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Fabric 43

Fabric ***

Morgan Gheist and Darshan Jesrani are the Metro Area disco dons who have reworked and redefined the many styles of disco into new, cohesive and powerful grooves. On this odyssey under the glitterball, the duo kick off by digging up a slew of rare tunes, including Word Premiere's Share the Nightand The Disco Groove's Move to the Groove, tracks that still have panache and potential. They then skilfully expand the mix by blending these dusty, timeless cuts with electropop classics (Heaven 17's Penthouse and Pavement), acid house (Plez' I Can't Stop) and weirdbeard rock (Devo's Freedom of Choice). The more the mix goes on, the more you stop looking for the joins and just concentrate on going with the flow. A masterclass in how to join the dots. www.fabriclondon.com JIM CARROLL

Download tracks: Word Premiere, Share the Night; Plez, I Can't Stop