Miguel Campbell & Matt Hughes – I Can Fly EP

Some top-quality underground (nu) disco action here from this Leeds-based duo, on their own Outcross Records.

I Can Fly itself works a squelchy synth-disco bassline Daft Punk would kill for, chipmunk'd soul vox and the rawest of 4/4 kicks, all adding up to the most jackin' of disco trax you could ask for. Beats Can Fly is the self-explanatory accompanying rework, while rounding out the EP is Talking Box, which makes great use of the eponymous FX box and which for me is actually the highlight of the EP.

The boys cite "American disco and smooth Parisian house" as influences and on this evidence, those influences have served them nicely. This is a real treat.

Out: This

About: I'll hang my head in shame and admit I've not come across Outcross before, despite this being their 28th release. Time to do some digging… anyway here's their website Facebook and Soundcloud.

Nobiilo - Your Love

Imagine the Phenomenal Handclap Band doing their very best impersonation of Salsoul legends Skyy, and you've got a pretty good idea of what this bass-fuelled, sweetly-voiced, lo-slung n' lazy nu-disco gem from Bass United Recordings sounds like.

And with Faze Action on remix duties (as well as Estate and Dirty Mackenzie), well… basically if you dig nu-disco at all then you need this record, end of. So let it squelch and shimmy its way into your life at the first possible opportunity.

That's all I've got to say, really. But yeah, this is great.

Out: This week

About: I suppose I should also tell you that Nobiilo are Zimbabwe-born, Minneapolis-resident vocalist/pianist Sophia Shorai and Bass United Recordings label boss Dory Kahalé (AKA the aforesaid Dirty Mackenzie and, once upon a time, DJ Apollo). So, there, now I have! This is apparently a cover of a French track from 1978, albeit one I'm not sure I've come across personally, and is the label's seventh release. Here's their website and Soundcloud.