Cruise Control CD

Cruise Control is being marketed as the Italians Do It Better "Summer Sampler". Compiled and mixed by head honcho Jonny Jewel, it naturally features rather a lot of beautiful, moody and life-enhancing music, the vast majority of which puts obscure vintage synthesizers front and centre. Of course, there are some fine curveballs dotted throughout, including the new-wave disco-pop of Twisted Wires's "Struck Twice", the glistening but stripped-back electro-pop of Farah's "Baby Girl", a killer chunk of Balearic boogie from Nite Jewel, and the muscular Italo-disco sleaze that is Glass Candy's "I Always Say Yes". In other words, it's a superb collection of cuts from one of electronic music's most consistently impressive labels.