SLOWLY Vinilo y CD

Review: First released back in 2019, Slowly's 'I Like It' has long been one of the Japanese crew's most sought-after singles, in part because it offers a near perfect blend of colourful synth-boogie and sumptuous lovers rock. Helpfully, Flower Records has decided to reissue it, once again presenting it on a lovely pink vinyl 45. The A-side vocal version, featuring the sweet, late '70s Michael Jackson style vocals of Jasmine Kara, is simply terrific: soulful, jaunty, toe-tapping, vibrant and underpinned by a punchy, weighty digital-reggae 'riddim'. Turn to the flip for the killer 'Dub' mix, a more skeletal, sub-heavy affair that adds echoing vocal snippets and delay-laden instrumental elements to a toughened-up rhythm track. In a word: essential.