Based in France, FKR maison du groove is a disco, funk and soul label run by Parisian producer and DJ, Ks French. Founded at the tail end of 2013, the label has wiggled out addictive edits of tracks originally produced by artists including James Brown, Marvin Gaye, Blondie and Curtis Mayfield.
Review: The title here translates roughly as "just a little bit of groove", and seldom have the words on a tin more accurately described what its contents do - if you want reference points, think what a 'Too Slow To Disco' compilation put together by Dave Lee might sound like, and you're in roughly the right ballpark! See 'Give Me Your Love' for some fine George Benson-esque geetar work, 'How Sweet You Are' for gloriously cheesy 70s pop/AOR vibes, 'Crazy' for a slightly rawer, Loleatta-esque funk feel or the title track for when you're floating on a lilo and sipping a daquiri...
Review: The fact that two of the tracks are called 'The Piano Loop' and 'Outro: Jazz Loops' should in itself give you some idea of what to expect here, as FRK maison du groove boss main man KS French (AKA Mr Given Raw) serves up six dusty, loop-based jams for your disco, funk and Balearic sets. Not even gonna try and identify the original tracks that all of these were based on - suffice to say the sources range from jazz to boogie, and that M. French's ability tease a five-minute dancefloor groove out of the sparsest ingredients is admirable.
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