- 12inch
King Of Town
Lord Have Mercy EP
Resista
- Cat No: RESISTA013
- 2023-05-29
OV WRIGHT、PASTEUR LAPPE、MARUMOなど、スペースディスコやビンテージソウル、アフロをネタ使い。303アシッドやピッチダウンを活用し妖しくエディット！ヨハネスブルグ出身ロンドン拠点のKING OF TOWNが10年ぶりとなる新作をドロップ。〈RESISTA〉も2年ぶりのなんとリリース更新。
Track List
King of Town (KoT), originally from Johannesburg but now in the UK, is back after a nearly a decade hiatus from his mutant disco-inflected remixes.
Prior to his long break, King of Town remixed the likes of Franz Ferdinand, Slow Club, Alice Russell, the Detachments and the Phenomenal Handclap Band.
His remix of Desmond and the Tutus' 'Kiss You on the Cheek', released on Tigersushi in 2009, has become a regular feature of Spotify playlists and has racked up a few million listens across various streaming platforms.
For this release KoT serves up four exclusive re-edits.
Lord Have Mercy is a retouch of Willie West's slow-burn R&B lament of his own elegiac defiance, where KoT underpins West's groove with a 303 acid bassline and synth flourishes.
Swimming in Your Eyes is a beefing up of Pasteur Lappe's 1979 Rhodes-heavy space disco groove.
Troubles of this World takes OV Wrights ridiculously soulful take on a gospel classic and transforms it into a retro-futurist track aimed firmly at the dancefloor.
And with Khomo Tsaka Deile Kae KoT nods towards his roots and inserts drive and snap into fellow South African Marumo's 1982 kwela-touched stomper.
As always the artwork has been completed by the very talented Pedro Carvalho de Almeida.
Vinyl Only.
Prior to his long break, King of Town remixed the likes of Franz Ferdinand, Slow Club, Alice Russell, the Detachments and the Phenomenal Handclap Band.
His remix of Desmond and the Tutus' 'Kiss You on the Cheek', released on Tigersushi in 2009, has become a regular feature of Spotify playlists and has racked up a few million listens across various streaming platforms.
For this release KoT serves up four exclusive re-edits.
Lord Have Mercy is a retouch of Willie West's slow-burn R&B lament of his own elegiac defiance, where KoT underpins West's groove with a 303 acid bassline and synth flourishes.
Swimming in Your Eyes is a beefing up of Pasteur Lappe's 1979 Rhodes-heavy space disco groove.
Troubles of this World takes OV Wrights ridiculously soulful take on a gospel classic and transforms it into a retro-futurist track aimed firmly at the dancefloor.
And with Khomo Tsaka Deile Kae KoT nods towards his roots and inserts drive and snap into fellow South African Marumo's 1982 kwela-touched stomper.
As always the artwork has been completed by the very talented Pedro Carvalho de Almeida.
Vinyl Only.
PHENOMENAL HANDCLAP BAND等をミュータントなディスコ調にリミックスし、コアなファンを獲得していたKING OF TOWNが長期の沈黙を経て新作をリリース！カメルーンのファンクマスターPASTEUR LAPPEが1979年に発表したヘビー・スペース・ディスコ「As Far I Can Remember」や、テネシーのレジェンドシンガーOV WRIGHTのゴスペルソウルなどを妖艶グルーヴで調理。バイナルオンリー！ (Akie)