SLEAZY MCQUEEN レコード& CD

Review: Following his recent appearance on Smokecloud, Sleazy returns to his Whiskey Disco home to celebrate their 25th release. As you'd expect from McQueen, it's an instant disco funk showdown laced with all manner of well dug sources and sounds. From the tight loop and lolloping bass of "Teeny Lovin'" to the more upfront glitter-sprinkled funk of "In The Year 2014" via an extended, head-turning cover of "Dancing In The Streets", each one of these cuts sparkles with Sleazy's skills and reminds us that Whiskey Disco are still very much on-point with every single release.

Review: Sleazy McQueen reacquaints our ears with his Anne Montone collaboration, the very Crazy P sounding "Anna Due" which cut a swathe of applause upon its original release on Moodmusic in May 2009 with everyone from Twitch to San Soda impressed. Released through McQueen's own Whisky Disco imprint, some discoid heavyweights have been called upon to remix the track with OOFT, Social Disco Club, Cosmic Boogie providing new interpretations along with the Cole Medina remix which featured on the original She Was Totally My Disco Muse release. First up OOFT discards with the original's disco overtones and delves deep into hypno house territory, a similar ploy undertaken by Social Disco Club but with more of an emphasis on throbbing bass. On the flip, Medina's chuggier effort still sounds fresh today whilst Cosmic Boogie impresses with a late night Liverpudlian jam.

Review: Think of this as an early Christmas present from the Whiskey Disco camp: a five-track assault containing fresh edits, reworks and bonus material from label head honcho Sleazy McQueen and pal Obas Nenor. There's naturally plenty of floor-filling material throughout, from the sumptuous sensuality of opener "Love Theme" - all gently undulating grooves, eyes-closed vocal samples and twinkling late night musicality - to the dubbed-out disco-funk of "I Like My Girls (Redux)", and Moroder-ish machine disco pulse of "I Wanna Change You". There's also a curious, but rather good, lullaby-style cover version of the Chic-penned Sister Sledge classic "Lost In Music"; think of that as a gift to disco dads everywhere.

Review: Whiskey Disco's first missive of 2018 is something of a sweaty beast, with a quartet of producers stepping up to deliver some sticky dancefloor heat. Label chief Sleazy McQueen joins forces with Vagabundo Social Club on A-side edit "Boh!", a slamming rework of a Bohannon-esque disco-funk jam rich in hard guitar riffs and crunchy Clavinet lines. The Rejected takes a different approach on the flipside, serving up a rolling, delay-laden tweak of celebratory, soccer-themed Brazilian club jam "O Craque De Futbol". Sunny, funky and low-slung, it's accompanied on side B by the gently housed-up swamp funk of Pontchartrain's "Have a Little Taste". Given the quality of the EP, we're more than happy to follow that instruction.