Friday, February 05, 2021

25th Anniversary Edition - V/A (Ugly Music)



Title: 25th Anniversary Edition 

Artist: V/A 

Label: Ugly Music

Cat Number: UGM014

Genre: House


A1: Female – D. Ren 1

A2: Sex Chants – Bobby Wright

B1: House Of LZ – Faze ll

B2: All Mine – K Alexei


Ugly Music, once straight outta Brighton, have seen fit to reappear a quarter of a century after first materialising on our turntables, with a lovingly curated quartet of tracks which were chosen, I imagine, to represent the label’s direction and remind those of us who were there first time around what we’ve been missing. This release draws a slight distinction between the more languid (‘Female’ and ‘All Mine’) and the limber (‘Sex Chants’ and ‘House Of LZ’). I veer towards the deeper sounds of the former pair myself, but it’s all good, having a tangible veneer of class within its grooves and well able to hold its own all these years later, in spite of advances in recording technology.


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