Various - This Is Afro Art!

Various - This Is Afro Art!

Label:
Catalog#:
AFRCD003
Format:
CD
Country:
UK
Released:
Nov 2004
Genre:
Electronic, Jazz
Style:
Future Jazz, Jazzdance, Latin

Tracklist

1 Paul Murphy & Marc Woolford Project  -  Jazz Room (Spiritual South Mix)
    Remix - Spiritual South
2 Weisz*  -  UFO In Brazil
3 Frogsnatcher  -  Dream Rabbit (Edit)
4 Spiritual South  -  Green Gold
5 Luke Howard  -  Hi Life (Radio Edit)
6 Ashen & Walker  -  Batucada Ostinata (Radio Edit)
7 Neon Heights  -  Cannonball (Extrapercussive Paul Murphy Mix)
    Remix - Paul Murphy
8 Black Science Orchestra  -  Headspace Lullaby (Part 2)
9 Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra  -  Skarada Dub (Paul Murphy & Marc Woolford Project Mix)
    Remix - Paul Murphy & Marc Woolford Project
10 Mindset (2)  -  Get Set
11 Paul Murphy  -  Soul Call
12 Jenny Devivo  -  Season Of The Witch (Kenny Dope Mix)
    Remix - Kenny Dope*
13 Ashley Slater  -  Private Sunshine (Radio Sunshine Mix)

Notes

Tracks 10, 11 & 12 are the 7" versions.
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Reviews & Discussion

Rated 5/5
Review by gerry.hectic Mar 28, 2005 (edited over 4 years ago)
“This is..” is effectively Afro Art’s greatest hits volume 2. Selected by label head honcho and jazz scene legend, Paul Murphy, you know he loves this stuff and we love this stuff too.

The hugely successful Spiritual South remix of ‘Jazz Room’ by Messrs Murphy & Woolford and the underrated ‘UFO in Brazil’ by Austria’s Weisz is a brilliant start. And you’ve still got the equally brilliant ‘Green Gold’ (Spiritual South’s 2003 Peterson Worldwide single of the year) and Murphy’s own classic, ‘Soul Call’ to come.

Frogsnatcher’s ‘Dream Rabbit’ is dubby house from 2002 and still works. From the same year, ‘Skarada Dub’ by the Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra is a find where moogy twiddles meet Augustus Pablo on a Brazilian beat. No time to get comfy as it’s the 60’s, the Kinks have really got me and The Mindset is next up with ‘Get Set’ which is apparently a homage to Acid Jazz veteran Eddie Pillar.

Neon Heights’ ‘Cannonball’ is funky-disco with acid jazz leanings that has been extrapercussively mixed and edited by Mr. Murphy. Extrapercussive sums it up and there’s more with Black Science Orchestra’s contribution and Canadians Ashen & Walker going samba nuts.

I wasn’t so keen on Kenny Dope’s remix or the Big Chill favourite ‘Private Sunshine’ first time around. But since this CD came out I’ve found that not only are they beautifully done, the latter is also great hangover cure. Thanks to PM for that one, the whole CD and the label’s consistent excellent output. It just seems to be getting better. Scarily Greatest Hits Volume 3 will be even better still. In the meantime, lose yourself again in the Afro Art Jazz Room and turn it up.
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