Review: Vincenzo - Lake Bell (Be Adult Music)

Vincenzo is back in 2025!

 

Nearly two years since Be Adult Music released 'Extrasolar' / 'The Witching Hour' (see review HERE), 'Lake Bell' has some of the sweeping Ibiza sunshine that was on the now classic Sumsuch & Will Brock 'Born Free' remix (see review HERE) but as an instrumental.

Check it out!

Artist:  Vincenzo 

Title: Lake Bell

Release date: 16th January, 2025

Label: Be Adult Music 

Catalog Number: TBC

Format: Digital / Bandcamp

Review: VA - Family Affair Vol. 4 (Razor-N-Tape)

The NYC to the world present that comes via those trendies at Razor-N-Tape (now on Vol. 4) is the compilation that gives the most for the dancefloor that's 'Family Affair'.

If you've been a fan of Razor-N-Tape's yearly round-up of friends and family since Vol. 1 in 2021, the first thing you'll notice about this years' Vol. 4 is they've swopped the black frame album art theme for a snappy pop-art-ish 3x3 tile, which would work great if they created drinks coaster products (Ed. we'll want 10% of future sales).

You'll also notice that the quality of Vol. I's "affair", like heavyweights Dimitri From Paris, DJ Rocca and the then lesser known, Clive From Accounts (who only last week had his Fred Everything remix released on Lazy Days Recordings - see review HERE), is still being used as the formula.

There's two options, a 5-track 12" featuring DJ Rocca's comptemporary in the cosmic disco style, Ilija Rudman ('Discoteka Parmida'), Yasmin ('Real High'), Barcelona's Arnau Obios ('Pagan Mambo', a lively Afrobeat), label co-maestro JKriv's rework of Bessa Simons' 'Sii NaNa' plus one of our 2024 favourites, Vincenzo with 'Love Accurate' (also see the incredible Vincenzo remix of 'Free Born Man' by Sumsuch & Will Brock - see review HERE and his own 'Extrasolar' on Be Adult Music - see review HERE).

The digital 10 track also features future names like the Underground System's "Afro-Punk-Disco" (very NY), Dennis Liber and Yasmin Kademian on Latin-Italo-disco ('Baila Exotica') and Misiu's 'Belsize Funk' (too good to be influence by Belsize Park 80s jazz-funk? And Mike Misiu who was on Family Affair Vol.2 with Philippa who has just has a remix released on Best's Friends - see review HERE) and on Vol. 3, Yuu Udagawa who had her tracks remixed by JKriv and Fred Everyting earlier this year (see review HERE).

So it's clear that those that you don't know on Vol. 4 now will probably go on to get better known within the Family Affair dispora of dance so get it now to get ahead of the game and enjoy this wide ranging festive get together.

Artist: Various Artists

Title: Family Affair
Release date: 13th December, 2024
Label : Razor-N-Tape.
Catalog Number : TBC
Format :  12" - 5 track viyl / Digital / Bandcamp

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Review: Sumsuch & Will Brock - Free Born Man (with Vincenzo Remix) (Colour & Pitch)

Seems like we've been waiting a long time for the next installment of the Sumsuch & Will Brock musical adventure but fear not, 'Free Born Man' (on Colour and Pitch) will be with us soon.

And if Sumsuch's love of "fascinating blends of deep floating house music" isn't enough, he's gone and got one of the current experts in the field, Vencenzo on the remix.

The original track is very much in their own classic style of 'There Comes A Time' as that one also has a dramatic floaty free that is the perfect vehicle for Mr. Brock's vocals and great use of uplifting bouncey synths. 

Equally essential is the reduced beach bar - piano lounge chillout house of Vincenzo's remix that fits in and at the same time, is a bit of a contrast to other recent releases like the influencial single last year on Be Adult Music, 'Extrasolar'/''The Witching Hour' - which came out at about the time of Sumsuch & Will Brock's last release, 'Don't Know Where I'm Going' (with Gavin Boyce Remix - see review HERE) that featured Kameelah Waheed who continues to keep cropping up and most surpristingly of Joseph Malik's new album on Ramrock Records (see review HERE).

Will Brock's fantastic vocals lift the soul of the track in both forms but just as mesmerising is the there's the two instrumental versions as a bonus.

This is a fantastic start to 2024 that also happens to be the 10th anniversary year of Colour & Pitch and long term readers of YATM will recall the Sumsuch/Brock opened the Colour & Pitch label's account back in 2015 with the now classic, Simpathico (see review HERE) and they've followed this up the equally essential 'All Along', 'Shine' and 'Humanity' plus remixes; perhaps there's a compilation album due?

Don't forget this months' Colour & Pitch Sessions mix that starts with the Vincenzo remix (see below) and the Sumsuch/Matty Eeles release 'Find Home' on Be Adult Music with remixes by Vincenzo  - see review HERE)

Colour and Pitch · Colour and Pitch Sessions with Sumsuch - February 2024

Artist: Sumsuch & Will Brock 
Title: Free Born Man (inc. Vincenzo Remix) 
Release date: 1st March 2024
Label: Colour & Pitch
Cat. No: CAP092
Format: Digital / Bandcamp

Review: Missfeat - Don't Fool Yourself feat. Jun (The Remixes) (Be Adult Music)

Whilst Will Sumsuch didn't play the original version of 'Don't Fool Yourself' on the March Colour & Pitch Podcast, I can almost guarantee he'll play one of these remixes on his show this month.

This is so summer and the '7 Anniversary' compilaton that Be Adult Music released (see review HERE) was more than full of great tracks like Cedric Salander' 'Essence' and 'A Soul' by Paul Losev.

The Vincnezo remix make it even more summery (if that's possible? Certainly enough to make the August Colour & Pitch mix - see below), the Mass Digital remix has emphasised the synth-pop side of the 80s vocal and then Cedric Salander raises his profile with an upbeat Baleraic style that's a whispy as the artwork.

Best of the lot is Missfeat's own retouch mix just to press home how good the original is and at a proper 7 mins plus length.

So, 'Don't Fool Yourself' and enjoy this new addition to the dancefloor. 

Colour and Pitch · Colour and Pitch Sessions with Sumsuch - August 2023

Artist: Missfeat

Title: Don't Fool Yourself (The Remixes)

Release date: 3rd August, 2023

Label; Be Adult Music

Catalog Number: BAM321

Review: Vincenzo - Extrasolar / The Witching Hour (Be Adult Music)

If you like it deep, you've probably called the toll free number 1-800-Vincenzo and now he's back. 

All grown up on Be Adult with this release as it's not just solar, it's 'Extrasolar'.

This is where there's synth based space travel to the beach is ready for the Ibiza sun whilst on the 'b-side',  'The Witching Hour' is like a race to a deeper Detroit with big synth bounce.

Following on from the recent compilation '7 Anniversary' (see review HERE), this release shows no sign of any itching problem areas in their relationships with the deep house music producer community so expect another big year for Be Adult.

Artist:  Vincenzo 

Title: Extrasolar  

Release date: 13th March, 2023

Label; Be Adult Music 

Catalog Number: BAM301