Various – Buone Vacanze Vol. 2 / CT Kidobó – Señor Chugger – Back From The Wave & Umatik – Ali Renault

Four months after the series’ debut release landed in stores, Bordello a Parigi has readied a second Buone Vacanze EP. Like its predecessor, the four-tracker is packed to the rafters with fresh cuts inspired by the colourful, synth-heavy sounds of mid-80s European electro-disco. Ali Renault is the first to slap on the ‘factor 50’ and reach for an ice cream, with his ‘Galactic Boy’ delivering waves of cheery synth-stabs, pulsating Italo-disco bass and glossy synth sounds aplenty. Senor Chugger then steps up with ‘Smell The Ashes’, a throbbing slab of Italo-disco revivalism rich in cascading melodies and echo-laden drum fills, before Back From The Wave/Umatik doffs a cap to Bobby Orlando and the Pet Shop Boys on ‘Endless Crossing’. Finally, CT Kidobo lays down some righteous sleaziness in the shape of minor-key miracle ‘Racing Thoughts’.