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Review: Bomb Strikes are back at it again with more explosive behaviour here as they continue their thoroughly enjoyable run of releases, welcoming two original smashes from Lack Jemmon. We kick off our look into this release with 'Don't Stop', which takes its place as title track for a reason as we are engulfed in a wash of sumptuous eastern melodic plucks and big room drum snaps, giving us a worldly level of production. On the flip side we take in 'I'm A Boss', another eastern inspired piece when it comes to melodic structure, this time using tooting saxophone lines over blippy drum expressions and well placed vocal samples to round the project off with a bang.
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BOMBMUSIC 067
24 Jul 20
Breakbeat
24 Jul 20
Breakbeat
Played by: Pete Dafeet, Giom, Henri Kohn, Inland Knights, Juno Recommends Deep House, Husky, LawnChair Generals, Fred Everything, The Littlemen, Djs: Most Charted - Deep House, Ralph Lawson
Review: According to our strenuous research (erm, two minutes spent browsing Discogs), this appears to be the first single for nearly four years from US deep house stalwarts Lawnchair Generals. It might not be (don't write in, please), but it's certainly a rare outing from the veteran duo. It's excellent, too, offering a more driving and energetic feel than many of their vintage productions. Whipped along at a frantic pace by a heavy electric bassline, it nestles somewhere between thumping deep house and classic disco. The Looks Like Dub adds a little cosmic spice, while Rob Mello strips the track back to an angular, 808-heavy groove on his druggy, floor-friendly rework.
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LZD 027
14 Feb 12
Deep House
14 Feb 12
Deep House
Review: An Aussie in Japan with a worryingly intense obsession with early 80s boogie, Jsquared is not your average nu-disco producer. This of course is a good thing, because, well, he knows those grooves like no other. His latest missive is "Don't Stop", which takes a killer slap bass and glitter vintage disco-boogie jam and adds some bang up to date thump. Result? A seriously slammin' retro floorfiller.
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ALPACA 014X
04 May 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
04 May 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Spain's Oscar Albaladejo AKA Solazz comes to Hot Gorilla with a simple two-tracker here. 'Don't Stop', in its Original form, sits on the disco/boogie cusp, with distinctly 80s-sounding synths married to a nice chunky walking bassline and a boogie-style male "don't stop until the morning comes" vocal. So effectively does it recapture the sound and feel of that era, in fact, that it feels almost churlish to say that it's C Da Afro's beefed-up and slightly pacier remix that's probably got the most instant dancefloor appeal. But we'll leave track selection up to you: either's good, so you pays your money and you makes your choice!
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HGR 030
14 Oct 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
14 Oct 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Juno Recommends Funk
Review: Earlier this year, Mr Bongo reissued the 1975 eponymous debut album from Spaceark, an obscure rock and soul outfit from Los Angeles who operated in the years 1973-1979. 1978's sophomore effort 'Spaceark Is' is due to get the same treatment next month, but in the meantime it's the turn of his non-album single from 1975. 'Don't Stop' fuses raw funk with something of the glitz and glamour of a late 50s/early 60s ballroom and features some fine sax work as well as Ms Way's heartfelt, pleading vocal. Like the original release, it comes accompanied by a simple Instrumental.
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361593 5469029
18 Jan 19
Funk
18 Jan 19
Funk
Don't StopEXCLUSIVE
Review: Polish producer Warson has been providing funk-minded breakbeat heads with formidable dancefloor fare since 2011. Here, he pops up on his own Tru Funk imprint with another trio of tried-and-tested floorfillers. "Louder" kicks things off in style, lacing cut-up horns, funk vocal samples and bubbling electronics over a bass-heavy midtempo breakbeat-funk groove. "Love Theme" ups the tempo, basing the action around a classic loose-but-tight breakbeat rhythm. Musically, it has a richer and more expansive feel, with bouncy pianos, sharp strings and fluid funk guitars perfectly accompanying the two prominent vocal samples. He really lets loose on "Happy Song", a jump-up drum and bass roller built around samples from a heavyweight '70s funk rock jam.
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TF 36
04 Apr 14
Breakbeat
04 Apr 14
Breakbeat
Played by: Hydrolikz
Review: Banzai is launching a rock, or two, at your head with this fiery single on Breeze that'll appeal to anyone who likes their music rough and ready. In a subgenre that can be inconsistent, to put it mildly, this is jump-up as its meant to be done, over the top but to the exact right degree. 'Don't Stop' is the better of the two, with a sick vocal sample and an off-beat element to the arrangement that gives its punchy bass stabs that extra oomph a lot of tunes don't quite manage to hit. The foghorns are out on the flip in a KoTR-esque number, and 'Attitude' rounds off the single in style. Banging.
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BRE 006
19 Jun 19
Drum & Bass / Jungle
19 Jun 19
Drum & Bass / Jungle
Played by: Casio Social Club
Review: This release is a little different than the Mullet label's usually 80s-tinged fare. This time Timmy Vegas is looking further back in time for inspiration, as far back as the '70s. "Don't Stop" is a storming Paradise Garage anthem that never happened; there's also a vocodered, freestyle 'boogie' version and even Mullet mainman Casio Social Club also joins the party for one last electro-pop jam.
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MULLET 075
24 Jun 13
Disco/Nu-Disco
24 Jun 13
Disco/Nu-Disco
Elijah Collins feat Aina
Review: Covering a stone cold classic is always tough, and Elijah Collins has set himself a tough task in taking on Yardborough & Peoples' 1980 electrofunk smash "Don't Stop The Music". Thankfully, he's done a sterling job, getting just the right balance between paying the original due respect and updating it for contemporary dancefloors. The result is a bouncy, undulating nu-disco jam that sits somewhere between contemporary synth boogie and shimmering deep house. The famous bassline and melodies - replayed, of course, on swanky modern synthesizers - perfectly compliments Aina's soulful vocal. If you'd prefer less of the vocal, there's a tasty instrumental included.
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MULLET 082
06 Jan 14
Disco/Nu-Disco
06 Jan 14
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Just the two rubs to choose from of this trad-style disco stomper from Mexican stalwart Hotmood. In its Original form, 'Don't Stop' is a mid-paced and fairly unassuming lil' roller with a neat line in wukka-wukking geetar, jazzy piano licks and dramatic strings, as well as a somewhat unusual two-part male/female vocal. The accompanying KATORZI Remix, meanwhile, strips out some of the more doodlesome instrumentation in favour of a much more direct and in-your-face approach, with some complex percussion added and the vocal applied far more liberally across its six-minute duration. It's horses for courses, but the Original wins out for yours truly.
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PPMEP 15
17 Jun 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
17 Jun 22
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Banzai is launching a rock, or two, at your head with this fiery single on Breeze that'll appeal to anyone who likes their music rough and ready. In a subgenre that can be inconsistent, to put it mildly, this is jump-up as its meant to be done, over the top but to the exact right degree. 'Don't Stop' is the better of the two, with a sick vocal sample and an off-beat element to the arrangement that gives its punchy bass stabs that extra oomph a lot of tunes don't quite manage to hit. The foghorns are out on the flip in a KoTR-esque number, and 'Attitude' rounds off the single in style. Banging.
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735119 114835
19 Jun 19
Drum & Bass / Jungle
19 Jun 19
Drum & Bass / Jungle
Played by: Juno Recommends UK Garage
Review: Saucy Vibes is the brattish offspring of Saucy Records and as such, tends to attract fresh new talent. Mike Jones has been bubbling under for a short while now and is surely set to go overground if he keeps delivering sterling efforts like this. "Don't Stop" is a sleazy jackin' after hours jam with a tech house edge. Calle Lebraun takes it back to the rawness of early Chicago and Jack Swaffer goes all-out thumping 90s New York house. Finally X5 Dubs delivers a cool electro-house rework that's the standout track of the release.
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SYVS 003
15 Mar 16
UK Garage
15 Mar 16
UK Garage
