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Franky Rizardo 'Flow Edits' (Defected Records)
Franzy Rizardo gets us in the mood for his forthcoming ‘... In The House’ compilation with this teaser release consisting of two of his edits. He’s been carving his solid house sound for some time with releases on labels such as Spinnin’, Off Recordings, Fame and Defected; he’s probably overdue a crossover smash with his cool take on the big-room sound, but selfishly, we’d like to keep him for ourselves. First up is his edit of Coyu and Paolo Rocco’s ‘Forward Pleasure’, which trundles along with its combination of solid drums, vocal snips and a staccato key line. Next, he takes on Whitesquare and Nick Curly’s ‘Underground Abduction’ with large elastic bassline grooves; the track then breaks into a funk loop that sounds like Bruno Mars cutting into an Eats Everything set, before eventually returning to the womp-womp bassline.
8/10
