SUPERPRINCE Vinyl & CDs

Review: Former Razor 'N' Tape twosome Superprince (AKA Philadelphia duo Shawn Ryan and Jeffrey Levi) return to hometown imprint Universal Cave with a quartet of hot-to-trot re-edits. There's impressive variety across the four tracks on offer. Check, for example, the head-nodding Italo-disco throb of closing cut "Buy You A Dream", the horn-heavy disco-funk bounce of "Come To Me" and the gently unfurling synth goodness of "Rose", a slow jam laden in loved-up vocals and twinkling piano lines. Best of all, though, is opener "Mama", a bona fide boogie floor filler that's worth the admission price on its own.

Review: Universal Cave is a record label headed by the Philadelphia trio of Ryan Todd, Brian Hart Cassidy and Shawn Ryan. Their releases range from signature soft rock and AOR to disco, boogie and deep house. The aforementioned Ryan is also one half of the duo Superprince with Jeffrey Levi Fry, who are known for their sharp productions and remixes heard on labels like Moulton Music or Razor-N-Tape - and like on the latter they impress yet again with this collection of respectful edits. From the sweltering latin rhythms of "Lambada" to the timeless classic house of "Take Your Time" and even the mandatory slo-mo joint in the form of "Hang High" - which is as lo-slung as you like it!