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Written by Gregg Shapiro
Sep 8, 2010
Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga is busy milking every last drop from her 2008 debut “The Fame,” including the expanded reissue “The Fame Monster” and the new 10-track “The Remix” (Streamline/Konlive/Cherry Tree/Interscope ). Via remixers, including Richard Vission, Chew Fu, the ubiquitous Stuart Price and others, Gaga’s tunes take their rightful place in dance diva history. That said, Gaga darling, get your ass into the recording studio before all the queens lose interest.
Yaz
Alison Moyet and her co-conspirator Vince Clarke of Yaz were reunited in 2008 for a concert tour. After more than 20 years apart, working on their own musical careers (Moyet as a solo performer and Clarke as one half of Erasure), the pair picks up where they left off on the live double-disc set “Reconnected Live” (Mute). Before an eager and enthusiastic audience, they perform trademark electro-dance tunes such as “Good Times,” “Bring Your Love Down (Didn’t I)” and “Situation.” Less dance-oriented numbers “Nobody’s Diary” and “Only You” also sound good live. Moyet, herself, sounds genuinely thrilled to be there, just like her devoted fans.
Zayra
It’s evident from listening to reality TV vet Zayra’s full-length disc “Baby Loves To Bang” (Brando) that she’s focused on dance-floor culture. Hovering just below the top 10 on the Billboard Dance Chart at the time of this writing, her “V.I.P.” track makes some unusual claims about Mick Jagger set to an irresistible beat. The title track does bang, as does “Liquid D,” the Adrian Benavide club mix of “Sexy Super Mini Skirt” and the four (!) remixes of “V.I.P.” (especially the DJ Pablo Alain Jackinsky Club Mix).
Lolene
Lolene welcomes listeners to “The Electrick Hotel” (Capitol) but simply doesn’t have the power to sustain interest over the course of more than a dozen unmemorable tracks. “Under The Bus,” featuring gay dance artist Sam Sparro, comes closest to having some kind of spark, and “Radio” is worth turning on.
Deluka
Nothing but a big old tease (like most EPs), the self-titled five-track disc by Deluka does what it’s meant to do: get our attention. Consider it done. Now, if the group’s forthcoming full-length can maintain the new wave disco momentum of cuts such as “OMFG” and “Wake Me Up,” then Deluka could have a long and happy road ahead of them.
