Hypnotic mixes of hypnotic classics… Gay Marvine fixing ”Love Hangover” by Dianna Ross, I Need You (unreleased Tom Moulton mix)” by Sylvester, ”Daily Disco” by Yello and ”Emerald City Sequence” by Quincy Jones.
edits
Grossstadtlichter – Grossstadtlichter (Kinky Lovers Edit) [CRJAK014]
“Ok so here’s the last installment in the Creme JAK series. We feel there’s not much to add to this concept and over the past few years this kinda musick has found the foothold it lacked when we started this lil’ enterprise in the heydayz of beige vanilla Minimal. In any case it seems fitting to go full circle and draw the curtains with an epic disco anthem that might not be JAK perse, but at least coulda woulda shoulda been caned back in the dizzies in all the places that mattered ese! You see, House is a feeling and blablabla.. So here’s a final one up your purist backsides as this mystery strap-on crew cuts and tape edits its way through a molten bucket of Swiss cheese and ends up with a dead hooker in the trunk in the process.”
River & Phoenix – Castle Rock EP [TAIN009]
Stand by us with this ode to childhood, youth and adolescence. Three brave hits that evoke the sweet innocence of days long gone, Chucks, striped tees and the question what kind of creature Goofy really is. For all you outsiders and insiders. A creative original Young Edits effort.
Eros – Eros 03 [EROS003]
Third and final EP from Eros, and it’s another great ep with some rare lost classics from the raw, decadent and formative birth of club music re-programmed for modern floors. Naughty, haughty edits coming with the proper late ’80s Sheffield-Chicago warehouse vibes. Rocking drum machine chops and Inner City vibers on the A-side, Hardy-esque edits and amyl-huffing happy-happy vibes on the flip.
Psychemagik – Heelin’ Feelin’ [PJPN001]
Psychemagik are back and this time it’s a limited edition issue of their Healin’ Feelin series edits on CD. Ass Nation, Make it Mellow, Diamond Star, Upskirt, Milky Way, Boogie Drome, For Your Love and Aldeia De Ogum are all present and correct and are joined by two previously unreleased and totally exclusive edits, Andalucia evokes images of sun drenched skies and dusty Andalucian mountains and a fresh drum heavy reworking of one of the duo’s first ever releases, on Discoteque Wreckers, Runnin’ Pt 2, that seems bound for dancefloor glory.
The Black Electro Orchestra – ElectroMusica Popular [TTHR-DR014]
New release by Tevo Howard under his The Black Electro Orchestra project, reinterpreting classic pop songs by Culture Club, Joe Jackson, Eurythmics, Depeche Mode and Madonna.
VA – Blackdisco XI [BD011]
Blackdisco Volume XI pushes forward into new territory (and with a new aesthetic) by welcoming a group of three deep diggers who shun musical trends and their inherent fakers. Dea, Albion & Spacelex combine their vinyl-mining efforts to unearth some real diamonds from the rough. Dea’s cut Malaka its a floater with a funky sailboat vibe, while his complimentary cut Taubat takes the tired jungle disco vibe to new level with its triumphant synth-led chorus, an absolute stunner that could be extended for 20 minutes. On the flip, Albion spoons water over the coals, steaming up the joint with an uptempo percussion bomb as if Santana had a disco secret, and Spacelex rides us out with a sexy rock groove complete with mysterious male voiceover, almost as if someone lowered the volume to whisper in your ear.
VA – RDY #8 (Ron Hardy Edits) [RDY008]
Amazing 3 Ron Hardy edits straight from the basement… A1 brings ‘I Need you’ from Sylvester, more than 7 minutes of pure maddness. On A2 we get the brillant & timeless ron hardy mix of Robert Owens cult track ‘your mind’. On the B an obscure track called ‘Hardy goes acid’.
VA – Secret Mixes And Fixes vol.14 [FIX014]
Secret Mixes and Fixes brings more tight edits from The Fanstasy, Detroit…Bill Withers, AR & Machines, Chris & Cosey and Everyday People.
Rayko – Rayko’s Doo Doo [ASR550]
Rayko’s debut on American Standard label is a typically infectious reworking of a disco oddity, replete with the sort of chugging bassline and snapping percussion that teases people onto the dancefloor.
VA – RDY #7 (Ron Hardy Edits) [RDY007]
Amazing 3 tracks straight from the vaults of one of the original house music creators Ron Hardy, featuring the ultra rare “Love & Happiness” from First Choice, here the incendiary version from the master himself. On B1 we get the brillant & timeless Ron Hardy mix of J Geils Band “Flamethrower”. B2 another mega rare version of Streetlife’s “Tearin Down The Walls”.
Hysteric – Life Is Cheap [BAP003]
Bordello A Parigi presents some superb European floor filler disco obscurities; edited by the greatest italo disco connaisseur from Down Under: Hysteric.
Solid State – Solid State Re-Edits [SHL120003]
Another set of fine house reworks and re-edits in this Strobelight Honey series. Side A offers up an edit of Modern Mechanical Music’s “Persia”, which is the kind of mid 80s fusion of electro-dance and that new fangled Chicago house music surely a massive cut at the Warehouse and Music Box… Next we have another variation on Bill Withers’ perennial favourite “Who Is He (And What Is He To You)?”, this time featuring proper big-lunged diva vocals and a stripped-down, jackin’ Chi-town house backing track. Lastly “Boom Combined” keeps the Chicago theme going with more of those Roland 808 primed 4/4s.
Native Underground – Push 4 Love Remixes [WET1019]
Wurst presents two remixes of Native Underground’s boogie pop masterpiece, “Push 4 Love”. Runaway’s remix sees a return to form for the duo of Jacques Renault and Marcos Cabral, and a Wurst homecoming of epic proportions to the label that released their debut smash. A monstrous bassline drives the mix, signaling a different direction for Runaway one that we’ll hopefully see more of. Flip it over for an altogether alarmingly groovy remix courtesy of none other than In Flagranti. Tuff beats and nasty low-end form the rhythm section of this cyber-boogie jam, saving the vocals for the last bit, keeping them dubbed out and dreamy in the best way possible.
DJ Kaos – Lovebomb EP [DISCOFIL808]
DJ Kaos’ debut on Discofil imprint, with some cool selection of tracks, ranging from slo-mo disco house to more jacking tracks with classic house grooves.
Crackboy – Back To The Future [CRACKBOY001]
Crackboy sticks two fingers up to the chin-stroking shoe-gazing deep house heads and drags us to the middle of the peak-time dancefloor with this Prince / Sueno Latino-sampling bootie! “Back To The Future”, aka “The Future” by Prince, gets a rocking house revamp on side A, one that will be sure to have everyone in a sweat. “Ebeneezer Knight” might have you worrying that the Shaman would be involved somewhere along the line, but actually this is a fattened up version of late 80s Manuel Gottsching-sampling Italo house classic “Sueno Latino” by Sueno Latino. Simple, effective music – nothing fussy, nothing over-worked, just tailor-made for dancing.
Eros – Eros 2 [EROS002]
Second EP from Eros, and it’s another mindblowing 4 tracker of lost classics from the raw, decadent and formative birth of club music re-programmed for modern floors.
Eros – Eros 1 [EROS001]
A new outlet for lost classics from the raw, decadent and formative birth of club music re-programmed for modern floors, combining familiar samples, vocals and rhythms in an interesting and exciting way.
Persnickety Presents – Persnickerty Electric EP [PS1005]
Persnickety Sounds is here to funk-ti-fy your world! In this era of Nu-Disco, Space Disco, Cosmic Disco, Disco House and shit, there must be a beacon of quality to light the way and lead the faithful back to a place where good grooves matter and realness is holding court.
VA – RDY #6 (Ron Hardy Edits) [RDY006]
Three tracks straight from the basement which has been used by one of the pioneers of the original house music Ron Hardy. “Traffic Jam” from Prince, Teddy Pendergrass’ “The more i get” and “Lefturno” from R.H. Classic stuff bringing back the vibes from the early days.
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