This second collection from the red-hot Italian label deserves a swift guided tour! This becomes immediately apparent as the opening bars of Nufrequency’s ‘Go That Deep’ pulse in, Shara Nelson’s voice breaking and trembling with heart-swelling emotion way before the kick. The man sculpting the sonic air-bed for those mellifluous tones is Charles Webster, a giant among house producers who I once saw blow the roof off Nottingham’s Garage with his first tune [Mike Perras’ ‘Beginning Of Life’]. This set ropes together a dynamite selection of recent tracks to show why Rebirth is one of the most constantly jawdropping imprints in the world today. After this auspicious start, Robytek’s ‘Luna Africa’ unveils a unique form of avant-African dub house mutant with choir haunting over a hippo-spanking minimal shuffle which sounds like it could have been played at the Loft in 1972. The Roland Appel mix injects Detroit and modern electro flavours shot with orchestral soul. Rennie’s Foster epic ‘Devil’s Water’ conjures a whipcracking minimal patterer before the Right Said Fred vocal mischief of Uno’s ‘Fox In The Box’ joined by mixes from Skylark, Telepazio and Luke Solomon’s surreal rework reasserting itself as one of the year’s most genuinely warped outings. Two next from Essenvee; the crunching, sparking nu-acid of ‘No Static’ then Spiritcatcher’s funked-up treatment of ‘Head Down’ unleashing tap-dancing gophers on Wayne Rooney’s testicles. To round off, Charlie Webster turns in a second sublime mix of Go Deep. Take it from me, it’s some trip.
5 Out Of 5
Reviewed By: Kris Needs
