Shalamar
Uptown Festival

Considered a bit of a classic in the field of disco/house, this reissue of Daniel Wang's mighty 1993 classic debut comes at a time when all things proto-disco are enjoying a surge in interest, and this sounds like a veritable 'How To' manual for the genre.Wang's tight sample-based productions are a bonafide joy to the ears - this is an edits 12" where the joins have been smoothed over to the point where it all sounds incredibly organic. There are five pretty indispensable cuts here, don't miss out a second time around...

For the second chapter of his odyssey, we find again Le Commandant Couche Tôt in the middle of the Amazon River, escaping from drones and wildfires in a hovercraft.Une Histoire d’Amour Brésilienne (A brazilian love story) shares a dystopian vision widely inspired by the environmental issues of 2020 and 2021, which illustrates a form of anxiety toward the future.Its soundtrack however is purposely the antithesis of the story: a very optimistic tribute to space-disco and brazilian funk. A “good vibe” pill to give hope for a new beginning.