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Review: The legendary Discoteca Cosmic resident Daniele Baldelli played these two tracks by MPB-jazz group Azymuth in his DJ sets extensively back in 1979. Today he remixes and models them as he deems most suited to a Cosmic DJ set. Their famous hit 'Jazz Carnival' is reworked as a hypnotic and bass-driven stomper in conjunction with Marco Dionigi (Quantistic Division), while Baldelli flies solo for a low slung cover version up next. Over on the flip, Baldelli taps Dionigi one more time for a session of meditative slo-mo tribal groove on their rework of 'Young Embrace' also taken from the acclaimed Light As A Feather LP.

Review: Cosmic don Baldelli commences a new six part project that will culminate in a mix and some beautiful six-piece 12" sleeve art collage. Igniting as he means to go on, each cut shakes and struts with distinctive aspects of Daniele's signature style: "Thyratron" is a ballroom jazz anthem-in-waiting with lavish piano splatters over an insistent disco chug, "Diffrazione" takes us much deeper into Baldelli's psyche with soaring, heavily processed guitars and synths freaking out over a pulsating bulbous bass bed while "Inner Light" brings us back into reality with a mildly Nordic piece of pop-oriented disco, all sensual, breathy vocals and a twinkling synth groove. Bring on the next chapter.

Review: It's been emotional... A year and a half since "Cosmic Temple 1" first landed, Italian legend Baldelli hits the sixth and final chapter of his series. Across the collection we've experienced some of his wildest ideas and inspirations and it seems he's saved some of the best for last. Don't be alarmed if you lose hair, hours of your life and your mind to the dubby eastern horns and cosmic bubbling 303 of "Taxon", the glam psych guitar jamboree of "Kevlar" and slap bass and sparkling synth syncopation of "33 VS 45". Long may Baldelli continue to don the dance in this esoteric way.

Review: Daniele Badlelli's Cosmic Temple series reaches its fourth chapter, and as usual the Italian legend is in a typically mixed-up mood. Somewhat surprisingly, opener "Joka Joka" sounds like an Afro-cosmic take on Acid Jazz (think jaunty clavs, Tony Allen rhythms, hearty African vocals and goatee-sporting saxophone solos). On the flip, Baldelli goes back to his roots with the sharp guitar solos, kosmiche synths and metronomic, Italo-disco grooves of "Vhanessa", before pitching things down to minus eight with the outer-space synth chug of "Archetipo". With its' delay-laden drum hits, heady sound effects and killer analogue bassline, it's the closest thing on the EP to the cosmic disco blueprint.

Review: The cover artwork for this third installment in Daniele Baldelli's Cosmic Temple series appears to have been designed by someone under the influence of 1960s strength acid. In many ways, it's fitting, because the music inside is deliciously trippy. Like previous installments in the series, Baldelli is happy to mix things up musically, with the Balearic-inclined Italo-disco dreaminess of A-side "Gandharva" being contrasted by the live-sounding, rock-tinged cosmic disco-funk of "Kosmaro". As for closer "Isotropofunk", it sees Baldelli doing his best Bob James impression, with suitably solid results.

Review: Daniele Baldelli: Unquestionably one of DJ culture's longest-standing and furthest-thinking selectors drops the penultimate edition of his epic "Cosmic Temple" series with three more exception slabs of creative disco fusion. "Kata Sandi" is a cloud-leaping homage to the new romantic with just a dash of futurism with the trippy roboticised voice processing, "Esaedro" goes for a much more direct dancefloor approach with strong references to Moroder in the initial groove before daringly flipping to a much warmer, smoother jazz dynamic mid-way. Finally "Dioxide" closes the show on a freakier note as a beautifully processed human voice elements are twist inside out with an almost animated energy. Quintessential Baldelli.