That’s Miss Diamond To You…

I’ve been nigh-on obsessed the past few days with Kathy Diamond. Set to be released in April, her debut album is a collection of spectral slo-mo disco tunes flecked with touches of dub by her producer, the incomparable Maurice Fulton.

Fulton has long been a well-known quantity. He’s done work behind the boards for his wife (MU), was the driving force behind the house classic, “Gypsy Woman,” and done plenty of remixes for indie faves (!!!, Hot Chip, Annie, and the Rapture to name but a few).

Diamond, on the other hand, is someone that I’d basically never heard of until a few friends tipped me off when her first singles began to appear from Miss Diamond to You (the aforementioned debut album). Those singles, thankfully, are available at eMusic already.

“Over” sounds like a completely normal little disco strut for a bit – nice, but nothing special – until its middle unleashes a psych-y organ solo that colors the track for a good two minutes. Also: keep an ear on how Fulton treats the drums in the song’s final minute or so: truly hypnotic stuff. Even better is “All Woman,” which features my favorite line of the year so far (“I came. I saw. I conquered your heart.”). Again, it’s a conga-flavored bit of disco-soul with a tightly coiled bass that gets unrolled for a truly awesome breakdown in the song’s third minute that won’t make complete sense until Fulton starts to layer it with itself. Keep an eye out for the full-length in April. It only gets better from there.