Review: Londoner Ash Reynolds has been burning up dancefloors for ten years now as a DJ. He's only lately taken to production, but he's already proved he's got the chops. "Spend The Night" is a slick re-edit of an anonymous '80s soul tune in which he has expertly chopped up the singer's breathy vocals, lending the funky streamline electro-house backing track a nagging, ethereal groove. Hot stuff!
Review: Vendition regular Nine Lives is the undisputed master of the single-track release; last year, he impressed with the party-hearty, Stevie-aping electrofunk/breaks/disco fusion "Played In The Shade", which did enough on its own to require no B-sides or reworks. "Hooked" is another impressive solo missive, and again blends all manner of complimentary elements - clipped funk guitars, female vocal hooks, a chunky disco bassline and some unfussy drums - with decent results. There's little more to it than that, but there doesn't need to be; it rolls along on an incessant groove, with the odd percussive build or subtle change to keep things interesting.
Review: This guy is a fast-rising nu-disco producer hailing from Belgium. According to his press release, he is qualified to both help the listener 'hit the night running' as well as searching the arcane regions of the mind, body, and soul". Having listened to the sheer monumental ambition of the piano, synth and soulful vocal musical epiphany that is "Disco Tempo", who are we to argue?
Review: Melodic pop-house producer Nick Shaw continues his quest to reach the top ten with another sugary dance bomb! "Ta Tada" features Shep Pettibone-style freestyle production and layers of breathy female vocals. Basically it sounds like the kind of anonymous 80s dance tune, usually discovered hidden in a bargain bin, that turns out to be gold when brought home and brought back to life on your turntable.
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