———— minimal/house —————–
David West & Inkfish – Hello Piano (Sebastien Leger Rmx) (Mistakes Music)
Beautiful! The word can describe it all. After Sebastian’s very hot remake of Jaguar earlier this year, his new label continue to bring us only hi quality stuff. Harmony, melody, funky chords, and perfect light uplifting mood. Check other fine releases on Mistakes, Bambou/Talisman and Terra/Cylo. (Can anybody get me a copy of Bambou? I can’t find it!)
Marco Evangelista – Escape (Degoba)
I love this track, so perfectly put together, so minimalist yet melodic. Very nice atmosphere. Clean. Perfect drop-down inside your set. Marco you should go this direction, sorry but other 3 tracks on this vinyl are total crap.
Moby – Disco Lies (The Dusty Kid’s Fears remix) (Mute Records)
Dusty Kid will put you on perfect trip again, forget about original. Deep.
Timo Maas – Subtellite (Cocoon)
Very popular at the moment, another “somewhere between house and techno” track, with improvisation guitarra and some latino percussion. Very tripy.
Braincell – Absorb (Grindvik rmx) (Harthouse)
Par Grindvik, great techno producer, did it again. Positively driving bass-line establish groovy base, while spaced out chords will take you very far away.
Midnight Pulse – Luna Park (Quantized Music)
“Happy disco on the Moon.” Very happy, fast-bass-lined groover. I think version I like is original, probably vinyl label put wrong, it happen so often lately.
Mihalis Safras – Billy Jean Edit (Saf)
‘Wacko Jacko’ will only do his famous ‘breaths’ and ‘ohs’ till the middle of track, until famous chords break in and you finally understand that this is …. Billy…. Jean! He sings only one verse and house groove continues. Great remake, I wonder Mihalis, where you get this acapella? By the way, you must listen to Safras mix called “28.12.2008 @ Barlive, Paris”, link is here or on myspace. This is first time I listen to mix recorded in the future, and like the idea!
Daniel Steinberg – Viwa La Fiwa (Style Rockets)
House meets techno meets latino song something. Uplifting funky stuff to fill your dance-floor with pretty chicks.
24BIT – Swell (Infinidi)
Very easy and light stuff from very fresh producer.
Style Of Eye – H Bomb (John Made remix) (Nets Work International)
Ok, it’s famous Style Of High, but in funky and house-like way thanks to remix. Good tool for a already hot crowd.
———— nu jazz/latino/funk/bossa —————–
The Juju Orchestra – Bossa Nova Is Not A Crime (Agogo)
After grandioso release Green Day by Mo Horizons, Austrian Agogo Records put out timeless album by Juju Orchestra, rare case when each of 8 tracks are to be played and enjoyed. Jazz + tango + bossa, a crossover which will make you syncopately dance and smoothly feel. “What Is Hip? (feat Carolyn Leonhart & Terry Callier)”, “This Is Not A Tango”, “Take Four”, “Kind Of Latin Rhythm” are probably my favorite. I just want the rest of Agogo catalogue before it’s sold out!
La Lupe – Fever (Jazzman)
Bobby Valentin – Use It Before You Lose It (Jazzman)
The Harvey Averne Dozen – Never Learned To Dance (Jazzman)
Pete Rodriguez – I Like It Like That (Jazzman)
Ray Barreto – Soul Drummers (Jazzman)
“Dance The Latin Soul: Six Slices Of Hot Latin Soul”, second 3×7″ compilation from Jazzman I adore. While ‘Dance the Latin Funk’ still has great impact on the dance-floors, this one gonna continue the success, all 6 tracks are brilliants. ‘Fever’ will make you both smile and dance, and others are just right crossover of funk, soul, salsa & jazz.