REVIEW: Various Artists, What The Funk You Waitin' For? (V2)
- I.K. MacLeod
Clocking in at just under 74 minutes, these eleven, hand-picked, electronically funkified tracks will rock the party people from New York to Munich. In their original form, each song certainly could cause heads to nod and toes to tap, but with the help of remixers like Bob Sinclair, new artists such as Italy's Leena, and even a twist on the Style Council's "Shout To The Top," we are treated to a set of dance-enhanced tunes perfect for your favourite DJ's stocking.
Moby's "Bodyrock (Olav Basoski's Da Hot Funk Da Freak Funk Remix)" sounds less like a Fatboy Slim outtake and more like a underground house 12-inch, while the Jungle Brothers' "Get Down (Mark!'s Boogie Hard Dub)" is far more groove oriented than some of the work they have done with Aphrodite. The somewhat toned down and focused "Jumbo (Future Shock Worlds Apart Mix)" is set to appear on an upcoming limited edition Underworld three CD set, and N'Dea Davenport's "Oh Mother Earth (Live Element Remix)" actually began spinning as a UK club bootleg. Other notables mixes include the cut strings of Hell's "Copa (Phats And Small's Mutant Disco Mix)" and the haunting vocals on Mandalay's "This Life (Cevin's Main Frame Dub)."
I should point out that this is not a DJ mix CD with songs that cleverly flow into each other. It is merely an old fashioned compilation that might lack as an overall challenging listen, but makes up the difference in pure fun and non-stop drive. If this sounds like your kind of vibe, then What The Funk You Waitin' For?
