Review: Disco bossmen HiFi Sean and David McAlmont return with their new album, Daylight, on Plastique Recordings and a fine one it is too to follow up their acclaimed 2023 debut, Happy Ending. Daylight features twelve exhilarating tracks that celebrate the essence of summer and do a good job of capturing its vibrant colours and joyous moods. This is the first of two albums from the duo in 2024, with the nocturnal counterpart, Twilight, set for release on December 1 and therefore likely to be a celebration of the moods of winter. In the meantime, your days will be long and bright and full of dancing with this one.
Johnny Dangerous - "Dear Father In Heaven" (Mr Marvin House Of Dreams mix)
Psychedelic Research Lab - "Keep On Climbin'" (mix 2)
Blow Out Express - "You're Mine" (Sound Factory Bar mix)
The Dance Kings - "Climb The Walls"
Buika X Kiko Navarro - "Mama Calling" (Tedd Patterson remix)
Cassio The Cassmaster - "Getting Hot" (Broad Market Street mix)
Maydie Myles - "Keep On Luvin" (West Tribe beats)
Michi Lange - "Brothers & Sisters" (radio mix)
Shaboom - "Bessie"
D:Ream - "U R The Best Thing" (Def club mix)
Sir Lord Comixx - "Soul House"
Honey Dijon - "Finding My Way" (feat Ben Westbeech)
Art Of Tones - "Praise"
Waajeed - "Right Now"
Black Joy - "Untitled" (Solid Groove remix)
Review: Honey Dijon is exactly the sort of artist you want to hear from in the DJ-Kicks series. And she more than comes through with tracks by Blackjoy, Art of Tones, Shaboom, Kiko Navarro, and a brand-new cut from Dijon herself. Known as a fashion icon, activist, Grammy winner, and DJ, Dijon has achieved success on many fronts but always brings with her a sense of authenticity and a through line to the roots of house in Chicago. The 19-track mix marks her first commercially available compilation and showcases her deep knowledge of house music as she blends forgotten classics, dollar-bin finds, and modern tracks, including one of her own.
Review: Hot Chip are back! The coolest dudes since Devo return like a monkey with a miniature cymbal with their seventh full length album. With vocoding effects layered over the sweet tone of Alexis Taylor's voice referencing all matter of contemporary and retro-active pop and trance sensibilities, this album once again sees Hot Chip at the front of pioneering, friendly and avant garde pop music. Produced by the late Philippe Zdar (one half of Cassius) - also responsible for applying award winning touches to albums by Phoenix and Cat Power, Domino is calling the record "a celebration of joy but recognises the struggle it can take to get to that point of happiness". Our tips: album opener "Melody Of Love" and the '80s trance-pop that is "Hungry Child".
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