THE FAR OUT DISCO ORCHESTRA - REMIXES & RE-INTERPRETATIONS
Legendary
remixes of tracks from the super disco project. Mark Pritchard, Theo Parrish ,
John Morales, Marcellus Pittman and many others help celebrate Far Out
Recordings’ 20th year. The original album was recorded in Rio de Janeiro &
finished in London and made with love by Far Out’s Favorite artists including
the late legend ‘Maestro Jose Roberto Bertrami’, ‘Arthur Verocai’, ‘Alex
Malheiros’ & many of Rio’s finest musicians & includes a full
orchestra. This collection of remixes puts the acclaimed disco originals into
some of the most capable hands in the world...With access to the original
masters, internationally celebrated pioneers of dance music’s underground
including Mark Pritchard, Theo Parrish, John Morales, Marcellus Pittman and
4hero worked with the foundations laid in the arrangements of Verocai, Betrami
and others, turning disco masterpieces into Dj-friendly dance floor weapons,
from deep house and techno to balearic, disco re-edits. Following the release
of a handful of the remixes on the FOMDO 12” series, this digital release is
made up exclusively of remixes, some of which have not been available until
now.
FRANKIE KNUCKLES - BEYOND THE MIX
Any
serious fan of house music knows the name Frankie Knuckles. Like Marshall
Jefferson, he commands the type of respect in the genre that Grandmaster Flash
enjoyed in hip-hop. When Knuckles signed with Virgin, the enthusiasm was high
among house aficionados; but in fact, his Virgin debut, Beyond the Mix, isn't
the all-out dancefloor extravaganza many were predicting it would be. The CD
definitely has its strong points -- including Lisa Michaels' seductive vocals
on "Sacrifice" and the haunting "Rain Falls" and Shelton
Becton's gutsy performances on "It's Hard Sometime" and the
gospel-influenced "Soon I Will Be Done." At its best, Beyond the Mix
is far superior to most of the songs heard on urban contemporary radio in 1991.
But "Godfather" and "Party in My House" are routine
hip-house numbers that are virtually indistinguishable from countless other
fusions of rap and house recorded in the early '90s. ~ Alex Henderson
AFROBEAT MAKERS - TONY ALLEN RHYTHMS REVISITED VOL. 2
Tracks
from the great Tony Allen – but completely remade here with a complicated set
of rhythms and very tripped-out style of production! Doctor L features very
heavily on the record (which also has contributions from Thiago Franca and Mps
Pilot) – and the whole thing reminds us a lot of some of his fractured Afro Beat
experiments on Comet Records from a decade ago – music that still has lots of
live drums and percussion at the core (plus other great organic acoustic
elements too) – but which also feels plenty free to experiment with a wide
range of sounds and styles in the production – on titles that include
"Sunny Sky", "Bahia Beatz", "Afro Mystic Beat",
"Triffidz", "Afrobeat Block", "Running", and
"Hot Soup". ~ Dusty
Groove
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