Two fantastic edits here appearing on the second volume of the Mr Bongo series – hats off to Luke Una here and the way he has changed the dynamic and energy for two must-have jammers. One is a jazz dancer come proto-house fusion, think Chaz Jankel and Marshall Jefferson being new additions to The Believers. The other is a re-fix of another track of South African origin, making it even more primed for the dancefloor.

Dubbed the É Soul Cultura captain, Luke is one of the originators of Manchester’s legendary club night Electric Chair (respect to Justin also) and taps into a lifetime of musical discovery for the second volume in this series, following the first installment from Danny Krivit. A stalwart of the underground for nearly 40 years, this is another addition to nightlife treasures, following his two É Soul Cultura compilations released on Mr Bongo over the past two years.

First up, Thandi Zulu & The Young Five’s interpretation of Pure Energy’s early ‘80s disco power play – Love Game – Luke explains the original has this “bonkers alchemy of heavy machine soul, uptempo rawness and a majestic disco evangelism.”

On the B side, Lionel Pillay’s jazz dancer – Plum. “The original was a relentless 18-minute raw jam,” Luke says, “…which despite its late ‘70s South African origin kinda reminded me of a 1986 Chicago piano house record.

“These edits strip the tracks back and rebuild them, giving them more sonic weight with that looped up drum jacking militancy from the days of Chicago, combined with a boosted sense of transcendental, psychedelic, cosmic disco. They have always had such an explosive reaction on so many dancefloors, so it felt only right to reshare them.

“I’ve been an avid collector of afro-beat house, techno and underground black heart disco since before the basement soul days of Electric Chair 30 years ago. Both these bombs were very much holy grail finds, plucked from the last four decades of digging in random crates of dusty vinyl all over the world.”

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