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Review: More spellbinding goodness from Magic Wand

Review: Is It Balearic..? side label Magic Wand return for an eighth installment here with founders Coyote present and correct and complimented by productions from Magellanic Cloud & Oyama. It's Coyote that commence proceedings with the hazy eyed disco loopery of "Hanging" which sounds like a glorious Love Unlimited Orchestra moment unfurled into infinity. "In Your Wildest Dreams" finds Magellanic Cloud in a more horizontal mood, with a gently throbbing undercurrent adding a hint of darkness. The uncredited "We Love Japan Brother Ninjas" is possibly the highlight here, sitting somewhere between heavily dubbed disco and proto house, whilst the Oyama edit of "Dreams" will appeal to fans of Torn Hawk's plaintive guitar noodlings.

Review: The ever-spotless edit bastions Magic Wand continue their great work with another quad of stunning Balearically-minded versions. Each one of them will stir a soul at forty paces with notable highlights coming from Coyote's stunning sun-kissed take on Toto's classic "Rosanna" and the track "Be Balearic" which takes the J Dilla and Common record "It's Your World" and twists the focus on to Common's dad's Gil Scott Heron-style spoken word soliloquy. Beautiful.

Review: Latest release of balearic wizardry from Magic Wand

Review: Dropping in the same week as the latest plate on parent label Is It Balearic, the seventh round of Magic Wand Edits arrives brandishing a quartet of choppers delights from Messrs Coyote, Al Gobi, Last Waltz and The Two Mamarrachos. It's the latter Spanish pair that open proceedings with a wonderfully laid back take on America's "Muskrat Love" adding some substance to the beat for the appreciation of contemporary discotheque DJS. This one's been racking up Soundcloud plays for two years now so props to Magic Wand for scooping it up. Coyote are in fine form on "Mamy" whilst recent Disco Bloodbather and Ibiza denizen Al Gobi demonstrates his capacity for the slower approach with the excellent Gordon Lightfoot revision - touch of the Terje RVNG of The NRDs on this one. Tusk Wax's Tyneside correspondents Last Waltz opt for the Eddie C approach with equally good results of the delay heavy tweaker "Really". Solid Disco for the Disco.

Review: Bathing in the soul-affirming wonder of the 70s and 80s, the Magic Wand posse know exactly what they're after in a groove, and here they turn to regular contributor Coyote to get busy with the razor and re-align some dusty old gems. "Simple Man" is prime high-waist funk with just a few light touches to keep the shuffle and swagger going for longer, while "Daylight" instead finds itself drifting on a slow and serene concoction. "Africa Africa" is a more aggressive affair, piling the drums on hard and maximising on a tribal vocal turn without much of a melody for relief. "Slowly Grail" gets reworked by Groove Me, pumping over an arpeggio with all the desire and longing of the best endless disco tracks.

Review: Magic Wand have been offering up the finest disco edit wares since 2010, and they hit their twelfth release with yet more tempo and era spanning delights from forgotten corners. Mushrooms Project lay the warbling French space synth tones on heavy for their edit of "Capeesco Mina", while Coyote gets into an utterly blissful mindset on the gentle swaying acoustic funk of "Sevilla 9". The Two Mamarrachos get the soul stirring on their heartfelt treatment of "Buenos Sencillos", and then the most overtly clubby moment comes in at the 11th hour from Stupid Human with the urgent throb of "La Grenouille".

Review: Beards at the ready for the third round of the much played and discussed Magic Wand series from the people who brought you Is It Balearic? Frenchman DJ Steef ruled the inaugural release with his killer Black Sabbath edit and he's back to open proceedings here with the delightfully slippery Gallic disco of "Triolisme". Alongside this Coyote drop the first of two contributions in the shape of "A Little Time" which fans of Eighties power ballads from transatlantic groups will be more than familiar. Equally, you'd have to have a poor grasp of popular music to not spot the source for "Outstanding"!