Funky House Recommendations April 2011

Review: Two joyous cuts here from the prolific and ever reliable Swiss imprint Purple Music. William 'Harley' Cataldo and Flavio 'Muscle' Romaniello call on the vocal talents of India (sadly not the country, but the singer, aka Linda Caballero), with "Then Came You" given two floor-friendly tweaks by Jamie Lewis. Taking pride of place on the A-Side is Lewis's vocal cut - you really can't go past this - while on the flipside the instrumental brings those lovely strings and brass to the fore.

Review: Arriving almost two months after the first four samplers dropped, this fifth and final vinyl instalment of the Trax Re-edited project curated by DJ History and Harmless gathers up the remaining three tracks from the CD release. Leading the way is the Hotel Motel's tweak of "It's A Cold Cold World" from Frankie Knuckles which hogs the A Side at twelve minutes long and should be filed under "late night weapon". On the flip you get the lysergic intensity of Bleepfunk's raw Acid Sweatbox mix of "Fantasy Girl" from Pierre's Fantasy Club which is notable for the fuzzy analogue hue it accrues as it pounds along, a nice dovetail for the crisper sounding kaleidoscopic pump of Leftside Wobble's revision of Master C & J.