You know we are on an odyssey to build the celestial disco, an aural dark cellar space where a balaclava-clad dude wearing a non-ironic pink flamingos gradient t-shirt spins lovely ultra-committed dance music such as this for you awesome people to enjoy in an eternal progression across the juxtaposed countries of JOY/CLASS/SWEAT.

Gino Soccio’s never less than awesome compositions tend to lie somewhere in between the smooth pastel and cream of Studio 54 disco classicism and the no holds barred coke addled onslaught of true blue italo. Say, ‘Dancer’ or ‘It’s Alright’ are more of the latter, and ‘Turn it around’, which we are dropping in your lap with a smile of anticipation rrrright now is the former. There are at least three ‘woah’ moments in this tune, i.e. when the boogie bass-line kicks in like some sort of hip dislocating poltergeist, the satin tale  of unrequited love and regret of the chorus, and the saxophone solo, ah, the saxophone solo. Take your white suit to the dry cleaner kid, because after listening to this, you might want to take it for a spin.

Gino Soccio- Turn it Around

In Flagranti are the late-night equivalent of a black swan, i.e., some afro’d gold toothed wraparound shades wearing straggler who turns up from God knows where without knowing anyone and turns a conventional soiree into some sort of archetypal elysian party the likes of which haven’t been seen since the heyday of the big apple 80s, how, by chopping and screwing with whatever record collection happens to be available, banging on pots and kettles at all the right moments,  and running from behind the improvised decks into the improvised dance-floor to have an epic Capablanca-style boogie with a bunch of people who didn’t know they had it in them to swing like maniacs in some filthy lounge until the sun comes out, and beyond.

Anyway, they are behind the latest instalment of the eminently collectable and ever-so party enhancing RVNG of the NRDS series which you should of course fetch ASAP, if you need further reasons just check this out, AOR drums whiplash!

Aural Yaw- Send

Now slow it down for a sec, we think the Bielorusian/Glasgow/mysterious province of Black Space populated by an eternally reconfiguring population of silver diamonds is where it’s at, and Dollskabeat has arrived to take us there with her first release out in May on Optimo Music. Yes, we are talking about our cultural heroes’ record label, you know it’s going to be aces, check, illuminated synth-pop infected with heavenly vocals about foreboding developments in the astral plane, it sounds like the Knife going mid-tempo italo, or an esoteric bubblegum pop version of ‘Sweet Surprise’ by Chris and Cosey and Eurythmics. Take your silver-lined sorceress cloak to the dry cleaner, because after listening to this, you might want to take it for a slow-mo spin.

Dollskabeat- Zodiac Rising