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Various 'Kon & the Gang' (BBE)
Kon, of renowned New York crate-diggers Kon & Amir, strikes out on his own with a collection of easy-going disco-house. For most UK clubs, this would be back-room stuff. Cuts such as Serge Gamesbourg’s ‘Do It Well’ and Kon’s own soulful ‘Can’t Get Enough’ are sedate, but on the New York underground, these blissed-out shufflers set the pace. There’s inarguable funk in Bosq’s bass-bumpin’ ‘Out Of My Head’ and Kon’s rework of Doc Daneeka’s ‘I Promise’, which features a Seven Davis r’n’b vocal. On this occasion, though, the point isn’t whether it makes you dance, but how it gels into a hazy journey that musters a mood of smooth tranquility.
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