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Review: Sound On Sound, also known as Shan and Mr.Mellow, unleashes pure disco energy with KUD 003 on the Kickin' Up Dust label. Side 1 begins with 'Sweat,' a high-octane disco anthem featuring a heavy piano lead that drives the track forward with relentless energy. With its killer bassline and stomping beats, it is a peak-time banger guaranteed to ignite dancefloors. On Side 2, 'Particules' takes a deeper dive into the disco realm with an Italo house-inspired bassline. This track exudes a sexy and futuristic vibe while maintaining a retro charm that harkens back to the golden era of disco. With its infectious groove and sultry atmosphere, it is sure to captivate listeners and keep them moving until the early hours. This EP is guaranteed to keep the disco fans dancing.

Review: Frankfurt producer Shan has enjoyed a long and productive friendship with Running Back Gerd Janson. To date, it has included a swathe of collaborative tracks and remixes, as well as regular solo releases on the label. Shan's latest EP for the imprint is naturally packed with playable material. Saucer-eyed, retro-futurist opener "Who Run Tings", for example, underpins jaunty, Inner City style stabs and piano riffs with corking, hip-house style breakbeats, while "Awakenings" offers a slightly more muscular, big room-friendly take on the turn-of-the-'90s piano house blueprint. Shan deviates further from the script on the Nu Groove style vintage deep house musicality of "English Summer" and deep '80s synth-pop-meets-deep house flex of closer "Take Me To The Top".

Review: Few are better at saucer-eyed, rave revivalism than Victor Shan. He's made a habit of successfully doffing a cap to the early '90s, primarily via collaborations with Tuff City Kids and the booming Chord Memories 12" on Running Back. Here he's at it again, kicking off with a "Piano Mix" of "Work It" that sounds like a long lost collaboration between Inner City and Tyree Cooper. There's a more flustered, UK hardcore feel about "Bassline Party", even if it does contain a classic Chicago house bassline and a swinging, boompty style groove. Flip for a ghetto style "Miami Mix" of work it, plus a couple of handy DJ tools (the hip-house-goes-rave groove of the "Rave Beats" version being particularly potent).