Review: Thunder Jam's latest EP comes from a producer yet to make his (or her) mark in music, the capital letter loving REZ. The artist has another EP due out on Hatched soon; if this debut EP is anything to go by, that will be well worth a listen. We're particularly enjoying the chugging, slow-motion disco-rock head-nod that is opener "Too Cool To Be Careless", a revision of a well-known 1980s AM radio hit that will have your dancefloors singing along when the chorus eventually drops. Elsewhere, "Believe In Magicians" re-imagines a quirky and bluesy swing number into a locked-in chunk of hip-house, while "It Was All A Dream" successfully rearranges a slap-bass sporting chunk of "juicy", 80s-inspired 1990s hip-hop/R&B.
Review: Italy's Franco Sciampli, a 35-year veteran of the Rome club scene, brings us two re-edits of Barry White's 'September When I First Met You'. Original 12-inch copies of this 1978 soul/disco smoocher, something of an end-of-night classic, trade hands for north of ?15 so these new rubs represent good value for money even if Sciampli hasn't "done" a great deal to the track, other than dropping some of the verses in favour of looping up the chorus, with the main difference between the EdiThink and ReThink versions being a choice of string-led or percussive intro.
Review: If you're fond of big, fat, squelchy analogue synths then check for this three-tracker from Thunder Jam immediately! Title track 'Love Machine' is an exercise in retro Italo stylings - complete with a cheeky nod to the 'I Feel Love' bassline in the middle - that will go down well on the wonkier disco floors, while 'Concorde' puts a darker, more menacing slant on things. But the real showstopper is Marneli's take on the Dennis Edwards classic 'Don't Look Any Further', with the killer combo of slo-mo beats, fat synth-bass and soulful male vox guaranteed to capture the floor's attention.
Review: Thunder Jam's latest release is something of a sprawling epic; a 23-track "Invasion" featuring some of the hottest names in the re-edit and nu-disco scenes, alongside contributions from lesser-known talents. There's much to admire throughout, from the low-slung boogie bass and cut glass disco strings of Phil Da Burn's "Wallflower" and the spacey synth-funk of Funk Bank's wiggly "Jamming With The Thunder", to the bouncy disco/New Jersey garage fusion of BOI's "The Gift" and the straightened-out sunshine soul of Dee Bunk's "Little Brown Eye Girl". Throw in solid contributions from Don Dayglo, Belabouche, C Da Afro and Andy Buchan, and you've got a pleasingly varied set of floor-friendly excursions.
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