The next instalment in the excellent Choice series is mixed by the S-Man, Roger Sanchez. Joining the ranks of other dons such as Tony Humphries, Derrick Carter and Frankie Knuckles, he has a lot to live up to and he delivers. Comprising two discs Sanchez covers everything from laid back funk to old school acid in his signature adventurous and exciting mixing style.

Aside from the cheesy filtered introduction by Sanchez, the opening of disc one is great with the light funk guitars making way for some boogie horns and groovy wind instrumentation in Chakachas’ ‘Jungle Fever’. This track along with five others is exclusively re-edited by the man himself (presumably to make it a little more mix friendly). To get your further into the groove Lafayette Afro Rock Band’s ‘Darkest Light’ features next, great laid back funk as it should be. Equally cool is Manu Dibango’s ‘New Bell’, great ‘70s car chase wah wah guitars throughout and a nice Latin vocal backing work well together. Unfortunately it isn’t all weird 70’s funk on here with some quality Italo disco from Alexander Robotnik with ‘Problemes d’amour’. It was also thrilling to hear the original guitar in Two Man Sound’s ‘Que Tal America’, as sampled in house anthem Minister de la Funk’s ‘Believe’. Closing with my favourite disco track is a nice touch with Loose Joints ‘Is It All over My Face’, great vocals that have been recycled heavily years in various house tracks.

Opening up disc two with Frankie Knuckles’ ‘Your Love’ pretty much sets the scene for the mix, it is jam packed with early house classics such as ‘Hercules’ ‘7 Ways To Jack’. Robert Owen’s vocal workout ‘Bring Down The Walls’, still sounds fresh in parts as do the acid stylings of Steve Poindexter’s ‘Computer Madness’, that would surely appeal to ‘lectro heads today. There is some nice jackin’ house on here as well, such as Romanthony;s ‘Let Me Show You Love’, a seriously cool record with house vocals as they should sound. Things get a little funkier towards the end of the second disc with rocking sax lines in both Basil’s ‘City Streets’ and the epic ‘I Called U (The Conversation)’ from Lil’ Louis & The World. Great stuff.

This is another quality release from Azuli, disc one is the hotness for some funky laid back stuff and disc two really pumps it up, so wherever your night’s at you’re covered with this album. There were some flat spots in both discs however, with the quality of music found throughout the rest of music they are easily overlooked.