MY FRIEND DARIO 黑胶唱片和CD

Review: My Friend Dario is a leading Balearic bossman who hails from the island of Sicily. For his new album on Hell Yeah he captures the spirit of that gorgeous rock in musical form. It's a work that embodies a summer spent holidaying on the coast, from the journey there to the warm days and on to the lazy, balmy nights. It's full of magical synth work and gentle grooves that are perfectly escapist, full of love and romance and just a little nostalgia for long lost days doing nothing but relaxing.

Review: Two years ago, Italy's Balearic Gabba Soundsystem switched from remixing and re-editing their favourite cuts to curating compilation style EPs of similarly minded fare. They're in that mode again here, presenting a trio of cuts that combine the saucer-eyed warmth and loved-up musicality of Balearic music culture with grooves and rhythms firmly focused on the dancefloor. They begin by showcasing Wallace's sublime remix of Sewell & The Gong's 'Better Worlds', a locked-in, hypnotising fusion of semi-organic deep house grooves, new age melodic motifs and the dreamiest of ambient chords. Over on the flip they dip into slo-mo Italo-disco/acid house fusion via SIRS fine revision of My Friend Dario's 'Tell Aro', before treating us to a Pedro Bertho remix of Verdo's 'Belvourdier' in which sparkling Balearic house piano riffs, undulating acid lines and mid-80s "chorus" synth sounds rise above a fluctuating synthesiser bassline and hustling beats.