SOULEANCE Vinyl & CDs

Review: Following a string of hip-hop, funk and soul-inspired albums on DJ Gilla's First Word Records, France-based twosome Souleance (DJ Soulist and Fulgeance) transferred to Heavenly Sweetness in 2023, bringing with them a far more musically expansive album (Beautiful() and a range of influences. On follow-up Kebab Discotheque, they continue in this vein, delivering seven cuts that join the dots between dub disco, Turkish psych-funk, synth-laden cosmic disco chuggers and their beloved head-nodding hip-hop beats. The results are uniformly excellence, with our picks of a very strong bunch including synth-heavy throb-job 'No Dancing' (Arabic Italo-disco anyone), low-slung delight 'Halumi' (which is available in both vocal and instrumental variations) and the infectious 'Belseance'.