Collection: [Razor-N-Tape]

BaianaSystem

Midnight MAgic

Since debuting on Stilove4music in 2012, Brooklyn duo Devin Dare has offered up an irregular smattering of brilliant EPs for the likes of Apron, Misterio and La Mission, including a couple of notable outings alongside London badman Stevie J AKA Funkineven. Here they showcase their scalpel skills via a first outing on local label Razor-N-Tape. They begin by offering an extra-percussive, party-starting revision of a low-slung, turn-of-the-80s deep disco-meets-punk funk affair ("Clash & Burn"), before romping their way through a weighty revision of a high-octane disco stomper ("KOHO2"). Over on side B, "Dust" sees them successfully re-wire a Hammond-heavy chunk of gospel disco-funk, while "Stop" is a pleasingly percussive revision of a soaring disco number.

Dino Soccio

Elado

Diogo Strausz

To mark their 50th release, Brooklyn scalpel fiends Razor-N-Tape has put together a triple-pack of tried-and-tested reworks from some of the scene's heaviest hitters. It's as strong as you'd expect, with highlights including the heavyweight, delay-laden disco-funk brilliance of Dimitri From Brooklyn's "Hooked On This Feeling" (a dub disco revision of an old Frank Hooker jam by Dimitri From Paris), the Clavinet-driven, piano-laden peak-time hustle of Joey Negro's "Let's Get Ornery", the Clarinet and trumpet-sporting hedonism of Jacques Renault's emotive and heart-tugging "Said I Would" and the screaming, hands-aloft rush of Superprince's "Dependable". Fittingly, label co-fouder JKriv delivers one of the standouts, a rolling revision of an Italo-style, arpeggio-driven delight titled "Lovin' Lasers".

Pontchartrain is Detroit producer Dustin Alexander, an edit specialist and long time collector who aims to make people happy and at home with his music. He certainly does that here with a lush selection of jazz fleck deep house. "Love Is Madness (The Friends & Lovers Dub)" is a smooth grooving number awash with heart swelling chords, while "I-80" is laced with drifting trumpets and new age ambiance that encourages you to dream while you dance. Demuja offers a feel good mix of "Love Is Madness" on the flip and Simon Black & Leafar closes out with old school feelings, irresistible chords and sexy sax lines.

Elia Y Elizabeth

Rabo & Snob