The Abstract Funk series continues to be a bastion for all that's deep, jazzy and broken in the beat department. These boys simply ooze quality.
So after Ian O'Brien's exceptional debut and excellent follow ups from Ross Allen and Colin Dale, comes chill don Mixmaster Morris. Yes he wears shiny suits, but he rocks, in a chilled kind of way. Escaping from the world of wibble 'n' bliss that is ambient, he legs it over to the zone marked 'global jazzy excursions' and jumps right on in.
For a kick off, Morris is in at the deep end: the Ursula Rucker King Britt Jazzanova all-star mashup that is 'Circe.' Ursula a hip hop-poet from Philadelphia - is so wise she should come on the NHS. Assorted West Londers [IG Culture, Neon Phusion, Dego, Domu] do what they're famous for, while Kirk Degorgio, Plaid and Fila Brazilia prove they've been 'there' since day one everyone else's simply caught up.
And where 'there' is, is a so-2000 [con]fusion of jazz, hip hop and electronica. When perfected: it's where it's at.
