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C.A.R
Hijk (Remixes)
Jagwar Ma
?ipside.
Kill The DJ
Marathon
Munk feat Mona
Lazette
Not immediately sure who's
behind this latest for Ivan
Smagghe's Kill The DJ label,
but notes on a cryptic press
release lead me to believe
it's someone very familiar
— regardless, this haunting,
new-wave ditty prompts a
chill with its deadpan vocal
and sinuous guitar phrases.
Remixing, Timothy J. Fairplay
takes a moment from his
Asphodells project to work some
death-disco into 'Hijk', whilst
Krikor bangs an industrial
rhythm. Pilooski makes
an appearance under his
Discodeine guise, ?ipping
some loopy glam-rockstyle touches.
Come Save Me
(Pachanga Boys Remix)
8.5
Hypnotic dance?oor
delirium as Rebolledo
and Superpitcher, the
unstoppable Pachanga
Boys, work the Aussie
trio into a 12-minute
trip.
Machete Savane
Widowmaker/
Afterburner
Cynic
9.0
Bad Passion Project's
Andy Bainbridge with
Saul Richards are
Machete Savane, who
drop a killer rock/disco
hybrid, 'Widowmaker',
for 'Foolish' Felix
Dickinson's Cynic label.
The dreamier disco mood
'Afterburner' is on the
The Beat (Remixes)
Gomma
8.0
Loose, tropical?avoured disco-notdisco from Munk
released as a teaser to
a forthcoming album.
Remixes from Kolombo
and Social Disco Club.
Terje Bakke
J'adore
Visionquest
8.0
Visionquest put the
next promisingsounding Scandinavian
disco producer in the
spotlight, with this EP of
blue-eyed disco rhythms
and deep, ultramarinewashed house music.
9.5
Djedjotronic
Abyssal EP
Zone
8.0
Gesaffelstein and The Hacker
ramp up proceedings for this
new release on their label,
Zone. Following a single for
Boys Noize last year, French
producer Djedjotronic, aka Jeremy
Cottereau, drops three cuts that
span the spheres of icy cold
minimal synth/electro that nods
to Drexciya/Der Zyklus, to robust,
noir-ish EBM and the rogue end of
primitive techno.
Musiccargo
Harmonie
Emotional Response
10
01. SANO ‘Sano’ Cómeme
“Hard work pays off.”
02. WILLIE COLON ‘El Malo’ Fania Records
“Willie Col and Hector Lavoe together for the ?rst time. Timeless recording.”
03. DAM-FUNK ‘Adolescent Funk’ Stones Throw
“Fearless, passionate, raw and dirty. The most inspiring album for me in the
last years.”
04. FRANKIE KNUCKLES/JAMIE PRINCIPLE/RON HARDY ‘Bad
Boy (Ron Hardy Reel To Reel Re-Edit)’ Not on Label
“The story behind this collaboration and the dirty sound deserves a place
in my heart.”
05. CHARANGA 76 ‘No Nos Pararan’ TR Records
“Disco? Salsa? Both? De?nitely one of my beloved ones. Revolutionary lyrics,
outstanding interpretation.”
06. CRUNCH ‘Cruise’ Peoples Potential Unlimited
“This record made me jealous. I wish this piece were mine.”
07.
MATIAS AGUAYO ‘The Visitor’ Cómeme
“How to reinvent yourself? I’ve seen how this piece has been developed in
the last two years and the ?nal result couldn’t be better.”
08. BLAKE BAXTER ‘Blake Techno!’ Red-Zone Recordings
“Poetry and rhythm is Blake’s style, also mine, I take it less serious but this
record de?ned me.”
09. RAHEEM HERSHEL ‘Gotta Have The Pokey’ Creme Organization
“Danny Wolfers doesn’t take himself too seriously. Fake names and stories
behind his work are my faves. De?nitely I’ve learned something from the
master Raheem!”
10. VARIOUS ‘One Night in Cómeme Vol. 3’ Cómeme
“The sound of the label is taking new directions. We have been inspired by
each other and this is an example of the paths we are leading together.”
The not-so-proli?c Musiccargo
feature (after a four-year-long
break) on Emotional Response
with this stunning EP. This limited,
vinyl-only release sees the duo,
Gerhard Michel and Gordon Pohl,
faithfully recreating the sound of
humming wires and the hypnotic
motorik synonymous with their
musically historical home,
Dusseldorf; namely the motorik
style led by the likes of Neu!, La
Dusseldorf, Cluster and Harmonia
— and they're even coining it
"adult kraut".
Nadia Ksaiba
Virtual Lover
Phantasy Sound
9.0
Going solo for a release on
Erol Alkan's Phantasy Sound
label, Nadia Ksaiba whips up
this snappy, noir-ish disco/
proto-house ?x, 'Virtual Lover'.
Sounding like Nite Jewel with a
touch of Grace Jones' audacity,
Ksaiba's vocal delivery is direct
and very sassy, working perfectly
Ali Renault
Sansicario/Shnin
with the illuminated, neon disco
fx. Topping things off, Jimmy
Edgar makes a surprise remix
appearance, sharpening the
original into a raw Chicago housestyle jam. Killer release.
RAC feat Kele & MNDR
Let Go (Krystal Klear Remix)
Virgin/EMI
8.5
Krystal Klear goes for it and
weighs in a monster, '80s boogieinspired dynamic over the syrupy
slo-mo pop of RAC's original.
The instrumental version, with
its growling bassline, is the
necessary choice here; ?ltering
and chopping the vocals to a
snappy rhythm and the silkiest
keys lures the dancers into the
most infectiously funked-up
swing. To accompany, Sir Sly's
remix ?ips the mood into a
delirious, avant R&B dream.
Route 8/Dorylus
EP
Bokhari
9.0
This quality consistent, vinyl-only
label, have, since last year, eked
out their catalogue with strong
releases from the li kes of Mark E,
and aided by the likes of Neville
Watson and Vakula. Release
number six is a split single from
Hungarian producer Route 8 and
the mysterious Dorylus. Three
?rst-rate tracks, the majority by
Route 8, mould primitive, protohouse nuances that nod to the
deep, panoramic house style of
early Larry Heard.
Vivod
10
New wave/electronic disco
sentinel, Ali Renault, makes
it release number four for
his supercool Vivod label,
and this double-header
is nothing short of being
absolutely heroic. Not as
hard-nosed as his previous
release for Unknown To The
Unknown as Cestrian, these
two tracks, with their racing
arpeggios and crisp analogue
kicks, ooze classy Italo-style
sophistication without being
too polished or squeaky clean.
Absolutely essential purchase!
The KDMS
Part Time Lovers (Remixes)
MB Disco
8.0
Big ol' remix package on Martin
Brodin's Sweden-based imprint,
with the likes of Iron Curtis,
Acid Washed, Peter Visti and
more ?exing their production
savvy. Switching between EBM,
proto-house, Italo revival and
new-wave, highlights here come
from the above; especially Iron
Curtis' luxurious Euro-disco
pastiche and Visti's wandering,
Balearic fantasy. A solid release
with plenty to choose from.
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