Spacey keys, warm bass, mellow beats, swirly fx and girls doing vocal gymnastics in unison seems the perfect soundtrack for Sundays. Go straight then to Ofrenda Con Vytas Brenner's 'Avila' on their double album from 1977, 'En Vivo!'.... waiting for my copy to arrive is like waiting for godot...

Ofrenda Con Vytas Brenner - Avila

With their excellent 'Disco Power Play' edits album done and dusted, Soft Rocks drop in at ESP Institute with the wonky and dubby, genre folding original "We Hunt Buffalo Now'. Like anything else on the label, this beast sounds like none other and simply put is bloody genius. The single is one of a series which leads up to the release of 'The Curse Of Soft Rocks', their second LP of the year, only this one's all original material. Original really is the right word for 'Buffalo' too, how else would you describe a track that conflates Elvis via Lux Interior, Dub, The Clash, a Cantonese waltz and Primal Scream? If that isn't enough, the flip side has a remix from Andrew Weatherall that joins a handful of contenders for track of the year.. no doubts... Check the clips below and buy it on the 3rd of October. Massive!!!

[ESP007A] SOFT ROCKS - We Hunt Buffalo Now (snippets) by ESP Institute

Ramada

If, for some reason, you're in Charleston, USA on the first Friday of any month, you're in luck. You can catch JAZ and Party Dad doing their combined Disco party thing at local joint 'The Upper Deck'. Personally, as a long time fan and friend of JAZ, I'd love to catch them spinning records. Having recently discovered Party Dad, only adds to the desire. But you're in luck anyway, as the duo, known as Ramada (when spinning together), have just dropped in with a fresh recording of part of their last night at The Upper Deck. It's a happy selection of classics, diggers gems and one or two more recent'ish bits. The recording is mostly of Party Dad, with a good slice of JAZ taking over around the 45 minute mark before handing the decks back to Tay who closes the proceedings. Sounds to me like a good night out, a few wobbly mixes suggests fun was had by all. The two will also be putting on a second roller disco party in October too, rightly and wonderfully named 'Heaven On Wheels'. So... more reasons to visit Charleston.

I've got quiet a few mixes to get up in the next short while, hope you're ready for 'em...

Ramada at The Upper Deck 

Press Play #53 - Sergio Rizzolo

One thing is certain, in the hunt for mixes from top diggers for a.n.o.e's Press Play series, you're really scoring well in 2011. I realise you may not know some of our contributors as well as you do others, but you can be sure the selection process is the same for all, hence every time I put one of these up I urge you to check it out regardless of who it's by. Anyway having said that let me present you with Press Play #53, a smorgasbord of lesser known and frankly completely unknown grooves (to me) found and mixed by one of Malmo's tuned in heads, Sergio Rizzolo. If you do a mild search of these pages you'll find we've been going on about him for years (as far back as 2008 to be precise). Sergio is a member of and dj's for a Malmo party collective called Prejka, they've been stirring up their crazy Swedish Disco sound over recent years along with fellow Malmo heads Parlour, Lugnet and others. I love this end of the scene, for it's mixed up, deep digging, free thinking take on music to dance to. Mr Rizzolo's 'Postcard From Schweeden' is yet another goldmine set made for your gold lovin' ears...
 
Definitely stop by Sergio's SoundCloud page for a gander at his excellent edits of obscure goodies (some damn fine tracks amongst them) and do also check his fantastic and long running blog Diskoakademin which is often, as the name suggests, a real learning experience. Lastly grab the mix and step inside the world of a Malmo Disco king.

Press Play #53 - Sergio Rizzolo - Postcard From Schweeden

Kelenkye Band's 'Moving World' Album is sadly their only record, but it's so good you can buy a near mint condition copy for about 770 Euro's. Ha! Someone at the excellent Comet Records saw fit, back in 2000, to add the albums highlight 'Jungle Music' to a compilation of Afrobeat goodies called 'Bilongo - A Third Collection Of Modern Afro Rhythms'. Now if you could only find a copy of the compilation. 'Jungle Music' is pure groove, coming from Ghana, Kelenkye's Afrobeat is all warm and fuzzy shebeen Funk, it plays right into the idea that Ghana is 'the heart and soul of West Africa', the rest of the album is good too... Check it...

Kelenkye Band - Jungle Music