- California producer Joshua Heath is never afraid to pack his home state's sunshine into his tracks. His work as Lonely Boy (this, for Bristol's Futureboogie, is his third EP under the name) tends to inject funk and disco influences into the classic house sound that typifies the music under his given name. I Like Disco is no exception, though the title track is the only one here with a vocal: a warm repetition of the titular phrase, which Heath wraps in elastic bass, hovering pads and tumbling percussion.
The Emperor Machine's remix of the title track does pretty much what his remixes always do—but it does it well, and it will be the main reason to pick up this release. Stretching well past the ten-minute mark, he scatters sundry echoing effects and drums onto a teeth-rattling bass refrain. Elsewhere, "A Subtle Frenzy" begins with a Kompakt-like bed of pads and percussion before taking a more flamboyant turn through slabs of bass and skittering arps. Digital bonus "Take Your Time" makes for a low-BPM but high-drama finale, its thunderclap drums anchoring waves of buzzing synths and theatrical keys.
TracklistA1 I Like Disco
B1 I Like Disco (The Emperor Machine Disco To Go Special Dub Mix)
B2 The Subtle Frenzy