2/28/2023 0 Comments Horse meat disco![]() ![]() They’re not afraid to take the disco template and fuck with the formula and the album really excels when it creeps toward the darker side. The soaring strings of "Falling Deep in Love" featuring the unmistakable voice of Kathy Sledge is a modern-day "Freak Out", while the sensation of a killer disco track is broken down on the early evening vibes of "I’m You Dancing" Annette Brown stating “I’m the flashing lights, I'm the endless nights, I'm the horns and strings, I'm the diva who sings” over parping horns and a slinky booty shaking bassline. Of course, there are disco bangers, Amy Douglas, sets the scene on slick opener "Let’s Go Dancing" as she declares "I’m feelin’ good/let’s go dancing tonight” over nagging guitar riffs lifted from Nile Rogers and salsa piano chords, it's an evocative statement of intent. It’s an album which plays out as the preparation before hitting the club, dancing through the night to the inevitable end. Whether it’s Philly Soul, swooning Ashford & Simpson soul, post-punk's flirtation with the dancefloor, poppers drenched sleaze or cheeky disco-pop it’s all here. The result, Love And Dancing isn’t a cut and paste disco sample slapped onto a house track as many tend to do, it’s the pure essence of all aspects of disco while reaching out to genres it influenced, distilled into long playing form. After a couple of standalone singles, Luke Solomon, A&R for the UK's best house label Defected Records became aware of other bits and pieces, and pushed them to focus on completing them. ![]()
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