I Can't Help It (feat Makiin - Deekline & Laidback remix) - (4:36) 130 BPM
I Can't Help It (feat Makiin - Deekline & Ed Solo remix) - (4:57) 130 BPM
Review: Originally released in December 2012, Slyde's bashy, electro workout gets the facelift treatment from Rat boss Deekline and good friends Ed Solo and Laidback. Deekline and Laidback's remix screams peak time with its hardcore-referencing synth hook and dramatic build-up dynamics. For a slinkier, more traditional booty-bass breakbeat treatment jump on Ed Solo's remix. Stripped back and sexy, it purrs with timeless butt-shaking science.
Review: Three tracks of fine contemporary (as opposed to 'nu') disco from mystery producer Dany B on the Jolly Jams label here. 'I'm Yours' is a lazy, looping chugger with a rasping female vocal (think Macy Gray, Kim Carnes), squalling rock geetars and some gloriously tinny piano, 'I Can't Help It' is pacier, funkier and squelchier with a near-falsetto male vocal, while finally 'Gotta Get It' itself is a rolling affair with a Barry White-esque male voice intoning the title, wukka-wukking geetar and soaring Philly strings. The 1970s force is definitely strong in this one.
Review: Ah the humble double pack, isn't there something so very satisfying about this format? Sccucci Manucci evidently thinks so as The Nine Bows EP is the label's second release in succession to embrace the double pack. It's another high profile cast that contribute to the eight tracks here, with Montel, Mikki Funk, Jackson Ryland and Aashton all featuring. It's the latter, Brighton-based producer who opens proceedings with "I Can't Shake It", a summer house anthem in the making that showcases his love of a classic RnB vocal. Maverick follows with "Wait For U" which is not only his Sccucci debut but also the Parisian's first production committed to wax - hard to believe! The mood swings through various shades of house from here with "Lemme Hold U" from Montel a mid point highlight thanks to a killer vocal hook.
Review: Hanging, banging, mad and outstanding... Chimpo continues flex his lyrical and musical dexterity with his awesome new album Don't Worry About It. Featuring a whole raft of mates and peers such as Skittles, Salo, Slay, Darkside Mo, IBeKay, Ellen Beth Abdi and Kid Katharsis, the album charges into the heart of vocal-led jungle D&B with strong shades of soul, R&B and hip-hop as Chimpo guides us through many double standards, nuances and ironies of modern life. One for the hippies, nerds, hustlers and indeed thugs, each track is a veritable highlight and resonates to a different corner of the dance from the lurking skankers on 'Darkside' to heart-eyed romantics on 'Crystal Clear'. Exceptional songwriting and D&B sonics, no one does it like Chimpo.
Review: In the space of two years Wurst Music has emerged as a label with a blossoming reputation - one that should be considered as much a part of New York's musical landscape as DFA, Environ or Slow To Speak. To showcase the label's credentials, Roy Dank has put together The Wurst Music Ever, a cheekily titled collection of previously unreleased cuts from label stalwarts, new signings and like-minded friends. With 10 tracks covering every aspect of the label's musical approach - vaguely Balearic nu-disco, underground NYC house, disco revivalism and heavy electronic grooves all feature - it's a thrilling snapshot of where the label is at right now Highlights are naturally plentiful. Newcomers Pink Stallone impress with "Help Yourself", a low-end heavy chunk of slo-mo contemporary P-funk that's dirtier than a night in with Prince and a bevy of bikini-clad beauties. Hometown heroes Midnight Magic provide a stunning cover of Native Underground's "Push 4 Love" that recasts the freestyle-tinged original as a loose, dubwise disco gem. Tiago channels the ghost of Patrick Cowley on the Munich Machine-aping "Peanuts", whilst Soho 808 (another promising newcomer) and Great Weekend throw down future house anthems. If The Wurst Music Ever is an indication of what we can expect in the future from Dank's label, it seems the Best of the Wurst is yet to come.
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