davidjohnpurcell, Feb 11, 2009
Those with concerns about the legality/morality of these platters need to relax a little and follow the groove; sure, the economic and the political are important aspects, but first the music.
As suggested in the descriptive "ugly", theres no detailed ableton-based tweaking here. Theo wields his Akai like a machete, radically reshaping these classic tracks for optimum late-night basement dancefloor performance. And of course EQing the hell out of them in typical Parrish fashion.
The most direct and elemental of these raw and uncompromising productions (the love i lost, sugarhill gang) are prime-time disco destroyers, the more difficult and slower burning cuts (jill scott, slowly surely) will reward the patient listener with personal revelations and unrepeatable 7am communal daylight denial moments.