Country City Country CD

Rightly or wrongly, some believe that for an album to be truly great, it must take you on a journey. We're not sure yet whether Eddie C's second full-length, Country City Country, is a great album, but it's certainly something of a rollercoaster. Perhaps not a white knuckle ride, but certainly an undulating trip that bristles with vivid creativity and effortless dancefloor warmth. Given the Canadian's crate-digging sensibilities, it's no surprise to find that it's built around carefully chosen samples. Yet this is no mere cut and paste job. Beginning with a slew of lazy, slo-mo shufflers and tactile disco groovers, it sure-footedly works its way to a starlight deep house crescendo via drum machine electro, string-laden jack tracks and electric piano-laden jazz-funk jams.

MUSHROOMS PROJECT, Discomendments, Superbreak, Andrew Allsgood (Free Association), Juno Recommends CD Albums, Ben Monk, Eddie C, Petko / Soul Print Recordings, I Love Disco!, Ltj Xperience, INKSWEL (HOT SHOT SOUNDS / BBE)