Review: For their latest release, Hamburg label Zissou has snapped up a slab of summer-ready cheeriness from Saltywax, a rising star of the nu-disco scene based in Karlsruhe, Germany. A teaser for a full EP due to be released next month, 'Sarabarlia' sees Saltywax give his take on an obscure, mid-80s disco-highlife number originally recorded by a largely overlooked German outfit called Saraba. It's a re-edit, but one which also contains additional instrumentation and tasteful production tricks. We'd recommend it, not least because it's a percussion-rich affair that builds in waves - all bongos, rubbery bass guitar and locked-in house-not-house beats - before unleashing sun-splashed horns, African vocals, energy-packed piano solos and sumptuous disco strings. It feels like a genuine summer anthem in waiting.
Review: Known for his deep house output on his own Lehult label, here German producer Johan Kaseta signs with fellow Hamburg dwellers Zissou Records to release an EP that sits in a vague hinterland between deep house, nu-disco and downtempo/chill-out. Teufelsbruck's edit of 'Fanta Muega' - all rolling Latin drums and breathy flute - is probably your best bet for dancefloor play, while 'How U Like It?' makes free with an Andrea True Connection vocal sample in similarly dusty, lo-fi fashion. Elsewhere, 'Everytime (I Talk To You)' is a dreamy lil' shuffler with a rump-shaking b-line, while 'Falling Leaves' and 'Somebody's Heart' are hazy, loopy midtempo jams.
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