STUDIO 45 Schallplatten & CDs

Review: Berlin duo Dole & Kom, once known as Studio 54, have long embodied a shadowy, hypnotic take on disco house — less glitterball, more backroom haze. This early reissue from 1997 catches them at their most druggy and mesmerising, feeding 70s disco samples through crunchy 808s and looping vocal edits that stretch time rather than chase it. ‘First Contact’ sets the tone with thick low-end and saucer-eyed repetition, while ‘Git Down Saturday’ strips the funk to a skeletal pulse, filtered into late-night oblivion. ‘Sid & Rachel’ and ‘Toni & Stephanie’ feel like disco fiction — untold stories imagined on the dancefloor, locked in groove and reverb. Less homage than haunted mirage, this is the sound of vintage New York retold through 90s Berlin hardware, spun out for heads who prefer their nostalgia smoked and slowed.