He will rock you out, he will funk you out! Amnesie s Italo disco classic inspired the early house movement and still sounds funky and fresh today. Heavily played in Chicago along with the likes of Mr. Flagio and Kasso, clean copies of the original 1983 pressing are few and far between. Produced by Tony…
I’m just gonna go ahead and say it… “Moments In Love” is the greatest song of all time. Something about that simple bassline, Fairlight panflute melody, gated drums and electric piano gives me goosebumps every time I hear it. Listening to “Moments In Love” is like having a hot shower, you should do it every day…
Ride The Wave. After teasing two new tracks on a limited 45 late last year, west-coast producer Adam Mori steps up with his debut album as B. Bravo. Mori explores an array of music styles across Paradise s 12 tracks but unites them all under the cosmic g-funk umbrella he has carefully crafted on several EPs over the…
Arcane is fast becoming our favorite New York label, partly for their complete aversion to being boxed in to any one particular style or sound, but also their ability to sniff out relatively obscure yet talented producers. After debuting on the label with the woozy house vibes of Faking Love, Berlin-based Ray Kandinski boomerangs back with…
Ahhh, yes. DC’s Beautiful Swimmers (Future Times boss Max D and World Building jefe Ari Goldman) hand-picked these eleven tried-and-true club joints for this second entry in the Love International Fest comp series, run by the folks behind testpressing dot org, with tracks ranging from $100 wall record to dollar bin deepness, plus a few exclusive edits…
Ya boy Benedek bringing that next level new age funk fusion to ride to. Following well-received releases on PPU and Arcane, the LA-based producer multi-instrumentalist returns to Leaving Records for a full length excursion into pure funk-driven zones of house, boogie, electro and more. Compared to Benedek s previous full length, Bene s World boasts a noticeable rise…
Make America C.O.O.L. Again. Lab fave Nicky Benedek steps out on Music From Memory sublabel Second Circle with a squeaky clean balearic house ting. Nasty basslines juxtaposed against a pristine techno veneer is the name of the game on Earlyman Dance; dive headfirst into the A1 title track and you’ll see what we mean. A…
Cool it now. The homie Benedek coming through with the butter smooth modern funk fusion to make you move all wavy-like. For Voices (his debut 12 on the ever-funky Arcane label), the LA-based producer lays down 5 chilled-out groovers that combine funk, boogie, new age, jazz, fusion, and more. Check the slo-mo funk of Voices, the steady grooving stepper Coolin, the left field house…
Balearic holy grail reissued! The first time i heard Shadows From Nowhere I knew it had to be mine. The softly floating chords recalling some sort of wanna be 10CC, the vocals slightly reminiscent of Phil Collins, and the vibe just oh so right. But then one trip to Discogs and my dreams were deflated….
Breakbot s debut for Ed Banger. Upon it s original release in 2010, Breakbot was the solo alias of Thibaut Berland doning the funky retro disco boogie thing. Eventually Breakbot would become a duo with vocalist and frequent collaborator Irfane, who is featured here on their first single Baby I m Yours. The two are a match made in disco…
Music From Memory does it again! The label continues to dig up forgotten gems, this time by way of London musician Milton Myrie and his little known Caliban side project. Caliban had only one release, the 1984 Digital Reggae 7 that is partially reissued here, complete with a brand new remix and B-side. Digital Reggae is a unique blend…
Crucial repress of an obscure Honest Jon s gem from 2004, when the label was slightly more anything goes than they are now (just slightly), with French house legend Pépé Bradock putting his touch on a pair of vintage tracks from Southern soul sweetheart Candi Staton (which I ve been pronouncing Candi Station until last…
V I B E S. The debut release from down under outfit Caravan is a piece of dreamy boogie bliss. Somewhere in the outback Coarsica formed as wandering drum machines joined with laissez-faire synths in a chilled-out pow-wow of hazy hardware vibes. Think Loose Ends funk meets Hiroshima cool, all dedicated to the subtle beauty of the native flora of Australia (see…
10th anniversary repress. Dave1 and P-Thugg s funkdafied sophomore effort from 2007 is given the deluxe reissue treatment on heavyweight 180 gram white vinyl, complete with gatefold sleeve and 7 remixes. That s way more funk than you bargained for, and we wouldn t have it any other way. You might even call it Fancier Footwork. Our O.G. Lab review: Chromeo…
Bounce to this. Computa Games comin through with that heavy West Coast electro boogie funk for dat azz. Computer Rock channels the energy of Zapp with a twist of that G-Funk flavor to make the poppers pop and the lockers lock. Peep the serious synth work and nasty vocoder action all over this piece. The West Coast Mix adds…
Vinyl debut from Dead Horse Beats on Bastard Jazz. The talented multi-instrumentalist producer singer has been making waves with a unique brand of hazy soul that blurs the line between electronics and live instrumentation. The Canada-based producer has actually been around for a minute (dropping an acclaimed LP on London s Black Butter imprint (2015 s Single People) as…