AM Holland Vinilo y CD

Review: Dutch scalpel crew AM lays down more hot-to-trot re-edits of great records you've never previously heard. This time round, label regular Afrobot is at the controls, wickedly rearranging "Percussion Grooves" from around the world. We're particularly enjoying the dense percussion and trance-inducing vibe of heavyweight opener "Soca Trance", though the wild electronics, trippy lead lines, bustling bass and delay-laden drum machine hits of "I'm Alive" also hit home hard. On the flipside, "Kalao" is a wonderfully heavy, Afro-disco drum workout - the kind of cut we could imagine the Idjut Boys hammering - while "Body & Soul" is a synth solo-laden re-work of a little known cover of a familiar disco favourite that probably originated in Africa or the Caribbean.

Review: The success of Holland's AM edit imprint lies in its founders' desire to offer up on-point scalpel reworks of thoroughly obscure but inspired tracks from around the world. Naturally, there's plenty of evidence to support this argument on the label's sixth hand-stamped 12". AM regular Afrobot kicks things off via "Turkish Dream", a fine tweak of a boisterous, Hammond-heavy chunk of glassy-eyed late '60s dream pop, before Matt Moroder gets busy with a deliciously low-slung slab of Middle Eastern post-punk dub disco. On the flip, Potentiometer rearranges a seriously heavy Turkish funk-rock workout - think Rare Earth guitar riffs, sweaty drumming and eyes-closed solos - while Afrobot takes is further into psychedelic territory via the mind-altering, Moog-boasting brilliance of "Kalk Gidelim".

Review: While some previous AM outings have focused solely on re-edits of quirky and obscure records, this EP boasts all original material from a Romanian producer with a passion for intoxicating electronics, slow grooves and mind-altering concept albums. The six tracks here are split into two distinct camps. On the A-side, the AM crew has gathered together some of his most atmospheric chuggers, including the doomy, Section 25-influenced weirdness of "Articulat" and the bustling psychedelic trip that is "Mean Machine". The flipside is a little less tightly focused but no less impressive, with the warbling operatic vocals, head-nodding percussive hypnotism and late night ambient textures of "Love Affair" standing out.

Review: These four oddball new beat tracks are perfect for those wanting to serve up some left of centre dance floor thrills. Opener 'Let's Dance' mangles a David Bowie sample into waves of glistening synths and silvery drum machine sounds that will swell any crowd. 'Quinz Lord' is a twisted technoid monster with spangled leads and machine-gun effects, and 'E-O' (with T Lavanchy) then goes a little deeper into early Chicago house territory with some well placed vocal samples adding the soul. 'I Love You,' as the title suggests, is a slightly more warm and heartfelt sound but still with plenty of prickly beats and raw perc.