GEORGE KOUTALIERIS Schallplatten & CDs

Review: Back after a three-year break, NuNorthern Soul's Summer Selections 2025 marks the fifth instalment in the label's beloved Balearic series, which has evolved over the years as an alloying of Ibiza-ready sounds from beachfront occupiers new and old. Manu Archeo opens the set with a slomo rework of Nightdubbing's self-titled cut, while George Koutalieries follows with 'Seasons', a wordless guided medication set upon a golden-hour fade. Label newcomer James E Burton dials up the texture with roomy live drums and suitably blear-ic pads (there's still sleep in your eye). Then comes Visions Of Light, a new trio led by Simon Sheldon, offering dubby percussion and real bridge tremolo on 'The Mandela Vortex'. Finally, Roots Artefact lays down a thick dubbing in 'The Big Calm Dubwise', before French producer Jilo signs off with 'Shadow's Tango'.