James Curd rides in with the fifth iteration of his impeccably curated PRONTO imprint, once again drafting in a glittering remix ensemble to compliment his club-primed original on the gloriously feel-good ‘One Day, One Day, One Day’ EP.

Curd has for years been known as a synonym for underground quality. While his creative scope continues to evolve and grow, his roots remain firmly planted in house music’s fertile soil, with the PRONTO label he launched last year currently serving as the direct outlet for his immaculately carved club material. As with previous PRONTO releases, Curd calls upon a dazzling cast of artists to offer interpretations, with protagonists from across dance music’s polychromatic history stepping up with alluring versions.

First up, Curd’s original mix of ‘One Day, One Day, One Day’ bursts from the blocks, with funk-flecked house rhythms powering evocative vocals lines over a floor-focused arrangement. Looped to perfection, glistening guitar licks glide over thick bass notes, with tension-building horns and intelligent filtering adding to the kinetic charge as the soul-heavy vocal effortlessly seduces. Funky, organic, and entirely propulsive, this one is destined to enliven even the most stubborn floors.

Next, Parisian house maverick The Mekanism continues the dazzling form he’s demonstrated on the likes of Play It Say It, No Art, Do Not Sleep and Exploited, adding a touch more bump on his nocturnally focused dub version. Here, off-kilter synth loops intertwine over a throbbing house rhythm, with scattered vocal chops darting over murky bass as the arrangement bubbles, dips, and powers back into life.

KX9000 is next to flex, the talented French producer showing the musically-rich aesthetic that’s served him so well on releases for Pont Neuf, Better Listen and more. Steeped in jazz-funk heritage, his agile version features shimmering chords hovering over fizzing breaks as dexterous keys and jagged vocal chops entwine over irresistible synth bass. Simultaneously raw and intricate, his genre-defying interpretation brilliantly compliments the original as it blurs the lines between broken beat and future funk.

Journeying deeper still, Curd pays homage to his Chi-town roots by inviting bona fide Chicago house royalty K Alexi Shelby to take the controls. Shelby’s place in dance music’s history is assured, the long-serving producer having played a pioneering role in the sound’s formative years and far beyond. Shelby aims straight for the floor on his discreetly hallucinatory version, stripping back the instrumentation as alien synths echo over strobe-lit floors while fierce rhythms undulate somewhere in the bountiful territory between authentic house and techno.

Another committed servant of subaquatic dance, Frivolous Jackson is an artist who’s contributed more than his share of indelible club memories, releasing hard-hitting jams as part of The Sound Republic duo before branching out with his Frankie J solo project. Here, he maintains his uncompromising approach via a hybrid bass house and techno sound aimed squarely at the floor. His typically vibrant remix reframes the vocal over snappy drums and saucer-eyed synth motifs, the sparse but stirring groove captivating as the effervescent arrangement unfurls.

Finally, completing a stunning package, house music aficionado and Hebdonis sustains the energy on his hyper-dynamic revision. He’s shown his class via cultured releases for Robsoul, and here he delivers a striking rework steeped in raw house heritage. Shuffling drums combine with boompty bass as irresistible vocal chops burst across the horizon, with aberrant melodies and atmospheric horns neatly interwoven to add texture to the study groove.

With six arresting versions that each amount to a dancefloor guarantee, ‘One Day, One Day, One Day’ is yet more masterful work from James Curd, vividly illustrating both his compositional prowess and beguiling curatorial instinct.