Review: The Giant Cuts crew have been keeping the boogie side of the disco fire burning with their Disco Boogie Classics series for over a year now, and on this essential release they reach their fifth volume. Once again the source material is a closely guarded secret, but whether it's the cowbell-heavy, Rhodes-led funk of "Dance (Move Ya Body)", the smooth licks and sweltering '80s production of "Jump To The Edit", the party starting vocal on "Feel It" or the deep down disco sleaze of standout track "Limited Search", there's something here for everyone to get their own disco dancefloors bumping.
My "Watashi Dake?" Is Definitely Not Included In This Unequal Treaty, Is It? - (13:13) 103 BPM
Right Brain, Left Brain; Right, Left; Right Wing, Left Wing. Just How Many Combinations Can Be Made From These? - (9:57) 64 BPM
"Critical Consciousness?" That's Been Abandoned In Corner Of A Shower Room In A 53-storey Apartment Building Inhabited By Extra-terrestrial Lifeforms..... - (11:17) 87 BPM
I Thought I Had Pulverized It Summarily But There Are Just Too Many Who Lack Reality Or Who Are Cowards So I Cannot Change A Thing - (15:17) 103 BPM
Still Divided Into Pieces? Let's Reconnect Them Recognise That You Are A Point And The Longest Line Let It Become Light - (22:41) 73 BPM
I Can No Longer Sense That Sacred Feeling Of Expression Just The Loitering Of Vulgar Vibrations That Can Only Be Described As A Half-hearted Class Reunion Will You Consent To This? - (23:33) 76 BPM
There Are Always Things I Wish To Say But I Can Only Convey Them In This Language August 6 August 9 - (16:59) 75 BPM
Spiteri Meets Juan Laya & Jorge Montiel - "The Power Of Disco" - (6:10) 120 BPM
C. Da Afro - "Time To Boogie" - (5:55) 120 BPM
Monsieur Van Pratt - "Space Funk" - (5:48) 122 BPM
Stephen Richards - "The Time Is Now" - (6:09) 121 BPM
J&M Brothers - "Loca Funk" - (6:04) 119 BPM
Review: Nine highly enjoyable slices of contemporary funk and disco here courtesy of Fran Deeper's Mallorca-based Spa In Disco. Some of the artists are well-known, at least in the appropriate circles (C Da Afro, Funk District, Monsieur Van Pratt); some are less so, while there's one genuine first-gen survivor in the form of Spiteri, a legendary Venezuelan player who gave London's 70s disco scene a dose of Latin flava. Don't expect too much in the way of radical reinvention - these grooves are so faithful to the sounds of the 70s that we had to check a few of 'em weren't actually 40 years old! - but the standard throughout is impeccable.
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