Yotto - "Silhouette" (3:35)
MOat - "Buggin’ Out" (Rodriguez Jr remix) (5:22)
Tinlicker - "Just To Hear You Say" (Joseph Ray remix) (6:17)
ONO - "Gran Music" (Captain Mustache remix) (4:46)
Pelace - "Echoes From The Past" (Sasha Carassi remix) (6:42)
Cubicolor - "Summer & Smoke" (6:11)
Parallelle, Fulltone - "How Can I Resist" (Patrice Baumel remix) (6:21)
Aera - "Alarms" (feat Aldebaran & Filippo Nardini - Frankey & Sandrino remix) (5:59)
AFFKT - "Tarambana" (MMYYLO remix) (6:24)
Review: While there's no over-arching concept behind the series, it's always safe to assume that any new Selects compilation from Global Underground will be packed to the rafters with brand-new house and techno that tends towards the melodic, atmospheric, glassy-eyed and tactile. Volume eight certainly ticks those boxes, with 12 highlights from the (more expansive) mixed version stretched across two slabs of purple vinyl. Our picks of a predictably strong bunch include a delightful deep tech-house tweak of Fulltone & Parallel's 'How Can I Resist' by Patrice Baumel, the Space Invaders-goes-trance throb of 1979's 'Vulcano', the bleeping brilliance of Captain Mustache's retro-futurist rework of O.N.O's 'Gran Music' and the ambient soul beauty of Yotto's 'Silhouette'.
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