Band/production outfit names can be very interesting at times. With the new offering around Midnight Riot head honcho Andy Williams aka Yam Who? You keep asking yourself if Beau Zwart is a real name, a fantasy alias or even something else? We probably will never find that one out, but the music this young guy offers, is kinda blinding, so there is time and space on these pages for a well deserved review. There’s a quiet confidence at the heart of this debut EP for London’s Ism Records and this confidence is true as I must say I haven’t heard a bunch of Original material in such a consistent quality for quite some time.
You’ll find few finer examples of nu-disco/Italo-disco/boogie fusion than the attractive and synth-heavy ‘Shadows in My Mind’, where Skyes’ vocal and some killer keys solos catch the ear.
Perfect Fusion’ is a brilliant slab of boogie/deep house fusion with added jazz-funk musicality. Elsewhere across the impressively expansive EP you’ll find the bouncy electro-meets-nu-disco flex of ‘Head Up’, the Andres-ish, jazz-flecked deep house dustiness of ‘Talk To Me’ and if that ain’t enough already, you get a killer Yam Who version of ‘Undated Love’ full of authentic disco instrumentation and bouncy house beats, on top of it! Ruff!
4.5 out of 5
Reviewed by MANNIX
