Bearfunk has been particularly busy recently and "Hibernation Volume 1" is the first of a new series of compilations. These unmixed CDs will feature greatest hits of the previous months, future smashes and some exclusives unavailable elsewhere. Things open up with the slick vocal styling and chilled bar grooves of Social Disco Club and "The Way You Move", with our pal Greg Wilson on the edit. Ronda, Jan Ken Po (a new guise for Max Essa), King DJ and Billy Bogus/Sal deliver us some fine nu-disco gems. Old label favorite and Japanese buddy Altz gives us an exclusive track "Orympia Rocks" and label head-bear gets busy with Lindstrom with their collaboration "Daybreak". Talking of Altz and Mr Kotey, there is a digital only exclusive mix of the Lordy track "Off With His Head". Things get all George Clinton with newcomers Free Disco and their Psychedelic Disco romp "Kelp Man". Dutchman Roberto Auser gets filmic and leftfield with "Secret Can" while due Filipsson and Ulysees deliver some NYC house flavored disco beats. Florida based Sleazy Mcqueen gets his percussive groove on, while uber-cool French favorites Black Joy remix the Barbarella-esque Diaphanoids classic "Mermaids Of Lunaris". Things finish off on a more downtempo affair with Mat Playford´s Weirdo Police project on the haunting closer "Ghost Boat". Limited with a patch of fur glued on the cover.