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Vintage Music
Review: Two recent cuts from Russian disco don Alexander Chebankov, better known as Sunner Soul, get handed over to fellow St Petersburg native Unclepasha - whose musical CV dates back to the early 00s - for the remix treatment. His take on 'Right Place', which first appeared on last month's 'Something Good' EP, tones down the boogie and jazz-funk influences of the original and ends up deeper and smoother as a result. Conversely, he's kept the boogie stylings of 'Need You' (taken from February's 'Da Funk' EP) intact and arguably even emphasised them, in a dubbed-out remix that gets distinctly Levan/Peech Boys-esque in places.
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VMR 107
22 Apr 24
Deep House
22 Apr 24
Deep House
Review: Although he's been operative since the start of the noughties, Unclepasha only has a handful of solo EPs to his name - most notably on London label Nang. Here the Russian producer pops up on Vintage Music, an imprint founded by his fellow countryman Sunner Soul back in 2010. What's on offer are, we think, kind of edits-not-edits - tracks that make extensive use of elements of forgotten old cuts, but with added beats and instrumentation. Title track 'Tol'ko Ya' blurs the boundaries between seductive, low-slung dub-disco, swamp funk and nu-disco, while 'Dubby' lives up to its name by properly dubbing out and beefing up a percussion-rich jam of unknown origin. To round things off, TSDC reworks 'Tol'ko Ya', giving it a filter-heavy, dub-flecked disco-house feel.
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VMR 105
04 Mar 24
Disco/Nu-Disco
04 Mar 24
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: By now, we should all know what to expect from Alexander Chebankov AKA Sunner Soul, namely warm, woozy, tactile and picturesque cuts that combine his own production chops with elements borrowed from disco, boogie, soul and Balearic jams. 'Da Funk', his first missive of 2024, boasts four tried and tested cuts. First up is the title track, a filter-heavy slab of filter heavy disco-house which boasts nods to some of Basement Jaxx's earliest material. This is followed by the Tiger & Woods-esque boogie-house of 'Need You', a tidy (and subtly dubby) South American jazz-funk-meets-disco number ('Brazilian Rhythms') and a gorgeously dreamy slab of ambient excellence ('Deep Space').
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VMR 104
12 Feb 24
Disco/Nu-Disco
12 Feb 24
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Saint Petersburg-based disco/nu-disco/disco-house veteran Sunner Soul really shouldn't need any introduction by now, nor should his Vintage Music label. This latest offering in the 'Selection' series features 11 tracks supplied by the label boss himself, and while it'd be a stretch to argue that there was much here in the way of surprises or stylistic curveballs, fans of previous volumes will find much to enjoy. All 11 cuts are original productions rather than re-edits but the sampler's never too far away - and neither, for that matter, is a phat bassline or a snazzy lil' keyboard lick, with the sprightly jazz-funk of 'Skyline Boulevard', the fat-bottomed 'Do It All Night' and the smooth n' sultry 'Not Easy' all good places to start.
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VMR 099
20 Feb 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
20 Feb 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Sunner Soul has long excelled at blurring the boundaries between re-edits and original productions, frequently offering up sample-heavy tracks that combine original disco instrumentation with his own beats, basslines and effects. He's at it again on 'Disco Groove Part 1', a three-tracker packed with audible positivity and genuine good-time grooves. He first peppers a swinging house groove with flanged guitars, spoken word snippets and hazy effects aplenty on 'Fantasy Mood', before reaching for sax solos, rising horn ensemble sounds and disco-funk samples aplenty on the similarly chunky 'I Got Feel'. Rounding things off is 'Valor Orchestra', a swirling, filter-heavy take on a sumptuous, Barry White-esque disco outing.
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VMR 097
30 Jan 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
30 Jan 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: The guitar riff from 'Let's Lovedance Tonight', a 1979 disco hit for Gary's Gang, is probably better known to most as 'Can't Get Enough' by Soulsearchers. Here, though, Russian nu-disco stalwart Sunner Soul marries it to a sizeable chunk of the famous 'My Loleatta' monologue, and calls the results of his labours 'It's Just Cool'. A simple affair, then, but it'll do the do where it counts. The accompanying 'Disco Medley', meanwhile, is a horn- and string-drenched disco workout that lifts another three-word chunk of the same acapella - one that Fierce Ruling Diva fans may find familiar...
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VMR 094
24 Oct 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
24 Oct 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: This is number 15 in the series, which means most self-respecting disco buyers will have a good idea what to expect here as St Petersburg-based Sunner Soul (AKA Alexander Chebankov) serves up 15 of his recent productions for his own Vintage Music label. As a scroll through past reviews will confirm, Chebankov's work has spanned a variety of disco- and funk-driven styles over the years, but after a couple of more late 70s-sounding tracks at the start it's largely (though not exclusively) 80s-inspired, boogie-esque grooves that predominate this time out. There's no clear, head-and-shoulders standout to these ears, but 'Super Ice Cream' and 'No One Can Like I Do' would be good places to start...
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VMR 093
10 Mar 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
10 Mar 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Five cuts from scene stalwart Sunner Soul here that, collectively, sit somewhere between disco-house, funk, 80s boogie and straight-up 70s disco, with hints of jazz thrown in here and there for good measure! The dense, shuffly and 70s-tastic 'Disco Extravaganza' leads the charge, followed by the laidback boogie vibes of 'Make It Real' and the rawer funk of 'Phase Groove'. 'Rhythm Tape Beat' is another dense, jazz-tinged roller with a bassline that nods cheekily to 'Disco Inferno', while finally 'Midnight Funk' plays us out on a euphoric, end-of-night kinda tip. Very solid stuff all round.
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VMR 092
07 Feb 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
07 Feb 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Review: St Petersburg-based Sunner Soul AKA Alexandr Chebankov brings us the 14th installment in this long-running compilation series from his Vintage Music label. As with previous volumes, the emphasis is on authentically late 70s/early 80s-sounding disco and boogie jams that blur the line between "re-edit" and "sample-based", with a marked preference for tough, eyes-down groovers and slinky, meandering instrumental workouts rather than podium-friendly peaktime scream-alongs. In practice, this means that 'Vol 14' packs plenty of fresh ammo for your disco sets, even it there aren't too many tracks that'll jump out and grab you by the vitals on first hearing.
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VMR 090
18 Oct 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
18 Oct 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: FINGERMAN, Jean Jacques Smoothie, Juno Recommends Disco, SUNNER SOUL, LEGO EDIT, Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze), Kongisto, Akeem Raphael
Review: If it's authentically 70s-sounding disco grooves you seek, then know that nothing in this reviewer's Juno inbox this week has come closer than this five-tracker from Sunner Soul. The rest of the world may currently be obsessed with all things cosmic and Italo, but the St Petersburg native (here, at least) is still all about the handclaps, whoops, strings, cowbells, and jive-talkin' vocal snatches. All five near-instrumental cuts are quite similar in approach, but check out 'Smooth Surface' for a full-phat bassline and fine Moog-y sounds, and 'Body Groove' for a lil' boogie-esque squelch and some excellent 'pyoww! pyoww!' stabs.
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VMR 088
12 Jul 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
12 Jul 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Black Hawks of Panama, FINGERMAN, Superbreak, Don Dayglow, Juno Recommends Disco, Tonbe, SUNNER SOUL, LEGO EDIT, 80's Child, Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze), Kongisto, Juno Download
Review: Russian nu-disco stalwart Sunner Soul - St Petersburg-based Alexandr Chebankov - returns with a five-tracker on his own Vintage Music Label. The title track is a rolling disco-funk groove with added crowd/party noise, 'From Your Love' sports a soulful male vocal and some killer space disco stabs, 'Get On Up' rocks fine jazzy keys, 'Sunshine Hotel' is obviously a reworking of Richard T Bear's 1978 disco classic and 'Ghost Dance' plays us out on a lively, string-drenched disco-house tip. All five are playable but those pyeow! stabs and tinklin' ivories (respectively) nudge 'From Your Love' and 'Get On Up' ahead of the pack.
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VMR 086
01 Mar 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
01 Mar 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Rob Lee, Superbreak, Juno Recommends Disco, Andy Buchan, Chuggin Edits, Kongisto, Juno Download
Review: With seemingly no online presence, exactly who's behind The Sunshine Disco Club isn't clear, but on this EP he/she/they serve up nine cuts coming mostly from the synthier, more spangly-sparkly end of the nu-disco spectrum - the album wouldn't have sounded out of place on Nang, for instance. 'Space Jam' brings the 80s soundtrack vibes, 'Sweet Journey (Synth Jam)' is aptly subtitled, 'Morning Exercise' has a nagging Euro-style synth hook, while cuts like 'Pleasure Boat' and 'Electronic Romance' take us into straight-up boogie territory. There's perhaps no clear standout but the EP, which approaches album length, is definitely one to check all the same.
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VMR 085
18 Jan 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
18 Jan 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Juno Recommends Disco, SUNNER SOUL, Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze), Kongisto, VIGI, Juno Download
Review: Five very solid disco/disco-house cuts here from Sunner Soul. The title track is a sumptuous affair with strings, a phat-ass bassline, "I need you" female vocal snips and some fine space disco stabs, 'Dance Symphony' is a summery jam with a Loleatta vocal bite and mucho filter action, 'Let's Stay Together' finds us in 80s boogie territory (with more of those killer stabs to boot), 'Must Be Amour' harks back to the filter disco sound of the late 90s/early 00s and closer 'Oneness Of Soul' is a mellower cut with a dubby bassline and gently tinkling jazz ivories. Classy stuff all round.
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VMR 084
09 Dec 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
09 Dec 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Juno Recommends Disco, Tonbe, SUNNER SOUL, Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze), Chuggin Edits, VIGI, Igor Gonya, Juno Download
Review: Siberia's Alexandr Chebankov, AKA Sunner Soul, covers quite a range of contemporary disco ground across a mere five tracks here. The first two, 'Carefully Crafted' and 'Get Your Boogie', come from the more funk-fuelled end of the nu-disco spectrum, with phat-ass b-lines and, on the latter, chanted vox and wukka-wukking geetars. 'No One Can Like I Do' then takes us into Hed Kandi-esque disco-house territory, whlle 'Sweet Stuff Memories' and 'Softly Infusion' itself (the latter credited to The Sunshine Disco Club) are slightly deeper cuts that'll go down well wherever soulful house and broken beat/nu-jazz are played.
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VMR 083
09 Nov 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
09 Nov 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Superbreak, Juno Recommends Disco, Tonbe, SUNNER SOUL, LEGO EDIT, Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze), Chuggin Edits, Paul Older, Juno Download
Review: Five very serviceable disco tracks/re-edits here from Siberian producer Alexandr Chebankov, AKA Sunner Soul, coming on his own Vintage Music label. 'Don't Stop My Love' reworks Passion's 1982 Prelude gem of the same name, while 'What Cha Gonna Do' draws on the Stephanie Mills classic and 'Sunny Disco' lifts a snatch of (female) vocal from one of the thousands of covers of the Bobby Hebb song. Elsewhere, 'Lazy Sunset' and 'Do It Again' are presumably also re-edits, though what they're re-edits of we couldn't tell you - probably best not to worry about that, just get out under that mirrorball and enjoy!
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VMR 082
05 Oct 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
05 Oct 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Juno Recommends Disco, SUNNER SOUL, Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze), Kongisto, Paul Older, Juno Download
Review: Vintage Music, helmed by Russian re-editor, remixer and producer Sunner Soul, has proved to be one of the more reliable edit-focused imprints over the last few years, delivering tidily tooled-up reworks that are rarely less than impeccably produced. We can confirm that the label's standards remain high on its latest missive, an expansive set headed up by Sunner Soul himself. He begins by turning a 1982 Gwen McRae heater into a bouncy chunk of boogie-house warmth ("Burning On The Dancefloor"), before successfully tweaking a soulful electrofunk workout ("Pump Up The Boogie") and a jazz-funk flavoured summery treat ("Sea Creatures"). Elsewhere, he joins forces with Kirton to adjust an '80s soul dancefloor smash ("Your Love"), while The Sunshine Disco Club weighs in with the rubbery synth-funk bliss of "Electronic Romance".
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VMR 081
07 Sep 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
07 Sep 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: As his popular Vintage Music label enters its eleventh year, Sunner Soul has decided to serve up a 13th compilation of reworked good-time grooves, summery slow jams and string-laden boogie badness. There's much to admire across the 17 tracks, from the gently tooled up orchestral disco shuffle of opener "All Right" and the drowsy, thickset mid-afternoon deep house haziness of "Broers Vergadering", to the electric piano solo-laden, jazz-funk-goes-house goodness of "Feeling of Spirits", to the head-nodding, pitched-down disco-soul swirl of "Make It Better", which sounds like something the Revenge would have released on early noughties imprint Instruments of Rapture.
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VMR 080
10 Aug 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
10 Aug 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: FINGERMAN, Superbreak, Juno Recommends Disco, Ash Reynolds, J&M BROTHERS, SUNNER SOUL, 80's Child, Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze), Kongisto, Flevans
Review: Vintage Music chief Sunner Soul invites us to saddle up for another gallop through the funkier and more soulful end of the peak-time disco spectrum. He begins with a chopped-up, gently housed-up bounce through Hamilton Bohannon's most famous tune (the "Start II Dance" rework "Do It All Night"), before whipping his shirt off and dancing topless through the extra-percussive orchestral disco rush of "To The Top". Elsewhere, "When The Night" is a deeper, jazzier and sunnier disco shuffler, "Society of Soul" is swirling, beefed-up take on a much-loved Matsubara classic, and "CTS Funk" is a languid, loved-up disco-soul number.
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VMR 079
08 Jun 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
08 Jun 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: FINGERMAN, Jean Jacques Smoothie, Kenneth Bager // Musicfordreams, SUNNER SOUL, Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze), Andy Buchan, Chuggin Edits, Problematic Disko
Review: Despite hailing from the frozen wilds of Siberia, Sunner Soul has always offered up music - be it re-edits, unlicensed reworks or original productions - that tends towards the warm, sunny and summery. He's at it again here, heading up a shared EP with the mysterious Sunshine Disco Club (most likely another alias of the same producer) that bristles with smiling positivity from start to finish. Of his three cuts, we're particularly enjoying the life-affirming piano solos and jazzy good-time grooves of "Skyline Boulevard" and the heady disco release of "Insurance Policy", where effects-laden orchestration clusters around a fizzing, hot-to-trot groove. The Sunshine Disco Club then takes over with the sumptuous, soft-touch 80s soul/synth-wave goodness of "Space Jam", before skipping through piano-house/80s electrofunk fusion on the rather fine "System Mode".
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VMR 078
04 May 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
04 May 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: SUNNER SOUL, D-Funk, Dave Mathmos, BRENDON P, Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze), Andy Buchan, Chuggin Edits, Kongisto, Paul Older
Review: This EP from St Petersburg's Sunner Soul serves up seriously celebratory fare, all of which may result in impromptu kitchen, bedroom or living room dancing. First up is "Easy Breathe", a chunky house style revision of a rubbery, sax-laden disco workout. This is quickly followed by the swirling, orchestral disco bump of "Don't Stop" and the killer disco-funk grooves, spacey noises and razor-sharp riffs of "Really Don't Need". Elsewhere, "He Comes To You" is an addictive, sing-along friendly disco-house workout, while closing cut "Hustling & Boosting" is the most percussive and bass-heavy track on the EP - a thickset romp through tooled-up grooves, filtered orchestration and mazy synthesizer motifs.
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VMR 077
07 Apr 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
07 Apr 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Dj XS (FVUK), Juno Recommends Disco, SUNNER SOUL, BRENDON P, Paul Withey // Sweetooth, LEGO EDIT, 80's Child, Chuggin Edits, Dealt With Records
Review: St Petersburg resident Sunner Soul has had releases on the likes of Acryl Music, Midnight Riot, Tronic and Armada, but this five-track EP comes on his own Vintage Music label. Opener 'Dancing In Madness' ain't nothin' but a lazy summer groove complete with crowd noise and mucho use of the filters, 'Don't Hold Back' is in a similar vein but has a phatter bottom-end and 'Feel Good 2 U' is another late 90s filter disco throwback, before 'Handle With Care' leads us down a slightly more sophisticated jazz-funk path and 'Sunrise Jam' plays us out with jazz piano and energising James Brown-like whoops and shouts.
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VMR 075
09 Mar 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
09 Mar 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Review: For the 12th edition of Vintage Music's "Selection" compilation series, label founder Sunner Soul has dug deep into the archives and offered up 12 of his most potent reworks. While he built his career on summery, sun-kissed slo-mo revisions and baggy, near Balearic workouts, the material here is almost all energetic, peak-time ready and gleefully celebratory. Amongst the many highlights you'll find the shirts-off disco camp of "Bad Boys Disco", the gently housed-up deep disco-blues of "Couldn't Tell You", the Salsoul-goes-house bump of "Dr Love", the punchy horns, swirling strings and rubbery grooves of "Flying Violins" and the super-sweet disco-house bump of "The Mystery of Loops".
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VMR 076
03 Feb 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
03 Feb 20
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Juno Recommends Disco, Conan The Selector, SUNNER SOUL, LEGO EDIT, Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze)
Review: With "Rhythm & Waves", Russian producer Sunner Soul seems to be daydreaming of sunnier and warmer times. There's certainly something suitably sun-kissed about the title track, which gently beefs up and re-arranges a bouncy, Clavinet-heavy chunk of groovy disco-funk that comes smothered in atmospheric party sounds. The tighter, slap bass-sporting "Universal Disco" explores similar sonic territory, while "Red Hot Disco" sees him layer up the percussion and filter sweeps on a joyful, mid-set workout. Elsewhere, "Let's Somebody Love" is a soaring slice up tooled-up disco-soul and "Get ready With Me" is a fine slab of string-laden boogie brilliance that sounds like it was beamed down from a distant disco planet.
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VMR 074
02 Dec 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
02 Dec 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Dj XS (FVUK), SUNNER SOUL, Dave Mathmos, BRENDON P, LEGO EDIT, Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze), Chuggin Edits
Review: Five fine slices of contemporary disco make up this latest EP from Russian producer Alexandr Chebankov, better known as Sunner Soul. 'Feeling Of Spirits' is a midtempo shuffler that slowly breaks out into an intricate jazz-funk keys workout, 'Keep Strangers' is a Chic-y stomper, 'Liquid Disco' has distinctly Candido-esque overtones, 'Lay In Low (MF-SB Version' is a mellower, more lounge-y cut with muted space disco stabs and finally 'Simply Around' rocks a funkier, Blaxploitation-like vibe. With all five highly authentic-sounding and avoiding obvious samples, heavy rotation at the likes of Glitterbox and Horse Meat Disco is pretty much guaranteed.
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VMR 073
04 Nov 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
04 Nov 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Juno Recommends Disco, SUNNER SOUL, Shaka Loves You, Dave Mathmos, BRENDON P, LEGO EDIT, Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze)
Review: Having conducted his own glassy-eyed sunrise s?ance, Vintage Music main man Sunner Soul has successfully summoned the "Spirits of the Boogie" for a hazy early morning dance. Perhaps the most alluring of these "spirits" is opener "Constanera Montana", a vibraphone sporting shuffle through drowsy Rhodes chords and metronomic beats, though the heavy and low-slung "The Bright Day" and all-action electrofunk workout "Voice of Saturn" run it close. Elsewhere, "Sprit of the Boogie" is a bass-heavy disco-funk party jam smothered in high-grade horn lines and brilliant bass guitar, while "Jazzy Patterns (Raw Edit)" is an accurately titled blend of dusty machine drums, jazz samples and crazy special effects.
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VMR 072
07 Oct 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
07 Oct 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Vincent Inc, Juno Recommends Disco, J&M BROTHERS, SUNNER SOUL, Dave Mathmos, BRENDON P, LEGO EDIT, Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze), Chuggin Edits, Downunder Disco
Review: St Petersburg's Sunner Soul invites us into his "Discotheque", a place where sweet disco strings, groovy basslines, swirling filter effects, bumping house beats and hazy electric piano chords join hands on the dancefloor. As usual, there's plenty to enjoy, from the breezy disco-house elasticity of "The Mystery of Loops" and hazy, rush-inducing positivity of "Way Back Time", to the jazzy deep house shuffle of "Broers Vergadering" and extra-percussive, dubbed-out disco brilliance of "Pleased With Oneself". The pick for peak-time plays is undoubtedly opener "Back To Loving", a spiraling disco-house romp that rises and falls in all the right places.
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VMR 071
03 Sep 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
03 Sep 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Played by: Juno Recommends Disco, SUNNER SOUL, KS French, LEGO EDIT, 80's Child, Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze), Kongisto
Review: Via his Vintage Music imprint, Sunner Soul man Alexandr Chebankov keeps serving up the hits. Here he gathers together another bumper selection of seductive sunshine slow jams and dancefloor-ready goodtime grooves to soundtrack your summer. Naturally, there are plenty of his warm, sample-heavy productions and re-edits present (our favourites include the jazzy disco rush of "Summertime", his gentle and groovy rework of much-loved Letta Mbulu Balearic fave "Normalizo" and the bumpin', bass-heavy disco house bustle of "Disco Orchestra"), alongside similarly impressive outings from Kid Goodman (the sublime '80s house revision "Nice and Slow"), Lolita Knox (a tooled-up flip of a Cheryl Lynn anthem) and the Sunshine Disco Club (the Balearic dancefloor breeze of "Morning Exercise").
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VMR 070
01 Jul 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
01 Jul 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: C. Da Afro, FINGERMAN, Juno Recommends Disco, Tonbe, SUNNER SOUL, BRENDON P, LEGO EDIT, Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze)
Review: One of the joys of Alexandr Chebankov's work as Sunner Soul has always been its inherent sun-kissed sumptuousness. Interestingly, there's a little more hard-worn heaviness to be found on his latest outing - see the shirts-off sweatiness of throbbing, arpeggio-driven peak-time assault of "Bad Boys Disco" and the cheery, party disco stomp of "Sugar Love Babe" - but the producer's love of smile-inducing dancefloor haziness remains. Check, for example, the loopy mid-tempo goodness of disco head-nodder "Body Fusion", a formidably bass-heavy revision of a familiar staple, and the deep house influenced, breakbeat driven disco jazziness of "Love Space", which may well be the EP's most alluring moment.
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VMR 069
13 May 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
13 May 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Juno Recommends Disco, SUNNER SOUL, KS French, BRENDON P, LEGO EDIT, 80's Child, Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze), SEEN ON TV
Review: Lazy, sun-drenched (nu) disco vibes are the order of the day on this four-tracker from Alexandr Chebankov, better known as Sunner Soul. 'West Side Harmony' is a looping funker augmented by crowd noise and assorted vocal snips, 'The Fuss' foregrounds a jaunty little piano lick, and 'Someone But Not You' harks back to that time around 1980 or so when 70s disco was rapidly morphing into 80s boogie. Arguably the standout, though, is 'Double Jazz Fusion', a clue's-in-the-title number with dusty vocal fragments, minor-key piano trills and what sounds like live double bass. Serve accompanied by an Ibiza sunset for maximum impact!
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VMR 068
01 Apr 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
01 Apr 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: FINGERMAN, Woodhead, Tonbe, Ltj xperience, SUNNER SOUL, BRENDON P, LEGO EDIT, Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze), Ruff Diamond
Review: Traditionally, Sunner Soul's loopy, loved-up disco, soul and boogie revisions have tended towards the slow and sensual. This time round, though, the Vintage Music boss is targeting peak-time dancefloors, starting with the chunky, bass-heavy disco-house dustiness of "What Are You Waiting For". He also serves up a mid-tempo chunk of disco-sampling, sub-heavy deep house wooziness (the ace "Ready To Pump") and a rolling, 110 BPM chunk of orchestral disco chunkiness ("Ultrafunk Orchestra"). The EP also includes a tasty bonus in the shape of The Sunshine Disco Club's "Sweet Journey (Synth Jam)", where warm pianos and winding, D-Train style synth solos rise above a dusty, spaced-out groove.
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VMR 067
01 Feb 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
01 Feb 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Review: Saint Petersburg scene stalwart Sunner Soul once again opens up the vaults of his Vintage Music imprint and serves up a selection of solid summery grooves, soul-flecked grooves, disco-charged jams and intoxicating, floor-friendly re-rubs. The bulk of the material comes from the man himself, with highlights including the breezy, horn-toting sunshine funk warmth of "Rescue of Time", the starry jazz-funk synths and rubbery house grooves of "Swindle Mode" and the loopy, synth-laden boogie-house bump of "Music Freak". Elsewhere, Lolita Kox's "I Think I Love You" is a deliciously beefed-up and celebratory rework of a stone cold disco classic and Scruscru's "Burevestnik" is a deliciously swinging, full-throttle take on a jazzy disco-funk obscurity.
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VMR 065
03 Oct 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
03 Oct 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Roast Beatz, Juno Recommends Disco, SUNNER SOUL, LEGO EDIT, 80's Child, Stephen Richards (DiscoDaze)
Review: Vintage Music chief Sunner Soul can usually relied upon to serve up summer sizzlers that gleefully blur the boundaries between re-edits, remixes and original productions. That's certainly what's on offer here, beginning with the breezy, breakbeat-fuelled sunshine grooves of opener "Summertime". "Ready To Dance", meanwhile, is a filter-sporting disco-house shuffler rich in good-time grooves, warm bass and punchy horn lines. Elsewhere, Sunner Soul does a great job turning Trombone and Roberto's latin jazz-funk jam "Coluna Do Meio" into a shuffling, floor-friendly, mid-tempo disco-house cut, turns The Mighty Ryeders "Evil Vibrations" into a bumpin' filter-house jam ("Funky Vibrations") and re-edits the un-credited "Boogie Land" into a loopy, locked-in roller.
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VMR 064
16 Jul 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
16 Jul 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Sunny side up: Saint Petersberg's Sunner Soul returns with another exceptional, groove-kissed selection. Taking the lead with four of his own works, we're treated to lavish strings on "Feel So Good", our trousers are charmed off by the sultry jazz feels of "Soul Liberty", we're drowned in soaking wet filtered finesse on "Swindle Mode" and teased with the lolloping conga/bass groove on his edit of "Sweet Honey". Meanwhile last year's critically received newcomer Scruscru gets busy with a delicious sample over some chunky-assed jacking beats. Can you dig it?
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VMR 062
07 Feb 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
07 Feb 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
Music FreakEXCLUSIVE
Played by: FINGERMAN, Superbreak, Juno Recommends Disco, Sunner Soul, KS French, 80's Child, SEEN ON TV
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VMR 057
02 Oct 17
Disco/Nu-Disco
02 Oct 17
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Juno Recommends Deep House
Review: Sunner Soul's Deep Connections series appears to be an attempt to re-focus attention on his original house productions, rather than the hazy and sun-kissed re-edits with which he made his name. If that is the idea, then it has been a success; this second volume in the series contains some superb material. We're particularly enjoying the dreamy deep house/nu-disco fusion of opener "Spread Love" and bouncy, piano-heavy peak-time pump of classic house stomper "Help Me". Arguably best of all, though, is the druggy, basement-bothering throb of "Rewind", which recalls some of Danny Tenaglia's more bass-heavy house productions circa his late '90s residency at Twilo (think organs, hazy vocal samples, bold bass and crunchy percussion).
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VMR 061
04 Sep 17
Deep House
04 Sep 17
Deep House
Starfall EP (Kim & Buran Edits)EXCLUSIVE
Review: Here we have a love of disco and good times coming from Saint Petersberg's Kim & Buran. The Starfall EP sees the pair re-edit a host of vintage cuts with the overall vibe very much evoking Sea Hunt-era Patrick Cowley. First up, Roger Webb's "Flying Objects" gets tweaked and edited into a five minute space-boogie odyssey, complete layer upon layer of warm 70s production love. Next, the clavinet is dug outta the attic and dusted off for some fat, groovy 70s funk on Eolika's "Starfall" and lastly Francis Monkman's "Getting Ready" is a slow and sensual orchestrated groover.
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VMR 054
10 Aug 17
Disco/Nu-Disco
10 Aug 17
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Review: Long serving re-editor Sunner Soul is one of the disco scene's more reliable scalpel fiends, releasing regular doses of hazy, good-time grooves on the Vintage Music outlet he founded some years back. Further proof of his skills - and those of his label artists - can be found on this eighth expansive Vintage Music compilation. It gathers together a scintillating selection of reworks that veer from good-time disco smashers and groovy warm-up gems, to scorching disco-funk slammers and bouncy, sun-kissed shufflers. Happily, there's a mix of old-fashioned rearrangements and tooled-up reworks, with source material that's both well known and obscure.
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VMR 052
13 Feb 17
Disco/Nu-Disco
13 Feb 17
Disco/Nu-Disco
Slow Down EPEXCLUSIVE
Played by: J&M BROTHERS, Sunner Soul, Massimo Vanoni (The Smoker), KS French, 80's Child, Chuggin Edits, Disco Funk Spinner - D.F.S
Review: Here we have the second release of the year from our favourite Russian disco don, Sunner Soul. He's taking it mellow for January, hence the title "Slow Down EP". There are three slinky cuts to enjoy, two of which are by the man himself, with the title track being a delicious slice of four to the floor retro boogie, and "Loveline" rocking the percussion-heavy spacey funk vibe. Lastly we encounter the laid back, elastic bass and clavinet-laden funky sing-along "House Party" by Fresh Wesley and re-edited by VMR.
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VMR 051
30 Jan 17
Disco/Nu-Disco
30 Jan 17
Disco/Nu-Disco
Good Time EPEXCLUSIVE
Played by: Vincent Inc, Juno Recommends Disco, Sunner Soul, Alien Disco Sugar / Leonidas DeeJay, Massimo Vanoni (The Smoker), KS French, SEEN ON TV, Paraiso Musique
Review: Sunner Soul is clearly determined to start 2017 in a positive mood. His first EP of the year urges us to have a Good Time, with the producer doing his bit to spread sunshine via a string of impressively warm and summery re-edits. He begins with a blissful ambient tool - perfect for mix intros and such - before expertly reworking a global disco shuffler ("Fuwafuwa Groove"). The swirling peak-time disco of "Good Time" is next, followed by an expertly executed cut-up of Evelyn 'Champagne' King boogie classic "Love Come Down" that offers a subtle nod towards Tiger and Woods. The sweaty disco-funk bump of "Ready To Back" and horn-heavy groover "Rescue Of Time" complete an excellent package.
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VMR 050
09 Jan 17
Disco/Nu-Disco
09 Jan 17
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Review: Sunner Soul presents a seventh compilation of highlights from his edit-minded Vintage Music label. While there is one killer cut by Banana Lover - the slow house style disco-funk chugger "Just Like That" - it's pretty much a showcase for the talented Russian's own reworks. He's often best when operating at a slower tempo, and many of the collection's highlights - the fliter-rich horizontal soul of "Meeting With The Sea", the tasty Will Powers rework "Only You", sensual "Love Yoy Anyway", and sleazy, sax-laden "Body Language", for starters - offer genuinely dancefloor moments that barely get above 100bpm. Of course, there are some high tempo disco bangers to enjoy, including the excellent "Come On A Dance" and "Smooth Riding".
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VMR 048
04 Oct 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
04 Oct 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Juno Recommends Disco, Tonbe, Sunner Soul, Steve Cobby, Massimo Vanoni (The Smoker), BRENDON P
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VMR 047
17 Aug 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
17 Aug 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
Transatlantic EPEXCLUSIVE
Review: Following a recent outing on Tonbe's Disco Fruit imprint, St Petersburg's finest re-editor returns to his Vintage Music imprint. Happily, he's in fine form, giddily chopping up, beefing up and rearranging a trio of happy, sun-kissed tonight. There's something particularly alluring about the woozy synthesizer melodies, jazzy keys, hustlin' house rhythms and disco percussion of "Transatlantic". This formula is repeated on the sensual but floor-friendly "Disco Retreat", where swirling strings and punchy horns help create a sticky, sweat-drenched vibe. Finally, the Russian successfully dips the tempo on the sax-laden, low-slung, bassline-driven sleaze of "Got The Floor", which expertly builds up over six sexy minutes.
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VMR 046
04 Aug 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
04 Aug 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
Happy EPEXCLUSIVE
Played by: Mat Hoods, Dave Allison (Editorial), Jean Jacques Smoothie, Superbreak, Juno Recommends Disco, Sunner Soul, Soultronic, KS French, BRENDON P, 80's Child, Gradient Logic
Review: Label-hopping Siberian Sunner Soul is in a cheery mood, which may - in part, at least - be down to his return to the Vintage Music imprint he founded in 2009. The positively titled Happy EP begins with "Hang On", a deliciously hazy, dreamy chunk of fluttering disco-meets-deep house bliss built around slowly shifting loop patterns, stretched-out builds, cut-up samples and bouncy bottom end. Horn-heavy title track "Happy" is little less than a rush-inducing romp through party-starting disco-funk cheeriness, while "All Right" sees him expertly re-arrange (and tool-up) a shuffling, sun-kissed disco-funk cut full of rising string lines, fizzing jazz-funk synths and punchy horn lines. In other words, it's an EP chock full of mood enhancing moments.
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VMR 045
09 Jun 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
09 Jun 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Although technically a various artist compilation, the fifth volume of Vintage Music's series is really the Banana Lover show. He's responsible for four tunes here, the first of which, "Silver Surfer", is a collaboration with Sunner Soul. At 125bpm it's the fastest tune on here and sees the pair fully explore their French Touch influences with lashings of soft filters on dreamy disco loops. Elsewhere "Love Cruise" continues the soft disco house vibes, whilst both "Carefree Summer" and "Stars" evoke the haziness of early Washed Out. Kid Goodman also delivers the deep late 80s Chicago gem "Nice & Slow". Epic.
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VMR 042
01 Mar 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
01 Mar 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
Do It For My BrotherEXCLUSIVE
Played by: Smashed Atoms, Vincent Inc, Buzz Compass, Dave Allison (Editorial), Superbreak, Juno Recommends Disco, Tonbe, Sunner Soul, Get Down Edits, KS French, Lovewithme, Werkshy, Young Pulse, MR Given Raw
Review: Russian disco and edits label Vintage Music is still doing the business good and proper. As said previously, living in Siberia doesn't stop these guys living a sun kissed dream and more power to them! This time it's home grown talent Sunner Soul appearing for the most part, mining the kind of smooth 70's soul funk samples that even Kenny Dixon Jr. would approve of. We're particularly keen on the sultry Rhodes and guitar licks of "Do It For My Brother" and the oh so uplifting "Smooth Riding". Liner offers us "Ocean" but hang on; it's Sunner Soul's edit and it's brilliant too; that vocoder, wow!
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VMR 040
04 Feb 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
04 Feb 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
Soul EditsEXCLUSIVE
Review: While Sunner Soul seems to be a little less prolific than he once was, the quality of his releases continues to rise. Here, the Russian producer returns to his Vintage Music imprint with a trio of tasty, tried-and-tested soul re-edits. He begins with the undulating Afro-soul hustle and low-slung grunt of "Real Sekele", before turning his attention to Chain Reaction's 1977 disco-soul single "Sweet Lady (Dance With Me)". His version retains much of the original source material - including the killer bassline - while "fixing" the wonky, out-of-time beats to ensure greater mixing opportunities. He finishes with a killer rework of Blue Magic's overlooked, piano-laden, 1983 boogie jam "Clean Up Your Act", which is worth the entrance price alone.
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VMR 039
13 Jan 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
13 Jan 16
Disco/Nu-Disco
