Gamm Vinilo y CD

Review: After the roaring success of his last outing here, the '3 Woman EP,' Art Of Tones is back on GAMM with a 12" that brings male ovals to the fore. They are all very different in style but all highly effective. 'International Truth' opens with strident and funky disco drums and noodling guitar lines with soulful tones lighting up the beats. 'Don's Expensive Afro' is a rework of a rare Afro-disco track with more expressive vocals instructing the floor to move. Last of all is a stunning reimagining of an overlooked Stevie Wonder gem, 'Stevland's Run', which is off-balance and unusual funk madness laden with psyched-out guitar work.

Review: Berlin's prolific Delfonic is back on GAMM with part two of his popular Berlin Reworks series. Building on the fine first instalment, he delves into his record collection to rework four beloved tracks and they feature classic black dance music and blend modern disco-soul, soulful disco, jazz-funk, and vibrant jazz-dance. Each track offers something different so these jams will cater to a wide range of tastes from the aching soul of 'Will You Follow Me?' to the feel-good funk of 'Lemme Change', percussive and chord-laced magic of 'Come On & Dance' and cosmic dancer that is 'Chillinger'.

Review: After impressing first time round, Love Drop is back with a second single for the aways reliable GAMM label. Once again the mission is simply - to tear the roof off with big, disco and house fusions that are jam packed with hooks, soul and heft. 'We Got To Get Our Shit Together' is something of a cosmic workout that has synths reaching out to the stars while the congas, flashy synth breakdowns and tropical beats roll on below. 'Let It Flow' is a throwback vocal roller with all the dazzle and glossiness you need to get the floor packed and pumping.

Review: Gilberto Gil and Ernie Watt's classic jazz dancer 'Gondwana' gets a big remake here for the main man OPOLOPO. He offers a tweak that brings broken beat funk, with his jazz-fusion keys dancing over the shuffling drums and bass and mad pianos brings the vibes. The vocals are the icing on the cake for this class South American party starter. On the flip he turns his sights to Kevin Moore's 'Speak Your Mind' which is a summery and soulful disco heater with a squelchy boogie bassline that takes off and ensures the dance floor will do the same.

Review: Gamm is one of those labels you can always rely on to come through with some dance floor magic. This time out they get Opolopo in to serve up some of his top tweaks. First up he tackle's George Duke's 'Cravo E Canela' and does so with a sunny disposition, plenty of cosmic synth work and dancing drums that are run through with an uplifting spirit. On the flip side of this lush 12" is a tweak of Flora Purim's 'Love Lock,' another majestic jazz-funk groove with conversational leads and a golden sound backed by lush vocals and nice disco-stepping beats.

Review: Opolopo is the alias of Hungarian born, Stockholm-based producer Peter Major. He's no stranger to G.A.M.M. having garnered several releases on it in recent years, and this might be one of his most exciting yet. Here he lends his Midas touch to two classics by legend Herbie Hancock; on the first side he turns 'Butterfly' into a lo-slung late night groove that makes for proper mood music, while over on the flip there's a right dancefloor heater in the form of a seriously funked-up tweak of 'Hang Up Your Hang Ups'.

Review: The latest missive on GAMM is something of a biggie. It features two superb reworks of classic cuts by Pharoah Sanders and Roy Ayers courtesy of Opolopo, a house producer whose cuts always have plenty of synth-fired funk and lashings of soul. He brilliantly transforms Sanders' "You've Got To Have Freedom" into a rubbery, Latin-tinged house number, underpinning the original jazz cut - complete with righteous vocals and killer trumpet solos - with an ace new bassline and beefed-up beats. He takes a different approach on his revision of Roy Ayers' "We Live In Brooklyn Baby", re-casting it as a rolling and chunky house number full of suspenseful string parts, twinkling pianos and Ayers' titular vocal.

Review: It's always a pleasure to see some new GAMM heat arrive at Juno and the latest twelve from Mad Mats long running edits imprint does not disappoint! Austrian producer David Panda, known for some deep house moves for Dessous and Seasons, comes through with a nice re cut of the classic Marvin Gaye Motowner "I Want You" that adds a subtle house groove to the track. This is matched on the B Side by the contribution from Spatio Edits, upping the pace of Musiq Soulchild's "Forthenight" and slipping in a brilliantly bumping house flex which really works well with the originals string arrangements, whilst R Kelly's "Happy People" gets strapped to a boompty house beat.

Review: Following their very respectful cover of Marvin Gaye, Swiss disco lotharios Estephe and Vulzor serve up another hot and steamy cover version and one very tasteful edit. "Set It Out" pays homage to Midway's 1984 classic with firing boogie licks and P-funk bass marathons. "Mercy", meanwhile, sees them returning to Gaye for inspiration. Less of a cover, more of a groove, it's a sampling masterclass.

Review: Setting the foundations for this summer's emphatic exploration of all things Brazilian, Aroop's inaugural Brazil Breakdown EP came our way in October 2013. Scoring critical acclaim with all the right tastemakers and critics, he set the bench high, and naturally this sets it even higher. Three well-dug not-too-obvious classics, each one has been given the perfect amount of Aroop polish. Jorge Ben's "Xica Da Silva" gets a mild discofication by way of a gossamer bass lick, Trio Ternura's "A Gira" natural rhythmic insistency is emphasised with subtlety and Marcos Moran's conga-heavy "Esquindin Din" gets the uptempo facelift it's always dreamt of. Unlike the World Cup itself, re-edits like this are truly timeless.

Review: French producer and DJ Young Pulse has really gone places since his first release on GAMM, and is now well on his way to being an established name on the worldwide disco and house scene. Here on his eighth volume of Paris Edits, you get a full taste of the uplifting quality boogie and disco that he's all about. On side A, you've got a proper lo-slung dancefloor heater with a killer horns section and life-affirming vocals. Over on the flip, for your enjoyment there's a classic Ingram style number featuring a nice gospel theme.