KEITA SANO Vinyl & CDs

Review: Keita Sano never stays still for that long. He's lived all over the place (currently he's back in Japan), and released music on all manner of well-regarded labels, Mister Saturday Night, Spring Theory, 1080p and Dansu Discs included. Here he helps launch a new Italian imprint with a typically good - and pleasingly varied - three tracker. He begins with a throbbing, Italo-disco inspired chugger which boasts a joyous surprise midway through - an extended, pitched-down chorus sample of NYC disco classic 'Relight My Fire' (yep, the OTT gem later covered by Take That). Over on the flip, he adds breezy, fluid piano solos to a classic early 90s deep house style backing track ('Dream Weaver'), before blurring the boundaries between Idjut Boys style dub disco and wayward house on the excellent 'Dancing Dub'.