Disco Recommendations Best Of 2010

Review: You wait ages for a Golf Channel release and then two stunners drop in the space of a week! The New York imprint follows the gentle cosmiche groove of Dominik Von Senger with some proper dancing fare from !!! Out Hud stalwart Justin Van Der Volgen. Very much in line with his output as part of TBD with Lee Douglas, "Clapping Song" takes mid 90s European house as its core influence. A clapping rhythm reminiscent of the diwali riddim is main percussive element in a relentless beast of a track which trades in any attempt at subtlety for all out sweat inducing industrial bliss. Flip over for the pulsing techno meets deep burning balearica of "Sheebooyah", a track which sounds perfectly suited for the sun rising across the Adriatic at one of this summers many festivals in Croatia.

Review: Repress of the debut Sofrito Super Singles which celebrates the Afro-disco and boogie scene of South Africa, - where Salsoul meets Soweto. Comes housed in a new look Sofrito house sleeve. The three track EP features Teaspoon & The Waves - led by veteran alto player Teaspoon Ndelu. They released one album in 1980, covering a mix of disco and funk sounds for the SA dancefloors. Oh yeh Soweto is a cheeky version of Lamont Dozier's Going Back To My Roots - changing the lyrics and toughening up the beats, but with the same killer riffs. Saturday Night Special is from the same LP, a spaced out Afro Disco groove with excellent percussion and psychedelic synths, re-edited by the Sofrito team. The B side features a track by the Nzimande Allstars - another mysterious group of session musicians. The drawn out groove of Highway Sporo Disco fuses a heavy disco backing with jive guitar and stellar horns and organ for a unique taste of the underground sound of the Cape.