Nunorthern Soul 黑胶唱片和CD

Review: NuNorthern Soul's 2021 Record Store Day offering is something of a treat. It's a fresh reissue of an impossible-to-find promo 45 first issued to promote Flamenco legend El Turronero's 1980 disco album, EL Hondo. It features two tracks that have long been regular features in the sets of many dusty-fingered Balearic selectors, especially globe-trotting cult leader DJ Harvey. On the A-side you'll find the cosmic, driving, synth-laden brilliance of 'Las Penas (La Cana) - a genuine "everything but the kitchen sink" affair topped off by El Turronero's distinctive vocals - while the more exotic 'Si Yo Volviera Al Nacer', where synths and Sitars accompany the Flamenco-disco grooves, resides on the flip.

Review: Breakout Balearic beat maker My Friend Dario continues to bring a whole new world of influences to the genre with this expansive new EP on Nunorthern Soul. It follows some fine self-related work as well as EPs on Hell Yeah and packs in plenty of the sun you is often baked in back home in the Sicilian coastal city of Catania. It is there that he can gaze out on the azure blue Ionian Sea and there that he tajes us with these dreamy horizontal grooves, gently rhythms, wispy melodies and far off cosmic pads all enrich the mellow drums.