Cerrone
Red Lips
Because Music
QUITE properly, it's on Giorgio Moroder's head that the disco crown is most often placed. But if French-born Marc Cerrone has long languished in the Italian producer's shadow, he has at least one bona fide classic to his name – much-admired and much-remixed 1976 smash Supernature – and a cult following among DJs and musicians which is almost the equal of Moroder's. A Best Of collection two years ago introduced him to a new audience and now he returns with his first studio album in seven years.
A four-to-the-floor disco stomper from funky start to Afrobeat-tinged finish, it comes crammed with stellar guests – top of the bill are Nile Rodgers, soul singer Aloe Blacc and rhythm monster Tony Allen, Fela Kuti's drummer-of-choice – and rarely misses a beat as a result.
Spun from the same raw material as Daft Punk's game-changing Random Access Memories, it somehow feels more human and more honestly joyful. It's certainly more soulful, with Hot Chip's Alexis Taylor adding his mournful tenor to Steal Your Love and Blacc appearing on C'est Bon. Allen, meanwhile, injects some Lagos swagger into closing track 2nd Chance though if there's a stand-out track it's the vocoder-heavy Jane, a collaboration with French synth-funk duo Dax Riders.
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