Renato Figoli Funkoholic Remixes 1

In March, tech-house veteran Renato Figoli made a welcome return with his first full-length in five years, Funkoholic. Now Renato and AMAM founder (and fellow Italian) Alessio Mereu have curated a remix package from four top producers to contextualize the deep, aquatic qualities of the originals: Sascha Dive, Christopher Rau, LoSoul and Ed Davenport. If the original album was set aboard an aircraft, this new double-EP takes place in a stealthy submarine. "Night Express" was the closer of Funkoholic, but this version from gets a new vantage point as the remix collections's opener. Frankfurt DJ/producer Sascha Dive (Raum...Musik) plunges into deeper vibes, accentuating the atmosphere without neglecting the driving rhythm, summoning mermaid ghosts in its wake. On the flip, Christopher Rau (Pampa, Smallville) shifts the once smooth "...Anymore" into a swirl of uppity energy, subverting the spoken word vocals of Neville Attree into a mere whisper amongst myriad other interplaying elements.