Panter 777 vinyl

Of Danny "Legowelt" Wolfers many alternative aliases, Nacho Patrol is the one that has consistently delivered the strongest material. It was initially launched some years back as an outlet for Wolfers' occasional, Afro-influenced Italo-disco and techno cuts, with 2011's The Africa Jet Band Album, and 2013's Cinnamon Funk particularly impressing. "Panter 777" is lifted from the Dutch producer's very first release under the name, appearing as a cassette only track on The Maze Of Violence (Il Labirinto Di Roma Violenta) issued by MinimalRome back in 2009. Given the 12" pressing it deserves as part of the label's MRX - Patiendum Est series. "Panter 777" remains a humid delight of the Nacho Patrol canon. It's dark, trippy and hallucinatory, with waves of droning synth work and bizarre, bubbly melody lines intertwining with Afro style wah-wah guitars and Detroit style chord progressions. Jared Wilson delivers a typically solid remix on the flip, but it is Wolfers' odd but brilliant original that really sparkles.