Moscow born DJ & producer, Phil Gerus, has already shined this year on Futureboogie, contributing a sterling effort to our Summer Riot IV compilation last month.  And so the multi-genre crossing producer returns to the fold with his own 4 track EP, brimming with raw boogie business.

Already a regular on the Sonar Kollektiv and Man Make Music labels, Gerus has also cropped up on Kerri Chandler’s Madtech label and the DhARMA imprint.

The ‘Now Is Gone’ EP features four funk fuelled cuts, from the bass slapping boogie down of opener ‘One More Button Down’ to the electro tinged ‘Better Sing It To Me First’, filled with synth sweeps, deft guitar licks, heavy claps and syncopated bass, a very authentic slice of 80s groove!

‘She Rides Shotgun’ ramps up the energy levels with a high tempo dancefloor burner, whilst the EP title track, ‘Now Is Gone’, unfurls into a robotic and choppy dub mix style cut, just waiting for the lino to go down on the floor for some serious popping moves!

A warm, authentic and lively release then from Gerus, who displays an in depth knowledge and touch for the sound and applies this is droves to all the tracks here.


Phil Gerus - One More Button Down (FBR038) [clip]

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Born in East Germany, Ronald KOON's first musical passion was almost exclusively Michael Jackson. In the late 1990s, he discovered French electronic music, which was then becoming popular in the charts. After many nights of partying in clubs and festivals as an enthusiastic partygoer, he first stood behind the decks in a club in 2007, back then still with vinyls. Later, he and his crew organized a legendary party series in his hometown for many years, which was dedicated to French electro of the late 2000s, the "French Kiss". He then increasingly devoted himself to disco and other electronic sounds of the 1970s and 1980s and began producing his own music.
Ronald's sets, which are heavy on edits and presented with eclectic energy, are a mixture of classic and contemporary disco and house. The varied repertoire between jackin', soulful, funky and a touch of UK is always driving, exciting, danceable, always good for a surprise, full of heart and never far from the great voices, grooves and melodies of the disco era. His often avant-garde and mostly tongue-in-cheek outfits round off Ronald's presence behind the decks to a lasting experience.
Ronald KOON's releases on smaller international disco and house labels have already received some attention in the scene. He is a regular member of the DISCOnnect collective, which organizes its own events and publishes a monthly DJ podcast.