the more eagle eyed amongst you may have spotted that in the tracklisting for the pepe deluxe mix i posted about yesterday, was mention of a cover version of dj shadows classic organ donor by this lot from amsterdam.

to be honest, i hadn’t paid much attention to this album, but when i heard the cover dropped in the mix, i remembered this being in the pile, so dug it out and quickly realised that i had been missing out on something quite special.

skimming the skum is the bands second album, and hits the world at the right time with their brand of raw, untreated instrumental soul-n-funk, given the ever increasing love for the retro-soul perfection of sharon jones and the dap kings and the revival of old fashioned soul music by chart killer amy winehouse and her well connected producer chum, mark ronson both giving funky soul a pop makeover.

recorded live and direct, the 12 tracks here have a punch and urgency that would fit in perfectly with your $tateside reissues, or the best part of the james taylor quartets back catalogue before he went too up the acid jazz road.

hammond organs are given an proper hammering, drums are mean and tight, while guitars are licked and wah wah’d to perfection. no real need to get into each individual track as the raw funk groove is the deal here, so if you get chance to see this band live over their forthcoming festival appearances, i suspect you’re going to go home all hot and sweaty with your head full of feet shuffling, smile inducing riffs.

truly excellent stuff.

 

more detail : here