Disco Illusion, by Stephen Encinas

Disco Illusion

by Stephen Encinas

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Ethel Arterberry this is an incredible disco single with proto-house like elements

R Deschamps Tropical Boogie Business, FUNKY AF Favorite track: Lypso Illusion.

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	1.	Disco Illusion 06:44	info	buy track
	2.	Lypso Illusion 04:44	info	buy track

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For many this is the ultimate Disco Illusion; a record that should have been epoch making in its day, something that would have been a staple for David Mancuso, Larry Levan & Ron Hardy had it ever gotten distribution when it was originally released 34 years ago. Somehow time passed it by and it was only re-discovered in a warehouse in Trinidad last year. Since then it has been gaining momentum fast, with DJ support from Moodymann, MCDE, Floating Points & Kon, as well as original copies selling for four-digit sums. Part of the illusion is in the structure of the record. The A-side begins with a beautiful hazy disco song, but suddenly an Egyptian sounding bridge turns things inside out and the song opens up into stripped back proto-house jam complete with bubbling Sun Ra synths and Black Ark tape delay action. Then there’s the b-side, which sounds like Bob James after he had a taste of callaloo, with deep electronics and a mind-melting steel pan solo.

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released November 9, 2013

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Mastered At – The Carvery
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Pressed By – MPO

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