Slow Disco' was a 'does what it says on the tin' job, the title this time is perhaps more in keeping with Throbbing Gristle's industrial/noise classic '20 Jazz Funk Greats', in that you won't find much in the way of straight-up, 70s-inspired disco here. Instead, Tunesmith carves out a new musical niche all of his own that sits somewhere between shimmering nu-disco, indie and out-and-out pop, with a heavy 80s influence - not least because 'Bands From The 80s' namechecks the likes of Duran Duran, Pet Shop Boys, Tears For Fears and FGTH!
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RW 220
06 Nov 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
06 Nov 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: No need to start invoking the Trades Descriptions Act here: 'Slow Disco' is what it says on the box, and slow disco is exactly what you'll find inside. Guitarist and producer Klaus Wienerroither has several long-players as Tunesmith under his belt already, dating back to 2006 and ranging in style from indie-rock to squelchy broken beat and electronic pop, but this album adopts a far more mirrorball-oriented aesthetic, and as such will appeal to fans of artists such as The Phenomenal Handclap Band or Escort. For this writer, it's the tracks that feature Mara Miletic's vocals that stand out - particularly recent single 'Disco Classic' and the irrestistibly catchy 'Feels Good'.
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RW 197
05 Jun 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
05 Jun 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: No, Tunesmith - true identity unknown - isn't being a massive egotist in calling his new release for Rayko's Rare Wiri label 'Disco Classic'; instead, the title merely references the plainitive one-line female "play me a disco classic now" vocal. The Original version is a mellow, midtempo affair, with dense layers of reverberating sound underpinned by a rock-solid bassline, and probably one for the warm-up or those post-club sessions. Sauco's remix, meanwhile, adds 4/4 kicks, handclaps and swap out the b-line for a more electronic one, and as such is undoubtedly the better bet for dancefloor play - though both rubs have their charms for sure.
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RW 174
28 Nov 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
28 Nov 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Tony Johns has a long string of re-edit EPs under his belt, most of them self-released. This latest batch of reworks, though, have been snapped up by Rayko's Rare Wiri label - unsurprisingly, perhaps, as they draw on much the same school of 80s boogie and electro-disco that's inspired so much of the label's recent output. 'Zulu' reworks the 1981 cut of the same name by UK duo The Quick, while 'Little Love' revisits 'Gotta Little Love' by German new wave/disco chanteuse Angela (Werner) from 1984. 'Sweet Loving', meanwhile - source unidentified - is all fat 80s bass and squealing synths.
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RW 151A
30 May 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
30 May 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Full marks to re-editor Tony Johns for casting his net nice and wide here, as he reworks three largely forgotten gems from the 1970s. Okay, so funk veterans Slave (who supplied the 1977 original of 'Slide') are a fairly obvious target for some re-edit justice. Less so perhaps Dionne Warwick, whose monster of a torch soul belter 'You're Gonna Need Me' from 1973 becomes 'Want Me Back'. But the real surprise here is 'Be Like You', a highly polished and utterly irresistible yacht rocker that turns out to be a rework of a 1977 track by the Alan Parsons Project. Seriously, who knew?
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RW 161
15 Aug 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
15 Aug 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Rayko
Review: South London lad Tony Johns returns to Rare Wiri with two tracks of uncertain genesis: he's probably best known for his re-edits but he does make original tracks as well, and which category these two fall into we couldn't tell you. Either way, though, 'Hidden Sadness' is a hazy, pulsating, Balearic-ish instrumental jam, with the synths mostly to the fore but also sporting a nice little piano interlude in the mid-section, while 'Synthsational' is more uptempo and packs a heftier bottom end, making it the pick to these ears. If electronic disco is your bag, this is one to check for sure.
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RW 211A
04 Sep 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
04 Sep 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: A truly international affair, this, as Mexico's Tomas Malo teams up with French counterparts Djeko & K'You for an EP on Spanish label Rare Wiri. The title track here is a sumptuous, late 70s-flavoured disco workout, with chords that are reminiscent (whether intentionally or otherwise) of The Whispers' 'And The Beat Goes On' and a full-phat bassline. 'Shiba Bam', meanwhile, takes us right back to the earliest days of house but distinguishes itself from the herd via the use of an attention-getting, almost hypnotic, sing-song male vocal in an unidentified language.
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RW 146
25 Apr 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
25 Apr 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Taking a brief break from promoting the work of like-minded Spanish disco freaks. Rare Wiri boss Rayko has decided to offer up a thrill-a-minute EP from London-based pals Takao and Theon Bower. They open with the filter-smothered heaviness that is "Thunderbird", a riotous romp in which slamming new house drums, layered percussion and mazy new synthesizer solos mingle with righteous, horn-fired sections of a vintage disco-funk heater. They change tack slightly on "Acenda O Farol", a similarly filter-heavy, disco-house style bounce-along that makes extensive use of elements from what sounds like a deliciously camp and over the top South American disco record.
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RW 084
20 Jul 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
20 Jul 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: T Sounds is Tom Helowicz, a young Liverpool-based producer whose work has appeared on Rare Wiri, Mango Sounds, theBasementDiscos and more. Now he returns to the former stable with two tracks that operate in the currently rather busy hinterland between cosmic/Italo disco and progressive house. 'Arcadia' is all about the bright, dreamy pads which sit atop a solid, chunky backbeat and give the track a euphoric, hands-in-the-air, Ibeefa-friendly kinda feel, while 'Flying High' is a slightly more laidback, contemplative affair - one for lounging by the pool rather than strutting your stuff on the podium.
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RW 133
24 Jan 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
24 Jan 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: You'll never get to meet Svoboda Zvuka, because Svoboda Zvuka isn't a person: instead it's the name of an unusual project that sees different musicians all over the world collaborating on tracks remotely. On average, we're told, each track takes around 48 hours to make and is the result of five or six different producers' labours. So who's behind the lazy Balearic throb of the original version of 'Eeya' is anybody's guess, but we can tell you that Belida's remix drops the tempo and turns up the bass squelch, giving the track an almost New Beat-ish feel, while Santai ploughs a more spangly nu-disco furrow.
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RW 144
11 Apr 22
Balearic/Downtempo
11 Apr 22
Balearic/Downtempo
Played by: FINGERMAN, Juno Recommends Disco, Rayko, Monsieur Van Pratt, Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze), Chuggin Edits
Review: Irish DJ/producer Stephen Richards, who hosts OpenTempo FM's DiscoDaze radio show, serves up two nu-disco/disco-house originals here. 'Jiggery Pokery' feels like a simple chugging, looping groove on first hearing, but listen more closely and you'll realise there are all manner of musical elements - wordless vocal snips, a sunny sax line, string stabs and more - drifting in and out, helping to maintain dancefloor interest for the full seven-and-three-quarter minutes. 'Bright Nightlight' has a more straight-up 80s Euro feel, while finally Ziggy Phunk's remix takes the title track into similar territory - shut your eyes and you're in a nightclub scene from 'Miami Vice'!
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RW 081
08 Jun 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
08 Jun 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Rayko
Review: Legendary disco diamond Rayko and his Rare Wiri label confirm some new wares from Daniel Klien, aka Sirs, an artist with old school connections to labels like Flamingo Discos and Peppermint Jam. As Sirs he surfaces with a quality EP of four sides and the record goes deep into cosmic space and classy vocoder territory with the inter-dimensional "Pookish", while New York mafiosos are referenced in the post-punk, drum rolls and heavy Italo sound of "Nosa Costra". Strands of rock and minimalism combine between the socialistic and angsty gestures of "Ja Gakaki" with the voice of a most alluring German devil hidden deep within "Der Trip".
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RW 067
09 Dec 19
Coldwave/Synth
09 Dec 19
Coldwave/Synth
Review: Peter Shalvoy is no newcomer to the scene: a DJ around NYC for over 20 years, he's perhaps best known for his long-running residency at the infamous Nell's. These days, though, he's relocated to Las Vegas and is concentrating his efforts on his productions. Like this one, for instance: a gloriously lounge-y and, yes, slightly cheesy disco number that harks back to the style's earliest days in the mid-70s with its male and female soul vocals. There's no great reinvention of the wheel going on, but those female 'aaah-aaaahs' in the chorus are worth the price of admission on their own!
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RW 136
14 Feb 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
14 Feb 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Chuggin Edits
Review: If it's straight-up, trad-sounding deep house vibes you're after then Rare Wiri might not always be the first place you'd look, but they've come up trumps with this fine EP from comedically-monikered London lad Sesh Juan. The mellow but still surprisingly pacey 'Flutes For Shoots' leads the charge - and there are no prizes for guessing which woodwind instrument plays a starring role here - while 'Chateau Neuf' itself is a slightly more meandering and lower-tempo outing that's in danger of getting all a bit "drifty and polite" until, around the 2:30 mark, in comes a treated female vocal snip to die for. Don't die for it, though - just buy it!
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RW 155
27 Jun 22
Deep House
27 Jun 22
Deep House
Review: Cal Gibson, a Nottingham-raised veteran producer best-known for his role in early noughties outfit Neon Heights, has had a new lease of life since re-emerging as Secret Soul Society. He has a decidedly Balearic album on the way for Hell Yeah! Recordings, but first there's the matter of this four-tracker for Rayko's Rare Wiri imprint. Gibson begins in predictably loved-up mood via the wide-eyed, sample-heavy tactility of 'Its Magic', an acid-splashed cut of the sort that fellow Notts boy Naill used to offer up, before successfully cutting up and dubbing out some heady Philly Soul on the druggy flex of 'Mighty Fine'. 'Minding The Seasons' is an attractive Balearic nu-disco throb-job, while 'Who Is The Don' is a spaced-out slow jam that makes great use of samples from a swamp funk treat.
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RW 208
21 Aug 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
21 Aug 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Something of a departure here for former Neon Heights man Cal Gibson's Secret Soul Society, as out go the dusty lo-fi beats and hazy Balearic loveliness, and in steps some electronic disco struttery to take their place. That's not to say the EP as a whole isn't still a fairly mellow affair - it's not all angles, dry ice and cheekbones - but the synth collection definitely gets a bit more of a bashing this time out! The title track in particular gets quite eardrum-piercing in places, though 'Wonder' is a bit closer in spirit to earlier releases, a languorous headnodder for those times when being vertical just doesn't seem worth the effort.
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RW 195
22 May 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
22 May 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Here's one that's gonna be a definite attention-getter out on the dancefloor! We can't actually tell you a lot about the two artists involved - neither of them seems to have any online presence whatsoever - but what they've come up with between 'em is a cover of Beatles classic 'A Hard Day's Night', delivered in such a way that you'd swear this record had come out of early 80s New York. Just to drive the point home, the New York Dangerous Mix ramps up the camp 80s-isms to the max while swapping out the bassline for a 303-rendered version, but it's the Monyaka-esque Original that takes the gold.
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RW 127
25 Oct 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
25 Oct 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Pete Herbert, Roberto Rodriguez (Manolo), Rayko, D-Funk, SAUCO, CHEWY RUBS, Citizens Of Vice, Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze), FRAN DEEPER, Juno Download
Review: There's no shortage of Italo- and cosmic-inspired disco around at the mo' and, with 'Italians Do It Better' opening this EP, it's fair to say you know what you're getting here! 'The Day The Earth Stood Still' is probably the pick for the hardcore Italo-philes with its Carpenter-esque synths, 'Blue Monday'-nodding b-line and sci-fi sonic stylings, while the smoother-flowing 'Italians...' probably has slightly broader dancefloor appeal. Competing the package is 'End Titles', a midpaced affair that's essentially a homage to the synth-pop and coldwave of early/mid-80s Europe - one for those whose DJ sets include obscure Falco album cuts n' such.
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RW 105
08 Mar 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
08 Mar 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Over the last couple of years Sauco has prioritized collaborative work with fellow Spaniard Manuel Costela, so it's good to see him returning to solo action via a first EP on Rare Wiri. There's much to enjoy on "The Wiri Tapes", from the hybrid boogie/nu-disco bounce of "Catch My Eye" - all D-Train style synth-bass, chiming mid-80s melodies, fizzing synth solos and clipped guitar riffs - to the dreamy mid-tempo warmth of closing cut "Get Off", another tactile number whose sustained chords, bubbly electronics and morning-fresh sounds are as sun-kissed as they come. Sandwiched in between you'll find the appropriately named "Cosmic Coin", a slow motion throb-job built around Italo-disco style arpeggio lines, swirling chords and drifting vocal samples.
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RW 071
10 Feb 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
10 Feb 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Logic BabyEXCLUSIVE
Review: Two Spanish stalwarts of the nu-disco and edits scene join forces on this two-track EP. As you'd expect from Rayko's Rare Wiri label, the emphasis is on re-edits, though there's enough additional production and contemporary trickery on display than you're average scalpel cut. Ilya Santana steps up first with "Logic", a decidedly cosmic, and trippy re-build of Japanese producer Logic System's 1981 electronic classic "Clash (Chinjyu of Sun)". Rayko, meanwhile, drops "Baby", a similarly dubbed-out and floor-friendly remake of what sounds like a forgotten Italo classic. Knowing Rayko, it could just as easily be something well known put through the mangler; either way, it's one of his strongest cuts for some time.
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RWD 007
16 Dec 13
Disco/Nu-Disco
16 Dec 13
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Rayko
Review: A relative newcomer to the scene, having popped his release cherry as recently as 2019, Ruksby is a Moscow-based disco, acid house and electro producer who's known in real life as Alexander Klygin. Here he brings us three perfectly serviceable disco workouts, kicking off with the upbeat 'Disco In My Head' with its "You're like the music/Playing in my head/Everywhere I go" male vocal, before moving on to the slightly more sedate 'Mlfy' with its layered strings, and concluding with 'Fancy Love', a proper drifty, dreamy slow-burner with some nice lil' jazzy flourishes here and there. Solid stuff all round.
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RW 169
24 Oct 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
24 Oct 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
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RW 002
09 Mar 09
Disco/Nu-Disco
09 Mar 09
Disco/Nu-Disco
