____ _____ ___ ________ _______ _____ _______ _______ ____ _____ \ |/ // |/ \\_ // __//_ //_ // |/ / _ _/ _/ / |_ / / \_ /____/ _/ / _/ /__ _\\\____\_____\______/___/\____/____\_______________\_____\_____\_____\\//_ cdr|m's .:: a klangwerk release ..................................................::. artist :: various artists release :: warp factor 3 year :: 2000 genre :: lo-fi label :: kingkladze catalogue :: klze 003 ripper :: soulfiction date :: 06-jan-2002 quality :: 192kbps/44,1khz source :: compact disc .::.......................................................................::. 01 elevator suite - man in a towel 4:42 02 kyoto jazz massive - eclipse 7:38 03 syrup - sweat shop 7:55 04 ritmo de luxe - life 5:42 05 rip rhymes - read between the lines 6:59 06 antibalas with jojo quo - uprising (parts 1 & 2) 8:12 07 roby j.c. project - bossa super-nova 5:50 08 takero ogata - omnipresence 4:32 09 soul string section - wipe his blues away 5:43 10 sirius b - something new 3:55 11 les hommes - les hommes from outer space 4:47 12 vanessa freeman - mind games 5:24 playtime :: 01h 11m 19s .::.......................................................................::. admittedly i missed volumes 1 & 2 of this series but if they're anything like this collection, i'll be looking to pick up copies of warp factor 1 & 2. you see, to coin a phrase, this is right up my street & anyone who knows my musical tastes will testify to my affection for funky urban jazz grooves. kingkladze bring together a few choice cuts from a variety of progressive labels taking new groove rhythms into the year 2000 & beyond. the influences appear to be wide ranging but the end result in each case is more or less the same - quality in abundance. standout tracks for me would have to be the chunkier sounds of syrup's 'sweatshop' an infectious dance groove built around some dirty bass, shifting drum loops & probing horns. there's also a wicked keyboard solo to look out for. kyoto jazz massive's 'eclipse' has an atmospheric ambient feel while still managing to kick it big style in the groove department. african funky rhythms are the order of the day with antibalas' 'uprising (pt 1 & 2)' combining tribal drums with mazey dance beats & blazing brass to create a dynamite afrobeat tune for the dancefloor. les hommes however provide the killer of all killer cosmic grooves with a spacey programmed stomper and is i believe on cd for the first time having been much sought after on vinyl. rip rhymes come good with a very well done us3 styled hip hop tune that just grows & grows and sirius b pop up on yet another compilation with a sun drenched bossa 'something new'. on the soul tip we have vanessa freeman who sounds uncannily like regina belle providing a leftfield offering 'mind games' and betty wright's 'clean up woman' is heavily used as the backbone to 'wipe his blues away' from soul string section which is a nice summer roof down swayer. overall i do really like this album and expect to be playing it for a long time. the label are promoting this as a cosmic jazz collection but it's a lot more than that and displays the various directions talented musicians are expanding the boundaries of urban music with their jazz influences. .::.......................................................................::. greetings :: sb, qdp, sour, dps, it, rac, dh, sfe, hbz, igr and mgc .::.......................................................................::. visit #klangwerk on efnet