Occupying the twilit space between Ariel Pink's lo-fi avant pop and the codeine beats of Chromatics, Nite Jewel's debut album, Good Evening, brought a glorious new slant to the golden age of disco and became an after-hours go to from the record shelf. Recorded when Ramona Gonzalez was still a college student, Good Evening was originally released on Gloriette Records in 2008. The album is dance music on an intimate scale, drawing inspiration from Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam and Arthur Russell, filtered through a lo-fi recording process. Out of print on vinyl for several years, the reissue will include two bonus tracks, a cover of Can forebear Inner Space's "The Kamera Song" and a D M-FunK remix of original track "What Did He Say." The updated reissue packaging also includes Gonzalez's art, poetry and lyrics from the time period.

Upon its release, Gonzalez had been making music on an 8-track for a number of years, slowly evolving from ambient pieces and sound and video installation art to her gradually writing proper songs with Cole M. Grieff-Neill, of Haunted Graffiti, and selling self-produced demo CDR's at shows. Eventually, her music – an evocative, bedroom studio take on dancefloor greats like Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam and Debbie Deb – caught the ears of one Johnny Jewel, head honcho of the venerated Italians Do It Better, who released her debut single "What Did He Say" on his label.

The music is anything but cold and detached – it vibrates with warmth, from the low hum of tape hiss to the way Gonzalez' ethereal vocals and humid analogue synths tips its hat to past greats like Arthur Russell, Sa-Fire and even Roxy Music. Ultimately, for what can be ostensibly termed dance music, Good Evening is a delicate, intimate affair, a beautifully sustained exercise in mood and tension, and far more precious and intriguing a record than most others at the moment.

Vinyl does not include "What Did He Say (Dam-Funk Remix) or ".......
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