MAKE A DANCE Vinyl & CDs

Review: London-based Aussies Make a Dance are the latest act to appear on Gottwood Festival's occasional Gottwax imprint. What they've delivered is predictably quirky and peak-time-ready, with the pair introducing us to the concept of 'Woof Doof' (doof being Aussie slang for heavy dance music of the sort played at raves, or "bush doofs"). The title track, featured on side two, joins the dots between acid, breaks and bleep, with the accompanying 'Hardcore Labrador' mix wrapping the original's bleeps around a stomping 4/4 beat and throbbing, Italo-disco style bassline. As for 'Pocket Beagle', which kicks off the EP, it's an eccentric acid house affair with clonk style melodies and plenty of cut-up spoken word snippets. The wild and breathless 'Acid Dub' of the same track completes a fine package.

Review: The seventh release on M.A.D Records and label bosses Make A Dance are back. The 'El U Vee' EP hears the London duo serve up an eclectic mix of influences from across the board; 'Cool Girls' opens with Italo arps, gated snares and seductive vocal samples, while the titular 'El U Vee' follows, blending house heat with a heady dash of Latin spice. Both are love-sung body groovers; flip 'em over and find the percussive basement jam 'Oh Yeah', before 'No Way Out' rounds off the EP with an acid-tinged, new beat blend of M.A.D.ness.