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Andre Lodemann may not be an espe- Deep Inside Size
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forgive us for saying he’s still rela- Match power with melody
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poses the question why. ‘Still Dreaming’ Rober Gaez further explores track formula — and that’s
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boasts smooth, deep house beats with his penchant for mixing tra- exactly what Angello does
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subtle percussion, pretty chords and ditional house vocals with here with a strong, euphoric
rhythmic pads, stripped, deepened and tough percussive grooves, rising note hook, surefooted
darkened in the ‘Soul Phriction Mix’, the cameo vox here supplied beats and a vibe that’s
while ‘Whatever I Do’ strikes a more by Sheila Cuffy. Nick & very much of the moment.
body-shaking imperative with low-slung Danny Chatelain tweak it a Ephemeral, but that’s the
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Romero Soulfricans DJ Spen pres LaShay Sophia May
‘Night At The Black Sex In Africa All By Myself Come Back
(Remixes)’ Launch Code Red Nervous
Bambossa
New York’s Jovonn is one of those Spen’s knack for crafting Frankie Knuckles and Eric
Romero returns to the scene of a underground producers who’s been earthy, soulful house shines Kupper provide bouncy
former glory, 2001’s ‘Night At The in the game a long time without ever in this gritty organ groove mixes for an inoffensive and
Black’. Taking first bite himself, he really enjoying much of a profile. ‘Sex In that’s reminiscent of Moody- slickly produced vocal — but
delivers a canny updated version Africa’ kind of explains both points; it’s mann. LaShay’s ad-lib style it’s all about as underground
that keeps the jazz-rock fusion in a pair of mixes that leave the song good, but not crowd-pleasingly good. vocals set the scene for as a telegraph pole.
feel to the fore in the context of a centre stage and aim squarely at the Obvious hooks are in short supply, as are Spen’s bumping beats, and
smooth, fluid mix that steps away Southport Weekender massive. any gimmicks that might make it stand there are plenty of dubs.
from his recent angular electro out, things that leave other produc-
grooves, the latter explored more Akabu ers, certain DJs and true deep house
closely in the Jose Nunez mix. Also Sax My Bitch Up heads as the few who can appreciate
in on the action are Jerry Ropero Z the Jovonn style of building layers of
and Dean Coleman, Ropero opting rhythms and textures. And that style is
for a clean, clipped groove and Old school ravers will rise up as one in full colour on ‘Sex In Africa’, an insist-
Coleman a fuller, psychedelic disco on hearing this classic bassline. Yep, ent, rambling and complex instrumental
sound. the magpie-like Dave Lee strikes once that fancies itself as Fela Kuti goes
again with the original flavours. But house. Impressive.
as the title suggests, ‘Sax My Bitch Up’
Matthias Heilbronn & Joeski has more to it than that. There is also, Brooklyn Friends
Stuck In A Dream you guessed it, some wicked saxophone Gloria’s Groove/Obedience
Maya Records work from The Sunburst Band’s Jim Nite Grooves
Knight. Audiojack tweaks and loops it
Adopted and native New Yorker for a steelier mix that changes the bass The latest in David Morales’ revived and
respectively, Matty and Joeski have and gets all hypnotic, while Dave comes ramped up Brooklyn Friends series is
both made their mark individually over back for another bite with his alterna- a double delight. Percussion and track
the years, but with this collaboration tive ‘Piano My Bitch Up’ and ‘Drug My heads should go directly to ‘Gloria’s
they’ve scored something greater Bitch Up’ mixes and bonus track ‘Freak Groove’, a meaty dark room dub that dis-
than the sum of the parts. Striking a Out The Freaks’. plays tough basslines, acidic rumbling
THE JINKS JINKS INC
heavy blues tone with a male vocal and and insistent beats, the latter spiced
haunting guitar part, ‘Stuck In A Dream’ Palermo Disko Machine with the Latin flavours typical of previ-
01. BYRON STINGILY ‘Real Man (The Jinks Remix)’ Jinks Inc
“A legend on vocals made this a real treat to rework.”
combines Heilbronn’s soulful roots with Vesuvia/Theme Of Palermo ous excursions. ‘Obedience’ switches
Joeski’s penchant for Latin power, the Disko Machine tack to a richly musical tapestry, a
02. REBOOT ‘Enjoy Music’ Defected
“Crosses over beautifully and works big or little rooms.”
latter manifested in a neat set of beats. Vulture vintage Def Mix style bassline providing
03. DA MONGOLOIDZ ‘Spark Da Meth (ATFC Wildstyle Remix)’ Strictly Rhythm
A floating flute part suggests something the structure for some attractive mute “ATFC was born to remix this classic record and nails it!”
of a ‘La Mezcla‘ influence, one that’s The lower tempo and electro-jazz- horn vibes and Satoshi Tomiie’s grand,
04. THE JINKS FEAT LADY ALMA ‘Wake Up Running’ Jinks Inc
more apparent in the dub, but this has funk of ‘Vesuvia’ make it more of an orchestral piano doodlings.
“The feedback from this record has been huge!”
personality enough of its own. intriguing whimsy than anything, but 05. RIVA STARR FEAT NOZE ‘I Was Drunk’ Made To Play
Alan Braxe has things fully operational Daniel Bovie & Roy Rox
“Feeling a lot of Riva’s stuff. This one’s the cream of the crop so far.”
Angela Johnson for ‘Theme Of Palermo Disko Machine’. Preacher
06. CANDI STATON ‘Musical Freedom (Shapeshifters Big Fish Little Fish
Better Admittedly, the two-and-a-half-minute
Remix)’ Nocturnal
True House Music
“Shapeshifters on fire and Candi Staton’s all-time classic vocal.”
Dome synth pads intro is something of an
07. SOLOMUN ‘Cloud Dancer’ DiYnamic
over-indulgence, but once we get going Bovie & Rox’s ‘Stop Playing With My “Deep, deep, deep!”
Johnson’s rich and expressive tones are Falke shows real feeling for his warped Mind’ and ‘Love Me’ have been stealth
08. JINKZILLA FEAT ZODIAC Man Up 09 (Main Mix) Jinks Inc
instantly recognisable from her excel- Italo disco sound, lavishing it with a hits for those in the know. Here they re-
“Jinkzilla is our way of getting techy and dark. Check it!”
lent Cooly’s Hot Box work. The original variety of basslines from funky slap turn, with Harry Choo Choo delivering a 09. SMASHING SEBASTIEN FEAT C. REID ‘Come With It (ATFC
is a shuffling nu-soul groove, but Italy’s disco to analogue pre-acid and keeping mix at the tougher end of his spectrum,
Remix)’ Strictly Rhythm
“What a banger! Hip house as it should be.”
Micky More gives it the sensitive house things snappy with a sequence of cameo though he can’t resist banging in some
treatment, making good use of Tortured percussion parts. Guaranteed nitro for of the piano from the original two thirds
10. BINGO PLAYERS ‘Chop’ Defected
“Sick syncopation and tough beats.”
Soul member JKriv’s nimble bass work the disco heads. of the way through.
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