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2022, 2×12″ compilation, Claremont 56. Limited to 600 hand numbered copies. 45rpm.
After the success of the first two Claremont Editions compilations, Claremont 56 chief Paul ‘Mudd’ Murphy decided to take his time over compiling volume three. It’s a strategy that appears to have paid off, because this third instalment is every bit as strong as its predecessors. Once again, it features a mix of unreleased exclusives and unheard or previously digital-only remixes. The highlights across the Balearic-minded set are too numerous to mention, but our current faves include Hillside’s lusciously orchestrated tribute to classic library jazz-funk, ‘Pole Vault’, the horizontal downtempo pop of Jpye and Renato, Connie Idjut’s slow-motion, dubbed-out take on Paqua’s ‘The Visitor’ and the pastoral-but-percussive wonder that is Ferdi Schuster’s brilliant ‘The Fuzz Version’. – Juno
