PRINS THOMAS Vinilo y CD

Review: Is there a more iconic modern disco duo that Lindstom and Prins Thomas? The superb Scandic-pair link up here to great effect on a six track record for Smalltown Supersound. As ever the references are far and wide, from world music to deep house, cosmic ambience to synth music. The tracks are stuffed with subtle details and a rich overarching musicality that makes them as good for focussed headphone listening as it does an early evening dance. 'Oranges' is achingly gorgeous, 'Harmonia' is awash in lush arps and 'Small Stream' is dreamy bliss. Once again these maestros have come through with the goods.

Review: A decade after opening its' doors, Prins Thomas' Full Pupp label - a long-running showcase for Norwegian talent - has reached 50 releases. Fittingly, the imprint's figurehead has decided to mark the occasion with a double-pack of his own material - his most expansive offering since the Prins Thomas III LP in 2014. Highlights are plentiful, from the fluid, broken rhythms, undulating electronics and bubbling acid lines of the quietly grandiose "Meiro", and trance-inducing, dark nu-disco of "Trans (12" Version)", to the Chicago acid-influenced dancefloor wonkiness of "Toransu". The package also contains a tasty "bonus beat" rub of one of the tracks, and previously unheard remixes from Chmmr and Kort.

Review: Prins Thomas seems to have got this album making malarkey down to a fine art. Having taken what seems like an eternity to put together his 2010 debut album, Prins Thomas, he's now up to volume three in his self-titled solo series. Whereas previous albums had a crustier krautrock feel amongst the cosmic synths, Prins Thomas III is largely downtempo, delivering a range of atmospheric Scandolearic moments that recall his two full-lengths alongside pal Hans-Peter Lindstrom. As usual, there's much to enjoy, from the drifting downtempo fluidity of "Trans" and wonky leftfield disco of "Labyrinth" to the sparse off-kilter Italo of "Apne Slusa" and intoxicating Middle Eastern chug of "Arabisk Natt (Dub)". In many ways it's a muted set - by his standards, at least - but that only adds to its' lazy, hazy charm.

Review: Way back in 2005, Prins Thomas called upon Todd Terje to launch his own Full Pupp label, an offshoot of Bear Entertainment and since then the label has provided a constant stream of Norwegian disco from the likes of Diskjokke, Blackbelt Andersen, Marius Vareid and of course Prins Thomas. To celebrate a decade of releasing records the Nordic outpost deliver a four-part vinyl sampler series (and separate CD version) with focus on talents from Norway. And first up on this third sampler is a Prins Thomas edit of Sex Tags Mania character Skatebard and his bubbly, xylophone paddled "Sequence". Recent label debutant Oyvind Morken delivers a croaky-Tropicana-themed "En Navneles Jaevel", while Prins Thomas provides his own track with the jolly bassline that is "Alpha Tanga Lama". Jarle Brathen returns to the series after appearing on the first sampler, this time in remix form with Omar V's Italo disco version of "Track 4" that in parts whispers New Order's "Blue Monday" into your ear.