LOUD E Schallplatten & CDs

Review: When it comes to crafting quality edits of ludicrously obscure cuts, few can match long-serving scalpel fiend Loud-E. Having previously plied his wares on Ambassador's Reception and Berceuse Heroique's occasional re-edit series, the Netherlands-based producer has been recruited by Leeds-based, Balearic-minded imprint Passport to Paradise. Predictably, there's much to enjoy throughout, not least the trippy backwards effects, rubbery boogie bassline, starburst electronics and locked-in drums of extended cosmic disco workout "123". Elsewhere, Loud-E chops up some chiming, glassy-eyed, instrumental Balearic synth-pop on "456", before unleashing some wild and weird electronics on the out-of-this-world madness of "789".

Review: Surfacing from somewhere in The Netherlands, the Salamanca Edits series arrives with a stated focus on '70s disco sleaze and is worth further investigation for the presence of Loud -E! One of the country's most respected diggers, selectors and editors, Loud E has been absent from a 12" for some three years so kudos to Salamanca for coaxing him back to the cutters board. As you might expect, "Beautiful Memories" is a wonderful slab of disco oddness that will appeal to fans of the Blackdisco edit series that ran from 2007-12. The unheralded Mr T and Afrobot also feature with the former's "Turn Onto Love" a proper gem.