Sonar Kollektiv have just released the second volume of their acclaimed Computer Incarnations For World Peace series, and whereas last year’s first volume blew the dust off a crate of nearly-forgotten electric disco dispatches, this time around they’ve cast their eye over the growing number of current producers indebted to those early italo and cosmic sounds. As a “state-of-the-scene” document, it’s pretty faultless – all the usual suspects have been round up: Ray Mang, Todd Terje, Prins Thomas, Chateau Flight, Smith & Mudd, Daniel Wang and so on – and stands easily alongside Lo’s Milky Disco or Bear’s recent Rools For Rules collections.
Maurice Fulton ’s deep and funky rework of Rollmottle’s ‘Take A Break’ is the pick:
