Disco
February: 6 disco releases you need to hear this month
Guaranteed to keep the disco ball turning
His Dirty Secrets 'Fantom' (Masterworks Music)
It seems like everyone’s off to Lagos at the moment in order to pick up Afro-disco acts
to edit, and His Dirty Secrets’ Fantom is a fine example of how to take the old, add some new elements and produce a sound that sits somewhere in between.
By adding percussion samples, classic drum machine sounds and what seems to be a synth emulation of a balafon over the original Afro-funk track, we get a touch of the bubblegum flavour that emerged in South Africa as disco merged into pop.
7/10
