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Review: Doug Smith and Richard Payton aka 95 North are a house music production duo from Washington DC. They are well known for their 90's discography which was full of hits on the likes of Strictly Rhythm, King Street Sounds and Slip 'N Slide, including collaborations with Crystal Waters and Sabrynaah Pope. "Let Yourself Go' was originally released in 1995 and probably one of the best moments of their activity in the house music scene. The jacking and swing fuelled vocal house of "Let Yourself Go" (Penn Ave mix) is a real zeitgeist of stateside house music of the mid noughties. Equally memorable were the dark and tribal drums of "Capitol mix" (reminiscent of classic Cevin Fisher) or the deeper and sexier garage vibe of the "Georgetown mix".
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Review: Groovin Recordings is kicking off a new series in brilliant style here with three killer disco-boogie tracks. They were all first released between 1979 and 1982 and first up is Arthur Adams with 'You Got The Floor.' It's an uber cool groove with AOR vocals, loose drum funk and sprinkles of disco dust. There is more theatre to the soaring strings of Millie Jackson's 'We Got To Hit It Off' which has rickety drum loops and funky bass riffs. C-Brand's 'Wired For Games' closes won and might be the best of the lot with its coy male vocal, playful guitar twangs and nice raw claps.
… Read morePlayed by: RUSTAM OSPANOFF., Charlie bucket/ dancing in space
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Cat: GR 1295. Rel: 01 Jan 90
Disco/Nu-Disco
B-STOCK: Creasing to corner of outer sleeve but otherwise in excellent condition
Review: ***B-STOCK: Creasing to corner of outer sleeve but otherwise in excellent condition***
Groovin Recordings is kicking off a new series in brilliant style here with three killer disco-boogie tracks. They were all first released between 1979 and 1982 and first up is Arthur Adams with 'You Got The Floor.' It's an uber cool groove with AOR vocals, loose drum funk and sprinkles of disco dust. There is more theatre to the soaring strings of Millie Jackson's 'We Got To Hit It Off' which has rickety drum loops and funky bass riffs. C-Brand's 'Wired For Games' closes won and might be the best of the lot with its coy male vocal, playful guitar twangs and nice raw claps.
… Read moreGroovin Recordings is kicking off a new series in brilliant style here with three killer disco-boogie tracks. They were all first released between 1979 and 1982 and first up is Arthur Adams with 'You Got The Floor.' It's an uber cool groove with AOR vocals, loose drum funk and sprinkles of disco dust. There is more theatre to the soaring strings of Millie Jackson's 'We Got To Hit It Off' which has rickety drum loops and funky bass riffs. C-Brand's 'Wired For Games' closes won and might be the best of the lot with its coy male vocal, playful guitar twangs and nice raw claps.
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Review: It would be fair to say that "Bourgie Bourgie" was one of the 1970s disco scene's true staples. Ashford and Simpson produced numerous versions (Gladys Knight and the Pips' take being the most famous), while John Davis and the Monster Orchestra served up their own typically over-the-top take. It's arguably their instrumental version, though, that remains the greatest take. Here, it gets a welcome reissue backed by an epic interpretation from Joaquin "Joe" Claussell. His eleven-minute "Classic Remix" - effectively a Tom Moulton style 12" rework - does a great job in teasing out the killer drum breaks, flitting between percussive passages and sections that showcase the original's now familiar orchestrated sweeps. It's a fantastic remix that will do wonders on disco dancefloors.
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Review: Aurora's superb self-titled EP was originally put out back in 1994. It is instrumental deep house of the highest order and comes as three different mixes for different moments in the night. 'Aurora (Mare)' is first and is doused in brilliant Balearic vibes and Italo melodies. The drums hit nicely while the pads take you head up to the stars. 'Aurora (Terra)' then comes on a little stronger with some of the textured stripped put and thereat taking centre stage next to the keys, then 'Aurora (Cielo)' is a perfectly heavenly sound to close out.
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Review: 'San Salvador' is by far and away the most celebrated track by Celso Valli's studio-only disco band, Azoto. A driving, heavily orchestrated chunk of grandiose disco heaviness with a touch of Latin swing, percussion aplenty, swirling strings and righteous horns, it's been an 'instant party starter' since it first appeared at the turn of the 80s. This reissue boasts both of Valli's original mixes - the hands-aloft, vocal-sporting original mix and the piano stab-powered instrumental take - as well as two contemporary tweaks. There's the 'Vocal Club Mix', a filter-sporting disco-house take that replaces some of the vocal with a new female lead, and the French Touch-esque remix by Belgians Natural Born Grooves aka Bert Boon & Jaco van Rijswijk. House DJs will appreciate these revisions, though it's Valli's original mixes that still hit home hardest.
… Read morePlayed by: Dave Lee ZR, Charlie bucket/ dancing in space
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Cat: GR 12119 (B-STOCK). Rel: 01 Jan 90
Deep House
B-STOCK: Slight surface marks
Review: ***B-STOCK: Slight surface marks ***
Way back in 1993, when his career was still in its infancy, Chicago great Roy Davis Jr donned an alternative alias, The Believers, and delivered a 12" on Strictly Rhythm: 'Who Dares To Believe In Me?' It was something of a club smash, with Ministry of Sound issuing it in the UK a year later with a swathe of new mixes. This Groovin' Records reissue boasts a trio of mixes from the original U.S 12". On the A-side you'll find the original mix, a warm, spine-tingling slab of piano-rich New York style house topped off by snaking, delay-laden saxophone lines and an inspirational spoken word vocal courtesy of Davis. Over on the reverse, Davis' own 'Just Living High Mix' - a breezier, jazzier and more colourful affair - is followed by Mind Readers' tougher, chunkier and heavier revision, which is in effect a proper dancefloor dub.
… Read moreWay back in 1993, when his career was still in its infancy, Chicago great Roy Davis Jr donned an alternative alias, The Believers, and delivered a 12" on Strictly Rhythm: 'Who Dares To Believe In Me?' It was something of a club smash, with Ministry of Sound issuing it in the UK a year later with a swathe of new mixes. This Groovin' Records reissue boasts a trio of mixes from the original U.S 12". On the A-side you'll find the original mix, a warm, spine-tingling slab of piano-rich New York style house topped off by snaking, delay-laden saxophone lines and an inspirational spoken word vocal courtesy of Davis. Over on the reverse, Davis' own 'Just Living High Mix' - a breezier, jazzier and more colourful affair - is followed by Mind Readers' tougher, chunkier and heavier revision, which is in effect a proper dancefloor dub.
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Cat: GR 12119. Rel: 28 Mar 24
Deep House
Review: Way back in 1993, when his career was still in its infancy, Chicago great Roy Davis Jr donned an alternative alias, The Believers, and delivered a 12" on Strictly Rhythm: 'Who Dares To Believe In Me?' It was something of a club smash, with Ministry of Sound issuing it in the UK a year later with a swathe of new mixes. This Groovin' Records reissue boasts a trio of mixes from the original U.S 12". On the A-side you'll find the original mix, a warm, spine-tingling slab of piano-rich New York style house topped off by snaking, delay-laden saxophone lines and an inspirational spoken word vocal courtesy of Davis. Over on the reverse, Davis' own 'Just Living High Mix' - a breezier, jazzier and more colourful affair - is followed by Mind Readers' tougher, chunkier and heavier revision, which is in effect a proper dancefloor dub.
… Read morePlayed by: Paul Starey, Charlie bucket/ dancing in space
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Played by: Paul Starey, I Love Disco!
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Review: Second time around for Blaze's 1993 outing under the Black Rascals alias, which famously featured Cassio Ware on vocals. "So In Love" has stood the test of time impressively, thanks in no small part to the way in which the "Shelter Mix" strikes a perfect balance between the swing of New Jersey garage, the melodiousness of early '90s deep house and the effortlessly soulfulness of Ware's vocals. The package contains two dubs: the near ambient bless of the cymbals-and-synths workout that is the "Piano Man Dub", and the fluid vibraphone style solos that stretch out across the groovy "Shelter Dub". Ware's "Radio Remix", which boasts AOR style guitar solos and a loose, hip-hop influenced beat pattern, completes a tidy package.
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Review: Absolute classic from the Blaze camp, this has never been repressed officially since its initial release in 93. Those clipped reedy synths, the nagging looping vocal on the chorus and sweet honeyed soul of Roger Harris, soul seeps off every hook, nook and shuffle. "Blaze Theme Track" set the benchmark: jazzy, dubby and oh-so-funk with its soft live bass keys jamming away with a life of their own. 24 years old and still untouchable.
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Cat: GR 1211 (B-STOCK). Rel: 01 Jan 90
Deep House
B-STOCK: Slight surface marks
Review: ***B-STOCK: Slight surface marks ***
Absolute classic from the Blaze camp, this has never been repressed officially since its initial release in 93. Those clipped reedy synths, the nagging looping vocal on the chorus and sweet honeyed soul of Roger Harris, soul seeps off every hook, nook and shuffle. "Blaze Theme Track" set the benchmark: jazzy, dubby and oh-so-funk with its soft live bass keys jamming away with a life of their own. 24 years old and still untouchable.
… Read moreAbsolute classic from the Blaze camp, this has never been repressed officially since its initial release in 93. Those clipped reedy synths, the nagging looping vocal on the chorus and sweet honeyed soul of Roger Harris, soul seeps off every hook, nook and shuffle. "Blaze Theme Track" set the benchmark: jazzy, dubby and oh-so-funk with its soft live bass keys jamming away with a life of their own. 24 years old and still untouchable.
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Review: It was way back in 1994 when the Black Science Orchestra - AKA Ashley Beedle, Uschi Classen and Marc Woolford - first released the Altered States EP. As this timely reissue on Groovin' proves, it remains a benchmark of British deep house. The EP is arguably most famous for the Wood, Brass & Steel-sampling brilliance of "New Jersey Deep" - a track that should reside in any house-head's collection - though the similarly-minded laidback positivity of "Philadelphia" (whose swinging drums, toasty electric piano chords and rising synthesized horns pay hearty tribute to Philly Soul) pushes it close. The EP also includes a tasty "Drumadelphia" version of the latter track for DJs who like to play around with percussion, while "Vario (SOS)" is an organ-rich trip into hazy lounge music territory.
… Read morePlayed by: Paul Starey, JKriv (Razor-N-Tape)
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Review: It was way back in 1998 when Boo Williams' "A Little Something For You" first appeared on Chicago imprint Guidance Recordings. Now regarded by deep house diggers as an overlooked classic, it has finally been given the reissue treatment courtesy of Groovin' Recordings. It remains one of Williams' finest single outings, with the warm, organ-rich Illinois deep house and Motor City futurism fusion of "Chi-Town Techno" still sounding ahead of its time 21 years after the veteran producer recorded it. Highlights are plentiful elsewhere, too, with jazzy and chunky deep house number "Fairytale (Pride)" and the cowbell-laden, Cymande-sampling brilliance of EP opener "Jew Dan" standing out.
… Read morePlayed by: Al Zanders
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Review: Taken from Donald's 1981 album Love Byrd, these alluring cuts were produced by Isaac Hayes and you can really feel it. Smooth, soulful but loaded with deep dancefloor drive; "Love Has Come Around" is a cult soul boogie classic with its layers of honeyed vocals, insistent almost proto house riff and emphatic message while "I Feel Like Loving You Today" takes a more seductive, slower tact with seriously smouldering results. Feel the love.
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The Realm (B-STOCK) (12")
Cat: GR 12118 (B-STOCK). Rel: 01 Jan 90
Deep House
B-STOCK: Slight surface marks
Review: ***B-STOCK: Slight surface marks ***
Groovin Italy landed a monumental reissue for the label with C'hantal's 'The Realm'. Originally released way back in 1990 on the dance and early Brooklyn based Powertraxx records. Staying true to the original release, it offers the 'Love In D Minor' mix but does one better in tucking in the Acapella version to the A-side so the B-side 2 versions have a little more room to breathe. The added bonus has to be putting on the more rare "Wild Club mix' to the party along with the original 'Rave Mix'. All and all, a very packed reissue of some of the best versions of the track, all on one record. This might just hold the number one spot for best techno reissue so far of 2024.
… Read moreGroovin Italy landed a monumental reissue for the label with C'hantal's 'The Realm'. Originally released way back in 1990 on the dance and early Brooklyn based Powertraxx records. Staying true to the original release, it offers the 'Love In D Minor' mix but does one better in tucking in the Acapella version to the A-side so the B-side 2 versions have a little more room to breathe. The added bonus has to be putting on the more rare "Wild Club mix' to the party along with the original 'Rave Mix'. All and all, a very packed reissue of some of the best versions of the track, all on one record. This might just hold the number one spot for best techno reissue so far of 2024.
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Review: Groovin Italy landed a monumental reissue for the label with C'hantal's 'The Realm'. Originally released way back in 1990 on the dance and early Brooklyn based Powertraxx records. Staying true to the original release, it offers the 'Love In D Minor' mix but does one better in tucking in the Acapella version to the A-side so the B-side 2 versions have a little more room to breathe. The added bonus has to be putting on the more rare "Wild Club mix' to the party along with the original 'Rave Mix'. All and all, a very packed reissue of some of the best versions of the track, all on one record. This might just hold the number one spot for best techno reissue so far of 2024.
… Read morePlayed by: Your Name (Legalize Lambada)
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Review: In 1992, a trio of Italian house music producers brought to light one of house music's inherent contradictions: that a genre can be both ex-centric, and hold a stylistic centre. So far, house's haecceity, it's hearty essence, has held firm for nearly 50 odd years. And some records nail the inner sound of a sound, as though experiments need not only take place on the outskirts, beyond the walls, but also using the building blocks kept enclosed within the fortress. On this Groovin reissue, Davide Ruberto, Patrick Duvoisin and Ricky Montanari triply unveil the piano as one of the coremost ingredients of house music, with staccato chords standing right out on the titular 'Alright, Alright', of which there are four mixes here. Here's an unusual kind of rawness, blending as-do building blocks with a minimal but perfectible soul.
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Review: This is a first official repress of "Il Veliero" after the original 1982 12" release. It is an all-time Italo classic that is presented in full glory with the original sleeve and 12 minute extended mix that will carry you away on a slightly cheesy but easy to love disco groove full of warm sunny breeze and carefree melodic bliss. Two lesser known cuts take up the b-side - the playful percussive disco funk of "Welcome To The Party" and uptempo licks and sliding hi hats of "Dancin' On Town Square." Summer, where you at?
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Review: Dutch disco outfit The Chaplin Band made tons of records in the late '70s and early '80s, though in truth only a handful are worth investigating. Il Veleiro, a 1982 epic that's long been a favourite with fans of both Italo-disco and cosmic disco, is undoubtedly the pick of their catalogue (and has been re-edited numerous times over the years). This essential reissue features the near 12-minute title track on side A - a mixture of arpeggio-style synthesizer sounds, spacey electronics, funky bass guitar, glassy-eyed vocals and all manner of eccentric musical flourishes - and two flipside cuts. Original B-side 'Dancin' On Town Square' - a kind of soft rock/synth-disco/yacht-rock hybrid - is joined by another track from the period, marimba-sporting electrofunk jam 'Welcome To The Party'.
… Read morePlayed by: Charlie bucket/ dancing in space
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Review: It's (almost) summertime which means all bets are off, sets get more playful, DJs slacken their own usual rules and reach into a wider world of vocal, uplifting sounds to please sun burnt dancers. Enter this reissue of Michel Cleis's stone-cold Ibiza classic 'La Mezcla.' It's got a chunky groove, fluttering flutes that bring Latin flair and carnival vibes aplenty. This 12" also comes with two remixes - Paul Kalkbrenner flips it into a deeper, more loose and languid groove with tribal funk and the Charles Webster club mix is pure warm and soulful goodness.
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Review: Victor Simonelli is a prolific and well regarded figure on the New York, and global, house scene. He has been turning out killer cuts for decades, often under a wide range of different aliases. Now the Groovin label pulls together four of them on a vital EP of pure house gold. As Cloud 9 he goes deep and dreamy. Solution's 'Feel So Right' has old school pianos and bump 'n' grid beats and
Groove Committee layers more subtle chords and slinky house beats into a feel good but classy framework and then its all about the soulful vocal and serene pads on the Creative Force closer.
… Read moreGroove Committee layers more subtle chords and slinky house beats into a feel good but classy framework and then its all about the soulful vocal and serene pads on the Creative Force closer.
Played by: Fabietto Delgado (Ankle Release), Paul Starey
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Victor Simonelli EP (B-STOCK) (double 12")
Cat: GR 1276 (B-STOCK). Rel: 19 Apr 21
Deep House
B-STOCK: Minor split/tear to spine of outer sleeve but otherwise in excellent condition
Review: ***B-STOCK: Minor split/tear to spine of outer sleeve but otherwise in excellent condition***
Victor Simonelli is a prolific and well regarded figure on the New York, and global, house scene. He has been turning out killer cuts for decades, often under a wide range of different aliases. Now the Groovin label pulls together four of them on a vital EP of pure house gold. As Cloud 9 he goes deep and dreamy. Solution's 'Feel So Right' has old school pianos and bump 'n' grid beats and
Groove Committee layers more subtle chords and slinky house beats into a feel good but classy framework and then its all about the soulful vocal and serene pads on the Creative Force closer.
… Read moreVictor Simonelli is a prolific and well regarded figure on the New York, and global, house scene. He has been turning out killer cuts for decades, often under a wide range of different aliases. Now the Groovin label pulls together four of them on a vital EP of pure house gold. As Cloud 9 he goes deep and dreamy. Solution's 'Feel So Right' has old school pianos and bump 'n' grid beats and
Groove Committee layers more subtle chords and slinky house beats into a feel good but classy framework and then its all about the soulful vocal and serene pads on the Creative Force closer.
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Review: If you dig disco but have yet to explore the bulging back catalogue of De-Lite Records stalwarts Crown Heights Affair, this double-pack could be exactly what you need. It draws together a quintet of the group's most potent and essential moments, beginning with the soaring mid-tempo brilliance of "Say A Prayer For Two". That sublime chunk of disco-funk perfection is followed by the buzzing horns, walking bass and high-register vocals of "Galaxy of Love" and the punchy disco stomp of "I'm Gonna Love You Forever", where relentless horns and spacey synth flourishes do their best to whip listeners into a frenzy. The second 12" offers another chance to own "Dreaming A Dream (Goes Dancin')" and the bouncy disco-funk epic that is "Dancin' (Disco mix)".
… Read morePlayed by: I Love Disco!, Charlie bucket/ dancing in space
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Review: Almost 22 years ago to the day, Portugese house DJ Rui Da Silva and British singer Cassandra Fox released one of the most iconic progressive house songs of all time 'Touch Me'. Releasing officially on New Years Day 2001, it topped the charts becoming the first Portugese and Progressive House song to do so respectively. Combining elements of Eurodance and turn of the millennia club tropes, this song could singlehandedly be attribute to the Eurodance revival that acts like Cascada would go on to proliferate later in the decade. A sensational club filler that stands the test of time, with an incredible B-side deep house cut with the 'Saffron mix'.
… Read morePlayed by: Juno Recommends Funky House
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Rui DA SILVA feat CASSANDRA
Cat: GR 12100 (B-STOCK). Rel: 01 Jan 90
Funky/Club House
B-STOCK: Sleeve damaged/torn but otherwise in excellent condition
Touch Me
Touch Me (Saffron mix)
Review: ***B-STOCK: Sleeve damaged/torn but otherwise in excellent condition***
Almost 22 years ago to the day, Portugese house DJ Rui Da Silva and British singer Cassandra Fox released one of the most iconic progressive house songs of all time 'Touch Me'. Releasing officially on New Years Day 2001, it topped the charts becoming the first Portugese and Progressive House song to do so respectively. Combining elements of Eurodance and turn of the millennia club tropes, this song could singlehandedly be attribute to the Eurodance revival that acts like Cascada would go on to proliferate later in the decade. A sensational club filler that stands the test of time, with an incredible B-side deep house cut with the 'Saffron mix'.
… Read moreAlmost 22 years ago to the day, Portugese house DJ Rui Da Silva and British singer Cassandra Fox released one of the most iconic progressive house songs of all time 'Touch Me'. Releasing officially on New Years Day 2001, it topped the charts becoming the first Portugese and Progressive House song to do so respectively. Combining elements of Eurodance and turn of the millennia club tropes, this song could singlehandedly be attribute to the Eurodance revival that acts like Cascada would go on to proliferate later in the decade. A sensational club filler that stands the test of time, with an incredible B-side deep house cut with the 'Saffron mix'.
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Review: The latest on-point reissue from Italy's Groovin' label takes us back to 1993, and the Peter Daou/Danny Tenaglia-produced debut single from vocalist Daphne Rubin-Vega. It's a far breezier, groovier and sweeter record than many of Tenaglia's later productions (which tended towards the muscular), with Rubin-Vega's quietly soulful vocal seemingly drifting across a backing track rich in warm chords and baggy, breakbeat-driven house grooves. All of the various mixes hit the spot, with the trippy, dub-style Reconstruction Mix, vibraphone-laden Groove Instrumental and low-slung Never Do Dub standing out. The Acapella Reprise, which features rich chords and vocal snippets, is also rather good.
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Cat: GR 1280 (B-STOCK). Rel: 11 Aug 21
Deep House
B-STOCK: Tear and creasing to corner of outer sleeve but otherwise in excellent condition
Review: ***B-STOCK: Tear and creasing to corner of outer sleeve but otherwise in excellent condition***
Deep house, gospel house, garage house, you name it, Roy Davis Jr can do it. And what's more, the house mainstay has been doing it for decades. This reissue on Groovin Italy was originally put out in 1995 on Downtown 161and still bangs. It epitomises the musical house of the time, with plenty of subtle samples making each groove come alive. 'Party Here!' (The Chicago Night Life mix) is a heady roller with dreamy keys which then becomes a smooth downtempo jam on the Da After Set dub. 'Let Me Show U Tha Scene' is all rough-hewn drums and diva soul samples with a loose beat, and 'Under Tha Sun' brims with piano warmth. Timeless stuff.
… Read moreDeep house, gospel house, garage house, you name it, Roy Davis Jr can do it. And what's more, the house mainstay has been doing it for decades. This reissue on Groovin Italy was originally put out in 1995 on Downtown 161and still bangs. It epitomises the musical house of the time, with plenty of subtle samples making each groove come alive. 'Party Here!' (The Chicago Night Life mix) is a heady roller with dreamy keys which then becomes a smooth downtempo jam on the Da After Set dub. 'Let Me Show U Tha Scene' is all rough-hewn drums and diva soul samples with a loose beat, and 'Under Tha Sun' brims with piano warmth. Timeless stuff.
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Cat: GR 1280. Rel: 11 Aug 21
Deep House
Review: Deep house, gospel house, garage house, you name it, Roy Davis Jr can do it. And what's more, the house mainstay has been doing it for decades. This reissue on Groovin Italy was originally put out in 1995 on Downtown 161and still bangs. It epitomises the musical house of the time, with plenty of subtle samples making each groove come alive. 'Party Here!' (The Chicago Night Life mix) is a heady roller with dreamy keys which then becomes a smooth downtempo jam on the Da After Set dub. 'Let Me Show U Tha Scene' is all rough-hewn drums and diva soul samples with a loose beat, and 'Under Tha Sun' brims with piano warmth. Timeless stuff.
… Read morePlayed by: Juno Recommends Deep House
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Review: In the 27 years since Delicious Inc's 'Eau De Chante' first slipped out on Underground Music Movement (U.M.M), the E.P has become an in-demand item amongst house DJs. This latest reissue, then, is very welcome. Stripped-back, bumpin' and bass-heavy, it sits somewhere between the masculine funk of Murk, the muscular thump of Sound Factory-era Junior Vasquez, and the rolling swing of Chicago house. The sassy, spoken female vocal comes to the fore on "Eau De Chante (For Men)" and "Eu De Chante (For Sex)", the latter of which is built around woozy loops and a more thrusting, analogue-sounding bassline. There's also a killer 'For Beats' version for those DJs who like to get busy in the mix.
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Review: Having previously dipped into the back catalogue of a host of disco, house and U.S garage acts, Groovin' Records has decided to offer up a trio of tracks from jazz-funk maestro-turned-disco don Eumir Deodato. First up is John "Jellybean" Benitez's superb 1982 remix of "Keep On Movin", a dreamy disco club-cut rich in bold slap bass, swirling chords and sweet female vocals. Benitez is also at the controls on "Keep It In The Family (Remix)', another 1982 rework of one of Deodato's most famous disco-era anthems (check the clips - you'll be singing along within seconds). To round things off, the label steps back to 1978 with the hard-to-find and in-demand 12" version of jazz-funk/disco classic "Whistlebump".
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Review: First time trance lovers - if you are still out there - will remember 'Desert Storm' - a seminal trance track that emerged in the early 90s and still epitomizes the genre's raw energy and hypnotic allure. Produced by the UK duo Desert Storm, it blends breakbeat rhythms with pulsating synths and atmospheric elements that reflect the essence of the rave culture of its time. Released in 1994, it soon found its place in the underground trance scene. Years later, its status as a classic cannot be in doubt.
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Review: Diego Ruiz aka DFRA returns with a new four-track live jazzdance quencher, 'Jazz In'. Indeed, jazz is, at present, 'in', contrasting to the various moments in history (perhaps not linearly) in which it has been 'out'. Of course, both 'in' and 'out' concur simultaneously, and mutually uphold each other. The nominal in-ness of this record suggests a sense of measured knowing that outness simply cannot partake in; and whether this is really true is beside the point, because the record itself brings a decidedly measured sound, one that basks abaft in bottomy brasses, insouciant piano redoubts, distant kazoo tarns and mesmerically kicky dance movements. Little does Ruiz know that the boundary of in and out is always collapsible, reversible, and he even orchestrates this himself; by the time we reach 'The New Orleans Sound', the record's professed internal genius has nonetheless turned us, the listener, outside in, inside out.
… Read morePlayed by: Shaka (Local Talk/ Nervous), LEGO EDIT
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Cat: GR 12120. Rel: 24 Apr 24
Disco/Nu-Disco
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Review: It's not every day we encounter Christian acid house, but the historic contributions to the scene by one Dimensional Holofonic Sound (DHS, real name Benjamin Stokes) are an exception to this general observation. An ingenious project which takes full advantage of the penchant for acid house producers to sample Evangelistic sermons, Stokes always went one step further by neglecting to omit the religious themes in these samples. The result was EPs like 'The House Of God', first released in 1990 and reissued here via Groovin. Raw, breaksy and rude productions are all compelled by a core vocal sample here, proving that acid house - the gateway to many contemporary religious experiences - belongs to no-one but the almighty.
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Review: Hot on the heels of Clone Classic Cuts' reissue of Survival's "Midnight Dancin" (as part of a 12" compilation of Joe Lewis productions), Groovin has decided to re-release "I Can't Wait". Intriguingly, this edition appears to include two previously unreleased mixes. So, while some Chicago house diggers may already own the Vocal mix - where Daryl Goodlett's slick, soulful vocals rise above an early garage-influenced chunk of disco-tinged vocal deep house - they won't have heard the Instrumental or Dub versions. The latter, a traditional Dub in the mid-to-late-'80s New York style (think key vocal passages, delay-laden beats and judicious use of other key elements), is particularly good.
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Review: If you're a fan of 'dream house' - that immensely colourful, loved-up take on deep house pioneered by Italian producers at the turn of the 90s - then you may already know Don Carlos' Mediterraneo, a 1992 mini-album that contains one of the most celebrated (and, we will add, inspired) tracks produced in the period. We're talking about the undulating melodies, saucer-eyed chords and shuffling beats of 'Re-Mida Overture', of course, and as this timely reissue proves, there's plenty more to get excited about across the six-track set, including two takes on 'Play It Again' (a sunrise-ready 'Underground' version that's as deep as they come, and the lusciously emotive 'Paradise' mix), and the simply gorgeous, life-affirming title track - a cut just tailor-made for open-air dances and beachside festivals.
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Cat: GR 12105 (B-STOCK). Rel: 01 Jan 90
Deep House
B-STOCK:Torn sleeve, otherwise in excellent working condition
Mediterraneo
Free
Paranoia
Play It Again (Underground)
Play It Again (Paradise)
Re Mida Ouverture
Review: ***B-STOCK: Torn sleeve, otherwise in excellent working condition***
If you're a fan of 'dream house' - that immensely colourful, loved-up take on deep house pioneered by Italian producers at the turn of the 90s - then you may already know Don Carlos' Mediterraneo, a 1992 mini-album that contains one of the most celebrated (and, we will add, inspired) tracks produced in the period. We're talking about the undulating melodies, saucer-eyed chords and shuffling beats of 'Re-Mida Overture', of course, and as this timely reissue proves, there's plenty more to get excited about across the six-track set, including two takes on 'Play It Again' (a sunrise-ready 'Underground' version that's as deep as they come, and the lusciously emotive 'Paradise' mix), and the simply gorgeous, life-affirming title track - a cut just tailor-made for open-air dances and beachside festivals.
… Read moreIf you're a fan of 'dream house' - that immensely colourful, loved-up take on deep house pioneered by Italian producers at the turn of the 90s - then you may already know Don Carlos' Mediterraneo, a 1992 mini-album that contains one of the most celebrated (and, we will add, inspired) tracks produced in the period. We're talking about the undulating melodies, saucer-eyed chords and shuffling beats of 'Re-Mida Overture', of course, and as this timely reissue proves, there's plenty more to get excited about across the six-track set, including two takes on 'Play It Again' (a sunrise-ready 'Underground' version that's as deep as they come, and the lusciously emotive 'Paradise' mix), and the simply gorgeous, life-affirming title track - a cut just tailor-made for open-air dances and beachside festivals.
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Alone (B-STOCK) (12")
Cat: GR 1205. Rel: 01 Jan 90
Deep House
B-STOCK: Sleeve damaged but otherwise in excellent condition
Review: ***B-STOCK: Sleeve damaged but otherwise in excellent condition***
Aside from Suneo Latino's self-titled debut single and Key Tronics Ensemble's 'Calypso of House', no track defined the Italian 'dream house' (or as they called it, ambient) house sound of the turn-of-the-90s as explicitly as Don Carlos' 'Alone'. Simply one of the finest and most loved-up house records of all time, it sounds as magical now as it did way back in 1991 - as this reissue proves. You get all three mixes from the original 12" in remastered form: the much-played 'Paradise Mix', a perfect blend of undulating acid bass, gorgeously dreamy chords, bouncy piano riffs and sax lines; the atmospheric, slowly building brilliance of the sublime 'Sax Ambient' version; and the organ-rich, woodwind-sporting Italo-house chunkiness of the 'Flute House Mix'. An all-time great that should be in every house head's collection.
… Read moreAside from Suneo Latino's self-titled debut single and Key Tronics Ensemble's 'Calypso of House', no track defined the Italian 'dream house' (or as they called it, ambient) house sound of the turn-of-the-90s as explicitly as Don Carlos' 'Alone'. Simply one of the finest and most loved-up house records of all time, it sounds as magical now as it did way back in 1991 - as this reissue proves. You get all three mixes from the original 12" in remastered form: the much-played 'Paradise Mix', a perfect blend of undulating acid bass, gorgeously dreamy chords, bouncy piano riffs and sax lines; the atmospheric, slowly building brilliance of the sublime 'Sax Ambient' version; and the organ-rich, woodwind-sporting Italo-house chunkiness of the 'Flute House Mix'. An all-time great that should be in every house head's collection.
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Review: Aside from Suneo Latino's self-titled debut single and Key Tronics Ensemble's 'Calypso of House', no track defined the Italian 'dream house' (or as they called it, ambient) house sound of the turn-of-the-90s as explicitly as Don Carlos' 'Alone'. Simply one of the finest and most loved-up house records of all time, it sounds as magical now as it did way back in 1991 - as this reissue proves. You get all three mixes from the original 12" in remastered form: the much-played 'Paradise Mix', a perfect blend of undulating acid bass, gorgeously dreamy chords, bouncy piano riffs and sax lines; the atmospheric, slowly building brilliance of the sublime 'Sax Ambient' version; and the organ-rich, woodwind-sporting Italo-house chunkiness of the 'Flute House Mix'. An all-time great that should be in every house head's collection.
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Review: While the later Richie Havens and Odyssey covers were far more commercially successful, you can't beat Lamont Dozier's original 1977 version of "Going Back To My Roots" - a near ten-minute workout that starts as a disco-soul stomper, ends as a chant-along Afro-funk stepper, and was arranged by none other than South African jazz legend Hugh Masekela. Dozier's impeccable take takes pride of place on side A of this Groovin' Records reissue, with a fresh re-edit by Danny Krivit - who previously tweaked the Richie Havens version - on the flip. Brilliantly, Krivit ignores much of the song, instead extending and rearranging the sweaty, tropical end section of Dozier's original mix into an inspired track of its own.
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Review: Stone cold seminal. Originally released on King Street off-shoot 11:07 Presentations, this agenda-setting Kerri Chandler produced EP still hits home 20 years after its first outing. Classic garage house with all the room to swing and warm organ work, every track is a highlight from Dee Dee Brave's (AKA Holly Simpson) spine-melting spoken word on "Mookies Bio" to the untouchable "I Don't Care" featuring stern words from Kerri's very own grandfather. A genuinely timeless and soul-stirring artefact.
… Read morePlayed by: Paul Starey
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Cat: GRWB 1208. Rel: 04 Jun 21
Disco/Nu-Disco
Played by: Charlie bucket/ dancing in space
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Review: Second time around for Dan Electro's "Let Them Come", an extra-percussive chunk toe-tapping, hip-shaking gospel house brilliance that first surfaced on the producer's 2009 album "Bite The Hand That Feeds You". Sadly his superb original version isn't present, though the fresh remixes are more than up to scratch. Greg Gauthier handles Side A, serving up vocal and instrumental takes built around Church organ stabs, restless deep house drums and a killer electronic bassline. They're rather good all told, though Gokin's flipside vocal and instrumental revisions are arguably even better. Re-imagining the track as a gospel-fired slab of dreamy deep house, Gokin smothers a driving beat in hazy chords and the kind of insatiable electric piano solos usually associated with classic 1970s jazz-funk wig-outs.
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