Review: Reno Ka first appeared alongside the Prince of Chicago house, Terrence Parker, on the mighty Planet E back in 2013 and, although we only heard her vocal talents on the particular EP, we knew that we'd somehow see her soon again. Here she is on the sixth outing from Music and Power with "Where Is The Love?", a smooth and silky house warmer that hangs in the balance between soulful and classic Chicago beatdown; it's one of those for the lovers, and a track that can be appreciated by both DJs and straight-up Saturday evening dancers. There's a dub version where, of course, the vocals are stripped back to give more room to the sonics, a gentle sway of cooling synths and echoing flurries of harmonics. A wonderful EP that sits just right with us.
Review: Germany's Joey Chicago returns to Peppermint Jam, following last year's successful Roland Clark collab 'Way Of Life' on the same label. 'Where Is The Love' is an unhurried disco/boogie number with a distinct early 80s feel - it could almost be the theme tune from one of the era's more sophisticated US sitcoms. 'Going Deeper' is a slightly (deep) housier affair and wouldn't sound out of place on Z Records, while finally 'Don't You Want' is another very fine slab of disco-house from the deeper side, with a cut-up vocal bite that ISN'T the First Choice one you're probably thinking of...
Review: Belgian producer Le Babar has spent the last decade dividing his time between making loopy disco-house, tooled up scalpel edits and top notch underground house music. "Express Your Needs" marks his first appearance on the mighty Midnight Riot and is naturally packed to the rafters with bouncy peak-time treats. He naturally brings the funk on rubbery, housed-up disco revision "Express Your Needs" - all crunchy Clavinet lines, elastic beats, fizzing slap bass and sweet chorus vocals - before applying the same rework principles to a colourful '80s soul gem on "Where Is The Love". If that kind of hard-wired, synth-heavy action is your thing - think vintage Jam & Lewis productions with added oomph and a few carefully placed filter sweeps - then closing cut "Be With Me" should be right up your alley.
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