Gommagang - Galactic No. 2

Collecting unreleased and new tracks from across Gomma's spectrum of acts, Galactic No. 2 effortlessly combines experimental sounds with club-friendly beats in a melting pot of retro disco and cosmic funk. Baldelli's Xilodelphia opens the compilation in a mess of squelchy pads and glitterball sounds, setting up a formula that's perhaps a little too rigidly followed. Whilst Salvelox, from rising star Rodion, uses the classic italo sound to great effect, Tomboy's One Week of Bending is little more than "Tonight Matthew, I'm going to be Metro Area." It's an intriguing compilation, and Whomadewho's cover of the Villalobos classic Easy Lee is a brilliant rework, sticking two fingers up at minimal and launching into a delirious thrashing guitar line. Disco's not dead. [Liam Arnold]