Various: Melodius Beats Vol 1

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Former Aucklander Mark de Clive-Lowe here compiles some of his remixes, productions and original material on a globe-trotting collection which starts in a Latin mode with the sounds of Panamanian keyboardist Danilo Perez and bada-bada singer Claudia Acuna getting the remix treatment and ends with the Chet Baker trumpet stylings of Germany's Till Bronner melted behind soulful vocals by Ovasoul7 and de Clive-Lowe's keyboards.

Between times there is a swag of jazzy funk and beats, some overlong vamping, lashings of 70s keyboards, and faux-soul and lounge given the beat treatment.

Slick, functional in clubland, slightly sassy and probably hip, but not a lot of it grips.

Label: Antipodean