La Onda Vampi

Vampisoul really knows how to mash it up. The Spanish label, celebrating a decade this year, has to be one of the coolest imprints around. Not only does it come up with brilliantly camp and colourful cover artwork; it also knows how to trawl the archives of some of the more obscure sounds of the swinging 60s and 70s and pick out the brightest gems for sound junkies around the world.

La Onda Vampi (The Vampi Vibe) is a sampler of its latest releases. Although the label's renowned for its Latin output – everything from boogaloo to cumbia – this album travels the globe. The emphasis is mostly on retro numbers, spanning everywhere from Iran and Colombia to Italy and the Czech Republic. This is a wonderfully varied disc of party tunes. And it also contains one of greatest lyrics of all time, on Margarita Sierra's ‘Cha Cha Twist’ (a US-based Spanish artist who sadly died in the 60s at the tender age of 27). She sings: ‘Jack and Jill went up the hill… When they got there what do you think they were doing?’ Go on. ‘The cha cha twist!’ Of course.

Other highlights include the super-catchy power ballad ‘Já Tu S Tvárí Nemennou’ from Marta Kubišová (with full brass backing), the brief but brilliant rumba pop of Antonio González and the funky highlife of ‘Dye Dye’ from the muchunderrated Según Bucknor. Fascinating, educational stuff.