The intention behind the Served Chilled series is sketched in the sleeve notes, with the two CDs of music intended as a soundtrack for those late-night, post-club or lazing-about-the house sessions. Mark Doyle, the curator of the series, earned his diploma of chill through his four-hour broadcasts at Jazz FM, which occupied the slot that crosses Saturday night to Sunday morning. The ...
Hed Kandi does it again with Disco Heaven 02, a glittering selection of Disco House from the masters of house compilations, funky, sexy beats and soulful vocals sparkle throughout. CD1 offers up the talents of Divas Angie Brown on One Track Mind's "Good For You" and Julie McKnight with "Home". The Full Intention Club Mix of Una Mas's "Follow You" is both uplifting and sexy, whilst "The ...
It's that time again; with more dance disco heat from Hed Kandi's compilation king Mark Doyle. Like its predecessors, Disco Kandi 4 emanates the warmth of summer, Doyle's sleeve notes and the music itself having soaked up the sunshine of the white isle. The first disc breaks out the divas for a rip-roaring selection of songs from the likes of Kathy Brown and Michelle Shellers. They belt out ...
Since its inception in the early 1970s, disco has been the most derided form of dance music, dismissed by intellectuals, snobs and tastemakers as lightweight dancefloor pap. But mystifyingly, the modern party tunes that fill out Disco-Kandi 3 prove that while its critics are legion, the genre of disco has seldom been in ruder health. Thanks, perhaps, to the huge resurgence of the artform in ...