VA - Clarisse Various Artists, Vol. 11 (2025)

A bumper house collection bringing together the worlds finest dancefloor generals, Clarisses latest group of deep and funky house disciples makes for a joyful July jamboree. Kicking off with the returning Belgrade favourite Un Padre, Mami Quiere a Papi sets off a delicious bassline chain reaction and pops the cork on the compilations party potential. Beefing up the bass is the drive and vitality of Venezuelan duo Alvii Ferrer and Elejota Santos, splitting Candeleteo into a hard funking groove and horn-lead carnival call out to the Latin Quarter. Tell Me by Billy R lays down the law with a Colombian bassline swing and the sort of lyrical hip-hop edge that Clarisse revels in, mirrored by the scrappy Ryder by Ibiza ace Manuel Ribeca popping bubblegum and swinging baseball bats, and the karate chopping snares of Matneds Jersey ringing from coast to coast out of Malaga. Temazo tunesmith Blow and Milano mover and shaker Dave Delly offer a triumphant round of Silly Games, a diva-lead jazz houser whose horn section and guitar licks will get the club nice and frothy. Corbelers Cerc rumbles out of the shadows to become a no-nonsense crowd pleaser with plenty of funky clout and polishing a vocal sample to get the whole world hanging on its every word. The champagne sounds of Perignon raise a glass to the international connection of Jordan Allinor, Dlam and Cxshflxme, completely understanding the Clarisse assignment with a silver-tongued bubbler comprehensively fitting the bill. King of the clubs KICA and his minimal recipe for Farfalina is another tapping into the labels love of quicksilver percussion, intriguing international lyrics and bass bounding its way through the club. The compilation concludes with another Venezuelan, Saachi, promising Better Days Coming: a deep dancefloor roamer to get lost in with butter-smooth vocals hitting at the break of dawn, it puts the exclamation mark on another ten-out-of-ten Clarisse performance.