Hit It & Quit It Radio Revue Volume 1 With Recloose and Frank Booker is out now. Photo / Supplied
Hit It & Quit It Radio Revue Volume 1 With Recloose and Frank Booker is out now. Photo / Supplied
When a compilation promises to take you from newfangled electronica by James Pants through to classic (1983, even) synth-heavy business by The Imperial Wonders without batting an eyelid, it demands the ears.
On the Hit It & Quit It Radio Revue Volume 1, Auckland DJ/producers Recloose and Frank Booker dropa snapshot of the sound of their radio show.
It's a confidently eclectic selection with a red thread of soul, funk, depth and authenticity.
Booker's sublime mid-tempo disco cut El Salvador is a highlight among the local flavours, as is Wild Bill Rickets' Riki with its warm guitar licks and chugging groove.
Aucklander Jellphonic hits hard with the forceful funk of Smack and Reggie Blount comes over all late-model Jamie Liddell on Why Do You Call Me Baby?
Recloose steps in with a subtly slamming edit of DJ Day's Beta, as well as the aptly named Sunshine by the Recloose live band, The Starblazers.
The latter is one of several truly uplifting moments, another being the quirky steel drum workout of Trip Trop by Japan's Dubdub On-seng, while Grooveman Spot gives a little shade with the acidic bassline of Do the Dance.
Hit this if you like a DJ to go deeper in the crates than David Guetta and the latest pop-dance disaster.
