LAST LISTENED TO yesterday
CHANCE OF WAKING TO IT quite good
RATING
After yesterday's reminder of the joy of library grooves, it took over a large part of the day's playlist And so having another today comes as little surprise. This British one is just as funky as yesterday's and, as the title suggests, lurks in nearly the same area. I'm getting hints of pimps strutting and a very strong flavour of cop shows.
It begins with a lovely big of synth and brass action, before the drums kick in with a perfect dum-bum-dadum roll. Much like yesterday's wah guitar, the synth runs through the whole song providing some lovely texture, whilst over there is a mountain of brass, organ and, yes, more wah wah. The drummer's also having a great day and his funky beats are high in the mix. And to top things off, someone has got their hands on one of those percussion instruments beloved of all cop show themes, the name of which i have never discovered. It's the one that goes cr-r-r-r-r-r-r. You know it.
This really is just brilliant. Everything works exactly how you'd want it too. The synth is gritty and burbling. The drummer is hitting hard and groovy. The big brass comes in on long, slow building notes, but also has some great, hard hits. There's even more low-down brass playing along with the synth deep in the mix. The organ is blue and funky and the guitar that backs it up is wah wah'd to perfection. And the bass player, he's so far in the pocket, he's practically out the other side.
The whole tune just keep building layer on layer, each successive one adding more instruments to the mix and moving up a key. After three all-too-short minutes it stops dead on a snare. You can't ask for better funk than this.
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