Giovanni Damico strikes it hot again with his cult classic "Night Time" inspired by Italian and Nigerian interpretations of 70s-80s American disco and boogie. Damico got the whole band together for major vibes here on Star Creature. Comes with instrumental version. 

TRACK LISTING

A. Night Time
B. Night Time Instrumental 

This next 7" from southern Italy's Giovanni Damico cements his reputation as a honorary Chicago native. "The Power" b/w "Analog Session" is a perfect blend of tracky, acidic proto-house that used to get rinsed by those early legends like Steve Poindextor, Marcus Mixx, Adonis and Ron Hardy. Bang tha box! 

TRACK LISTING

A. The Power 
B. Analog Session 

LLL is back and this time on the properly sized up "HELLLINN EP" full of unhinged and deliberate, off the wall acidic mutant house. Caustic synth lines and furious electro sludge made to ooze out of club speakers. This 4 track EP strikes with intense Chicago club tracks with savage synths and reckless drum programming. Really like this new direction from Star Creature - delving into those proto-house, dark jacking sounds of early Chicago. TIP! 

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: This one really plunges down the sherm-fuelled rabbit hole. Acidic corrosion, overdriven drum boxes, menacing atmospheres - it's a beast of primitive, jack beat / acid musica that's sTrICtLy 4 dA fReAkZ!!

TRACK LISTING

A1. Gaslight District
A2. State Chumps
B1. Teeth
B2. Midi Life Crisis

Analog house tracks and raw production styles come together on New Jersey's Manny Steelio's 6 track debut. The newcomer is a bubbling entity of the underground and looks like a good fit for Star Creature's Global Carress imprint with it's no frills, raw house tracks output thus far. There's a bright, almost innocent charm that sees it find natural bedfellows with Australia's Andras Fox & Art Wilson, as well as Vancouver's Pender Street Steppers; whilst also fitting perfectly into the many sub-labels of the Star Creature umbrella. 

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Star Creature continues its diversion down proto-house and warehouse music pathways. Manny Steelo conjuring up five tracks of stripped back & functional box jams with a radioactive warmth and highly kinetic energy.

TRACK LISTING

A1 - East Coast Waves
A2 - Rising Sun
A3 - 5 A.M.
B1 - Put Em On Work
B2 - Slot Machine Groove

A collaboration between Funkin' Machine and Chicago's Star Creature label. This 6 track heavyweight LP features full color jacket art and features cuts spanning cosmic disco, to jazz-funk, to psychedelic fusions of Afro, Italo and Mediterranean boogie; a future classic and crate staple amongst the highest ranks of contemporary world disco. Funkin' Machine specializes in sparkling and groovy sounds from the slopes of Vesuvius. 

TRACK LISTING

A1 - Tengo Paura D'a Morte
A2 - Chiki Chicancan
A3 - Grammegna
B1 - Nun Trovo Cchia
B2 - Na Statua D'Oro
B3 - 'O Tiempo 'e Ce Spassa

After a sold-out 7", Kibbi Gibbon returns with an album's worth of smooth synth-soaked, spaced-out, jazz-funk delights. Their debut LP is 7 deep instrumentals that land you between a beach in Ibiza and a luminal Mario Kart character selection screen. Limited to 300 copies so them skates on and get on the boogie bus! 

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Laid back bedroom boogie with maximum smooch factor here as Kibbi Gibbon returns to the nation's favourite - Star Creature.

TRACK LISTING

A1 - Circuits
A2 - Still Dreamin'
A3 - Declaration
A4 - It's All Good
B1 - Wake Up
B2 - Try It Out
B3 - Smooth Velvet

Chicago's premier boogie purveyors STAR CREATURE dig deep with 4 extremely rare cuts, 3 of them being white whale level impossible to find & the 4th commanding big bucks online! Includes songs by TIGER JACK, SOUL INVADERS, MOTHERFOX, and PYRAMID PLUS. Heavyweight vinyl and heavyweight reverse board jacket. 

The A Side starts with an extremely rare, like 0 'Haves' on discogs.com rare from Tiger Jack. “Let’s Bounce” was originally issued on Ajana as one of their only 2 releases, the first being earlier from Central Power System on Numero Group’s "The Chicago Party" compilation. Tiger Jack remained elusive, both Jack and a copy of his record until SC stumbled upon a contact and were able to get in touch and stitch together the fully extended mix of this punk-funk boogie-bopper. Speaking of Numero Group, The 2nd track of Side 1 comes from an assist from the reissue gods themselves as they blessed us with this never-sold-on-discogs soulful side of boogie slap issued on one-and-done label Magikal. When asked about the track, songwriter CA Williams said they recorded it for a restaurant jingle. Probably the best one we’ve ever heard.

Side 2 starts off with an absolute modern soul monster with Motherfox’s hot shot. John Harris came by Star Creature’s Chicago HQ to chop it up and share some stories on Motherfox and his other passion project most deep funkers would known as Carver High. This record has reached insane demand the past few years as it’s a certified floor filler for all scenes - peak big budget sound packed into a small DIY package. Track 2 delivers the full version of the ever mysterious Pyramid Plus providing the titular tune “Comin’ At Ya’” as vocoded, talkboxed, low slung, spaced out boogie banger.

Limited copies, cop now or cry later! Star Creature reign supreme! 

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Star Creature's "Chicago Boogie" series continues to mine the rarest and most sought after boogie cuts. From private press specials to promo-only rarities; the series has dug deep through four volumes of absolutely essential excavations. Rivalled only by the infamous "Full Beam" compilations on Red Laser. Ch-ch-check!!

TRACK LISTING

A1. Tiger Jack - Let's Bounce
A2. Soul Invaders - Give Me Your Love Today
A3. Motherfox - Fallen Into Love
A4. Pyramid Plus - Comin' At Ya

2 giant, punk-funk / proto-house cuts from the primitive era of Chicago house from, in many people's eyes, the father of house music - Jesse Saunders (of "On & On" fame). These cuts are some of the finest from the time after disco but before House was called HOUSE! Early first wave, funky and punky experimental box beaters on which you can clearly hear the seeds of the classic "On & On" being sown. Proper history.

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: As a self-proclaimed obsessive over the evolution of "On & On" (I have about 4-5 different versions!), imagine my joy at hearing this - the very embryonic stage of the iconic Chicago anthem! Too good to miss!

TRACK LISTING

A1. Funk-U-Up
B1. Fantasy

The band presents a different taste of Italian grooves far from the synthwave often mislabeled as Italo disco. Their first album came out in 2021 on their hometown Periodica sub label Seri Pegasi. That lead to gigs around their homeland and beyond.

This two-sided stunner features instrumental versions of two up-tempo disco floor-fillers. The A-Side delivers a cosmic jazz-funk stomper chock full of twinkling keys and a bassline that's definitely getting its steps in. The B-Side features a driving psychedelic fusion of Afro-funk and Mediterranean breezes that builds and builds culminating in a Vesuvian explosion of ear ecstasy. 

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Whilst enjoying the fruits of this recent Star Creature salvo one should not overlook this live and funky beast from the aptly named The Funkin' Machine. Possessing all the skill and charm of recent Space Grapes signing, Another Taste, this is high grade disco musica people - executed by a tiiiight group of musicians who clearly know their onions. Don't sleep!

TRACK LISTING

Side 1
1. Nun Trovo Cchiu (instrumental Mix)

Side 2
1. Chiki Chicancan (instrumental Mix)

FUTVRST debuted in 2022 with a Star Creature 7" alongside label mainstay and fellow Bay Area funker E. LIVE. Their latest release finds the duo a slightly updated but possibly backdated disco affair. The drum machine has been traded for acoustic kit and some synth swaps for six stringers. The A Side serves up a California tribute, vo-coded slapper that would make Moroder catch a stank face. The B-Side delivers supreme disco boogie ala their idol Nile Rodgers with Grade A songwriting and excellently delivered vocals from studio collaborator Danke. Where as their first outing was geared for the heads, this sophomore single will be turning all heads, ears first to the dancefloor. Star Creature continue to dominate! 

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Futvrst join Introverted Funk this week and steer the Star Creature mothership back to its original themes - heavy hitting modern boogie and electro-funk.

TRACK LISTING

A. Los Francisco
B. You Can't Stop Me 

Coming through next on Star Creature, we have the vinyl debut of LA's Introverted Funk. Formed in 2018 by producer Daniel Valle & vocalist Veronica Rosa, the duo channels a deep love of classic booge into their soulful blend of modern disco-funk. Their upcoming 7" features 2 analog-recorded tracks inspired by Rod Tempterton & Nile Rodgers and should, in turn, appeal to Manchester's vast swathes of street soul lovers with its intimate, DIY approach and seductive female vox. Top drawer stuff from this modern stable. Don't sleep!

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Introverted Funk go back to the original Star Creature remit - delivering star studded new boogie, galvanized with authentic Strat licks and big bolshy basslines.

TRACK LISTING

Side 1
1.Tell You
Side 2
1.Fan Out

A supremo Italo-boogie doubler banger from Giovanni Damico here on Star Creature. Two faves taken from the long out of print "Fall In Your Groove" album. A mid-tempo psychedelic boogie jam on the A-side with "Be Your Lover", and an Afro-Italo lip-smacker on the B-side, full of those classic drum boxes and massive Zanzibar energy. Comes in a replica 7" jacket.

TRACK LISTING

A. Fall In The Groove
B. Be Your Lover

Leftfield gangster synth jazz with a deep house nu boogie banger on the flip. Byron The Aquarious made their Star Creature debut with a few remixes on Belgrade's Igor Jadranin's "Contemporary Movement" EP earlier this year. The A Side hits that squelchy synth bouncey stank face that's heavy in the bass but light on the feet. The B Side collabs with Steven Klavier on vocals which one may recognize from his disco-forward collabs with Kenny Dope, Kon, and more. 

TRACK LISTING

Side 1
1.Byron The Aquarius - Jamajama

Side 2
2.Byron The Aquarius & Steven Klavier - Higher

One of the hottest tracks on Star Creature in recent times. "Jack Shit" came out earlier in the year and garnered support from everyone including Moodymann, Luke Solomon and Mark Grusane, with its early Windy City proto-house vibes that recalled the glory days of Trax or DJ International. The 7" sold out record quick and has become a highly sought after nugget, so Star Creature have reissued the track (extended, no less, for the 12" format) and added three more joints from the producer's catalogue. 

"The Breeze Of Your Shirt" showcases the deep house side of the producer nicely (much like "Hot Sweaty Nights", the B-side of the original 7" did), with a nice array of musical elements and semi-organic instrumentation bolstered nicely through some gentle distortion, subtle flurries of acid and other DSP artefacts. 

"Smacking Your Head" returns to the primitive proto-house vibe; just a straight up drum machine rhythm, synth bassline and basic vocal sample trigger. "DX Days" keeps the same work ethic but utilizes the magic of, I presume, the DX7 to conjure up its synth patches

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Arsene returns to Star Creature after woo'ing the world with "Jack Shit" earlier in the year. Gifted the 12" format, the producer includes an extension of said track alongside three more joints from his studio. With Moodymann and Mark Grusane already championing his talents, this is one cat to keep an eye on.

TRACK LISTING

A1. Jack Shit
A2. The Breeze Of Your Shirt
B1. Smacking Your Head
B2. DX Days

Another gruesome twosome of hard hitting, leftfield, acid-tinged electro-boogie.. The half-Finnish, half-Estonian duo LLL add a distinctly Baltic outsider edge to the classic combo of Chicago jackin' house meets UK sound system culture. Gonna be big, don't sleep on this one. 

TRACK LISTING

A. State Chumps
B. Laying In Slime

Humongous track off Stimulator Jones' 2024 12" release: "Stimulator Tracks Vol 1", here released on 7" with vocal on one side and instrumental on the other. At the time we said: "Precious" ups the swing and shuffle and feels like a lost Frankie Knuckles / Joe Smooth anthem - with a bassline that's gonna tickle the arse of any club goer and a gloriously emotive chorus - this is the one my people!!! Followed by 'Star Creature does house music - and sticks two fingers up to all the competition! Essential.' and it into our Best of 2024 list.

With a new, retrospective compilation due on Be With, plus a few other choice bits still available at time of writing, it seems like the whole world, like ourself, has fallen for this unique talent. 

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Ahead of his retrospective on Be With, Stimulator Jones reissues one of the best tracks of 2024 on 7", along with a previously unreleased instrumental. If Larry Heard decamped to Manchester cira '89 and made street soul he might have penned summat like this soulful beauty.

TRACK LISTING

A. Precious
B. Precious (Instrumental) 

Nu-Balearica meets deep space club disco, with not-so-subtle injections of first wave Windy City proto-house. Mirlaqi returns to the Star Creature realm. The follow up to his 2019 "Telescope Buyers Guide" release. Features a nu-Balearic remix from Star Creature labelmate A Vision Of Panorama along with an updated club mix on the flip. 

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Dedicating your track to Mars isn't something new, there's an entire sub-section of the UR catalogue doing such. Star Creature however shuns the spacey techno inflections for more plasma poolside revelry.

TRACK LISTING

A) Dances On The Red Planet (A Vision Of Panorama Remix)
B) Dances On The Red Planet (Club Remix)

NYC's Wally Wonder makes his vinyl release debut with a massive big room electro boogie remix from Mexico City's Rafael Marfil, lead producer and synth extraordinaire beyond the group Shiro Schwarz to back the raw & simple stank-face inducing punk-funk original slapper. Star Creature in a never-ending purple patch! Limited import copies... 

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: New to the Star Creature stable, Wally Wonder impresses with a darkwave synth pop jam which is turned into a booty-friendly electro-funk remix by Rafael Marfill.

TRACK LISTING

A) City Freaks (Rafael Marfil Remix)
B) City Freaks (Original)

Fresh new outfit from the mecca of techno gives us a Balearic-boogie breath of freah air that fits in perfectly with Star Creature's 'contemplative instrumental funk' scene. So that's what they call it! To us it's just great new boogie biznoinks, flapping and squelching with the best bits of vintage analogue gear and classic soulful songwriting, "Still Dremain'" is featured on Side A with "Declaration" on the flip. Limited 300 copies. 

TRACK LISTING

Side 1
1. Still Dreamin'
Side 2
1. Declaration

Portugal's multi-talented, genre-hopping Star Creature, AVOP is back on the label for another round of musical musings.

As usual, he forays into soulful, retro-tinged boogie, house and US garage stylings; setting swing to maximum and deploying a trusted array of synths and drum boxes to conjure up his paradisical leanings. Four vocal tracks with three corresponding instrumentals (excluding "Ear Dreaming") with "Desires" and "Show Me" treading more housey vibes than the boogie flavours present on "Ear Dreaming" and "Purple". It's rich and thick like honey, drizzled in soul and unequivicolly moving. He's lost none of the splendor and transportive bliss that's been a constant throughout his catalogue. Top drawer stuff for lovers of innocent and pure dance music. 

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Nice old school flavoured selection of house and boogie from the delectable A Vision Of Panorama. It ain't reinventing the wheel but it is keeping us bouncing and grooving well into the night time!

TRACK LISTING

Desires (feat Sykes) 
Show Me (feat Stacie G)
Ear Dreamin' 
Purple 
Desires (Insturmental) 
Show Me (Insturmental)
Purple (Insturmental) 

Another quick-fire sureshot from the Star Creature camp, one of two new ones this week. "Moonlight Magic" is a high gloss, vocoder led slice of dream boogie. Maximum squelch, glistening keys and kickin' Linn drums. Not only that, we're treated to a passage of classic, b-boy era raps, one of the few hip-hop boogie jams to grace the label. As usual, an instrumental's provided for cleanliness and efficiency.

"Take To The Sky" also employs the use of the vocoder, as it perfects the art of fairy tale romantic boogie. Half vintage C64-era computer game paradise, half Sunday morning under the covers with a lover. With an added flurry of city-pop for good measure.

A slice of excellence as always from Star Creature! 

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Debuting their new season's disco, Star Creature deliver in their usual stylish manner with a unquenchably funky slice of talk box boogie on side A, and a piece of City-pop meets Commodore 64 end credits theme on side B. Top stuff and dressed to impress.

TRACK LISTING

Side 1
1. Moonlight Magic (vocal)
2. Moonlight Magic (instrumental)

Side 2
1. Take To The Sky (vocal)
2. Take To The Sky (instrumental)

E. Live is back again at Star Creature HQ with another boogie blast off of the jazz-funk variety. The Bay Area boogie king leans in on the jazzier side of disco while still maintaining the usual dancefloor vibes we know and love about the label. A perfect mix of accessible, crowd friendly sophisticated sounds - if you like Roy Ayers, Patrice Rushen, Khruangbin, FKJ, Toro Y Moi, this will be a welcome addition to record box. As usual, copies are limited. 

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: How Star Creature manage to be so prolific yet rarely release a duff track with such a modest number of musicians on their roster is really quite astonishing. E. Live drops one of his hottest double headers yet for his team.

TRACK LISTING

1. Wet Summer 
2. Night Raid 

Wowzers! Star Creature end 2023 with an absolute doozy of a double header. With a 12" killer from Another Taste ("Don't Touch It") and this, a double A-side 7" from Saucy Lady and Monolog.

Instantly melting my heart and making my bum shuffle is Saucy Lady on side A with a kinda saucy (sorry!) cover-version of Minnie Riperton's "Inside My Love". Adding some shuffled drums that slap hard, Saucy Lady does the vocal part plenty of justice; and the dazzling layers of instrumental goodness shine through beautifully - this is mega!

Side B sees infrequent Star Creature contributor Monolog collaborate with Saucy Lady on "Hey Mr. DJ" which was a backroom, warm-up / after hours disco vibe with seductive keys, anthemic vox and lush organic palette, plus an excellent marimba / xylophone solo.

Star Creature still the best at this modern boogie malarky! 

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Doing the rounds in Pasta Paul's record pouch since the summer (it was featured on the Saucy Lady LP); we get the handy 7" version of Saucy Lady's mega Minnie Riperton cover. B-side OG from Monolog with nice Lofty, afternoon disco vibes. Very nice!

TRACK LISTING

Side 1
1. Saucy Lady - Inside My Love
Side 2
1. Monolog - Hey Mr DJ Featuring Saucy Lady

E Da Boss (The Pendletons, Myron & E) made his first Star Creature debut with his group Lucid Paradise. His return features Ishtar and new single "Pool 4 U" comes in two flavours - one produced by The Whole Truth and the other remixed by E. Live.

The A Side gets the E. Live, jazz-funk remix treatment while the B Side comes heavy with a foot stomping, boogie bomb, floor filling flavour throughout! Another essential modern classic from the Star Creature juggernaut. Limited copies! 

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: A brand new boogie bomb from the Star Creature camp that's of such a high pedigree I had to check it wasn't a cover version. Summery vibes across both takes, with a more galvanized production promoted by E.Live, while The Whole Truth offer up that original disco-boogie flavour.

TRACK LISTING

A. Fool 4 U (remixed By E. Live)
B. Fool 4 U (produced By The Whole Truth) 

The Star Creature factory line keeps on ticking over, new signings Voyear & Frankfurt Funk manufacturing some high grade boogie business for our dancing and delectation.

Both tracks casually resting in what Full Beam FM! refers to as crawlers & moochers. These are slower, soulful cuts, full of pitch bent b-lines, tickling synth licks and syncopated drum machines - the very essence of bedroom boogie. The French vocals only add to the overtly sensual nature while the synth work throughout is absolutely top drawer. Can't fault this one! Another essential from the now long-running stable. 

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Crawlers from the Star Creature camp as they mellow out the moods for the hotter months. Perfect for winding down the windows when your stuck in traffic on you're way to the beach.

TRACK LISTING

Side 1
1. En Transit 
Side 2
1. Colibri 

We told you Star Creature were properly 'on one', as we like to say here in Manchester. Well, the boogie bombardment continues this week with an all-star release from label stalwart Andre Espeut, who's joined by synth revivalists Kappekoff and Reggie Got Beats for the sweet, sparkly single: "Sugar". Ripe with squiggly lead lines, explosive slap bass, Jomox drums and soulful lead vocals from Esput. Comes with instrumental.

Limited copies. 

TRACK LISTING

A. Sugar
B. Instrumental

The salvo of 7"s from the Star Creature bunker continues to rain down on us - with another two arriving this week! E. Live is back, adding his patented boogie shimmer to newcomer Gillies' lead track "What About Luv".

Rich with Italo nuances, "What About Luv" is drenched in sensuality, a laser-guided, pheromone-fueled, late night mission into decadence and excess. The Bay Area boogie boss injects a playful, stripped back sensibility into the equation, mellowing it out into an early evening groover.

Both tracks are winners for me, with two very different moods explored. Star Creature remain the most crucial force in modern funk! TIP. 

STAFF COMMENTS

Matt says: Are Brooklyn's Star Creature secretly challenging MCR's Red Laser to a battle of the boogie? Firing over an Italo-tinged missile at our Manctalo brothers, inviting a return fire bedroom boogie blast from Il Bosco and co.? The plot thickens in the boogie wars saga... stay tuned for more info.

TRACK LISTING

A. What About Luv (E Live Remix)
B. What About Luv