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 Groove Collective Declassified 1x CD Shanachie |
Can we bring something else for a change ? Yeps, sure, real acoustic
soul, funk, hiphop and r'n'b. Groove Collective does it all ! "Up all
night" is such a typical beast. It's funky, has a little touch of Zapp, some Earth Wind & Fire ingredients, some Zahne vocals,
in an overall funky party atmosphere. Nice for sure. "Everything is
changing" is the killer track of the album. Already released on
12", this is incredibly hot! It's an uptempo jazzfunker, with infectious bassline. This is the original version which adds the
funky vocals as well. It's spacey, it's disco, it's funky, yeah, it's dancefloor ready. More interesting stuff, but completely
different comes with "Some People", exploring the more bossa, latin
side of grooves. "Undercover life" has the house/garage touch but
keeps enough funk into it to make it interesting. "Crisis" sets us
in a completely different mood with more traditional styled smooth jazzfunk in real mid seventies vein. And that's not all for the styles
Groove Collective is exploring! The direction goes more into jazzrock for
"Nature of a freak". Not really our thing, but well, it's there.
As well as the more r'n'b, soul shaped "Martha my dear".
Although, the album is a nice offering, we found the difference between
the superb "Everything is changing" and the other tracks, rather
much. In contrast to the first 2 tracks, the album is a little disappointing. Good ideas, nicely worked out, but missing that little
extra touch the first 2 tracks have. Check it out, and see what youthink about it. ez/mar 2000 |