Various - This Is What We Call Discotech

For their 51st release, Lancashire-based Discotech Records release a seven-track mini-album sampler… and the clue's in the name, because the very definite theme here is house, tech-house and techno grooves aimed at dancefloor hi-jinks, pure and simple.

The seven tracks come from Matt Fear, Carl Howson (twice), Resumo, Darkworks, Loonic and Wicked Actions. I'm not gonna go into all of 'em individually – I'm in a bit of a rush right now – but the funky, looping tech-house of Howson's Don't Like It and Matt Fear's deeper house cut Back Chat stand out, while Resumo's Idum is also good fun in a bigger room kinda way.

It's solid-enough stuff all round though, and with seven tracks on offer you can't fault the VFM.

Out: This week

About: Find Discotech Records online here. Click through and you'll also find links to Soundcloud pages for the artists involved, where you can HEAR most of these tracks.