Its one thing making cut up disco tracks – but its a whole different class when you can produce the disco genre with the depth, craft and skill that Juan Laya and Jorge Montiel bring to there records. Another faultless track, smooth, classy, funky with the right about of bite. Here LCO take on a remake of Omar’s ‘It’s So’ from 2006, and although there were various mixes done at the time – notably Bob Sinclar’s remix, nobody has done it with as much justice as here. The baseline with its slap fills, grooves the whole jam while the clave and guitars cruise with style and purpose, the horns pump in and out in perfection over those jazzy chords and pads – as if Quincy Jones himself had his hands in the mix. Theres’s even a synth solo – nothing has been left out, the craft of musicianship harks back to the late 70s, when real musicians made tracks like this. The Club Mix delivers its brief – tougher drums, skippy garage snares and a killer Rhodes solo.
Next up is History, with Omar’s lead vocals over this sumptuous boogie tune. Laid back and wonderful – comprising of all the glorious elements in the previous track. Omar sounds better ever – effortless, cool, soulful and that beautiful tone that only Stevie and D’Angelo can touch. With all the joy that the previous cuts bring, the instrumental of History is the true winner in this package, a beautiful four minutes of perfect disco boogie. It’s been 10 years now since LCO first burst out of our speakers, so for the sake of quality music – long may they continue!
5/5
Martin Madigan
