Lego Edit

Review: Block rocking beats! Italian editor stallion Diego Lego Edit returns with another vinyl-only special. Following his star-gazing UFO edit series last month, here come two spicy jams on Samosa. "Funky Zulu" takes the lead with its vibrant sweeping Afrofunk horns and total wig-out guitar solo. Think "Tropical Paradise" but just a few milky ways deeper into the void and you're on the right street, then take it even deeper into the celestial hood for De-Gama's even livelier remix. Elsewhere "Black Jungle" will tease and please with a lolloping bassline that you'll recognise almost instantly. Premium party pleasure.

Review: Burgeoning Italian imprint Samosa quite literally kick off a new year with purpose as they launch this exciting new V/A EP series "Funk Purpose". Onside are a motley collective of allied editors who dig deep, far and wide for these four party essentials. Lego Edit instantly gets fruity with his Faze O style hazy organs and loose guitar loop, C Da Afro gets super freaky on the chugged out early 80s funk fire "The Disco Freak" while Will Hofbauer goes in express mode with a full sleazy and slinked out strutter. Finally Shit Hot Soundsystem stirs up a fantastic controversial finale. Princely.

Review: Those who keep an eye on the world of download-only edit releases should be familiar with Lego Edit, an Italian remix artist who has released more EPs this year than you've had hot dinners. Here he launches the "UFO Edits" series, joining forces with long-serving selector and Balearic-minded producer Fabrice for two of the three edits. Their joint efforts are impressive, particularly the lolloping intergalactic jazz-meets-dub-disco weirdness of "Destroy Moonbase" (though the low-slung, Hammond-heavy throb of "Shado N-ergy" is not far behind). Also worth checking is solo Lego Edit revision "On The Way", a loopy disco-house affair full of cut-up horn solos and Chic style grooves.