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One man party rocker and mash-up king D Funk returns to Grits N Gravy with three new treats. "Nothing But Money" sees an '80s rock classic slowed down and layered with some tweaked bass and drums, "That Glitch Thing" updates a Lauren Hill classic with a cavalcade of synths and live drum fills and perhaps best of all, William DeVaughan's evergreen "Be Thankful For What You've Got" gets a subtle update on the excellent "Oh Be Thankful".
A powerhouse of funky breaks, b-boy funk and studio phatness, Jalapeno's Basement Freaks has four of his latest jams taken apart and given a new lease of life on this remix edition. Like-minded funker Ursula 1000 uses the Prince-esque falsetto of "Down In The Basement" to maximum effect by layering it over a slinky, Moog-led beat, while Omegaman adds some hip-hop punch to "Don't You Wanna Party". Lean electro wobbles mark out Delimentary's take on the "Get Ready" and Quasamodo recasts "Let's Get It Started" with a cowbell-riding disco beat and twisted chords.
New to the Bulabeats label, Bristol's Dave Remix comes in on a rude bwoy tip with the filthy breaks of "Come Feel The Beat" (featuring rhymer Will Scarlett), the whistles 'n' snare freakout of the heavy-wobblin' "Blow", plus the more funky, soul-sampling "Shoot The Moon" and the wah-wah grooves of the jump up D&B smasher "If He Gets Up". Check it!
Two new slices of trance-tech and menacing breakbeat from Raveart's Blazer, taking in the detuned robo-vocals and astral strings of "Android" and the equally mean "Pulse" which rocks a mainlining, metronomic synthline that drives the track through some gritty bass drops and hard-hitting squelch textures!
This extraordinary nine-track package from Mexico's Mekha compromises four original tracks and five remixes. First of all is two minute outing "Process" - a minimal, haunting intro with almost painful humming, which introduces us to the sparse experimentalism that will ensue. "Aneurism" is a deep, dubbed out piece with deftly placed beats, occasional bleeps and quirky SFX. Dsve remixes this, adding in a swishing vocal and booming bass, whilst Kupas Vampire Slaya mix is an exercise in disorientating 8-bit bleeps. "Cortex Feedback" is a more menacing piece with remixes from DMR, MHV and The Raging Sea Unconscious mix, with the original rounding things off.
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