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Off The Rayls
Good Luck Boy (original mix) - (4:49) 122 BPM Hot
Review: With just a handful of releases to his name so far, Ronald Koon hails from Dresden, Germany and describes his musical remit as "nu-disco and jacking house". This EP for Slightly Transformed packs three contrasting disco cuts: 'Off The Rayls' would cross over quite nicely to the 'new old' funk and soul scene, 'Uh Boy' sits somewhere between nu-disco and contemporary pop, but the killer to these ears is 'Good Luck Boy', a far quirkier affair that, with its bitchy spoken vocal, calls to mind all those borderline-novelty dance hits of the early 80s - think 'Clouds Across The Moon', 'Kissing With Confidence' or 'Murphy's Law'.
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ST 051
10 Oct 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
Winter Numbers 2022
Various
Andy Kidd - "Hustlin'" (original mix) - (5:30) 122 BPM
RobJamWeb - "Southern Breeze" (original mix) - (6:13) 120 BPM
Ronald Koon - "Paradyse" (original mix) - (5:27) 120 BPM
Jet Boot Jack - "Breakdance On The Street" (original mix) - (6:50) 120 BPM
Green Sequence - "Vo Ovoj Grad" (original mix) - (3:19) 124 BPM
Platzdasch & Dix - "Steep Coast" (feat Alexander Watson - original mix) - (6:25) 122 BPM
Review: Slightly Transformed bring us the latest installment in their occasional compilation series, which follows on from 'Summer Numbers 2019' and 'Summer Numbers 2020'. Regular visitors to this page should need no introduction to the respected London-based label, and with the album packing a whopping 26 tracks, there's certainly no space to give you a full blow-by-blow rundown: suffice to say that whether you're a fan of sparkling boogie nouveau, sumptuous string-drenched disco, deep 'n' groovy house, headnoddin' Balearica or any combination thereof, this is a comp you're gonna want to check for. Standouts for yours truly include Kiosko 33's Chuck Roberts-biting 'Theory Of House' and Kristoff MX's 'Funk With Me', but you'll find your own I'm sure...
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ST 048
18 Feb 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
Burnin' Up
Burnin' Up (original mix) - (4:34) 123 BPM Hot
Burnin' Up (edit) - (3:43) 123 BPM
Burnin' Up (Jean Jacques Smoothie remix) - (7:37) 123 BPM
Burnin' Up (Monsieur Van Pratt Redub) - (5:55) 120 BPM
Review: Disco house from the sultry n' sophisticated side is the order of the day on this latest salvo from the Slightly Transformed camp. In its Original form, 'Burnin' Up' goes straight for the jugular - think peaktime at Glitterbox, though the sheer quality of the vocal and the deceptively complex funk bassline ensure it stays well clear of the cheese board. Jean Jacques Smoothie opts for a slightly deeper, chunkier feel but the standout for yours truly is the stripped-back Monsieur Van Pratt Redub, wherein the pianos get a chance to really shine, while a radio edit completes the package.
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ST 047
14 Jan 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
Dance With Somebody
Dance With Somebody (original mix) - (5:36) 121 BPM Hot
Review: Iberican native Mr Doris teams up once more with occasional partner-in-crime D-Funk, AKA Sydney-based Brit Doug Masters. With a robot-voiced spoken intro giving way to huge keyboard vamps and an in-your-face, looped/chanted "you got the right to dance with somebody" vocal, 'Dance With Somebody' is a surefire attention-getter and as such probably best reserved for peaktime play, while The Owl supplies two fairly self-explanatory Nu Disco and Slo Mo remixes. The latter will slot nicely into chilled/Balearic sets, but you can't beat the Original for sheer infectious danceability. Some rather lovely lil' jazzy keyboard licks in there, too.
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ST 045
13 Aug 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Steady Eddie
Steady Eddie - (5:52) 120 BPM
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ST 041
09 Jul 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Show Me EP
Show Me - (5:14) 122 BPM
Review: French producer Vigi returns to Slightly Transformed with a three-track EP. 'Show Me' itself is up first and has a late 70s/early 80s feel, with classic disco strings married to a more boogie-esque male vocal. 'Feel This Love', which follows, drops the tempo and has a hazy, laidback feel that means it would slot well into Balearic sets. The package is then completed by 'Sundown', wherein a full male soul vocal and understated beats are served up in wobbly, warping fashion ? la Lemon Jelly, Bent et al. Classy stuff all round, but 'Show Me' takes the gold.
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ST 042
14 May 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Dancin EP
Soothing Groove - (6:09) 120 BPM Hot
Review: Two very playable disco-house/nu-disco cuts here from Boogietraxx, AKA Brandon Keeks, a New Yorker and self-described "rhythmic renovator of retro funk" who's now based in Austin, Texas. Whether they're original cuts or re-edits isn't entirely clear - if they're edits, then Keeks has dug impressively deep for source material - but no matter. 'Dancin' is a pleasant lil' filter disco groover with a looped female "don't stop dancing" vocal, while 'Soothing Groove' sits somewhere between late 70s disco and early 80s boogie and sports a suitably smooth male vocal - and either should keep disco floors groovin' along nicely.
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ST 039
18 Dec 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Find A Love EP
Find A Love - (6:10) 120 BPM
Stay Stay Stay - (6:30) 120 BPM Hot
Review: Austrian producer Manfred Kling, AKA Mannix, has a CV that takes in labels such as Midnight Riot, Peppermint Jam, Black Vinyl, Duff Note and Favouritizm. Now, he makes his Slightly Transformed debut with two original disco productions that capture that late 70s vibe while still sounding up-to-date. 'Find A Love' has the surging, looping feel of filter disco and sports a hefty b-line, near-falsetto male vox and euphoric brass, not to mention some subtle but impressive Rhodes work towards the end, while 'Stay Stay Stay' nudges even closer to disco-house territory with trumpet parps, soaring strings, Blaxploitation-esque guitar squalls and a boogie-style male vocal.
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ST 037
16 Oct 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Funny Feeling EP
Funny Feeling - (6:37) 120 BPM
Casou - (7:11) 122 BPM
Review: There's much to admire on this first full outing from newcomer Ferdinand Debeaufort, whose only previous outing was a sole track on Slightly Transformed's recent Summer Numbers 2020 compilation. By and large, the re-edits are bouncy and floor-focused, with the lavishly named Debeaufort adding a bit more percussive pressure to a variety of disco-centric cuts. He starts in confident mood with a brilliantly chopped-up and rearranged version of an old Fantastic Aleems cut ('Funny Feeling'), before dancing his way through a rubbery disco-boogie number (the synth-sporting 'Make Love'). Elsewhere, 'Casou' is a killer version of a mid-80s French synth-boogie number, 'Can't Do It Alone' is a horn-sporting disco celebration built around short, subtly changing loops, and 'Show Me How' is a low-slung treat.
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ST 036
25 Sep 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Summer Numbers 2020
Various
Oliver Dexx - "Do You Know" (original mix) - (4:30) 122 BPM
Monsieur Van Pratt - "Mild Drug" (original mix) - (5:21) 120 BPM
Vigi - "Something About Love" (original mix) - (4:35) 122 BPM
Review: With 23 tracks to choose from, there's no faulting the value for money offered by this summer compilation from London's Slightly Transformed label. Such an extensive tracklist also offers plenty of scope for stylistic variety, with tracks ranging from laidback, groovesome boogie/soul jams like opener 'What Are We Gonna Do' to the mellow Balearic haze of 'Summer In The City', via the strident 80s attitude of 'Edgy', the looping filter disco of 'Something About Love', the authentic-sounding Blaxploitation funk of 'Mac And Carly Go Uptown', the Zapp/Cameo-isms of 'Firebabe' and even a bossa nova cover of Bill Withers. Serve poolside, accompanied by several mojitos, for maximum impact!
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ST 035
28 Aug 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
The Get Down EP
Do For Love - (6:18) 123 BPM
Do You Believe - (5:32) 122 BPM
Copacabana - (4:27) 122 BPM
Review: It's been a long time between drinks for Oliver Dexx. According to our records, this Slightly Transformed label debut marks the producer's first solo outing in almost 18 months. It's well worth picking up, if only for the down-low, Clavinet-fuelled strut of sweaty, funk-fuelled opener "The Get Down", which is the nearest thing to an instant party-starter we've heard this week. That said, there's plenty more to set the pulse racing elsewhere across the EP, from the pitched-up, soulful disco-house sweetness of "Do For Love", to the tidily beefed-up Brazilian disco-funk re-edit "Copacabana", via the rolling grooves, jazzy guitars and swirling vocal samples of "Do You Believe".
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ST 034
07 Aug 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Everytime
Everytime (extended mix) - (6:41) 123 BPM Hot
Everytime (Nine Lives remix) - (5:52) 120 BPM
Everytime (Sons Of Satin remix) - (4:19) 122 BPM
Review: London producer Ash Reynolds brings us vocal cut on his own Slightly Transformed that straddles the divide between deep house and garage - as so many records used to, but as so few, sadly, do today! The Extended Mix of 'Everytime' has a New Jersey-ish feel, while Siente sprinkles a little disco dust over a remix that's purpose-built for Iberican terraces. The Nine Lives Remix is a funkier pass and possibly the pick for deep house jocks, before Sons Of Satin throw us something of a curveball, in the form a breakbeat-led remix that harks back to the glory days of rave. Sterling work all round.
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ST 033
31 Jul 20
Deep House
Night Jet EP
Night Jet - (5:46) 120 BPM
Atlantic Highway - (7:22) 120 BPM Hot
Review: Somewhat remarkably, nearly two decades have passed since Jean Jacques Smoothie tore up the charts with "2 People", a cheery, Minnie Ripperton-sampling number that was featured on a prominent Levi's commercial. He's had mixed fortunes in the years since, but - as this surprise appearance on Slightly Transformed proves - is still capable of delivering the disco-fired goods. "Night Jet" is warm, tactile and dreamy, with colourful synth flourishes, short vocal snippets and occasional chords rising above unfussy house drums and a squelchy, thickset nu-disco bassline. On "Atlantic Highway", the experienced producer moves further towards jazzy deep house pastures with significant success.
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ST 030
05 Jun 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Disco Lights
Disco Lights (original mix) - (6:55) 123 BPM
Disco Lights (Andy Buchan remix) - (6:45) 122 BPM Hot
Disco Lights (Ash Reynolds remix) - (5:44) 120 BPM
Review: No slapsash edits here, just some cheery nu-dsco positivity from sometime Re-Loved re-editor Conan The Selector and guest vocalist Sherie. Her lead vocal is superb - think classic soulful house meets screaming disco diva - while Conan's backing track on "Disco Lights" is rich in twinkling piano motifs, handclap-heavy percussion, rich disco grooves and clipped, Chic style guitars. Conan's original version comes backed with two solid reworks, too. First Andy Buchan gives the track a slightly more electronic feel on his synth-laden nu-diusco revision, before Ash Reynolds layers delay-laden vocal snippets above a deep and dreamy disco-house groove on his headline-grabbing remix.
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ST 025
13 Dec 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Nothing But Funk
Groove It - (7:14) 120 BPM
Review: If you're gonna give your EP a title like that, you'd damn well better HAVE 'da funk' to back it up. Thankfully, Mexican producer Van Pratt most assuredly does. 'Nothing But Funk' itself kicks off the EP, opening with a full-phat bassline before ushering in an 80s boogie-style vocal and some VERY 80s-sounding synth chords. That sets the tone for the rest of the EP, with 'Groove It' marrying white-socked 80s soul vibes to a liquid-y funk geetar line while 'All Night Long' is a straight-up boogie number built for cruising along Ocean Drive with the top pulled down and your Wayfarers on, baby...
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ST 024
15 Nov 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Street Pocket
Funky Doo - (7:02) 120 BPM
Review: Italy's Paolo Vecchiato serves up four authentic-sounding slices of retro funk. 'Street Pocket' itself is up first, a sax-tastic, laidback jazz-funker reminiscent of The Crusaders or (dare we say it) Shakatak, particularly when the girly chorus arrives halfway through. 'Never' is in a similar vein but has more of a sultry, late-night feel, while 'Funky Doo' takes us into more stomping, silver-jumpsuit-clad Ohio Players/Commodores territory and barrio funker 'Nao Poche' plays us out on a Latin-tinged note. An EP that could easily have been made some time around 1981 - and in this case that's a compliment, not a complaint!
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ST 023
18 Oct 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Your Love EP
Your Love - (6:42) 120 BPM Hot
Review: I Gemin has been busy this year, contributing to compilations and multi-artist EPs from such labels as ISM, Midnight Riot and Editorial. Here the Russian producer strikes out on his own via what we believe to be his first outing on Slightly Transformed. The title track is a great example of his self-proclaimed "intelligent house" approach, combining woozy, sun-kissed soul, disco and jazz-funk samples with occasional filter trickery, a warming bassline and relaxed (and some would say rubbery) house beats. The slightly bolder and more up-tempo "Easy Love" is similarly groovy, with the producer wrapping punchy horn lines, wah-wah guitars, jazzy horns and occasional female vocal snippets above a more rolling house rhythm.
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ST 022
20 Sep 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Playaround EP
Playaround - (7:51) 120 BPM Hot
Oh My My - (6:59) 124 BPM
Review: 10 months on from his last solo outing - a four-track missive of "Good Vibes" on Midnight Riot - South London's Shit Hot Soundsystem makes his belated bow on Slightly Transformed. There's much to enjoy on opener "Playground", a buzzing, low-slung chunk of mind-altering dub disco full of trippy electronic noises, intense bass, funky guitars and well-placed samples from a New York disco classic. On accompanying cut "Oh My My" he whips off his shirt and runs giddily towards sunny and summery disco pastures, adding his distinctive touch to a glassy eyed early '80s cut full of chopped-up rifts, celebratory vocal snippets and excitement-building filter sweeps.
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ST 021
09 Aug 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Summer Numbers 2019
Various
Petko Turner - "Destiny" (original mix) - (6:45) 120 BPM
Le Visiteur - "Make My Body Move" (original mix) - (6:32) 120 BPM
Limpodisco - "Gimme Mo" (original mix) - (6:18) 124 BPM
Kut & Loop - "You & Me" (original mix) - (6:59) 121 BPM
Ash Reynolds - "Good Night" (original mix) - (4:33) 121 BPM
Partner Music - "Love Is Called" (original mix) - (6:11) 124 BPM
Review: With the sun finally making its presence felt in the UK, it seems a fitting time for Slightly Transformed to unleash this epic compilation of "Summer Numbers" - cheery, disco-fired chunks of positivity tailor made for al-fresco sets and celebratory shindigs. Featuring a mixture of tried-and-tested re-edits and sample-heavy original compositions, the 19-track set boasts a pleasingly high number of highlights. These include - but are no way limited to - the talkbox-sporting '80s disco/jazz-funk fusion of Shit Hot Soundsystem's "Be With You", the warm and woozy, synth-laden bliss of Chuggin Edits' "Floating", the slow and steady head-nod of Old Chaps wonderfully soulful "Flight With Love" and the fizzing disco rush of Limpdisco's "Gimme Mo". Get To Know's "Music" - a chunky revision of a jazz-funk era dancefloor destroyer by Dayton - is also excellent.
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ST 020
05 Jul 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Acid Lies EP
Because Of You - (6:08) 121 BPM
Review: London re-edit label Slightly Transformed bring us a two-tracker from French producer Vigi. No idea what the original source for the strings-drenched, male-vocalled 'Acid Lies' might be, but the track presented here is simply dripping in 80s soul/boogie goodness, while a gentle dash of 303 freakery adds a little more contemporary appeal towards the end. 'Because Of You' is similarly boogie-inspired, but has a pacier, more disco-oriented feel. Good stuff, but be careful out there, people - a couple of spins and you may find yourself overcome by a sudden yearning for shiny suits and enormous shoulderpads...
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ST 019
28 Jun 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Some Thang
Some Thang - (6:50) 124 BPM Hot
Nature's Super - (7:15) 120 BPM
Review: Based in St Albans, Hansi has been breathing new life into dusty old tunes for some time. This two-tracker for Slightly Transformed appears to be his first outing on a well-known label, with previous missives being self-released. Both tracks here - subtly tooled-up re-edits - are an excellent showcase for Hansi's productions. Our pick of the pair is "Some Thang", a sweeping, funk-fuelled, party-ready revision of what sounds like an AOR disco classic rich in swirling orchestration, crunchy Clavinet lines and blue-eyed soul vocals. "Nature's Super" sees the Hertfordshire DJ/producer get to work on Cerrone classic "Supernature", expertly blending elements of the original with some fittingly funky new instrumentation. The synth bassline is, in particular, delightfully heavy.
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ST 018
12 May 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Good Vibe
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ST 015
01 Mar 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Stressed Out
Stressed Out - (7:32) 123 BPM
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ST 009
24 Nov 17
Funky/Club House
Divided
Divided - (7:28) 120 BPM
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ST 006
01 Mar 17
Disco/Nu-Disco
Slightly Transformed Vol 1
Various
Palinoia - "Two Things" - (2:40) 120 BPM
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ST 002
11 Feb 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
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