Review: London duo Jettricks corralled an impressive line-up of contributors for their successful 2012 album, Better Than Real Life. Now they've resurfaced to repeat the trick on Ten Out Of The Box. This new album sees the outfit once again rope in some top musical talents to contribute to ten cover versions of popular tunes, many of which being unlikely selections indeed. Over the course of the LP we see Queen's Dragon Attack turned into vintage sounding funk, Basement Jaxx's Where's Your Head At? reimagined as gentle folktronica and Owner Of Lonely Heart by Yes mutated into lo-fi Latin grooviness.
Review: French funk fanatics Soulab Records released the first instalment of this comp series back in March. Since then we've been doing some serious cold soul turkey, so we're ecstatic to have a new instalment. Again they've kept it in the musical family with all their regular artists present and correct. There's disco funk from Uptown Funk Empire, some familiar retro grooves from Slow Motion Replay and acoustic realness from Weeland & The Urban Soul Collective.
Review: It seems that the guys at Legere are really getting into this trawling through the vaults shizzle, as here we have yet another themed compilation. It's certainly a good way to demonstrate the breadth of the label's scope, and after recent downbeat and disco orientated collections, this album explores the variety of remixes that have passed through their doors over the years. Highlights include the crunchy, breaky electro of Malente's take on "Another Man", the glorious vintage disco abandon of "Dazz (Patchworks remix)" and the lazy, retro hip-hop funk of "Interlude (Pitch & Scratch mix)".
Review: French label Soulab are always bestowing us with some variant of funk and in some guise or other, not least with their plethora of excellent compilations. However, we haven't had an installment in this particular series for a year and a half. Thankfully that's now been addressed and a whole host of label regulars like Uraz Kurt, Dan Electro, Slow Motion Replay and Uptown Funk Empire have all contributed more mellow productions from their vaults to Volume 3.
Review: We can always rely on French funkateers Soulab to keep us supplied with regular selections of vintage sounding modern soul gems. This latest compilation features a host of their regular artists and once again the quality is up there. Highlights include the futuristic electro-funk of LA Mitchell's "The Ease", the hazy g-funk vibes of Uraz Kurt's "Remember The Light", the dark, broken electro-hop of Isaac Aesili's "Freedom Cry" and the crazy garage boogie shuffle of Proser & Azaxx's "Prince Is Not Dead".
Review: South Londoner soul and funk producers JetTricks reach their second album in style, with Better Than Real Life sounding bigger and broader, thanks to a wide-range of guest vocalists over the12 tracks. Faye Houston makes a spine-tingling contribution on the epic and stirring opener "Home", while more traditional slinky nu-funk is represented on tracks like "I'm Going Back" and "Stephanie" (featuring Shawn Lee). Former Fun Lovin' Criminal Huey Morgan lends his drawling NYC vocals on the excellent "See Us Through" too.
Review: South London production team JetTricks have scored a home run on this one-off release - a cover of The O'Jays' timeless "For The Love of Money". The duo, who have collaborated with many different musicians over the past few years have even hooked up Fun Lovin' Criminals' Huey Morgan to play a blistering solo over the tune, which keeps things on the live, raw and funky side and features vocals from Detroit legend Marcus Malone.
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