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There are DJs and then there are selectors -- individuals whose ability to choose what records people want to hear overtakes the need for turntable skills. Just having the stamp of approval on a record is enough to qualify it as good. Often, these gifted ears find their way onto the radio, and in time get digitized.  ....N'Joy

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Circulation – prime movers in London’s tech-house underground – provide us with a glimpse into what makes them tick, the tracks that inspired them to make their own sublime slices of motoronic tech-funk. Following in the footsteps of previous ‘Abstract Funk Theory’ compilers like Ross Allen, Mixmaster Morris and Ian O’Brien, Circulation (Matt Jackson and Paul Davis) mix upfront yet underground anthems with bona fide classics. They kick off with ‘Lost In Lyrix’ by The Timewriter, a dreamy slice of twisted electro, before Carl Craig’s classically sumptuous ‘Televised Green Smoke’ gets a look-in, a rolling slab of urban machine funk. The upfront sounds come from deep houser At Jazz and Circulation themselves, contributing another liquid techno workout in the shape of ‘Uncoloured’. What this collection gives us is ample evidence of the “timelessness” of top grade dance music and how that quality is sorely lacking in much of today’s electronic music. But above all, what it does illustrate is that The Funk comes in many shapes and sizes, capable of moving both the frazzled mind and heated foot.

 VA - Abstract Funk Theory ~  Circulation   (flac  465mb)

01 The Timewriter - Lost In Lyrix
02 Carl Craig - Televised Green Smoke
03 The Ron Honey Experience - Nitedrive
04 Subtech - Coast To Coast
05 Atjazz - Bless The Funk
06 Circulation - Uncoloured
07 Motorfunk - This Time
08 P.I.M.P. - N'Archy On Mars
09 Two Full Minds - No Smoke
10 Random Factor - Broken Mirror
11 Voice Stealer - Evaluation

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Freddie Fresh's Abstract Funk Theory is the seventh in this fantastic series, following the lead of DJs such as Colin Dale, Ross Allen and Circulation. Freddie Fresh's original selection reflect his unabashed love of analogue grooves and enthusiasm for artiste-producers that take the bare bones of classic techno, house and electro to a place of shadows and fog. With two exclusive tracks of his own, it becomes clear through the course of this album that Fresh prefers a more cerebral sort of throb, the kind provided by contributors like Dan Curtin, Man Parrish, Kevin Saunderson, Derrick May, Russ Gabriel and a post-flower child Cat Stevens. Abstract Funk Theory begins with Cherry Bomb's beautiful "Matrix". The album next turns to the Detroit meets electro groove of Man "Hip-Hop Be-Bop" Parrish and Fresh's "Smooth", the funky proto-electro boogaloo of Quadrant Six's "Body Mechanic", COD's unrecognisable instrumental version of Gil Scott Heron's "The Bottle" and Cat Stevens on a far-out electronic tip. The crunching tech-funk of Dan Curtin's "Voices from Another Age", Inter City's "Groovin Without a Doubt" and Russ Gabriel's "Airbourne" are the real highlights, especially for those who love techno with a delicate yet edgy beauty. Abstract Funk Theory makes for a fascinating insight into the Djing style of Freddie Fresh.

VA - Abstract Funk Theory ~  Freddy Fresh (flac  441mb)

01 Cherry Bomb - Matrix 5:42
02 Man Parrish & Freddy Fresh - Smooth 5:42
03 Quadrant Six - Body Mechanic 7:13
04 DMX Krew Showroom Dummies 6:47
05 C.O.D. - In The Bottle (Instrumental) 5:40
06 Cat Stevens - Was Dog A Doughnut 4:09
07 Freddy Fresh - Mortuary 5:40
08 Dan Curtin - Voices From Another Age 6:43
09 Intercity - Groovin' Without A Doubt 5:10
10 Russ Gabriel - Airbourne 5:55
11 Metro - $1.15 Please (Brownstone Express) 4:10
12 Wicked Lester - Chocolate 5:54
13 Politicians - Free Your Mind 2:47

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Abstract Funk Theory's creator, Detroit's very own Techno demigod Carl Craig (aka Paperclip People, 69 and Innerzone Orchestra), follows in the wake of such left-field luminaries as Mixmaster Morris and Ross Allen. With this album Craig is handed the dusty-fingered mantle and encouraged to plunder his own record collection. Concentrating in the main on electronic music from the 1980s (aside from George Clinton's P-funk treat "Atomic Dog") Craig uses the opportunity to highlight the range of artists who've inspired, influenced and perhaps most importantly shaped the latter day "techno sound". (Prince and the B-52's included.) Covering the pre-techno bases are electronic forerunners such as A Number of Names with their landmark track "Shari Vari". Perhaps somewhat predictably (although in truth something difficult to avoid) Craig also seizes the chance to cut some of his friends in on the royalty payments. Included are a host of tracks from the fellow Detroit cognoscenti, such as Derrick May in the shape of Rhythm Is Rhythm's early Transmat release "The Dance", Juan Atkins' Model 500 project's "Night Drive" and the May, Atkins and Saunderson combo together for X-Ray's classic "Lets Go". To summarise, it's another "edutaining" Abstract Funk instalment.

VA - Abstract Funk Theory ~ Carl Craig (flac  385mb)

01 George Clinton - Atomic Dog 9:59
02 B52's - Mesopotamia 3:52
03 A Number Of Names - Shari Vari 5:35
04 Cybotron - Alleys Of Your Mind 3:33
05 Channel One - Technicolor 6:50
06 Reese And Santonio - Forcefield 5:09
07 Model 500 - Night Drive 6:07
08 X-Ray - Let's Go 6:12
09 B.F.C - Galaxy 6:55
10 Rhythim Is Rhythim - The Dance (Living Room Mix) 7:09

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