Review: Val Xalino - Dançá Dançá T'Manchê (Acid Pauli Mixes) (Compost)

Berlin DJ and production hero Acid Pauli conjures up a summer hit here with 'Dançá Dançá T'Manchê' (Dance Dance Until The Break Of Day)!

What we know of the Cape Verdi islands is limited to the annual jazz festival and Cesária Évora's hit 'Angola' as remixed by Carl Craig and Pepe Bradock 20 odd years ago.   To that short list we can now we can add, Val Xalino's 'Dançá Dançá T'Manchê' that was self-released in 1986.

Val was apparently a singer, guitarist, percussionist, ukulele player and you'll be hard pressed to find any of his albums from the 1980s.  Whilst in sharp contrast, over the past 20 years, Martin Gretschmann (aka Acid Pauli) has been on a multitude of labels with his own electronic music and countless remixes.

These version of 'Dançá Dançá T'Manchê'; Acid Pauli's Fullmix, Autowah Dub and Sublib Dub keep the 80s Island groove in a pop-disco way (think Ottawan more than Autowah) and the dubs twist and psych it out; not quite as tropicalia 'out there' as the artwork, but pretty close! 

The smart money is on at least one of these remixes witll be on this months' "Best Of" Colour & Pitch Sessions mixtape with Sumsuch but I wouldn't wait, the 'welcome' is remixed.

BUY LINK: https://CompostRecords.lnk.to/ValXalino-AcidPauliMixes Digital stores July 4th, with 12" vinyl following on August 29th.

Artist: Acid Pauli / Val Xalino

Title: Dançá Dançá T'Manchê 

Release date: 4th July, 2025

Label : Compost Records

Catalog Number : CPT652-3 

Format: 122 Vinyl / Digital / Bandcamp  

 

Review: Felix Laband - We Know Major Tom`s A Junkie (Frivolous Remix) / 5 Seconds Ago (Coldcut Just Say No Remix) (Compost Records)

So we know how good Felix Laband's album is that came out at the end of last year on Compost Records; 'The Soft White Hand' (see review HERE) and I speculated then that the remixed versions were likely to be very special; but I didn't expect Coldcut (yes, the Ninja Tune founders founders Matt Black and Jonathan More) have excelled themsleves.

Not to be outdone, Berlin based Canadian 

Daniel Gardner (aka Frivolous) has warped the already odd Bowie 'tribute track', 'We Know Major Tom`s A Junkie' into a rolling electronic OST/theme dancer; if there was going to be a remake of 'Funeral In Berlin', this one would meet the MI5 brief.

More are promised from the likes of Acid Pauli, DMX Krew and Shahrokh Dini on a "full release" on 28th April.

Artist: Felix Laband 

Title: The Soft White Hand Remix EP Part 1: We Know Major Tom`s A Junkie (Frivolous Remix) / 5 Seconds Ago (Coldcut Just Say No Remix)

Release date: 24th March, 2023

Label: Compost Records

Cat. No: CPT 614

Format: Digital / Bandcamp