Various - House of Riviera Vol 2Format : 2xLP Label : Mona Musique Catalog # : MMLP002 Genre : House In the early 1990s, Italy hosted one of the most prolific scenes in the burgeoning world of House music. Whilst the majority of Europe was only just beginning to digest the arrival of this new musical genre born in the US, Italian clubs, DJs and labels were hot on the heels of their counterparts in the already established scenes of New York and London. The clubs of the Adriatic coast

00 Shipping Starts Today by Joaquin Joe Claussell & Ron Trent

the song and album became an instant success for Americo in and outside the clubscene (note: DJs were not the primary source of dance music in those days

as if looking back on a parallel past

Label : Pacific City Discs

In the last few years we’ve seen French DJ and producer Laroye delivering the goods time after time on respected labels such as Atjazz Recordings

The band is still performing to this day in the Luxemburg-Cape Verdean live circuit

for the first time ever on vinyl

Hutch's fatback vocal aided by a vicious drum ‘n’ conga rhythm whilst the bumping uptown soul of “You Can’t Miss Something That You Never Had” anticipates the Motown-vibe that Hutch went on to create

Swift EP by SUCHI

Forced into lockdown

this record demonstrates just how naturally Western artists are absorbing the rhythms

Shape-shifting layers of rhythm and woody overtones match Poulo’s commanding voice in a jocular yet deliberate dance