SUMMER IN DAM

The Funk….  Much like waiting for a bus, sometimes you wait ages for one, and then three turn up at once.  And that’s most certainly applicable here on this Edible release, with three funkateers, in the shape of Thumpasaurus, Justin Jay and Lord Leopard, laying down some serious funk chops all over ‘Space Barn’.

In its original form, ‘Space Barn’ started life as a Justin Jay remix of Thumpasaurus, a riotous live act and fellow Los Angeles based misfits.  Justin’s ‘Burnin’ Remix’ is included here, with as much a nod to 90s house heroes as to the genre busting sounds of ‘Disco Not Disco’ acts like Was Not Was and Material.

Two further ‘Outerspace Dub’ versions of the Justin Jay remix are added here, re-beefed by Edible for a weightier experience with extra love handles around the middle (resplendent in both vox and instrumental versions), and Lord Leopard joins the party with his frenetic Re-Decoration with quite literally will take the top of your head off!

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Thumpasaurus And Justin Jay - Space Barn (Lord Leopold Re - Decoration) (EDIBLE023) [clip]

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Richy Ahmed returns to his Four Thirty Two imprint in rude health, and with his first new productions since the autumnal months of 2019.  Fast asserting his credentials as one of the scene’s greatest exponents of uncomplicated and palpable house music, Richy delivers two new cuts, and enlists Enzo Siragusa to turn his hand to a remix.

A rough and ready production gives ‘Bad Boy’ its instant appeal, as Richy takes a heavy bass driven rhythm and sprinkles chopped up vox and trance inducing tones over the disco inspired groove.  FUSE London resident, Enzo Siragusa, is enlisted on the remix duties for ‘Bad Boy’, scattering shiny string motifs and contorted vocals over a headsy and drumy mix.

Perhaps the greatest of decades in music is invoked on ‘Italo 80’, as Richy simmers an Italo inspired cut, dazzling with thick arpeggiated synths and drum sounds almost as big as the shoulder pads and hair of the era!  A blistering acid line bubbles away as Richy explores a robotic rhythm and dizzying synth motifs.

Richy Ahmed - Bad Boy (Enzo Siragusa Remix) (432R015) [clip]

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