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Razor-N-Tape is a Brooklyn-based label that releases feel-good disco and deep house that is, as label heads JKriv and Aaron Dae put it: ‘Good for dance!’. Founded in 2012, and oozing with funk and soul, the label has released beautiful beats from the likes of: COEO, Fouk, Junktion, Ron Basejam, Eli Escobar, Lovebirds, DJ Vas and more.
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Save Me
Save Me - (3:48) 115 BPM
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RNTD 104S2
16 Feb 24
Disco/Nu-Disco
B.D.F.Q. (Jubilee Remix)
B.D.F.Q. (Jubilee remix) - (4:23) 135 BPM
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RNTD105S 2
15 Mar 24
Deep House
Somethin' Wit Jazz Remixes
Somethin' Wit Jazz (feat James Duncan - Jimpster remix - Luke Solomon Body edit) - (6:20) 128 BPM
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RNTD 025
27 Mar 17
Deep House
Light Star
Light Star - (6:22) 121 BPM
Review: Munich-based twosome Coeo are probably best known for their various house excursions on Toy Tonics and Let's Play House. This time out, they're in a more disco-minded mood, delivering a killer re-interpretation of Escort's 2006 classic "Starlight" for Brooklyn scalpel specialists Razor 'N' Tape. Wisely, they tease out the Brooklyn band's killer groove - think Chic style guitar riffs and Konk drums - for two minutes before introducing the track's famous synth lines. By the time the vocals kick in, you'll be in full on "reaching for the lasers" mode. While the original didn't necessarily need messing with, the duo's edit turns it into an even bigger anthem. Hold tight!
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RNTD 017
16 May 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
Espantapajaros
Espantapajaros (Captain Planet remix) - (4:25) 62 BPM
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RNTD106S 1
22 Mar 24
International
Feel Like Dancin' (Malik Hendricks Remix)
Feel Like Dancin' (Malik Hendricks Remix) (extended version) - (5:24) 120 BPM
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RNTD105S1D
01 Mar 24
Deep House
The One (Reznik & Mikesh Remix)
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RNTD 095
19 May 23
Deep House
Homage To Bossa
Homage To Bossa - (8:08) 123 BPM
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RNTD103S 2
02 Feb 24
Deep House
Flutes Of Gold
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RNTD103S 1
26 Jan 24
Deep House
Melon Steppin
Melon Steppin - (7:01) 106 BPM
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RNTD 104S1
07 Feb 24
Disco/Nu-Disco
Melon Steppin
Melon Steppin - (7:01) 106 BPM
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RNTD104S 1
07 Feb 24
Disco/Nu-Disco
Save Me
Save Me - (3:48) 115 BPM
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RNTD104S 2
16 Feb 24
Disco/Nu-Disco
Feel Like Dancin' (Malik Hendricks Remix)
Feel Like Dancin' (Malik Hendricks remix) - (5:24) 120 BPM
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RNTD 105S1
01 Mar 24
Deep House
Only Children Edits
Falling - (5:58) 110 BPM Hot
Whatever Makes U - (6:21) 120 BPM
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RNTD 001
12 Nov 12
Disco/Nu-Disco
Tu Tak Tu Tak Tutiyan (Elado Remixes)
Tu Tak Tu Tak Tutiyan (Elado's Gulab Jamun rework) - (4:07) 123 BPM Hot
Tu Tak Tu Tak Tutiyan (Elado's 4 A.M. mix) - (4:45) 123 BPM
Review: Since it first appeared a couple of years ago, Elado's 'Gulab Jamun' rework of Nadeem Khan's 'Bollywood disco' classic 'Tu Tak Tu Tak Tutiyan' has become a firm favourite on dancefloors around the world. Here it returns to Razor-N-Tape via an officially licensed reissue. That take - a squelchy, acid-flecked stomper that puts Nadeem Khan's infectious lead vocals front and centre, alongside jacking drums, looped sections of the original instrumentations and wiggly TB-303 motifs - naturally opens proceedings. It's followed by the previously unheard '4AM Mix', a more intoxicating, exotic and mind-altering dub-style remix that naturally makes more of Elado's bassline and savage acid tweakery. In a word: essential!
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RNTD 100
03 Nov 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Club Level
Club Level (original mix) - (4:14) 116 BPM Hot
Club Level (Eli Escobar remix) - (4:57) 116 BPM
Review: Two mixes to choose from of this latest bullet from 79.5, a New York outfit whose line-up includes Dap Kings drummer Homer Steinweiss. In its Original form, 'Club Level' sits somewhere between 80s boogie and the smooth jazz-funk of the same era, being a languid affair that's driven along by a moody bassline, haunting keys and airy fem vox with a "say you wanna, say you wanna fly" chorus, while a droning sax lends proceedings an almost cinematic air. Eli Escobar's remix swaps out the beat for something a tad livelier, drops the sax drone and adds analogue synth sparkles to give the track a more straight-up nu disco feel.
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RNTD 087
21 Dec 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
Mr. K Edits
Stuff - (9:04) 120 BPM Hot
The Story - (7:05) 101 BPM
Review: There's no doubt that Danny Krivit is the best in the business when it comes to crafting purist re-edits that focus on rearrangement rather than cheap production trickery. This two-tracker on hometown imprint Razor 'N' Tape offers further proof of the veteran scalpel fiend's undoubted abilities. He first turns his attention to a starry, space-age disco number with jazz-funk influences, brilliantly teasing in the song via sax-heavy loops before unleashing the song's verses, choruses and punchy, horn-heavy grooves. It's nine-minutes of top-quality deep disco bliss. In contrast, 'Story' is ultra-deep, slow and immersive, with "Mr K" making merry with a super-sweet, string-laden number full of Philly Soul style orchestration, eyes-closed backing vocals and sumptuous disco grooves. Delicious!
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RNTD 064
26 Feb 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Beatin' Tha Breaks
Beatin' Tha Breaks (Fouk remix) - (5:21) 115 BPM Hot
Beatin' Tha Breaks (Freddie Joachim remix) - (4:08) 91 BPM
Review: Brooklyn label Razor-N-Tape get in on the Record Store Day action with this special edition of Beatin Tha Breaks from Nashville-based Magic In Threes. It's the remixes that come first, with Dutch artist Fouk going into similar house territory to Kenny Dope with plenty of live instrumental touches blessing the bristling percussion. It's a totally different vibe on the Freddie Joachem remix, with the Californian opting for some midtempo funk breaks that stay closer to the sound of Magic In Threes' original version. This closes out the RSD release on the B-side and is an easy-breezy affair dripping with soulful guitars and harmonies.
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RNTD 010
10 Jul 15
Deep House
Lovebirds Edits
Free (Lovebirds Beautiful rework) - (7:19) 119 BPM Hot
Donwanchooback (Lovebirds edit) - (6:05) 120 BPM
Review: Given that this two-tracker is one of Razor-N-Tape's strongest releases to date, it's good to see it coming out digitally at long last, some 6 months on from its initial vinyl release. Lovebirds man Sebastian Doring takes time out from crafting luscious deep house to deliver a pair of similarly warm and sensual re-edits. "Free (Lovebirds Beautiful Rework)" kicks things off, delivering a wonderfully tactile and breezy blend of Balearic sunshine, reggae-disco rhythms and just the right amount of deep house swagger. "Downandchooback (Lovebirds Edit)" is a more traditional affair, with Doring cutting up a familiar disco favourite, extending the groove in all the right places whilst giving the original vocal pride of place in the nix.
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RNTD 009
11 May 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
Emancipacao EP
Emancipacao - (5:02) 116 BPM Hot
50 Anos Em 5 - (4:34) 115 BPM
Review: Razor 'N' Tape's first missive of 2021 is a confident and ear-catching affair from Brazilian musician/producer Diogo Strausz, who previously released on the Brooklyn-based imprint as one half of Balako. We're particularly enjoying opener 'Emancipacao', a warming and gently breezy, carnival-ready affair that makes great use of both an infectious, bouncy rhythm and the kind of mazy synthesizer motifs that were once the preserve of Brazilian jazz-funk legends Azymuth. The influence of Azymuth can also be heard on squelchy, spacey and piano-rich virtual B-side '50 Anos Em 5', which is every bit as colourful and rhythmically addictive as its' predecessor.
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RNTD 060
22 Jan 21
Deep House
Deep & Disco Edits
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RNTD 002
10 Dec 12
Disco/Nu-Disco
Freak At Night EP
Freak At Night - (4:47) 122 BPM
Bit-O-Honey - (4:24) 116 BPM Hot
Review: RNT welcomes Amy Douglas - of Horse Meat Disco, DFA, Soul Clap and Tiger Sushi fame - to their label with a double dose rough-n-tumble NYC disco heat. Amy's distinctive vocal swagger and songwriting talent shines through on this EP, co-written and produced by Razor-N-Tape co-honcho JKriv. Both tracks are bass-heavy ear-worms, serving as wickedly naughty party starters. With Freaks At Night delivering a pair of future modern disco classics to ignite dance floors, get your vocal-led bassline and pianos from "Freak At Night" with some sultry drums and percussion in "Bit-O-Honey".
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RNTD 097
26 Jul 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Possibly Impossible
Possibly Impossible - (4:26) 120 BPM
Possibly Impossible (Crackazat remix) - (4:18) 122 BPM Hot
Review: Fresh from hitting the headlines thanks to a couple of killer collaborations with Honey Dijon, vocalist and songwriter Cor.Ece pitches up on Razor N Tape for the very first time. 'Possibly Impossible' was produced by label co-founder JKriv and sees Cor.Ece deliver layered, superbly soulful vocals over a backing track rich in squelchy, spacey synth-bass, twinkling electronic motifs and beats that sit somewhere between futurist deep house and the classier end of nu-disco. Musical polymath Crackazat takes the track to whole new heights on his accompanying remix, which combines live jazz and jazz-funk instrumentation with tougher, more locked-in house beats and a weightier bassline.
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RNTD 075S1D
18 Feb 22
Funky/Club House
Ron Basejam Edits
Love Don't Wait - (5:46) 115 BPM
Someday - (5:41) 118 BPM Hot
We Supply - (4:39) 102 BPM
Review: There's a touch of the Clash Of Titans here, with prominent Brooklyn re-edit label Razor N Tape recruiting James Baron (Ron Basejam/Crazy P) for a heavyweight nu-disco release. Baron doesn't disappoint either, delivering three tough disco housers that touch on 80s electro-boogie ("Love Don't Wait"), soulful gospel ("Someday") and loopy, filtered funk ("We Supply").
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RNTD 008
19 Jan 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
Make Me Feel EP
Here's To You Mr Robinson - (6:01) 118 BPM
Make Me Feel - (6:17) 115 BPM
Where You Belong - (5:54) Hot
Review: A belated but welcome return for Brooklyn's Razor 'N' Tape crew. This time round, though, they're not cutting-up classic boogie tunes in a Tiger & Woods-ish disco-house style. Instead, they offer up three woozy, all-enveloping deep house cuts from The Groovers. "Here's To You Mr Robinson" laces a classic jazz vocal over a smooth-as-silk deep house groove, while "Make Me Feel" turns a delicious jazz-funk jam into a deep, soulful treat - all twinkling Rhodes, edible horns and sweeping strings. "Where You Belong", on the other hand, goes further into slow dance territory, lacing fluid funk guitars, sensual pianos and a delightful vocal over a deep rare funk groove.
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RNTD 003
08 Mar 13
Deep House
JKriv Edits
JKriv - "The Queen On Her Throne" - (8:06) 110 BPM
Oscar Sulley & The Uhuru Dance Band - "Bukom Mashie" (JKriv's King Mashie edit) - (8:03) 124 BPM Hot
JKriv - "Queen's Beats" - (4:31) 110 BPM
Review: The kind of names and quality of releases that Brooklyn's Razor N Tape has supported puts them in the disco premier league. Here they enlist Jkriv to provide us with dancing fodder that isn't throwaway stuff. First is his rework of "Bukom Mashie" by Oscar Sulley & The Uhuru Dance Band. The latter, his "King Mashie edit", is a raucous slice of bassy and brassy percussive Afrobeat. Elsewhere an O'Jays classic gets stretched out into eight minutes of slow bump bliss on "The Queen On Her Throne" and resurfaces in a deliciously spare dub called "The Queens Beats". Top notch!
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RNTD 024
21 Nov 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
The Eleanora EP
Eunice - (5:30) 122 BPM Hot
Emmanuel - (5:41) 121 BPM
Eleanora - (4:42) 76 BPM
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RNTD 032
13 Nov 17
Disco/Nu-Disco
MFR Collective Edits
Your Love Is Saved (MFR Collective edit) - (7:09) 128 BPM
Your Love Is Saved (Sewer Beats) - (2:05) 127 BPM
Gettin' Down (MFR Collective edit) - (8:10) 113 BPM Hot
Played by: YAM WHO?, Giant Cuts
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RNTD 041
21 Dec 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
Beam Me Up (Remixed)
Beam Me Up (Prins Thomas Diskomiks) - (8:31) 118 BPM Hot
Beam Me Up (Kim Ann Foxman's Beam Me To The Basement mix) - (5:50) 113 BPM
Beam Me Up (Each Other remix) - (8:55) 119 BPM
Review: A decade ago, New York band Midnight Magic delivered arguably THE greatest disco anthem of the 21st century, the sing-along classic that is 'Beam Me Up'. Fittingly, Razor 'N' Tape has decided to mark the record's anniversary by delivering a trio of fresh remixes. Full Pupp boss and Scandolearic disco king Prins Thomas leads the charge with a richly percussive, constantly building peak-time revision that adds wriggling acid lines and delay-laden horn solos whilst retaining the original's core elements (think walking bass, celebratory vocals and cheery piano stabs). Elsewhere, Kim-Ann Foxman re-imagines the cut as a sleazy, mid-tempo acid disco chugger and Each Other re-frames it as a surging, arpeggio-driven dance through camp Italo-disco pastures. Ace!
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RNTD 067
25 Jun 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Emancipacao Extended
Emancipacao (extended mix) - (7:46) 116 BPM Hot
50 Anos Em 5 (extended mix) - (7:03) 115 BPM
Emancipacao (Ron Trent remix) - (9:11) 82 BPM
Review: Diego Strausz's first outing on Razor-N-Tape, a vinyl-only offering released in early 2022, was a thrillingly vibrant and hard-to-pigeonhole affair, with the Paris-based Brazilian joining the dots between Batacuda, South American disco, boogie and deep jazz-funk. Here the EP finally lands digitally, albeit in expanded form. We get previously unheard extended versions of the single's two tracks: 'Emancipacao', a kind of extra-squelchy, rhythmically rubbery and deliciously dreamy tribute to Azymuth, and '50 Anos Em 5', a TB-303 acid-sporting slab of Latin jazz-fusion with bonus spacey synths. Perhaps the package's most notable moment though is Ron Trent's inspired remix of the title track, which in typical fashion sees the legendary deep house producer add extra layers of musicality, sun-kissed positivity and plenty of killer house-not-house beats.
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RNTD 074
28 Jan 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
Eli Escobar Edits
Bullfight Of Love - (7:23) 123 BPM Hot
Everybody - (5:25) 118 BPM
The Music - (6:02) 124 BPM
Seven Eleven - (7:03) 119 BPM
Review: Much has changed for Eli Escobar in the three years that have passed since this edits EP first appeared on wax. In that time, he's released umpteen albums of original music and found himself an in-demand DJ and remixer. Naturally, the four edits showcased on this Razor 'N' Tape outing have undoubtedly stood the test of time. Check first killer opener "Bullfight of Love", a percussive and occasionally foreboding revision of a Chaz Jankel classic jam rich in elastic slap-bass, punchy horns and eyes-closed guitar solos, before turning your attention to the bongo breaks, dub effects and heavy disco-funk bottom end of "Everybody". Elsewhere, "The Music" is a Clavinet-sporting disco-funk bounce-along and "Seven Eleven" is a breezier chunk of glassy-eyed disco sleaze.
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RNTD 043
04 Mar 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Rose Cutz EP
Luvless - "Right Now" - (5:58) 113 BPM
Luvless - "Castles In The Sky" - (6:19) 100 BPM Hot
Luvless - "We Need To" - (5:38) 100 BPM
Martin Hayes - "Bobby's Theme" - (6:08) 105 BPM
Review: When this split EP from rising talents Luvless and Martin Hayes first dropped on rose-red wax last autumn, it picked up support from a wide range of DJs (Maxxi Soundsystem, Daz-I-Kue, OOFT and Doc Martin included). It's easy to see why. Luvless's shuffling, sample-heavy blends of dewy-eyed deep house and sugary disco fit into a range of sets, while the familiar samples ("Just the Two of Us" gets filtered to oblivion on the chugging "Castles in the Sky") guarantees a flicker of recognition from difficult dancefloors. The real stand-out moment, though, comes from Martin Hayes, whose delicious "Bobby's Theme" gets just the right balance between disco-funk reverence and sinewy, deep house sensuality.
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RNTD 005
20 Jan 14
Disco/Nu-Disco
Remixes De Oro
Alegria (Demi Riquisimo remix) - (9:31) 110 BPM
Alegria (Yuksek remix) - (4:18) 111 BPM Hot
Soy Una Nube (Bosq remix) - (5:47) 126 BPM
Alegria (Vagabundo Club Social remix) - (6:04) 120 BPM
Review: Here's something special from Razor 'N' Tape: a fresh set of remixes of two lesser-known 1970s "Tropicalia" classics from Colombian duo Elia Y Elizabeth. Unknown artist Demi Riquisimo kicks things off with a brilliant cowbell-driven, acid-flecked tropical house re-imagining of 'Alegria', before Yuksek re-imagines the same track as a humid, piano-sporting dub disco number. Elsewhere, Bosq gently toughens up the 'Soya Una Nube' while adding tons of delay and reverb, before Vagabundo Social Club steals the show with a rubbery disco take on 'Alegria' that's as celebratory as they come.
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RNTD 056
30 Nov 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Found Love EP
Ain't The Way - (6:36) 110 BPM
Found Love - (6:28) 115 BPM Hot
Hageby In Your Eyes (feat Roman Andren) - (7:04) 106 BPM
Hageby In Your Eyes (feat Roman Andren - extended mix) - (8:54) 106 BPM
Review: Label regulars Dirtytwo make a welcome return to Razor 'N' Tape Reserve, the Brooklyn imprint's sub-label dedicated to original music and sample-heavy productions. The begin in stunning fashion with 'Ain't The Way', a warming, positive, glassy-eyed loop jam that's as colourful as joyous as the Tiger & Woods jams it most resembles. Speaking of joy, you'll find plenty of that on 'Found Love', a piano-sporting, breakbeat-driven deep house jam that makes great use of a vocal snippet from a live version of Maze classic 'Joy & Pain'. Elsewhere, they pay tribute to their hometown via two versions of 'Hageby in Your Eyes', a wonderfully evocative fusion of Balearic boogie and pitched-down house made in cahoots with Roman Andren.
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RNTD 049
07 Dec 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Those Quiet Eyes EP
Those Quiet Eyes Of Yours - (6:48) 120 BPM
There's A Part Of Me That's Always True - (5:31) 124 BPM
Now That You Caught My Heart For The Evening - (6:56) 116 BPM
That Night At El Bukowski - (4:47) 120 BPM Hot
Review: Man-of-the-moment Felipe Gordon returns to the Razor 'N' Tape camp with a fresh selection of sample-heavy house cuts following a collaborative re-edit outing on the imprint alongside pal Vagabundo Club Social in 2019. He hits the ground running with blissful and tactile opener 'Those Quiet Eyes of Yours', where effortlessly jazzy and laidback guitar licks and woozy synth sounds ride a squeezable TB-303 bassline and dusty deep house drums. The acid bass remains on the more boisterous and bustling 'There's a Part of Me That's Always True', while 'Now That You Caught My Heart This Evening' makes great use of jazzy electric piano flourishes, sampled orchestration and eyes-closed, samba style vocal snippets. More warming, glassy-eyed fun can be found on toasty deep house closing cut 'That Night at El Bukowski', where twinkling motifs, jazz-funk and bubbly electronics catch the ear.
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RNTD 050
05 Mar 21
Deep House
Edits
Wizard Funk - (5:42) 126 BPM
Cream - (4:51) 114 BPM
The Moment - (6:07) 112 BPM Hot
Alright - (3:32) 70 BPM
Review: Long-standing French funk veteran Vas delivers another deep disco dispatch... "Wizard Funk" lives up to its name with a ballsy, almost dubby stomp and a bassline so juicy it could grow flowers in the desert. "Cream" dims the lights, dips the tempo and slowly strips off every musical garment to reveal a slinky, naked bassline. "The Moment" is subverted repurpose of Inner Life's Salsoul standard "Moment Of My Life" where the groove and backing vocals hog the spotlight. Ending on a sweet, skanky high, Vas brings this show to an end with a beautiful rework of Keith Hudson & Family Man's "I'm Alright". Sporting a new coat of drums and a tripped out synth lines, it's an instant soul soother... And a great way to end an awesomely broad EP.
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RNTD 012
14 Sep 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
Yom Yom EP
Yom Yom - (5:03) 115 BPM
Have You Seen My Lady - (6:34) 115 BPM
Yom Yom (dub mix) - (7:14) 115 BPM Hot
Adjinu - (6:13) 54 BPM
Review: They might hail from Israel, but much of Rabo & Snob's music is not influenced by Middle Eastern musical culture, but rather the rhythms, vocals and instrumentation of the African continent. The pair continue this approach on their first Razor 'N' Tape outing, with opener 'Yom Yom' cannily combining squelchy synth bass, fizzing electronics and slick Afro-synth drums with Ghanaian vocals and distinctively West African melodic phrasing. Later in the EP you'll also find a more hypnotic, percussion-rich Dub Mix of the same track that's also well worth checking. Elsewhere, 'Have You Seen My Lady' is darker and sleazier, with low-slung bass, creepy chords and warehouse-ready stabs, while the similarly weighty and locked-in 'Adjinu' makes great use of Acid Arab style electronics and a very 'LFO'-esque analogue bassline.
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RNTD 063
30 Apr 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Agua Remixes
Agua (Jimpster remix) - (6:15) 115 BPM Hot
Agua (Jimpster dub) - (5:55) 120 BPM
Agua (Diogo Strausz & JKriv remix) - (7:08) 110 BPM
Agua (JKriv & Diogo Strausz dub) - (6:08) 113 BPM
Review: For their latest trick, Razor-N-Tape Reserve has decided to breathe new life into 'Agua', one of the standout cuts from Brazilian band Baianasystem's chronically overlooked 2018 album O Futura Nao Demora. Freerange main man Jimpster delivers two wonderfully breezy and life affirming reworks: a fully-formed remix that wraps Antonio Carlos' vocal and splashes of the original's samba-soaked instrumentation (jazz guitars, warming horns, vintage synth sounds and so on) around a tactile deep house groove, and a deeper, dreamier and especially groovy Dub. After that Diego Strausz and JKriv take over, first re-framing the track as an extra-percussive chuck of acid-speckled nu-disco (their remix), before brilliantly stripping back the cut on their disco instrumental style Dub mix.
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RNTD 066
04 Jun 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
The Trinity EP
Searching For Your Love - (6:24) 125 BPM Hot
The Trinity - (4:17) 125 BPM
What It Is - (6:07) 124 BPM
You Can't Stop The Profit - (4:33) 117 BPM
Review: There aren't many producers working on the soulful and jazzy end of the dance music spectrum with quite as a strong a discography as Alexander Lay-Far. Whatever label he's operating on, the Russian producer always delivers the goods. He's done it again here on his first Razor 'N' Tape Reserve outing. Over the course of four must-check tracks, he confidently bounces between jazz-funk-flavoured broken beat/deep house fusion ('Searching For Your Love', with its' ace slap-bass and starry keys); deep and jazzy breaks (the head-nodding, toe-tapping 'Trinity'), warehouse-ready late night hedonism ('What It Is', with its Yorkshire bleeps, raw analogue bass, bouncy beats and soulful vocal samples) and bluesy, sample-heavy jazz-house ('You Can't Stop The Profit'). In a word: ace!
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RNT 052
12 Mar 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Firewalker EP
Firewalker (JKriv remix) - (6:14) 118 BPM Hot
Culebro (Black Science Orchestra remix) - (6:27) 120 BPM
Village Hustle (Bosq remix) - (5:02) 120 BPM
Culebro (Black Science Orchestra dub) - (8:21) 120 BPM
Review: irst released on vinyl three years ago and now finally available on digital download, this must-check EP showcases a quartet of killer re-rubs of back catalogue tracks by L.A-based Afro-Latin funk fusionists Jungle Fair. The headline attraction is undoubtedly a pair of reworks by Ashley Beedle and Rob Mello's reborn Black Science Orchestra project - their first revisions for over 15 years. They first serve up a wonderfully percussive, analogue bass-propelled deep Afro-house remix of 2014 cut 'Culebro', before reaching for the delays and delivering an arguably even better dancefloor 'Dub'. You'll also find JKriv re-imagining 2013 single 'Firewalker' as a bumpin' chunk of horn-heavy dub disco, and a cracking Latin disco take on 'Village Hustle' courtesy of Bosq.
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RNTD 061
06 Apr 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Chrissy Edits
Discoglide - (5:57) 125 BPM
Ragtyme - "Fix It Man" (feat T C Roper - Chrissy's Fixer Upper mix) - (6:08) 125 BPM
Every Person - (7:05) 106 BPM Hot
Standing Passengers - (5:07) 125 BPM
Review: Since ditching his bass music-inspired Chrissy Murderbot alias some time back, Smart Bar resident Christopher Shively has become a man in demand. Following a string of hot deep house productions for Classic, Freerange and Chi-Steez, he pops up on Razor 'N' Tape with a quartet of killer re-edits. He begins with the bassline-driven disco-funk stomp of "Discoglide", before applying his magic touch to Ragtyme's forgotten 1987 hip-house jam, "Fix It Man", in the process toughening up the original's classic Chicagoan groove. Shively successfully dips the tempo to deliver a dubbed-out, extra-gritty interpretation of Double Exposure classic "Everyman" (here re-titled "Every Person"), before reaching for the horns on the righteous disco stomp that is "Standing Passengers".
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RNTD 021
29 Aug 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
The Dusty Files EP
Your Voodoo's Broken - (6:36) 114 BPM
No Bullets Left - (6:41) 122 BPM
Nude Jerzee - (6:14) 126 BPM
What Do You Feel - (6:14) 113 BPM Hot
Review: First released on vinyl two years ago, Henry Maldonado's Razor 'N' Tape Reserve outing as Son of Sound is finally available on digital download. It's worth a listen, for sure, not least for the mind-altering electronic bass, locked-in drums, mazy synth melodies and hazy vocal samples of quirky (but superb) opener "Your Voodoo's Broken". Naturally there's plenty to admire elsewhere across the four-track excursion, from the spacey peak-time bustle of "No Bullets Left", to the slipped disco house bliss of "What Do You Feel", via the spiraling electronics, early Chicago house style bass and pumping beats of "Nude Jerzee".
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RNTD 044
13 May 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Michael The Lion Edits
Any Time - (6:56) 120 BPM
The Don - (5:39) 119 BPM
Get More - (6:18) 128 BPM
909s & Herb (feat Sammy Bananas) - (6:35) 117 BPM Hot
Review: Michael The Lion pops up on the ever-reliable Razor N Tape imprint following high quality outings on Soul Clap and Giant Cuts. This time round, he's following the Kon blueprint of blending edit style rearrangement with the heavyweight swing of house production. He begins with the soulful disco-house throb of "Anytime" - all extended percussion breaks, piano-heavy sweetness and life-affirming vocals - before charging off on a cheeky Italo-disco direction with "The Don". "Get More" is a killer, high octane re-cut of Lorraine Johnson's obscure cover of Teddy Pendergass favourite "The More I Get, The More I Want", while closer "909s and Herb" - a co-production with Sammy Bananas - blends elements from Herb Alpert disco classic "Rise" with all manner of brand new synths, drums and samples.
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RNTD 015
29 Feb 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
Movin' Smoke EP
Movin' Smoke - (6:26) 116 BPM Hot
Infinity I & II - (5:30) 116 BPM
Make Love - (6:27) 122 BPM
Magic City - (5:46) 115 BPM
Review: On the releases he's offered up to date, Cody Currie has barely put a foot wrong, delivering a swathe of top-notch tracks that effortlessly join the dots between dusty, soul-flecked U.S deep house and hip-hop style sample-based beat jams. This time round he's on a more disco and boogie-centric tip, though his trademark production style remains. We get the rolling, sun-kissed warmth and gentle filter tweaks of wide-eyed disco house shuffler "Movin' Smoke", the slack-tuned jazz snares, swirling chords and bubbly synth samples of "Infinity I & II" and the string-drenched orchestral disco-house glee of "Magic City". Our pick of a very strong bunch is "Make Love", where Currie's ability to manipulate samples within a bumping deep house framework once again comes to the fore.
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RNTD 045
09 Aug 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Underdog Edits
Drum Jawn - (10:21) 116 BPM
Love Is Da Need - (7:08) 117 BPM
So Damn Good - (8:47) 127 BPM
Just Fakin' It - (7:51) 115 BPM Hot
Review: It was back in 2016 when Razor 'N' Tape persuaded heavyweight re-editor Leonard Part Six - the man behind the brilliant Underdog Edits series - to release an EP of reworks with them. Now, that previously vinyl-only four-tracker has finally made it to digital download. The EP's standout moment remains the deliciously epic "Drum Jawn", a formidably percussive, 12-minute epic that incorporates elements from a number of tracks (some you know and some you won't) and just grows in intensity throughout. Elsewhere, he serves up some soaring soulful disco ("Love is Da Need"), cuts-up and rearranges a disco-funk era jazz-funk jam ("So Damn Good"), and has his wicked way with a stone cold disco classic on celebratory closer "Just Fakin' It".
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RNTD 035
23 Feb 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
Flutes Of Gold EP
Flutes Of Gold - (7:02) 119 BPM Hot
Right Beside Me - (6:06) 122 BPM
Homage To Bossa - (8:08) 123 BPM
Acid Party At Santa Barbara - (4:29) 122 BPM
Played by: Superbreak
Review: Felipe Gordon may be a confirmed label-hopper - in the last 12 months alone he's appeared on Clone Royal Oak, Toucan Sounds and Shall Not Fade - but he's also Mr Consistency. Predictably, this return to New York's Razor N Tape imprint is full to bursting with tried-and-tested dancefloor treats. Gordon is at his expressive, musically expansive best on 'Flutes of Gold', where vibraphone and synth solos stretch out over a lolloping deep house beat and warming electric piano chords, while 'Right Beside Me' is an infectious, low-slung, sample-heavy jazz-house delight. To round off the EP, Gordon smothers a luscious deep house groove with extended organ solos ('Homage to Bossa'), before taking us deep into space via the wild TB-303 motifs, pots-and-pans beats and shimmering chords of 'Acid Party at Santa Barbara'.
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RNTD 103
09 Feb 24
Deep House
Strictly Business EP
Tell Me - (5:10) 122 BPM Hot
Without Your Love - (6:13) 124 BPM
Strictly Business - (5:26) 120 BPM
Yukon - (4:47) 129 BPM
Review: With this entertaining EP, former Outplay contributor Clive From Accounts becomes the latest producer to contribute to Razor N Tape's excellent Reserve series of original productions. He's delivered a sublime EP all told, with opener 'Tell Me' providing a near perfect blend of driving disco-house, saucer-eyed deep house and foreboding, warehouse-ready motifs. He opts for a breezier, jazzier and more colourful deep house sound on bona-fide ear-pleaser 'Without Your Love', dives into deeper waters via the dusty deep house/jazz-funk fusion of 'Strictly Business' and looks skywards on spacey closing cut 'Yukon', a thoroughly emotive and intergalactic breakbeat roller.
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RNTD 070
12 Nov 21
Deep House
Clasico EP
Strings Of The Afterlife - (6:56) 120 BPM Hot
The Fall Of A Withered Empire - (5:37) 120 BPM
Clasico - (7:22) 124 BPM
Julia & Luis - (4:48) 120 BPM
Review: Man-of-the-moment Felipe Gordon was little more than a Columbian producer with promise when he first appeared on Razor N Tape Reserve back in 2019. Since then, he's chalked up impressive, jazz-funk influenced deep house releases for all manner of high-profile labels including Heist, Local Talk and Shall Not Fade. This belated return to Razor N Tape is great, too. Opener 'Strings of the Afterline' is pleasingly hazy and dreamy whilst boasting Gordon's usual synth-heavy squelch, while 'The Fall of a Withered Empire' is a rare vocal number with a deep jazz-house feel. Elsewhere, 'Classico' is a bouncy, classic-sounding deep house bounce-along rich in sparkling synth riffs, while 'Julia Y Lewis' is a more languid and laidback chunk of jazz-sampling, funk-fuelled deep house haziness.
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RNTD 072
05 Jan 22
Deep House
Midnight Swing EP
Midnight Swing - (6:28) 122 BPM
Blue Ciel - (6:03) 122 BPM
Blue Ciel (Cody Currie remix) - (5:10) 122 BPM Hot
Broken Idyll - (5:52) 120 BPM
Review: The latest artist to join Razor N Tape's original production-focused Reserve imprint is UC Beatz, a storied deep house producer whose bulging discography contains all manner of warming, club-ready treats. There's plenty of subtle variety to be found on the Midnight Swing EP, with the Brussels-born artist flitting between hazy, organ-sporting late-night chunkiness (the classic-sounding title track, which makes use of some vintage vocal snippets), airy colourfulness (the ultra-positive electronic melodies, lo-fi machine drums and tactile chords of 'Blue Ciel', and revivalist, mid-90s New Jersey garage/New York deep house fusion ('Broken Idyll'). Label regular Cody Currie provides the sole remix: a gorgeously airy, warm and sun-kissed revision of 'Blue Ciel' that's simply sublime.
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RNTD 071
17 Sep 21
Deep House
Distant Messenger EP
Transmission - (6:30) 123 BPM
Sable Sun (feat Jon Sable) - (6:59) 126 BPM
Tremors - (5:34) 121 BPM Hot
Red Light - (6:39) 126 BPM
Review: Here's an EP that's been on fairly constant rotation since landing in this reviewer's inbox on Monday morning - and if your tastes lean towards the deepest and spaciest of house grooves, your experience of it may be very similar! 'Transmission' will provide the perfect accompaniment to those late-night, sofa-bound excursions into inner space, while 'Sable Sun' has a mellower vibe and 'Red Light' takes us into the 4am deep jackin' zone. The real killer, though, is 'Tremors', which rocks the kind of bassline (so sumptuous and warm you could swim in it) not often heard since all those classic Italian dub house records on Irma and Antima 30 years ago. Absolutely outstanding.
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RNTD 076
20 Apr 22
Deep House
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