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FKX 050
01 May 12 Breakbeat
Played by: Prosper, Clairvo (Mustbeat), Tal M. Klein, Fuzzbox Inc, Gazeebo, Chudy, Badboe, Trotter, All Good Funk Alliance, Juno Recommends Breakbeat, Dastardly Kuts, The Funk Hunters, Nappy Riddem, Basement Freaks, Tosses & Varvez, Arsam - Empresarios
Review:
Primed with party power and whacked out on some seriously spacey synths, the All Good Funk Alliance update their already impressive repertoire with a fourth studio album. Sounding more polished and developed than ever before, this is a rare breed of album that works well as a collection of individual DJ bombs and a slick cohesive listening experience. Naturally, highlights abound and range in rich flavours from the gritty, KRS-One-meets-Plump DJs style booty shaker "Time To Get Loose" to the classic Danny Breaks style block-rocking bass and timbale fusion "Throw Down". Littered with slippery disco, raw instrumental funk and vibrant breakbeats, these cats aren't jacks at all -they're party masters.
FKX 055
29 Jan 13 Breakbeat
Played by: Pimpsoul, Fort Knox Five, DJ Self, Jazztronik (Ryota Nozaki), Trotter, DJ Aka (Funk Moguls), Actual Sounds, Ez Icarus, Tosses & Varvez, Radical Mixtape
Review:
If you're talking ghetto-minded, dirty-assed nu funk then you must be talking Fort Knox. Responsible for some of the scene's biggest heaters, the imprint continues with this second remix package of the All Good Funk Alliance. Featurecast steps up first with an anthemic take on "Throw Down" that comes complete with a lovely synth-tom drum fill, Busta retaliates with a cheekier version that's armed with the juiciest p-funk bassline we've heard all week, Skeewif's take of "Time To Get Loose" is more a Shaft-style organic funk roller and Keith Mackenzie & DJ Fixx finish the set with darker, synth-heavy rub. It's all good... literally!
FKX 058
19 Feb 13 Breakbeat
FKX 059
12 Mar 13 Breakbeat
Review:
Jack Of All Trades - It's the album that keeps on giving. Released this time last year it's undergone the full instrumental treatment and two remix EPs. Now this, the nu-funk piece de resistance: a floor-tickling collection of the previous remixes plus a whole load more. Highlights include Skeewif's Young MC-meets-Shaft-on-Mancini Avenue flavoured remix of "Time To Get Loose" and Dads On Display's Koan Sound style mix of smooth 80s b2b screaming midrange bass on "Closer To The Edge". But at 18 tracks that's the tip of this eclectic, open-all-hours party fest. It's all exceedingly good.
FKX 052
24 Jul 12 Breakbeat
Review:
Now here's an interesting concept. All Good Funk Alliance follow up their fourth album release with an instrumental version. At first it seems superfluous, but give it a listen and you realise their beats have just as much raw funk power as stand alone instrumentals as they do vocal party jams. It's a daring move - with acts like the AGFA, it's often the vocals that really gives the tracks character, but they've got the confidence to show just how musically adept they are. Tracks that really shine in their new-found naked state include the bouncy, bumpy bass jam "Mr Hipnoid", the superfly slap bass space session "Speaker Sweat" and the squidgy/sexy/borderline absurd synth anthem "RTA (Respect To Arcadion)".
FKX 054
20 Nov 12 Breakbeat
FKX 047
20 Mar 12 Breakbeat
FKX 041
27 Sep 11 Broken Beat/Nu Jazz/Nu Soul
FKX 046
28 Feb 12 Dancehall/Ragga
FKX 062
28 May 13 Breakbeat
Review:
When it comes to album remix packages, Fort Knox always deliver. Allowing the Latino-glitter settle from the album release in a timely fashion, here the label commission a series of authentic, respectful reversions... And each one of them rocks. Omegaman dubs out "7th Street Groove" with depth and clarity, Basement Freaks splash out on a Lover's Rock style digi-dub swing for "Salsa De Gala" while the Fort Knox label bosses funkify "Maria Juana" so much there's a danger you may damage your speakers with dangerous funk juice.
FKX 034
11 Feb 11 Downtempo
FKX 036
31 May 11 Breakbeat
Played by: Shantisan, Fort Knox Five, Trotter, Quincy Jointz, D-Funk, Telephunken, Tosses & Varvez, Arsam - Empresarios
FKX 037
14 Jun 11 Dub
FKX051
03 Jul 12 Roots/Lovers Rock
FKX 053
30 Oct 12 Breakbeat
Played by: Voodoocuts, All Good Funk Alliance, Empresarios - El Video Killer, Nappy Riddem, Ez Icarus
Review:
There are a few things you can bet your bottom dollar on in life; Fort Knox releases being funky as hell is one. And those releases getting backed up with an equally hefty remix package is another. Here's a fine example; each reversion adding a whole new party spirit to the mutli-lingual messiness of the originals. Take G-Flux's swamp stomp skank vibe on "Rompan Fila". Take Skeewiff's bold big band swing licks on "Para Mis Amigos". Take the tropical sea-side sparkles of Auditors Domination's remix of "Estereolismo". Each one a bottom-shaking, bottom-heavy, bottom dollar saving beauty.
FKX 061
08 May 13 Hip Hop/R&B
FKX 033
24 Aug 10 Breakbeat
FKX 012
21 Oct 08 Broken Beat/Nu Jazz/Nu Soul
FKX 025
14 Jul 09 Breakbeat
FKX 014
13 Jan 09 Electro House
FKX 024
30 Jun 09 Breakbeat
FKX 016
17 Feb 09 Breakbeat
FKX 017
03 Mar 09 Electro
FKX 018
17 Mar 09 Breakbeat
FKX 020
14 Apr 09 Breakbeat
FKX 021
05 May 09 Electro House
FKX 022
19 May 09 Breakbeat
FKX 031
29 Jun 10 Electro
FKX 029
18 May 10 Electro
FKX 008
31 Mar 06 Breakbeat
FKX 032
20 Jul 10 Breakbeat
FKX 056
11 Dec 12 Breakbeat
Played by: Spinforth, Clairvo (Mustbeat), Fort Knox Five, Trotter, Qdup Foundation, Juno Recommends Breakbeat, The Funk Hunters, Nappy Riddem, Basement Freaks, Tosses & Varvez
Review:
Wow, what an epic remix package this is. It's impossible to feel short changed here as Fort Knox present not one, not two, no not even three, but eight remixes (including instrumentals) of the ever-popular Nappy Riddem cuts "Angle It" and "DTA". First up is DJ Wood who draws out the funky, vocal-driven element with dribbling melodies and trumpet-tooting fun. Next is K Sabroso's re-lick which is much more stripped back, with booming bass and amplified urban spoken lyrics adding a sense of menace. After this comes the Stickybuds' D&B remix of "DTA" which is full of punchy 175bpm madness; then the dub Architect remix which is all swaggering sauciness and shimmying dancefloor vibes for the duration. As if that wasn't enough, there are also instrumentals of all of the above.
FKX 023
17 Jun 09 Funk
FKX 042
04 Oct 11 Broken Beat/Nu Jazz/Nu Soul
Review:
Rex Riddem and Mustafa Akbar - aka Nappy Riddem - drop this killer 10-track set entitled One World Sovereignty on Washington based funk 'n breaks label Fort Knox. As with the duo's previous outings on Fort Knox, there's an insouciant blend of breaks, funk, hip-hop and smooth soul on offer. There are highlights aplenty, including the sultry "Angle It", dubby b-boy riddim "Ease Up", reggae-influenced "DTA", the killer title track and funk-fuelled "Shango".
FKX 048
10 Apr 12 Breakbeat
Played by: Fuzzbox Inc, Zamali, Trotter, Omegaman, Juno Recommends Funk/Reissues, Quincy Jointz, Ancient Astronauts, Nappy Riddem, Basement Freaks, Quasamodo
Review:
Nappy, or Diaper as he's not known in the US, has allowed AAA access to his album for a series of remix fix-ups due over the coming months. Will they stand up to the Bootsy-level of bodacious funkatude shown by Mr Riddem himself? It's looking promising; Fort Knox Five take the soul stirring sizzles of "Devil Needs A Bodyguard" and drive them so deep into P-funk town they eat their own A-Zs. Basement Freaks continues his purple party patch with a hip-swinging dancehall take on "Ease Up", while Omegaman gives "Shango" a shakedown, stripping it down to sultry simplicity. For even deeper vibes head straight to the rattling riddims of the Ancient Astronauts' remix of "Soundboy (Wake The Sound)" or J Boogie's deep dubby house take of "One World".
FKX 027
27 Oct 09 Breakbeat
FKX 030
15 Jun 10 Dub
FKX 006
23 Jun 05 Breakbeat
FKX 045
03 Jan 12 Dub
Played by: Zamali, Omegaman, Juno Recommends Dub, The Funk Hunters, Ancient Astronauts, Spekulla Records
FKX 026
13 Oct 09 Dub
FKX 044
22 Nov 11 Dub
FKX 028
01 Dec 09 Broken Beat/Nu Jazz/Nu Soul |