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2017, 3×12″ compilation LP, Westbound Records.
Given the brilliantly simple concept behind this fine compilation – contemporary Detroit producers remix Funkadelic – we’re rather surprised nobody’s done it before. With 17 varied re-rubs stretched across three slabs of wax, there’s naturally plenty to enjoy. Highlights come thick and fast, from the deep house/P-funk fusion of Alton Miller’s take on “Get Your Ass Off and Jam” and Andres’ loose, hip-hop influenced revision of “Music For My Mother”, to the thrusting loops and heady late night hypnotism of Anthony Shake Shakir and T-Dancer’s version of “Standing on the Verge”. While many of the versions stay relatively faithful to the original, the more “out-there” interpretations – see BMG’s outer-space ambient dub of “Maggot Brain” and Moodymann’s epic revision of “Cosmic Slop” – are also consistently impressive. – Juno