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Rare Wiri Spain
RW 245
06 May 24
Disco/Nu-Disco
06 May 24
Disco/Nu-Disco
RW 244
29 Apr 24
Disco/Nu-Disco
29 Apr 24
Disco/Nu-Disco
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RW 243
22 Apr 24
Disco/Nu-Disco
22 Apr 24
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Rare Wiri bring us three new rubs of the tracks that made up German nu-disco regular Andy Bach's 'If You Leave' EP, released in November last year. Romanto's take on 'Come On Now' strips away the deep house elements and transforms it into a hazy summer nu-disco jam, Stephane Deschezeaux's Organic Remix of 'Dimesions' injects a little more funk and soul into what was quite a trippy, Balearic-leaning original, before 'If You Leave' - a fairly 'accessible' and pop-oriented nu-disco cut in its original form - gets handed over to label boss Rayko, whose rework gives it a deeper, more underground kinda feel.
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RW 242
15 Apr 24
Disco/Nu-Disco
15 Apr 24
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Rayko
Review: Leeds-based Jay Dixon AKA Jay-Son specialises in dark, moody electronic disco and has chalked up releases on such labels as Rare Wiri, When Disco Goes Wrong, Paisley Dark and Nein Records, among others. Here he returns to the former with a two-track release: 'Into The Infinity Of Light' is a throbbing, pulsating workout that blends influences from Italo disco, Belgian new beat, coldwave and acid house, topping the lot with rave-y "come on!" shouts, while the accompanying 'Such A Vibration' is a hazier affair that operates at a much slower tempo and makes good use of some classic Loleatta vocal snips.
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RW 241
08 Apr 24
Disco/Nu-Disco
08 Apr 24
Disco/Nu-Disco
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RW 240
01 Apr 24
Indie/Alternative
01 Apr 24
Indie/Alternative
Review: Rayko teams up once more with Elena Hikari to deliver the pair's second joint long-player, following on the heels of 2023's 'Tu Alma Y La Mia'. But while that first album was good, this one's exceptional! Cinematic, cosmic opener 'Too Much' sets the tone but it's the second track, 'Nunca James', that really hits you in the face: it's a slow-burning monster, with Hikari's haunting vocal earning it a place in the box marked "truly sublime". 'Looking To Edge' is another BIG track that probably needs to be heard on a 4am dancefloor to be truly appreciated; after that you get four more cuts that blur the lines between cosmic/Italo disco, Balearica, coldwave, house and pop (including a new version of 'Extraordinarylove' from the first album) before the title track, another deep, slo-mo chugger, plays us out in very fine style. Excellent work!
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RW 238
18 Mar 24
Balearic/Downtempo
18 Mar 24
Balearic/Downtempo
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RW 235
26 Feb 24
Disco/Nu-Disco
26 Feb 24
Disco/Nu-Disco
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RW 234
19 Feb 24
Disco/Nu-Disco
19 Feb 24
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Irregular Disco Workers, FINGERMAN, Disco Tech (DiscoDat), Juno Recommends Disco, Rayko, FRAN DEEPER, Mark van der Ree, Saint-Loup-en-Bray
Review: Given the prolific output of his Rare Wiri label, it's a wonder Rayko finds time to get in the studio at all. But he does, regularly - and when he's not producing synthy, 80s-flavoured nu-disco jams of his own, he somehow also manages to fit in the odd cheeky re-edit or 20! Here, then, a score of such reworks are served up for your listening and dancing pleasure, with the emphasis firmly on lesser-known gems - sources include Ann Peebles, Diana Ross, Quincy Jones, Break Machine, Michael Sembello and Earl Flint, as well as US folk-rocker Barbara Keith's version of 'All Along The Watchtower', but there are plenty more that will have to go unidentified. Suffice to say, though, that if funk, disco, boogie, electro and pop from the 70s and 80s float your boat, this collection will leave you positively buoyant!
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RW 232
05 Feb 24
Disco/Nu-Disco
05 Feb 24
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Irregular Disco Workers, FINGERMAN, ROMANTO (YSR / DISCO MACHINE), Tonbe, Rayko, Discoholic Ken, Dave Mathmos
Review: Two solid slices of contemporary disco here from Luxembourg's Andrea Frittella, better known as Irregular Disco Workers, brought to you by Rayko's Rare Wiri label. Musically, 'This Is How We Do' sits somewhere between boogie and disco-house, but the vocodered vocal (intoning the title) will help it slip neatly into more Italo/cosmic-oriented sets as well, while the accompanying 'Back To The Roots' is more overtly synth-y and 80s-leaning, with the vocoder getting another workout while a pleasingly chunky bassline chugs along underneath and sparkly, stabby synths inject a little drama. Both cuts pack plenty of energy and so should keep 'em moving for sure.
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RW 230
22 Jan 24
Disco/Nu-Disco
22 Jan 24
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: We can't tell you much about Dani Diaz, except that we're guessing he/she/they are neither the American actress nor the Spanish footballer of the same name... then again it's on a Spanish label so who knows!? Either way, what you get here are two electronic disco ventures from the more experimental side of the street, with 'Far From Virgo' packing hints of both Yello-style electronica and Morricone soundtracks, while 'Old West Bolero' is similar in MO but, as the title suggests, leans a little more heavily in the latter direction. Both are probably better suited to those longer sets (or the warm-up) than peaktime dancefloor mayhem, but both are plenty playable all the same.
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RW 229
15 Jan 24
Disco/Nu-Disco
15 Jan 24
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: We can't tell you much about Lab Infinity except that they made their debut back in the summer with a track inspired by dolphin calls, which gives you some idea of the kind of ultra-chilled vibes to expect from this new outing on Rare Wiri. 'Afortunado' in its Original Sunset Mix form is textbook Balearica with warm, unhurried beats, gently fluttering Spanish guitar and a spoken/whispered female vocal. The Live On Board Version loses most of the percussion and brings the guitar to the fore, while finally the Acoustic Sunrise Mix takes us into full-on ambient terrritory.
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RW 228
08 Jan 24
Balearic/Downtempo
08 Jan 24
Balearic/Downtempo
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
Review: There are a bewildering number of bands, artists and producers working under the name Ricochet, including punk, metal, indie and gospel outfits, and at least one junglist. THIS Ricochet, though, are the Italian-American NYC duo of Afreen and Davide Golin, and they describe their influences as "synthpop, Italo disco, Italian pop and European film scores" - which gives you some idea of what to expect from this single-tracker, a summery, shimmery nu-disco jam with pop overtones that's being released as a trailer single for Rare Wiri's 'Best Originals Of 2023' compilation, which is also out this week.
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RW 225A
11 Dec 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
11 Dec 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
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RW 224A
04 Dec 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
04 Dec 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Known for his work on Boite Music, Spa In Disco and Sprechen, among other labels, Barcelona boy Ivan Fabra now comes to Rayko's Rare Wiri imprint with two slabs of heavily electronic disco, plus a remix from label regular Ainz. 'Life', in its Original form, comes from that region of the musical spectrum where Italo-disco and progressive house make gooey eyes at each other, while the chuggy, train-like riff that powers 'Thoughts' nudges it further in the house direction. Ainz's remix of the title track, meanwhile, gets busy with the FX and synth squiggles, making it the pick for peaktime dancefloors.
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RW 223
27 Nov 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
27 Nov 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: A solid nu-disco four-tracker here from German scene stalwart Andy Bach, brought to you by Rayko's Rare Wiri. The EP opens with the low-tempo, deep house meets boogie groove of 'Come On Now', which is the kind of track the word "slinky" was invented to describe, before 'Dimensions' takes us into slightly trippier, Balearic-ish territory. Only then do we come to 'If You Leave' itself, a more archetypally 'nu disco' affair with its shimmering synths and treated male vocal, which comes with an accompanying Dub. It's all good but 'Come On Now' is the clear winner to these ears.
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RW 221
13 Nov 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
13 Nov 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
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: Four tracks of heavily electronic disco make up this latest V/A collection from Rakyo's Rare Wiri stable. Ilya Santana gets the ball rolling with the ominous, cinematic 'After Dark', before Kay-chi & Keymon drag us onto the early 80s dancefloor with 'Patches Of Light' feat Kally Voo. The label boss himself then steps up with 'Relax Your Body', which looks to styles like cosmic disco, EBM and Belgian new beat for inspiration, before the EP's completed by MR Gee's 'Under The Moonlight', which opens with a mood-setting manic cackle then breaks out into something of a moody, midtempo synth epic.
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RW 219
30 Oct 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
30 Oct 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Two solid slices of cosmic disco here from Mallorcan scene stalwart Fran Deeper, brought to you by Rayko's Rare Wiri imprint. "Canalla" itself starts out with perky, sprightly synths before breaking out a stuttered bassline, space disco stabs and what sounds suspiciously like a cheeky sample from Buck Rogers' pal Twiki. From there on out it's epic synth sweeps and reverb a-gogo on a cut that'll inspire the throwing of shapes on dancefloors for sure, while the package is completed by "Mercy Madamme", which is in a broadly similar vein but has a fatter bottom-end and a more rolling feel.
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RW 218
23 Oct 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
23 Oct 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Four tracks from as many artists make up this latest V/A offering from Rayko's Rare Wiri, with a couple of heavy-hitters sharing the stage with a brace of newcomers. Up first is new boy Billy Woods, who channels early 80s cod reggae vibes on not-unlikable opener 'Reggae Music' before Spanish veteran Ilya Santana shows us how the big boys do it with the surging, euphoric and lightly rock-tinged nu-disco of 'X Factor'. Label chief Rayko then steps up with the decidedly 80s-sounding 'Jabdah' before Leo Zero plays us out with the rawk geetars of 'All Is Fair'.
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RW 217
16 Oct 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
16 Oct 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
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RW 216
09 Oct 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
09 Oct 23
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
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
Played by: Irregular Disco Workers, Flash Atkins, Juno Recommends Disco, Rayko, Rule Six, FRAN DEEPER
Review: If you like your disco on the epic, electronic and slightly more experimental side, this new EP from Mexico's La Guardia de la Luz is worth investigating. 'Danza Planetaria' is a chunky, midtempo affair whose fat, squelchy bassline underpins all manner of FX and synth squiggles, while 'Wingmaker' is a more contemplative cut that shifts through several moods as it progresses. The ambient-leaning 'Starseed' then throws us something of curveball before 'Pista Da Baile' takes us down a slightly darker, moodier path that leads to the 11-minute 'Le Lieu De Banheur' - one to reach for during those 4am excursions into wonkier territory.
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RW 210
28 Aug 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
28 Aug 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
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: Back in April we singled out 'Crime' as the standout from Nonsense's 'November Lovers' EP thanks to Bocxod's distinctive "red wine is not a crime" vocal, so forgive us for feeling somewhat vindicated as Rare Wiri select that very track for the remix EP treatment. There are three new rubs to choose from: Andy Buchan's is probably closest to the languid 80s groove of the original while label boss Rayko's take sports some plangent six-string work and has a wobbly, wonky, almost hallucinatory quality. The pick for these ears, though, is the chopped and strutty Irregular Disco Workers Remix - a proper call to the dancefloor.
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RW 207
14 Aug 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
14 Aug 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: The mysterious D.S.D has/have chalked up a series of tasty modern disco releases over the past couple of years on both Paper and Rare Wiri, and here they return to the latter with a four-tracker featuring a pleasing variety of flavas. It opens with 'Best I Ever Had', a big, strutty disco-boogie affair that samples the vox from the S.O.S Band's 'Borrowed Love'. 'Blue Gardenias' follows in straight-up synth disco mode, 'Heywatzapnin' is a light and Balearic-ish affair that then surprises with a beast of a warping bassline, while finally 'High As The Devil Skyscraper' is a boogie instrumental with plenty of hand percussion for the dancers.
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RW 206
07 Aug 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
07 Aug 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: We don't know much about Manner of Speaking, the artist behind this EP, though Rare Wiri founder Rayko has described the producer as an "ambient warrior". The two original tracks on show certainly tend towards the downtempo end of the spectrum, with Manner of Speaking delivering woozy, layered, synth-laden electronic soundscapes that sit somewhere between electronica, IDM and the more psychedelic end of Weatherall-esque "dark disco". There's 'Zandloper', where moody chords and dusk-friendly melodies rise above a shuffling electronica beat, and the Giallo-meets-Vangelis soundtrack throb of 'Unseen Events'. Rayko remixes the latter, giving it a chugging, drum machine-driven spin (all crunchy electronic snares, TR-707 style kick-drums and Italo-disco riffs), while Ilya Santana turns 'Zandloper' into a hazy and clandestine nu-disco workout.
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RW 205
31 Jul 23
Balearic/Downtempo
31 Jul 23
Balearic/Downtempo
Review: This appears to be the first-ever release from Atollo, about whom we can tell you absolutely nothing, but let's hope there's more to come because both tracks here are truly excellent. 'Jaxx Room' is a lively cut that'd work on all manner of deep house and disco floors with its rolling drums, sumptuous piano chords, haunting sax, chopped-up vocal snips and wonked-out mid-section, but the stone cold killer here is the accompanying 'Patti', a looping, jazzy, midtempo affair with vocodered vox, eerie synths and, towards the back end, some Rhodes noodling to die for. Mellow class in the proverbial glass!
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RW 204
24 Jul 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
24 Jul 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Irregular Disco Workers, ROMANTO (YSR / DISCO MACHINE), Juno Recommends Disco, Rayko, Andy Downtown Science, Discoholic Ken, FRAN DEEPER, D.S.D., Andy Buchan, Ben Jamin
Review: Boise, Idaho native returns to Rare Wiri with three cuts that are probably best described as "homages" to classic tracks - they're certainly not just straight-up re-edits but whether they're sample-based or essentially covers isn't entirely clear. Either way, if you ever had any love for Donna Summer's 'Bad Girls', Michael Jackson's 'Get On The Floor' and/or Dead Or Alive's 'In Too Deep' but felt they were in a need of a more contemporary make-over, then guess what, you're in luck! 'Good Time Girls' leads the charge for yours truly but the echoing, dubbed-out production on 'Too Deep' deserves a shout too.
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RW 203
17 Jul 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
17 Jul 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Irregular Disco Workers, ROMANTO (YSR / DISCO MACHINE), Juno Recommends Disco, Rayko, D.S.D.
Review: AINZ is Manolo Canaveral, who hails from Palma, Mallorca and under that name has racked up a string of releases over the past three years on 2phonic Recordings, Boite Music, Spa In Disco and Rare Wiri. Here he returns to the latter with a four-tracker made up mostly of bleepy electronic disco. 'Future' is a jerky, Italo-esque affair, 'Hangover' is broadly similar in style but underpinned by some nice squelchy bass, 'Monsters' has a more Germanic, coldwave-y kinda feel while finally 'The Harmonizer' again has a fat bottom-end and a lil' more funk and groove in its veins.
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RW 202
10 Jul 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
10 Jul 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
Review: Spain's Rare Wiri bring us three slabs of driving electronic disco courtesy of Konstantinos Tsirikos aka Kay Chi, an Athens-based purveyor of "dark disco and Italo body music" who made his production debut in 2020. There's something of a Kraftwerk/Yello-ish feel to '11 Wave', which powers forward like a train, while the accompanying Mr Gee Remix is a little less urgent and whole lot groovier. Completing the package is 'Club Cobra', whose pounding 4/4 kick brings back memories of early Belgian techno. All three should work well as peaktime pounders on the floors they're aimed at.
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RW 199
19 Jun 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
19 Jun 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
Played by: Irregular Disco Workers, Solazz, FINGERMAN, Rayko, Andy Downtown Science, CHEWY RUBS, FRAN DEEPER, Andy Buchan
Review: Two tracks in three mixes make up this latest offering from UK disco stalwart Andy Buchan. 'Prince Says Dance' is a slab of oddly restrained electronic funk that's got plenty of bottom-end squelch and an indecipherable, treated male vocal in its original (well, 2023 Version) form, before Chewy Rubs maxes it out with FX, stabs, reverb and Latin percussion trills. But it's the title track that takes the gold, a driving 4/4 houser with Jersey-style organs to die for and a vocal sample from Junior Vasquez's 'Get Your Hands Off My Man' (and Opal Funk Band's 'Ain't No Way' before that).
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RW 196
29 May 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
29 May 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
