Including the singles ‘Organ Donor’ by Lefties Soul Connection, the funk remake of Afrika Bambaataa and Soulsonic Force’s ‘Planet Rock’ and Jim Dunloop’s The Mexican’ More MPM Sound mashes up past, present and future music tenses with a shockingly fine, uncut diamond of a record that recreates using the latest DNA technology a fair likeness of what hip-hop, jazz and funk used to look like before the Beverley Knights, the Eminems and Jamie Cullums of this world confined decent music to the history books.
Founded in 2002 by Oliver “Olski“ von Felbert, the German A&R guy responsible for discovering Groove Attack and asteroid level activist for all things shit hot and groovy, Melting Pot Music represents some of the tastiest ram-jam artists alive – and More MPM Sound is where these guys get a chance to roll back the carpet, pull on a funky afro and turn the strobes on a selection of tasteful edits that peak with the peculiar jazz jumble of Devil McDoom’s ‘Watching Sleazy UFOs Passing By’ and the sultry, slithery space jump that is ‘Soul Summer’ from The Soul Scrapes.
Something is definitely cooking in this kitchen.