British Invasion

There has been a distinct lack of funk in my life for a while.   So when I came across this Chicago House bit of boogie it was on repeat for a little bit. As I've said before you really can't ever go wrong with Candi Staton... well here she is, reinterpreted again into a funky house tune, courtesy of Pete Le Freq from the UK.  You probably wouldn't think that funky house is much of a UK thing.. and.. well I don't think you'd be too far off base with that... but there funk scene is superb.... so I guess it stands to reason that now the kids are getting into it and turning some of those great samples into stuff like this:

Pete Le Freq - Room Of Strangers


I also happened upon a new album by Luke Solomon called Timelines.  Its 18 tracks long.. a few of which are hand picked remixes by the likes of Mark E and Ewan Pearson to name a few.  Rather than a DJ set it really is structured like an album and there are a lot of different soundscapes and musical styles.. Its a pretty fun record really. Somewhere between Matthew Herbert and Jackin' House lives a fun (British again!) boy named Luke Solomon.Also a point thats really worth mentioning if you didn't know he is the other half of The Classic Music Company with none other than Derrick Carter. cred.

Luke Solomon - Lonely Dancer (Dance the pain away)[feat. Jon Marsh] (Ewan Pearson Into The Night Remix)

goddamn. that's a lot of brackets.