Global Groove: Dignity
New York club regular David Knapp has tested his stylus on the hardest bodies of the Manhattan-Miami party axis, and his contribution to theGlobal Grooveseries finds ever-inventive new places to put the beat. The buzzword of this installment is "Dignity," and Knapp certainly encourages club slaves to lose any of that they may have, presenting faded disco glory in a modern cyborg-slut perspective. Tracks by Michelle Weeks and Brutal Bill come on the heels of glitzy handbag house but sound not as isolated or psychic as deep house. Knapp metes out both the brash and the smooth in a unified seductive twist, keeps up the momentum without becoming monotonous, and overall directs this into a surprisingly worthy follow-up to endless pride week-themed compilations on this upstart label.--Ian Christe