Review: When it comes to blending classic disco and bumpin' peak-time house, few can match Joey Negro - a man who has been offering up disco-fied house jams since the early '90s. There are naturally plenty of his own tracks and remixes on "Put Some Disco In The House", an expansive collection of quality disco-house moments, with highlights including the rolling disco-boogie heat of "Put The Music On It (Original Disco Mix)", the chunky, walking bass-propelled "Dancing Into The Stars" (with Horse Meat Disco and Angela Johnson) and a slamming rework of Sessomato's jazz-funk flavoured "Moody". There's plenty of heat to be found elsewhere, too, with standouts including JKriv and Adeline's "Vertigo", Opolopo's boogie-tinged revision of Sylvester classic "I Need You" and the spiraling disco pump of Yam Who and Jaegerossa's "Grateful".
Review: Self-proclaimed "jacking disco house" specialist Mike Sandcastle delivers his debut, a five-track collection of 'Seaside Trax' on Secret Society. Musically, what's on offer doffs a cap to both DJ Sneak and the surging excitement of Daft Punk and Cassius's earliest "French touch" excursions, so if that's your bag you'll find plenty to set the pulse racing. Our current faves include the hold-and-release loop-funk of 'I'm Gonna Know', 'Cruising' (which samples a handful of disco classics but chops the samples into just-about-recognisable snippets), and the shirts-off insanity of the slap-bass sporting, Peter Brown-sampling 'Making Me High'. Slamming, disco-fied energy for those who like it hard, fast and funky.
Review: Jalapeno have long been reliable providers of 21st Century funk and soul, and this third album from Plymouth's Aldo Vanucci doesn't disappoint. There's no post-breakbeat filter here: the 12 tracks featured instead work on the principle that if you want to pay homage to musical days gone by, you should do so as faithfully as possible. Vanucci's eclectic approach and an array of guest vocalists of both sexes ensure that things never get too predictable, though, with tracks like 'Ponderosa' (feat Dena Deadly) bringing the Winehouse vibes, 'Get A Hold On This' (feat Kyle Audist) rocking the country-funk and 'Spell It Out' (feat QNC) playing us out on a smoked-out hip-hop note.
Review: Originally hailing from Leeds, nu-disco producer Miguel Campbell got a taste for Ibiza and didn't leave for three years. Following on from his popular debut on Hot Creations, he now presents his second LP on his own Outcross Records, Night Drive Without You, recorded in his adopted home. The title sounds like a million 80s titles rolled into one and the music is equally indebted to that era of synths and style. Highlights include the boogiefied FM synths of "Outrun", the Kavinsky vibes of "Collision" and the Daft Punk-style electro-pop of "Light & Darkness".
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