DJ FEDE 黑胶唱片和CD

Review: DJ Fede's 'Sant Josep De Sa Talaia' is a deep house tribute to the village and municipality of Sant Josep de sa Talaia in Ibiza. This new 12" includes an 'essential dub' mix by Alex Neri, a co-founder of the legendary Italian label Planet Funk; a remix by Rahaan, a Chicago-based disco and house DJ and one by genre institution Francesco Farfa. All are increasingly affective facets of the Balearic style, cycling through its every angle from sinister builds to light-hearted disco jaunts.

Review: Marking the sixth release for Balearia Records comes this four-track 12" single 'Playa d'en Bossa', a cosmic house shuffle set amongst the stars as drums rumble and drift about amongst the airy ambience. To complement the DJ Fede offering is three extra servings from their Italian peers, the Baldelli & Dionigi rework that directly follows being extraterrestrial contact that Fede's original voyage has resulted in. Rattling bass with synths crossing paths intermittently, set in an undeniably retro-futurist soundscape. Track three takes a lightspeed trip straight back to earth, calling upon the warehouse rave with its controlled techno channelling sprinkled amongst laid-back downtempo grooving. Track four sends us off with a Claudio Tosi Brandi vocal edit with deep house leanings that's sure to be a favourite with listeners.

Review: DJ Fede's second EP as Luv, Instrumorgan, has become something of a cult classic in recent times, with a new generation of DJs embracing the 1995 release's blend of New Jersey garage, NYC deep house and organ-rich Italo-house flavours. This reissue, then, is long overdue. There's much to enjoy throughout, from the deep and chunky groves, tight organ stabs and eyes-closed spoken word snippets of 'Instrumorgan 1 (Doc J Club Mix)', and the deeper, crunchier and more bass-heavy throb of 'Instrumorgan 2 (Fede's Mix)', to the jacking, drum machine-driven looseness of 'Instrumorgan 3 (Chicaho Mix)', where a lo-fi synth-sax motif adds an extra dose of late-night energy.