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The most global grooves inflected slices of DJ Nu-Mark's Broken Sunlight project – with a Quantic collaboration that's as great as you would hope it to be – and an equally strong collabor with Laudir De Oliviera on the other side! "Tropicalifornia" is great mix of Quantic's love of Colombian, Latin American and African percussion flavors of the past couple years and DJ Nu-Mark's timeless Cali hip hop aesthetic. Lots of live instrumentation on this one – with steel drums and other percussion,Rhodes and other keys, horns, bass and more – but Nu-Mark's cuts are by no means buried in the mix. The flip is a Brazilian vocals and percussion heavy gem featuring lead vocals and by Laudir De Oliveira and some mighty chorus back up.

Amazing grooves from Dazzle – disco at the start, but a lot more righteous too – thanks to some great keyboards in the mix! "Explain" is worth the price of the single alone – fast bassline at the start, then these spacey keys that only get better as the track moves on – soloing in these cool moogy ways that give the tune a great cosmic groove! "In The Disco" follows up with similar energy – and "Play It" is great too – both tracks with vocals, but plenty of keyboards and a really great sound!

One of the slinkier grooves we've heard in recent years from Tony Allen – served up here in 2 mixes that both make the most of the track's snakey guitar! There's a bit more atmospherics here than heavy beats – and the tune is less of a driving Afro Funk number than a snakey cut that sounds especially well suited for the dub mix here!

A special single with some great vocals from Mario Biondi – singing here with some especially great backings from the High Five Quintet! "This Is What You Are" is a warm modal groover – one that builds beautifully from the ground up, and which is made especially nice by Mario's warmly raspy vocals! The remix pumps things up a bit more on the rhythms – yet still keeps all the jazzy charm of the tune intact!

A spiritual jazz classic by Harry Whitaker's Black Renaissance – plus a trippy GB remix on the other side! The original version of "Magic Ritual" is here in full – and it's essentially half of the group's classic Body, Mind And Spirit LP – a legendary session that features just 2 long tracks –done Strata East-like style, peppered with voices, both sung and spoken, in a hip, socially conscious mode. On the other side, GB uses the original's elements craft a spacey electro groover that's really in realm of its own! A haunting and heavily percussive trip!

Legendary Bay Area soul numbers by Darondo – as re-edited/remixed/liberally-adapted by Tall Black Guy and Dandy Teru! First up is Tall Black Guy's take on "I Don't Want To Leave" – which uses Darando's "Sure Know How To Love Me" as it's source material. The breezy, easygoing vibe of the original carries over pretty well onto it – with a think bass sound and a tripper, spacey club soul vibe. On the flip, Dandy Teru's "Untrue" is just as free of an interpetation – using strains of Darondo's "True" a soulful springboard into the cosmos.