DJ FEDE Vinyl & CDs

Review: DJ Fede has our minds turning to warmer climates, longer days and sun-kissed parties not only with the artwork but also the sounds of his new 12" on Balearia. 'Santa Eularia Des Riu' is the one original single and is a delightfully deep, dreamy sound with muted sax lines up top, chords that ripple and melt away and organic percussion that brings that 70s hint of Ibiza hedonism. A Midnight dub mix ups the pace only slightly, then the Jovonn Forest remix brings a subtle deep house dynamism to proceedings before the Atmospheric Sunset version cuts utterly loose and lays back gazing up at the flame-red sky.

Review: DJ Fede's 'Sant Josep De Sa Talaia' is a deep house tribute to the village and municipality of Sant Josep de sa Talaia in Ibiza. This new 12" includes an 'essential dub' mix by Alex Neri, a co-founder of the legendary Italian label Planet Funk; a remix by Rahaan, a Chicago-based disco and house DJ and one by genre institution Francesco Farfa. All are increasingly affective facets of the Balearic style, cycling through its every angle from sinister builds to light-hearted disco jaunts.

Review: Marking the sixth release for Balearia Records comes this four-track 12" single 'Playa d'en Bossa', a cosmic house shuffle set amongst the stars as drums rumble and drift about amongst the airy ambience. To complement the DJ Fede offering is three extra servings from their Italian peers, the Baldelli & Dionigi rework that directly follows being extraterrestrial contact that Fede's original voyage has resulted in. Rattling bass with synths crossing paths intermittently, set in an undeniably retro-futurist soundscape. Track three takes a lightspeed trip straight back to earth, calling upon the warehouse rave with its controlled techno channelling sprinkled amongst laid-back downtempo grooving. Track four sends us off with a Claudio Tosi Brandi vocal edit with deep house leanings that's sure to be a favourite with listeners.

Review: DJ Fede's second EP as Luv, Instrumorgan, has become something of a cult classic in recent times, with a new generation of DJs embracing the 1995 release's blend of New Jersey garage, NYC deep house and organ-rich Italo-house flavours. This reissue, then, is long overdue. There's much to enjoy throughout, from the deep and chunky groves, tight organ stabs and eyes-closed spoken word snippets of 'Instrumorgan 1 (Doc J Club Mix)', and the deeper, crunchier and more bass-heavy throb of 'Instrumorgan 2 (Fede's Mix)', to the jacking, drum machine-driven looseness of 'Instrumorgan 3 (Chicaho Mix)', where a lo-fi synth-sax motif adds an extra dose of late-night energy.