The Right Now

Deep & Disco Recordings presents Chicago-based band The Right Now with “Call Girl,” a gritty piece of live retro-soul with a package of varied and unique mixes. The A-side kicks off with Hot Toddy turning the funk up a notch in his characteristically musical way, in a mix that layers new live elements over the original and builds to a dazzling peak. Following that is the original version: a straight-to-tape recording of the band with lush keys, tight rhythm section grooves, horn stabs, and vocals that drip with soul. Then on the B-side, Dicky Trisco turns in a deep and dubby late-nite disco burner, and label head JKriv takes the tune into old-school house territory with thumping 909 drums and bouncing piano stabs.