MR BONGO EDITS - VOLUME 2: LUKE UNA (12" Vinyl)
First up, Thandi Zulu & The Young Five's interpretation of Pure Energy's early '80s
disco power play - 'Love Game'. With a distinctive South African synth bass and
killer keys combo, Luke explains the original has this "bonkers alchemy of heavy
machine soul, uptempo rawness and a majestic disco evangelism", making it ripe
for a re-edit.
On the B side, Lionel Pillay's Jazz dancer 'Plum'. "The original was a relentless 18-
minute raw jam", Luke states, "which despite its late '70s South African origin
kinda reminded me of a 1986 Chicago piano House record".
"These edits strip the tracks back and rebuild them, giving them more sonic
weight with that looped up drum jacking militancy from the days of Chicago,
combined with a boosted sense of transcendental, psychedelic, cosmic disco.
They have always had such an explosive reaction on so many dancefloors
including the heavier electronic club, so it felt only right to reshare them".