James Curd presents the fourth instalment from his already essential PRONTO label, delivering a hyper-infectious original alongside a bumper pack of top-drawer remixes on ‘I Am One, I Am Many’.

Adelaide-based Curd has come a long way since launching his career in his native Chicago as a fresh-faced teen. Now among dance music’s most revered and reliable production minds, his genre-gliding work on the likes of Exploited, Dirtybird, Tsuba, Trax Records, Classic Records and Ministry Of Sound has helped established his glowing reputation among the scene’s heaviest hitters. Once again, his latest PRONTO release sees him usher in an inspired cast of remixers, with each offering gorgeously nuanced takes on his already compelling cut.

First up, Curd’s original version of ‘I Am One, I Am Many’ bursts from the blocks with its lively tempo and feel-good groove. Built around an empowering spoken word vocal and pitched somewhere in the fertile soil between disco and house, the funk-laden jam rolls over thick bass, dramatic strings and jaunty guitar licks, with irresistible horn motifs lifting spirits as the dance-ready arrangement unfolds.

Next, renegade UK collective Adelphi Music Factory maintain the uncompromising approach that has seen them garner universal tastemaker heat thanks to impactful releases on Shall Not Fade, Nervous, and their own Beat Factory label. Adding weight to the drums, they stay true to the intention of the original, retaining the track’s key parts while tastefully reforming them as an unfettered main room banger.

The UK remix flavour extends into the third iteration, with notorious party-starters Make A Dance continuing their club-focused manifesto with their brilliantly atmospheric revision. Here, M.A.D. carry on the fine work they’ve been manifesting on their eponymous label, constructing an almost entirely new track around the iconic vocal. A contagious organ hook drives the energy as saucer-eyed sweeps and off-kilter synths meander across the panorama, the sturdy house rhythm expertly powering the kinetically charged groove.

Tel Aviv’s Nenor is next to the plate, the esteemed producer and DJ showing the kind of sparkling form that has seen his work appear on benchmark labels including Mahogani, Strictly Rhythm, Heist, and Razor N Tape among many others. Transposing the track into deeper territory, Nenor strips back the instrumentation to serve a mesmerising heads-down roller. The vocal soars over brooding bass and syncopated chords, with loose rhythms and subtle textures combining to hypnotic effect.

Completing a staggering remix ensemble, Dutch duo T.U.R.F. ride in with their typically house-rooted ‘Re-Jack’. The pair’s floor-focused club jams have won plenty of admirers since they burst onto the scene in 2018. Releases on True Romance, Robsoul, Tilly Jam and Slothboogie have certified their reputation artists with a distinct dancefloor simpatico, and their work here only cements that position. Full-bodied and aimed squarely at the club, their dubbed-out mix strips the parts to their barest essentials, altering and reframing them over a bumping arrangement.

If that wasn’t enough, the digital release includes an irresistible pair of M.A.D. bonus mixes. First, the ‘M.A.Deep Mix’ blends the lead vocal over a sparse rhythm track and tension-building pads as the funk-flecked clavs and mood-enhancing organs dance over throbbing toms and machine drum claps. Finally, the evocative ‘MAD Dub’ dispenses with the vocal to allow the formidable instrumentation of their remix room to shine, with delay-laden chops teasing the lyrics as the effervescent arrangement bubbles and broods.

This is another pulsating package from PRONTO, with each refined version poised to ignite an array of floors. Considering the chosen protagonist, this should come as little surprise.