Anticipating spring’s arrival, the latest episode of [Across 135th Street](http://bit.ly/NA0sT6) features a few tracks suited to meteorological warming trends. Modern funk gets a nod via the bass heavy boom-thap of *XL Middleton* and *The Pendletons*. The boogie-fied pains of love never sounded so right as articulated by Cherries Records’ signees *Social Lovers* and Bay Area cult favorites *Twilight*. Upfront keyboards go beserkowitz on *Superstructure*’s *Out At The Deep End*. Meanwhile, Detroit house is repped by the combination of *Rick Wilhite* / *Dez Andres* / *Eddie Fowlkes* / *Dennis Edwards*’ gritty sampled vocal from the Temptations’ *Cloud Nine*. And then, as always, there’s disco – e.g. the previously acetate only mix of \_(artist-name)Candido’\_s classic *Thousand Finger Man* (thank goodness for reissues). Ditto re: the mo$t hyped vintage di$co di$covery in age$, *Stephen Encinas*’ island bomb *Disco Illusion*.
