Various Artists - Back To Mine: Bugz In The Attic

Top whoopee standard maintained in long-running series

DMC’s Back To Mine series is an excuse for producers usually restricted by their market to bust out and revel in their formative or favourite records: the ones they might stick on after the pub or club has closed, but the night’s still young. Bugz In The Attic are a large consortium of music freaks who accidentally struck big with 2004’s Booty La La and followed through mightily with last year’s Back In The Dog House album. This set is not only an insightful peek at their influences, but a selection strong enough to at least provoke some swinging from the lampshade in between dirty dancing with the family cat. Diverse isn’t the word, as old school hip-hop by Fearless Four and Rammelzee Vs K-Rob rubs against The Aleems’ NY boogie and Chicago house legend Frankie Knuckles, before Bodysnatch take jungle into Unique 3’s rave anthem The Theme. Ray Baretto collides with Kid Creole’s Stool Pigeon before The Sylvers’ funky We Can Make It If We Try rogers Pete Rock, Leon Ware jazzes it down to Carroll Thompson’s lovers rock before Earth, Wind & Fire turn out the light and kick out the last body. That’s only the half of a highly-enjoyable roller-coaster.

DMC | BACKCD 26

Reviewed by Kris Needs
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