Opening the record are PIN UP CLUB with “Dilapidated”.
The band was approached enthusiastically by Mireia Records’ label heads RSS DISCO last year after listening to their first record “Friends Of The Vortex” on Bordello A Parigi and seeing their live show on a dutch festival. Everyone was on the same page (of the book about Italo Disco’s legacy) quickly, music was exchanged, and the fruits of this likeminded partnership can finally be heard out loud. “Dilapidated” takes you from a state of pondering into the spiral of a fever’s dream and back. Melancholic pads are balanced with an infectious bassline on the foundation of hard-hitting drums.
Two remixes deconstruct the original track for different parts of the night on the dancefloor:
LAUER (Running Back, Permanent Vacation) recruits cow-bells, sirens and ... power to his arsenal and thereby shoots the song towards the sweaty ceiling of your neighborhoods basement rave. His knack for melodies and euphoria is widely known but he really manages to knock you out of the park with this one.
RSS DISCO channel the original track in to a psychedelic journey with a distinctive Italo feeling. A frayed lead melody interwoven with moist Oberheim chords and backed up by old-schoolish drums and a classic arpeggiated Juno Bassline ignite neon lights and incense at the same time.
On the flipside CONGA FEVER is bopping you deep into the thicket, accompanied by his “ Chihuahua ”. Whirring synths, striding drums, and a bassline heavy as the setting sun make up this groover. The song feels moody and balearic, accentuated with strings in an arabian tuning, yet it’s decidedly FUN and danceable.
Conga Fever, who already had a solo EP and a contribution to the “ We’ll Sea ” series on Mireia Records, impresses with music that sounds effortlessly thick and interwoven - surely achieved by
playing all instruments himself and a keen ear on every frequency.
The remixer of this side is Jacob Korn (Uncanny Valley) who jokingly referred to his mix as the “teutonic approach”. The incense has burned out, making space for a new-beat-esque groove, reflecting the cold neon. The bassline and chords still flutter playfully but make no mistake, it’s a straight call to the dancefloor.
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