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Essence Vol 1
LP (Item 613307) Melting Pot (Germany), 2012 — Condition: New Copy
A damn funky debut from The Ruffcats – a German combo who've cut their teeth providing grooves for singers like Bajka, Flo Mega, and Jaguar Wright – but who sound even better in an instrumental format on their own! There's a really sinister approach to the music here – one that goes past conventional funk, into a wry mix of funky elements that come across sounding as fresh as they do rootsy – that unusual blend that we always used to love from the trippier Poets Of Rhythm projects! Core instrumentation is very familiar, but it somehow comes together in really different ways as the set moves on – maybe a particular bubble on the Hammond here, a moody riff on the Rhodes there, odd tunings on the horns, weird rhythms on the percussion, and things like that – all of which contribute to a really great set of tracks that includes "Odd Stones", "The Baaang", "Dr Cosmo", "Brain Gone Ruff (parts 1 & 2)", "Boti's Skit", and "Turtles". © 1996-2013, Dusty Groove, Inc. | |||||
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