WAZE & ODYSSEY 黑胶唱片和CD

Review: Waze & Odyssey return to their label Street Tracks with a double A-Side Real Good Like / Everything (You're Made Of). The release comes with a remix of Real Good Like, and a Trikk re-dub. The EP has picked up early club support from the likes of Huxley, Jimpster, Severino, Skream, Duke Dumont, XXXY, Citizen, Adam Shelton, Maya Jane Coles & Kim Ann Foxman.

Review: Waze & Odyssey appear to be on a quest to rack up record number of label appearances in 2013 (keep up Ejeca!) and their latest release sees the pair descending on New York once more to helm the debut release on the LPH WHITE series. A further expansion of Jacques Renault and Nik Mercer's Lets Play House operation, LPH WHITE sees the label take it's "cue from those mysterious, classic, unmarked dance records of years past." Unsurprisingly, Waze & Odyssey are in upfront mood on both original cuts here, though lead cur "Feelin' You" demonstrates a new found percussive subtlety in amdist all the chopped vocals and dancefloor shredding chord stabs. A hint at the label's future is offered by a remix from London-by-way-of-Southern California up-and-comer Urulu who will be gracing the second WHITE EP with four original productions.

Review: Waze & Odyssey step up for Disco Bloodbath's fourth release with an EP that harbours all that is required for a club hit. "Love Attack" shares in the house-simplicity that made Brawther's MLIU imprint a la mode; sustained and sidechained strings, groovy bassline, phone filtered vocals, sampled party atmospherics and power chords. "She's A Hooker" pitches a dub-steppy melody on top of a beefy Mike Dehnert sounding bass-kick combo and Fachwerkian dub stabs, which are later blessed by "yep-yep" vocal snaps and glutinous house hooks. The Mark E edit of "Love Attack" disco downs the original for a slightly slower Balearic burner.

Review: Waze & Odyssey are dealing in a lean kind of old-skool flavoured house music which has made its way onto Southern Fried and Wolf Music in 2012. Launching their own imprint to put out their cool and deadly deep house, "Love That (Burns Hot Enough)" kicks things off with a straight-up pumper full of DX7 bassline vibes and light and summery piano chords. It's a simple trick finished off with a snappy diva vocal hook. "Ma Body" is a marginally moodier affair, focusing more on the rhythm section and keeping excessive elements held back until a Casio keyboard line comes in, shredding everything down to pure bliss.

Review: The Sccucci Manucci label has done a fine job of handpicking artists on the rise for their releases to date, collaring the likes of Casino Times, Francis Inferno Orchestra and Toomydisco as well as the odd established name like Jacques Renault. The label's fourth release Forza Quattro is still grounded in the disco/house sensibility that has served them so well, though the presence of Waze & Oddysey demonstrates the Sccucci A & R team are willing to deviate. The elusive US pair are in the midst of a hot patch right now with releases already burning on Body Work and Southern Fried and plenty more due over the coming months, so their presence here is a real coup. "I Can't Hear You" sounds vaguely like a extra bouncy cover of the classic "RIP Groove" and definitely ranks alongside their output to date. Alongside this the white vinyl EP has tempo traversing contributions from Fil Lavin, Sellouts and Deadly Sins, with the latter's slow and chuggy "Don't You Know" a particular highlight.