Hot on the heels of Phonica Records’ inaugural release comes a new 12" on the label from JC Freaks, with a very special remix from The Revenge. JC Freaks is the duo of Anthea Nzekwu and Werner Niedermeier; like Hector, who helmed Phonica 001 with Ben Bryant, Anthea is Phonica through-and-through, working behind the counter at the London store. An award-winning DJ, she produces with Werner as JC Freaks and has already released two acclaimed 12″s on Mojuba offshoot Wandering. ‘Dub Praise’ is a sultry, funked-up assault on the dancefloor, incredibly direct and immediate but full of subtle modulations and dub chords. There’s a jacking, almost boompty feel to the track, but the blissed-out vocal snippets, rich synth-tones and burbling acid licks give it a timeless, rolling quality beyond that. This is seriously addictive stuff. On the flip there’s a remix from The Revenge, AKA Graeme Clark. Phonica have been huge fans of Clark’s releases on labels like Jiscomusic and Instruments of Rapture over the years, both solo and as part of 6th Borough Project. Here he reimagines ‘Dub Praise’ as a deep disco track which is all spaced-out percussion, breezy keys and low-slung bass but has real character and intensity to it. So it is that the eponymous label run out of London’s best electronic music store continues its march on the world’s dancefloors and DJ-boxes - with a 12" of hypnotic house class that fizzes with ideas and, more than anything, groove.