Subliminal Sessions Volume 5
Erick Morillo
(Subliminal Records)
Reported Sunday, June 1 2003
Courtesy of Jonty_Adderley @ www.skrufff.com
With 90s style house culture continuing to shrink, New York Subliminal chief Erick Morillo has clearly decided to go back to the disco's basics for his next mix CD, delivering a superbly selected body of old and new disco.
Fearlessly choosing potentially way too obvious anthems (including Lil Louis' French Kiss and Dan Hartman's 79 smash Relight My Fire), Morillo's nevertheless managed to deliver a fresh and contemporary, energy packed compilation that's neither retro nor tired. And through its combination of sing-a-long anthems with equally infectious new disco grooves, Volume 5 is both effective for use as a party mix or for straight-forward at-home listening.
Still remembered by some as the brains behind commercial crossover act Reel 2 Real, Morillo has gone on to build a mini empire though his Subliminal records and club nights, though it's clear from the quality of this CD that DJing remains one of his real true strengths. Starting CD 1 with the full length 9 minute version of Dan Hartman's definitive disco love song Relight My Fire, he follows with Jeannette Thomas' Shake Your Body, before segueing to two modern club tunes, E Funk's Crazy and Harry Romero's I Go Back (featuring acid house legendary singer Robert Owens).
CD 2 is similarly mixed between old and new with the emphasis throughout remaining on good time party music for serious dance floors.
Subliminal Sessions Volume 5 is out in July.
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