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Also played by: ONUR ENGIN Still limited edition, still 250 copies pressed. Still Kool Water representing is funky side. This 2nd 12" single on Strictly Groove also comes with a beautiful poster. Because we love old school manners.

Following on from the massively in-demand Todd Terje remix of Bryan Ferry's 'Alphaville' comes another incredible remix by the man of the moment, this time a superb re-edit of Roxy Music's evergreen club classic 'Love Is The Drug'. Pressed by The Vinyl Factory, the double A-side also contains an epic Balearic remix of Roxy's 'Avalon' by fellow Norwegian disco legend Lindstrom. Essential!

Italian house producer Nicholas checks in with his first full solo outing for the Home Taping imprint.
All the tracks have his trademark sound that fuses a love of disco with the feel of early NY house music to produce a strong and heavy brew that is perfect for the dance floor.

100% House music. Enjoy it!

A double helping of killer Cosmic rarities from legendary Miami-based disco label T.K., bringing together two super-obscure cuts from 1979 - Queen Samantha's amazing progressive electronic disco odyssey 'Take A Chance' and the heavy soul/funk epic 'Cosmic Funk' from the wonderfully-named Mad Dog Fire Department. The Queen Samantha track is eight minutes of slow-burning disco bliss - a bubbling mid-tempo monster with awesome percussion, super-funky bassline and the Queen's glorious soaring vocals which caused mayhem on the dancefloors at Mancuso's Loft and Levan's Warehouse as well as being a fave on the early NY breakbeat/hiphop scene with Afrika Bambaata giving it some heavy rotation. Flip over for Mad Dog's extremely hard to find 'Cosmic Funk', a grooving grinding low-slung workout featuring hypnotic chanting vocals and some wild synth action. Remastered for top-quality sound, this double A-sider is a must for lovers of that heavy T.K. sound.

Und wieder steht ein großes Fest für alle Italo-Disco Fans bevor, denn hier kommt bereits Teil 13 der Kult Collection mit dem seltenen Material. Genau wie bei den erfolgreichen Vorgängern sind wieder alle Tracks 32 BIT remastert. Zu den Highlights zählen diesmal Spy 71, G.P. Universe, Hypnosis, Shah, Savage, Dyva, Trixie.

Leo Zero is probably best known for his remixes of global acts like Florence & The Machine, Bryan Ferry & Paul Welller. But prior to this he's spent many years on the underground house scene, running parties, record labels, DJing, and learning the ropes in the studio.

NEXT UP FROM KAT RECORDS ARE 4 VERY TASTY EDITS FROM SHANGHAI BASED DUO THE HORSES.

Brand new house version of this 1979 Paradise Garage classic from Patti Labelle

Limited remastered reissue of Robert Cotter's stunning 1980 album Timeless on Italian label Derby. This ultra-rare LP isn't easy to define, straddling a number of genres - funk, jazz, space-rock, Italo, and lashings of soul - all overlaid with Robert's cool vocals and powerful backing singers. Most sought-after tracks on this disco collector's dream are the opening 'Rock Me With Your Love', a nine minute epic mutating from a sweet soul intro into a quitar-lashed space-rock monster by the end, funk killer 'Everything I'm Living For' and the futuristically jazzy 'Timeless' with its minimal grooving synths. Also features the great slo-mo chugger 'Love Remains the Same' and beautiful ballad 'Got To Have You Near'. Essential!

PROMO ONLY ! Brand new house rework of Stargard's 1979 disco/funk classic

This is only the third release on the CheckTheGuns label since 2008 - their mission to bring the finest in funk and disco edits to a discerning listenership continues in fine style.
The TapeEdit series has seen the guys combine secret weapons with more well known cuts, bringing top notch dancefloor friendly versions in every case & winning major support from a borad variety of DJ's and enthusiasts alike.
The label is a joint venture by DJ's and producers JC and The Dr who have been working side by side on various musical projects for the past 15 years.

Lenny White's 1983 track 'My Turn To Love You', co-written with Eddy Grant, and mixed by François Kevorkian, also with the 1982 boogie classic, 'Thug Rock' by Sandy Kerr

It got its debut last week on BBC Radio1 and we are hearing it is going to get airplay on Pete Tong or Annie Macs show in the next couple of weeks. It is already getting support from
Luke Fair, Mark Farina, Danny Krivit, Francois K and about another 20 big hitters and lots of other radio play. We think it could be a summer anthem if it is heard in the right places.

Limited reissue of this highly sought-after and extremely heavy electro-boogie cut from Serena. Originally released on tiny NYC label TNT Unl imited in 1983, this super-rare gem was produced by the great James Terry who was also responsible for other top boogie classics of the era such as 'Boogieland' by Ike Strong and True Image's 'Keep Me Dancing'. The instrumental gets all the attention here with super-funky basslines, cool vocoder chorus and ultra-crisp percussion and synths but the vocal is pretty damn strong too. Top priority for all boogie fans - don't miss this!

IS IT BALEARIC launch into the new year with probably their biggest 12 to date



This latest release features 2 tracks from Hardway Bros plus remixes from Toby Tobias and Andrew Weatherall !

Mania Theme is a mid tempo acid chugger build for big systems and discerning dancefloors.
The Andrew Weatherall remix adds a live bass and synth arpeggios to produce a real trademark Weatherall bomb.
Elsewhere, Toby tobias' remix turns the brooding acid chugger into a sublime Balearic deep house groove reminiscent of the Italian house heyday and creates the same warm vibes as Don Carlos or Last Rhythm with a touch of acid for good measure.
The second track from Hardway Bros is a reconstruction of the Hardkiss track Pacific Coastal Highway

Limited edition 3CD pack includes exclusive bonus Junior Vasquez mix CD and unique set of postcards by photographer Chantal Regnault. Booklet includes sleevenotes by author Tim Lawrence and interviews with David DePino and Junior Vasquez



















2.Raze - Break 4 Love
3.Salsoul Orchestra - Ooh I Love It (Love Break)
4.First Choice - Love Thang
5.First Choice - Let No Man Put Asunder
6.Masters at Work - The Ha Dance
7.Kevin Aviance - Cunty
8.George Kranz - Din Daa Daa
9.2 Bodys - Body Drill
10.Armand Van Helden - The Witch Doktor
11.Loose Joints - Is It All Over My Face
12. Diana Ross - Love Hangover
13.MFSB - Love is the Message
14.Inner Life - Moment of My Life
15.Cheryl Lynn - Got to be Real
16.Junior Vasquez - X
17.Nitro Deluxe - This Brutal House

The moustached disco avengers at Sccucci Manucci drop their latest missive, featuring more transmissions from the disco underground. Argentinean based Toomy Disco provides "What Goes Around", a tightly produced disco-house number with horn snippets woven around low-slung grooves, whilst The Glue deliver "Without You" a hazy slo-mo looper with vocal teases and hypnotic guitar licks. On the flip, South West Seven lock themselves into a fast moving groove with "What Have I Got To Do", a track that contrasts its fast rhythmic pulse with vocals and guitars that slowly emerge from the filtered ether. Aeromaschine close proceedings with "Deep Champagne"; combining a deep and melodic bassline with improvisational touches and glitchy vocal stutters, it successfully forges its own sound whilst keeping in line with his disco counterparts.

Su-perb new house rework !

Extremely welcome reissue for this ridiculously rare LP from German composer and bass maestro Wolfgang Maus. Seldom do such hyped albums live up to their reputation but this one does in spades - 'Children of the Universe' is a real delight from beginning to end with not a filler track in sight. It takes you on a journey of musical styles and emotions from great dancefloor-friendly disco-funk such as 'Civilisation', 'Time and Space' and the outstanding title track, meandering through experimental spaced-out soundscapes 'Introduction To Mankind' and 'Friendly Vibrations', and dipping into the languid soul of 'Western Way of Life', 'Nightmare' and 'Yesterday Has Gone'. Plus we have stunning slo-mo psychedelic disco gem 'Schizoprenic World' and finally to cap it off the the best-known track from the album 'Testimony', whose supremely laid-back dreamy disco vibes make it the Balearic DJs' secret weapon of choice. Don't miss this - it really is as good as they say it is plus awesome artwork to boot!

Another Classic Italo gem - outstanding guitar riff & grooves makes the unusual twisted but catchy atmosphere.
A1 Hyena Stomp Talk Pow(d)er edit - Shuffling house beats and funky bassline with
occasional vocal line. Wait for the percussion breaks. Winner.
A2 Club Phunk offers groovy bass line with unusual guitar riff and percussion. 'Groovin, Mooving..' vocal riff build up into peak time dance floor energy.
B1 Hyena Stomp Talk Pow(d)er dub-a-edit - The infectious guitar riff and curvy bassline with chunky house beats without percussion breaks of 'Hyena Stomp Talk Pow(d)er edit
B2] Grooverider - Most percussive tune on this 12" , it will be a nice DJ tool that can bridge anywhere you want to go on dance floor musically.

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Cisco Cisco reappears on the Spanish label Apersonal Music with more nudisco quality from the Portuguese duo. 2 original tracks, 'Higher' the perfect weapon for the techydisco lovers and 'Brothers in Arms' freshing up the release with an enchanting laid-down groove. A solid offer that reaffirms the promising relationship between this rising artist and Apersonal, under which they debuted last year.

In den 80ern wurde DISCO FOX für eine bestimmte Stilrichtung innerhalb der elektronischen Tanzmusik verwendet. Aus dem frühen ITALO-DISCO ist später der sogenannte EURO-DISCO entstanden, wobei es sich hier um internationale
europäische Produktionen handelte, bei denen die Melodien weniger sphärisch sind. Zusammengestellt sind hier seltene Extended - und Remix - Versionen, die zum Teil noch nie auf CD veröffentlicht wurden. Die Revolution geht weiter...

Second release on the wonderful 'Supafrico Records' digs up and dusts off four more mega-rare nuggets of superb Afro funk. First up is the excellent Afro Disco groove of Kabbala's 'Ashewo Ara', a lost gem originally released back in '82 on tiny UK independent Red Flame and now featuring highly on many collectors' wants lists. Next is Buari's 'I'm Ready', a chunk of pure dancefloor dynamite with a driving disco groove and great funky synths, taken from the Ghanian singer and percussionist's awesome 1979 'Disco Soccer' LP. On the flip we get the mega-rare and totally essential 'Body & Soul', a magnificent 10 minute mid-tempo Afro workout recorded in 1980 by Nigerian funkster William Onyeabor. Last up is a great extended edit of the Ashantis' brilliant funky bubbler 'Everybody's Groove' with its floor-filling groove and wicked vocals. These lovingly remastered rarities sound better than ever making this EP a must for anyone with a taste for those incredible funky Afro grooves.

If ever there were more committed and fervent neighbours within the house and disco community today, then House of Disco Records would be flying the flag loud and high in the front garden for all to see.

Rare soulful disco funk from 1982 with JR's Machine, and 1981 with One On One

More Berlin, less Monacco. That's the ethos of the new Max Essa project, Jan Ken Po: Less sun, less sea, yachts and money; more twilight hour, basement clubs, up-tempo rhythms and dance floor politics.

Promo only ! 2 tracker

Balearic classic alert !!! The sought after epic La Version Française of Chris Rea's 'Josephine' from 1988

Ditongo is Batongo's alias for disco editing, less obscure, more groovy.
Not much is to be known about Batongo, previously an active euro dance producer who released a bunch of hits in the nineties. 10 years ago, after a traumatic experience he escaped in Perù and retired from the music business, during this years, on his spare time he made a lot of music, not meant for the public, just for himself. Now he is still in Perù, not willing to move back to Europe but barely broke, he sold us the rights on his entire collection of unreleased recordings with condition of not revealing his real identity.
We will unveil a series of EPs ranging from obscure deep to psychedelic disco.

Includes Mirage Remix of Indeep's post-disco classic "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life", plus Nancy Martin's 1982 track "Can't Believe".