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Disco Recommendations Best Of 2012

Juno Recommends Disco

Juno Recommends Disco

Disco Recommendations Best Of 2012
4 Dec 2012
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Cat: ESP 008A. Rel: 12 Apr 21
 
Disco/Nu-Disco
Talking Jungle (Justin Vandervolgen remix) (9:51)
Obo (Tiago remix) (7:43)
out of stock $9.45
2
Cat: FMW 001. Rel: 29 Apr 19
 
Disco/Nu-Disco
Psychemagik - "Dreams" (Crystal Visions remix) (9:23)
Red Ken - "Big Love" (Big Four Letter Word mix) (6:17)
Review: Psychemagik love Fleetwood Mac. Their love is so enduring that the dusty fingered editors/DJs/revered record collectors have gone so far as to found Fleetmac Wood, a club night dedicated to the work of Fleetwood, Nicks, McVie and the various other manifestations, where anything goes so long as it's Fleetwood Mac related. Their remix of "Dreams" has been getting playtime at the night - and by other well regarded DJs - and finally makes an appearance on this limited 12". What's immediately noticeable about the Crystal Visions Remix of "Dreams" is how much they add to the track without messing with the original's essence - it's also a lot more inventive than Psychemagik's 2009 edit of "Everywhere" which shows how far they've come in three years. Flip over for a great extension of Juno's favourite Mac moment "Big Love" from AOR Disco's Red Ken.
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out of stock $7.36
3
Cat: OLS 001. Rel: 24 Oct 22
 
Disco/Nu-Disco
Inspector Norse (6:40)
Myggsommer (3:23)
Swing Star (part 1) (4:19)
Swing Star (part 2) (6:44)
Review: Given that Todd Terje's first original material in some five years resulted in one of last year's highlights with the Running Back released Ragysh, it's natural he would want to leave some space before following up. The first of a series of EPs crafted from using one bit of vintage gear in particular, It's The Arps sees Terje dabble with the intricacies of the Arp 2600 analogue synthesizer as well as pay homage to his favourite Monty Python sketch. This is just as nerdy as you'd expect from a man who recently launched a website with the specific intention of exploring the obsessive studio nature of his contemporaries. The aforementioned "Inspector Norse" is an obvious highlight here, slowly unfurling gorgeous layers of playful synthesis that grapple the simplistic drums with flirtatious delight. Naturally for someone who spends most weekends of the year in a nightclub, Terje demonstrates a real prowess for building up the track, teasing your senses once before unleashing the mid point monstrous moment. It makes for another signature track from Terje which is likely to engender a rapturous reception for many years to come. Alongside it, "Myggsommer" provides a brief, twee interlude into oddball sci fi soundscapes which again prove to highlight the Arp 2600's capacity for inventive and idiosyncratic sounds. From here Terje unveils a two part skywards saunter through "Swing Star" showcasing a more dextrous manipulation of the Arp 2600's melodies across the markedly more rhythmic upbeat first part and expansive luxurious cosmic subsequent endeavour. Whilst "Inspector Norse" is guaranteed to be the one track from this release you will hear in the international discotheques, the remainder of It's The Arps serves as a excellent reminder of Terje's ever growing talent as a producer.
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out of stock $14.72
4
Cat: PP 1000. Rel: 15 May 09
 
Disco/Nu-Disco
Africa Bump
Party Together
out of stock $12.61
5
Toomy Disco - "What Goes Around"
The Glue - "Without You"
South West Seven - "What Have I Got To Do?"
Aeromaschine - "Deep Champagne"
Review: The moustached disco avengers at Sccucci Manucci drop their latest missive, featuring more transmissions from the disco underground. Argentinean based Toomy Disco provides "What Goes Around", a tightly produced disco-house number with horn snippets woven around low-slung grooves, whilst The Glue deliver "Without You" a hazy slo-mo looper with vocal teases and hypnotic guitar licks. On the flip, South West Seven lock themselves into a fast moving groove with "What Have I Got To Do", a track that contrasts its fast rhythmic pulse with vocals and guitars that slowly emerge from the filtered ether. Aeromaschine close proceedings with "Deep Champagne"; combining a deep and melodic bassline with improvisational touches and glitchy vocal stutters, it successfully forges its own sound whilst keeping in line with his disco counterparts.
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out of stock $8.15
6
Cat: TAIN 8. Rel: 23 Jan 12
 
Disco/Nu-Disco
Being Boing
Blow Me Down
Give Me A Fight
Spinach Life
Review: With label darlings Tiger & Woods invested in a heavyweight tour schedule over the past few months, it's no surprise that all has been quiet on the Editainment front of late. Hooray then as Pop & Eye return to the fore on their second EP for Editainment, displaying all the verve for expertly chopped and heavily processed variants on music's past that we've come to expect from the label and its many (or should that be few) contributors. As ever, the true record diggers alone will recognise what's been pulled apart and put back together with floor devastating aplomb, whilst the rest of you can marvel in how effective the four tracks are - "Spinach Life" in particular is delightful.
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out of stock $9.73
7
Knock Me Out (Deep & Disco edit)
Make Your Body Move (Get Down edit)
Must Be Love (Rocco Raimundo edit)
out of stock $7.36
8
Cat: GOLEM 7. Rel: 09 Jan 12
 
Disco/Nu-Disco
HNT
A Bicyclette
Piano In Paradiso
You Dance So Well
Review: The esteemed Les Edits Du Golem imprint resurfaces in style after an absence of several years with four refined oddities from the excellent I:Cube. Following swiftly from the veteran producer's stunning Lucifer En Discotheque 12" for Versatile, it's clear I:Cube has begun the New Year with panache. Proceedings open with the vaguely sinister slo-mo house of "HNT", all dramatic synth infractions and Cocker style hushed vocals over a strident rhythmic bump, which is complemented by the equally laidback sleaze that is "A Bicyclette". Those seeking more uptempo thrills will be satisfied with the infectious 90s Italian house stylings of "Piano In Paradise", which takes a pleasantly dark twist mid way through. "You Dance So Well" is reminiscent of the kind of oddball track you might find on those excellent A Few Things From Ivan Smagghe CDs and will delight those who prefer their music to be on the weird side.
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out of stock $8.41
9
Cat: ERC 005. Rel: 19 Jun 17
 
Disco/Nu-Disco
Fly
Ink Man
Views Of The Rhine
Review: REPRESS ALERT: As Emotional Rescue continues to deliver the goods for those who love discofied rarities from the 70s and 80s, here comes this EP from Kevin Harrison, originally released in 1982 and worth a pretty penny second hand. It's a wistful, proggy kind of groove that finds Harrison's voice lost in an alien phaser while the live band feel gels with synthesiser parts for a fluid kind of cosmic goodness. There's simply no arguing with the plush melodic wonderment of "Views Of The Rhine", while "Fly" is the jam the party DJs will reach for, not least for its slinky bassline. Amazing.
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out of stock $9.45
10
Cat: OE 07. Rel: 23 Apr 12
 
Disco/Nu-Disco
Step Into The Light
I'll Be Good
Do It To The Music
Nomalizo
out of stock $7.36
11
Big Love (extended 12" version)
Ricky
Keep On Going
Hypnotised
Brown Eyes
World Turning
out of stock $8.41
12
Cat: FINGERS 012. Rel: 30 Jul 12
 
Disco/Nu-Disco
Get Yourself Together
Strong Love (Everlasting)
Review: Hot off the back of being hailed the "edit king of 2012" by Gilles Peterson and dropping THAT Gold Fingers release, Kon steps back into Basic Fingers mode to deliver two more sublime disco boogie cuts for the more funk friendly floor. "Get It Together" has summer written all over it, burning into action with a killer horn loop before the bass kicks and the track heads for the stars. Kon demonstrates his skill and understanding of structure throughout, dropping the groove to a lull before building it right back up throughout, and the sweetly soulful vocals have that eminently sing-along quality. The tempo drops to a low slung bump on the flip as Leroy Burgess gets expanded with equal aplomb on the seemingly infinte "Strong Love (Everlasting)".
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out of stock $8.41
13
Cat: SGR 1. Rel: 19 Mar 12
 
Disco/Nu-Disco
D117
D117 (guitar mix)
Review: Launched with the intent of showcasing original material from Eric Duncan and Liv Spencer, the first fruits of the newly minted Still Going label arrives in the shape of the suitably epic D117. Given the cast of supporting talent Duncan and Spencer plan to have involved in the project- LCD tub thumper Pat Mahoney and Lizzy Yoder of Fischerspooner infamy feature here - and the undoubted widescreen vision of the two tracks, it's possible to compare what Still Going are attempting to what a modern day Arthur Russell might attempt given the technological possibilities. There's little other way to describe how the disparate elements of "D117" are weaved together with hypnotic results, though the press release's description of what "flipping through record bins sounds like" is pretty accurate!
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out of stock $8.41
14
Cat: FVR 067. Rel: 20 Feb 12
 
Disco/Nu-Disco
Stand On The Word
Stand On The Word (instrumental)
Stand On The Word (original version)
Stand On The Word (Tony Humphries & George Rodriguez mix)
out of stock $14.20
15
Cat: RETROFIT 7. Rel: 06 Feb 12
 
Disco/Nu-Disco
Hefty Done Me Right
The Electric Model
One Night In Puzon
Hefty Done Me Right (Tad Wily dub cut)
Review: Jay Shepheard's Retrofit imprint reaches its seventh release with this fine EP of old school sounds with an undeniably modern feel. "Hefty Done Me Right" begins proceedings with a house-disco hybrid sporting a particularly meaty analogue bassline, 80s electro vocal samples and shimmering pop synths, while "The Electric Model" marries a distinctly Kraftwerk-esque motorik vibe with Balearic disco sweeps and horns. On the flip, "One Night In Puzon" opens with a tense rising string line, broken with a crystalline piano mosaic and deep squelching bass. Finally, TW closes proceedings with his own dub take on "Hefty Done Me Right", amping up the electro feel of the original with an MPC cut-up style reworking filled with heavy vocal samples and rolling piano stabs, transplanting the original from its Italian roots to 80s Harlem.
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out of stock $7.36
16
Cat: PMFYL 001. Rel: 18 Jun 12
 
Disco/Nu-Disco
For Your Love (10:29)
Aldeia De Ogum (6:14)
Review: ** Psychemagik classic repress alert ** Ah yes, "For Your Love", the 1978 Euro Disco classic from Chilly hasn't that been re/edited by at least 78% of Soundcloud's disco edit community? Correct - it's actually second only to the gazillion marketing tools presented as a remix that are helping to power forward the career of Lana Del Rey. Psychemagik are yet to remix Lana Del Lips so we can forgive them for adding to the slew of edits of Chilly's Yardbirds cover version already released. As it stands the Psychemagik version of "For Your Love" is a commendable revision which beefs up the low end and extends everything beyond the ten minute mark. Much better is the sub blessed take on Joyce's "Aldeia De Ogum" which should come with a Punta Del Esta Approved stamp.
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out of stock $7.36
17
Cat: GDE 003. Rel: 30 Jul 12
 
Disco/Nu-Disco
Strategy
Treating Me
Put Your Body In It (Rayko Body Shop edit)
Wishing (Late Nite Tuff Guy dream remix)
out of stock $8.41
18
Cat: ERS 003. Rel: 27 May 13
 
Disco/Nu-Disco
White Wish
Afrobotics
Winded Up On The Floor
Moon Life
Angel's Eye
Psouvenirs
Knocking On Wood
Lagoland
Walkin' On The Water
Roll
Piano Waltz
Foggy Twilights
Review: With recent releases for Internasjonal and Tim Sweeney's Beats In Space Records, Los Angeles based producer Secret Circuit (otherwise known as Eddie Ruscha) has had a breakthrough year with his brittle synth jams, taking inspiration from Balearic disco and minimal wave alike. However, he's been a prolific producer since 1996, and this record on Emotional Response, entitled Tropical Psychedelics, collects productions from Rusha up until 2010 that have previously only seen the light of day on cassette releases. Described by the label as a "Balearic-Tropical-Afro-Psychedelic whirl", the album packs a rich palette of analogue textures into its ten tracks, from the Afro dub of "Afrobotics", through the hazy, beatless combination of piano and analogue synth on "Psouvenirs" to the psychedelic tropicalia of "Foggy Twilights".
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out of stock $13.93
19
Cat: FAR 018. Rel: 07 May 12
 
Disco/Nu-Disco
Freak For Your Love (original mix)
Freak For Your Love (New Wave disco dub mix)
Freak For Your Love (ST house mix)
Freak For Your Love (ST house dub mix)
Review: Faze Action have never been comfortable with the nu disco tag, and in an age where it's dominated by digitally designed and somewhat pedestrian in its tempo the Lee brothers return with a dynamic live sound that sets them apart. "Freak for Your Love" is the lead track from their forthcoming album Information Overload and straddles a sick dubbed out punk funk groove that brings to mind the sort of incessantly sweat inducing music DFA was releasing in the label's first few years. A pleasant new direction for Faze Action is explored further on the accompanying "New Wave Disco Dub Mix" that delves further into the realm of echo and delay over that strident groove. The mysterious ST holds court on the flip with two rerubs that switch the emphasis up towards a throwback bumping 90s house flex without loosing the original's charm.
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out of stock $6.30
20
Dream Baby Dream (Four Tet remix)
Cashback (Lindstrom & Prins Thomas remix)
out of stock $8.15
21
Vicky D - "This Beat Is Mine" (Soul Clap remix) (7:47)
John Davis & The Monster Orchestra - "Up Jumped The Devil" (6th Borough Project Jumped Up Jam) (8:25)
Scandal - "Just Let Me Dance" (Maxxi Soundsystem remix) (8:30)
Review: This near-on faultless trio of tracks celebrates the very best of the Sam Records back cat with razor-sharp contemporisations by Soul Clap, 6th Borough Project and Maxxi Soundsystem. Soul Clap's take on Vicky D's "This Beat Is Mine" contains all the retro panache and sexy synth squiggles of the original. 6th Borough Project's version of John Davis's "Up Jumped Devil" brings the swashbuckling drums to fore as the groove takes an enviable extension. Finally Maxxi Soundsystem's rub of Scandal's "Just Let Me Dance" opts for a more stripped back early house motif. Each one an essential party piece.
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out of stock $8.68
22
Cat: CDA 0036. Rel: 23 Apr 12
 
Disco/Nu-Disco
Samba Imperiale (original)
Samba Imperiale (Soft Rocks remix)
Samba Imperiale (Kid Who remix)
Samba Imperiale (Cos/Mes feat Max Essa remix)
out of stock $8.41
23
Ben Sun - "Just Living"
Francis Inferno Orchestra - "Father Figures"
DJ HMC - "Starr Trax"
Tyson Ballard - "My House"
out of stock $8.15
24
Cat: SH 005. Rel: 15 Feb 13
 
Disco/Nu-Disco
Toni Rock
Clean Up Your Act
out of stock $7.36
25
Cat: JGMD 8079. Rel: 07 May 12
 
Disco/Nu-Disco
Rappers Delight
Rappers Delight (instrumental)
Rockers Choice
Rockers Choice (instrumental)
out of stock $6.84
26
The Treatment - "Waves"
Satin Jackets - "How Long Can I Wait For You"
Roberto Rodriguez - "Mustat Varjot"
Debonair - "Why?"
out of stock $7.36
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