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Joey Negro / The Sunburst Band / Various
Played by: Dave Lee ZR
Review: Six years on from launching the It's A Summer Groove series, Joey Negro returns with a fifth selection of sunshine-friendly tracks from the Z Records vaults. While much of the label's output - soulful, accessible, funky and heavily influenced by disco, funk and boogie - could be described as "summery", there's something particularly bright and breezy about the 21 tracks gathered together here. Highlights are naturally plentiful, from the smooth disco-soul goodness of the Reflex's recent remix of the Sunburst Band's "The Secret Life of Us", and the terrace-friendly piano house of Shur-I-Kan's rework of Zo & Erro & Phonte, to the vibraphone-laden boogie-house goodness of Rainbow Connection and Taka Boom's "Surrender".
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ZEDDDIGICD 034
15 Jun 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
15 Jun 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
THE SUNBURST BAND / DAVE LEE / VARIOUS
Review: After several successful releases together, UK soulful house stalwart Sean McCabe returns to ZR, this time for a remix/mix album. We handed over the keys to the vaults of Z Records parts and let him run wild in his underpants. The album features 6 new exclusive McCabe remixes - Monique Bingham, Blackbyrds, The Sunburst Band and Soul Dharma, plus Sean's interpretation of an unreleased Akabu song Time Line". That's all alongside many of Sean's classic remixes, plus his personal favourites from the extensive ZR catalog and a DJ mix.
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ZEDDDIGICD 055
03 Sep 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
03 Sep 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
The Sunburst Band / Dave Lee / Various
Roland Wrightangle, Darcus & Dave Lee - "In Your Blood" (Dave Lee?s Funk in the Music mix) - (6:55) 116 BPM
Played by: Jean Jacques Smoothie, Juno Recommends Disco, Juno Recommends Deep House, Ash Reynolds, Tonbe, Kongisto
Review: Dave Lee's annual round-up of 'essential' cuts from the catalogue of his Z Records imprint is always worth picking up, and this year's edition is no different. Packed with high-grade disco, deep house and what would once have been called 'US garage' (that's soulful house, kids), it's a near faultless selection that will keep you in peak-time anthems for months to come. Our picks of an extremely strong bunch include the electric piano-heavy, downlow disco-funk bounce of 'In Your Blood' (a rare collaboration between Lee, Darcus and Roland Wrightangle), Sean McCabe's lusciously warm and groovy take on Matty, Monique and Monique Bingham's 'Now What', Andres' loopy, boogie-tinged deep house version of Joey Negro and Sacha Williamson's 'I Recognise', and Backroom Productions' recently reissued rework of their own 'The Rhythm' (as The Power).
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ZEDDDIGICD 056
10 Dec 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
10 Dec 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: With Christmas party season in full swing, Joey Negro has decided to reissue a couple of classic jams from his disco/boogie/jazz-funk revival project, The Sunburst Band. Both "Here Comes The Sunburst Band" and "U Make Me Hot" were featured on the expansive live outfit's 1998 debut album, and one of the contained remixes of the latter track - by long-serving smooth groover Yam Who - first saw the light of day on vinyl in 2004. The other remixes, though, are brand new. Fouk turns "Here Comes The Sunburst Band" into a spiraling, toughened-up disco-house smasher, before jazz-leaning producer Daniel Producer delivers vocal and instrumental versions of "U Make Me Hot" that sit somewhere between smooth hip-hop soul and vintage Herbie Hancock.
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ZEDD 12235
07 Dec 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
07 Dec 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Dave Lee ZR, Ennio Styles, JimmyTheTwin, Grant Nelson, Jazztronik (Ryota Nozaki), Robert Rivera, Mr.Con, Random Soul
Review: Joey hinted at the quality of this album three weeks ago with the joyous single "In The Thick Of It"; but we don't think anyone could've predicted just how good the rest of it would be. Brushing on a broader canvas than previous albums, the wide collection of sounds and grooves here are some The Sunnie's best to date. From massive boogie curveballs like the slap-bass, cosmic disco instrumental "Jazz The DMX" to the timeless shimmering funk "My Way" (featuring fellow legend Diane Charlemagne) via straight up string-soaked house "Why Wait For Tomorrow" and myriad instances of criminally sexy P-funk, this album won't be a secret for too long.
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ZEDDCD 026
30 Jul 12
Funky/Club House
30 Jul 12
Funky/Club House
Various
Leonid & Friends - "Street Player" (Dimitri From Paris Super Disco Blend - parts I & II) - (10:06) 126 BPM 
Played by: Pete Haigh, Juno Recommends Disco, Juno Recommends Deep House, Jerk Boy, BRENDON P, Andy Buchan
Review: Dave Lee's annual 'Essentials' compilations consistently deliver on their promise by rounding up the Z Records' biggest dancefloor hits and overlooked gems from the previous 12 months. 2023's edition is, somewhat predictably, another must-have collection packed to the rafters with house and disco treats. There are plenty of genuine scene anthems present - see Dimitri From Paris's epic revision of Leonid and Friends' cover of Chicago's 'Street Player', Lee's stunning disco rework of Jamiroquai's 'Little L', and his epic AC Soul Symphony cut 'I Want To See You Dance' - as well as lesser-celebrated gems such as the disco-boogie shuffle of Dynasty's 'Still In Love', David Penn's driving rework of Raven Maize's 'The Real Life', and Grant Nelson's piano-powered revision of Lee and Omar's 'Starlight'.
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ZEDDDIGICD 064
01 Dec 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
01 Dec 23
Disco/Nu-Disco
Various
Ferry Corsten & Fisherman - "Magenta" (feat Giuseppe Ottaviani - Fisherman extended remix) - (5:20) 135 BPM
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BH DC 699
17 Nov 23
Uplifting Trance
17 Nov 23
Uplifting Trance
Various / The Allergies
Played by: Spinforth, The Allergies, Craig Charles Funk And Soul, Fort Knox Five, Roast Beatz, Mooqee, Jayl Funk, Johnnypluse, Juno Recommends Breakbeat, Quincy Jointz, Morlack, Rory Hoy, Morlack, Wiccatron, THE NICEGUYS, LEGO EDIT, Funk Fusion
Review: As ever, the Bomb Strikes imprint delivers an awesome package to us with this brand new 25 track compilation entitled 'Funk N' Beats Vol. 5', To be honest, it's exactly what it says on the tin as The Allergies head up waves and waves of funkadelic rhythms and crunchy riffs. For us the highlights have to be the futuristic drum processing and subtle percussive movements of 'Loose Gardner' from Flevans, along with the classic breakbeat fusion of 'Fire' remixed by Smoove but originally produced by the Renegades Of Jazz. With the sheer depth of the project it's easy to get lost within the tracklisting, which is always a good sign on a large scale compilation.
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BOMBFUNKB 005
04 May 18
Breakbeat
04 May 18
Breakbeat
The Layabouts / Various
Lulo Cafe feat Nothende - "I Wanna Love You" (The Layabouts Future Retro dubstrumental) - (6:45) 124 BPM
Da Lata feat Diabel Cissokho - "This Is Not Your Job" (The Layabouts Your Fired dub) - (7:27) 126 BPM
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PAPADC 014
09 May 11
Funky/Club House
09 May 11
Funky/Club House
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LNGA 0178
03 Jun 16
Electro House
03 Jun 16
Electro House
The Lounge Unlimited Orchestra - "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" (original mix) - (3:46) 115 BPM
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XMS 001
20 Nov 20
Balearic/Downtempo
20 Nov 20
Balearic/Downtempo
Bill Brewster / Various
Review: The concept behind Bill Brewster's latest 'After Dark' compilation - his first for eight years fact fans - is "low and slow", with the author, DJ and record collector utilising this loose but logical theme to deliver an undeniably eclectic selection of high-grade cuts. The quality threshold remains high from start to finish, as Brewster variously serves up twinkling, jazz-flecked electronica (T.O.E), synth-laden proto-Balearic dreaminess (Island Band), Weatherall-esque dark disco psychedelia (Brewster's Hotel Motel project remixing Jeb Loy Nichols), squelchy nu-disco deepness (Ray Mang dubbing out Khruangbin), acid-flecked revivalist proto-house (Rhythm Plate), little-known, 80s soul era synth-pop (Debbie & The Code), future Balearic anthems (Naill re-editing Gilbert O'Sullivan), saucer-eyed, piano-sporting space house (Gus Patterson) and ultra-deep electro (Carl Finlow).
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ALN 69
04 Aug 23
Balearic/Downtempo
04 Aug 23
Balearic/Downtempo
