Felix NEill

As previously mentioned, Diskjokke is 30 year old Norwegian mathematician, Joachim Dyrdahl.

"Staying In' is at the most accessible end of the disco resurgence. Diskjokke got his big break from fellow Scandinavian dancefloor emperor, Prins Thomas, who put out a couple of 12"s via his Full Pupp label. Being a part of the Nowegian dance scene that gave birth to the likes of Lindstrom, Todd Terje and Rune Linbaek, you'd hardly expect the Diskjokke debut to have a title like Staying In, but despite being compatible for dacefloor detonation these pieces are curtailed versions of the tracks Drydahl would play out in a club environment, taking on a far more succinct, poppy structure, far more conducive to a leisurely playback in the comfort of your own home. What's more, the album never strays too far from an actual tune, with particular highlights like "Flott Flyt" and "Staying In" itself (which is quite reminiscent of Royksopp's 'Eple') placing a heavy emphasis on bloopy synth melodies.

Best of all though, is "Folk I Farta" which starts from a Wim Mertens piano figure and turns up the disco heat from there. First, an eerie sci-fi melody appears, only to be dwarfed by the biggest, valve driven, radiophonic riff that there has ever been. Fantastic stuff.

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