REVIEWS leftfield
QUICKIES
MONE
Y
Sofrito SHO
T!
Port O’Brien the organ and slide guitar
Specials Close The Lid lament. A beautiful match.
F
Tropical
City Slang
OUND SOUNDS,
Discothèque Not sure about the lead
*** *


Sofrito
track here, it’s all a bit Lingua Franca
Edit is the name of the game here, as predictable. The real The EP
those cheeky Sofrito types turn up magic is actually tucked
Breakin’ Bread
the heat with yet another scorching away on the short but The beats are decent, but

PO Bo
selection of afro-disco nuggets. sweet ‘Dinner Song’ — one the vocals and production
x 20
Atlantic Conveyor get to grips with minute and 42 seconds of could definitely do with a
the raw Ghanaian-disco of ‘African loveliness. bit of polish.
43
7
Disco Power’. Nick The Record does
, London, S
the business with the infectious
*** *


*****


Caribbean boogie of ‘Disco La Calle’, Micah P. White Denim
leaving the hosts to wrap things up Hinson & The Let’s Talk About It
W1
6 2YJ
with two brilliant additional edits. Red Empire
Full Time Hobby
Essential stuff. Orchestra ‘Let’s Talk About It’ gets a
****
We Won’t Have To full release, and it’s
Be Lonesome explosive post-punk for
Full Time Hobby
those who just bought The
Micah does the heartfelt Fall’s 897th album. Backed
My Brightest Mr Scruff feat Alice Stereolab vocal (betwixt Jim with the pounding refrain
Diamond Russell Spool Of Collusion Morrison and Johnny of ‘Shake Shake Shake’.
From The Top Of The World Music Takes Me Up
4AD
Cash), the orchestra do
Asthmatic Kitty Ninja Tune
‘Chemical Chords’, Stereolab’s latest
*****

If you’re looking for something to fill Flanked by the ever-trusty Ms Russell album, was met with a mixed response
the gap between Liz Green and Marissa on lung patrol, everyone’s favourite by both fans and critics alike, with
Nadler in your ‘folk chanteuse’ file tea-drinking über-jock returns with yet some hailing it as a return to form and
(that section being bookended with another uplifting, club-friendly nugget others slating it for its lazy and
Björk and Vashti Bunyan, of course), in the shape of ‘Music Takes Me Up’, a formulaic predictability. This limited
then My Brightest Diamond could just subtle, well-worked jazz/funk/soul edition 7” (featuring two tracks not on
be the ticket. Led by the ethereal vocal swinger dedicated to the joy of music. the album) will probably divide opinion
talent of Shara Worden, ‘From The Top But where’s the wobble, you ask? Well, as much as the album as they roll off
Of The World’ is a virtual duvet for the look no further than ‘The Clock’ for a another couple of short but sweet
ears. Sublime orchestral production bit of mid-tempo, bottom end- retro-pop ditties.
with hints of tango, exotica and bothering Scruff magic.
soundtrack make for essential early
*****


morning listening. And relax…
*** *

Various
*****
Kelpe Fluid Ounce Presents
Extraquarium
Unfold
Dancefloor destroyer!
Electric Chair
DC Recordings
When the powers that be invited Chris
Rest In Peace EP You would have thought that just a Vogado (one half of Zero dB) to Recloose
Tirk
couple of remixes might suffice for a compile the next Unfold comp, they no
The night may have been laid to rest, standard remix EP, but not if you’re DC doubt presumed he would come back Octave Lab
but the undead disco dons — Luke and Recordings. Not content with the usual with about 10 tracks or so and be done
Justin — are still working it from one or two obligatory guest turns, they with. Instead, like some insane musical Chico Mann
beyond the grave with this lovely have enlisted the help of a veritable tealeaf he has selected a whopping 90 Soul Freedom (Comtron Remix)
three-track sampler taken from the army of remixers to get to grips with tracks. Here then are just three — and
Kindred Spirits
forthcoming ‘Electric Chair Saved My Kelpe’s best bits. Hence you’ll find very nice they are too. Deep disco “An unlikely pairing of two of my favourite producers of
Life’ compilation. There’s a touch of Zombie Zombie on ‘Bread Machine house via Magnus & Scogil, basslined late, the former preferring that lo-fi bedroom afro-beat
gospel from Joubert Singers, timeless Bred’, Architeq on ‘Shipwreck Glue’, breakbeats from Kid Boy and some sound and the latter repping synth funk jams that sound
disco business from Daniel Wang and The Boats on ‘Colours Don’t Leak’ and minimal glitch courtesy of Scott. Nice. like they’ve been rediscovered from some magical ‘80s
classic UK breakbeats from Shut Up And The Oscillation on ‘Cut It Upwards’. And vault. Put the two together and you get an unlikely
Dance. that’s just for starters.
*****

dancefloor gem. With a little exuberant EQing antics you
*****

*****
will get the people moving.”
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