You'll hear few better mix LPs this year. If you can feel the funk, you've probably got the 'Drum Major Instinct' in you.
For those who've missed Attica Blues, they rose to fame as part of the Mo'Wax/trip hop debacle. But as this mix LP proves, they always were about more than dusty jazz samples and stoned breakbeats.
'Drum Major Instinct' follows a perfect arc of black music over the last thirty years. Starting with the title track's jazz licks, lost hip hop gems [OC, Gangstarr, Jamose] flow into electro boogie [Paul Hardcastle], deep house treasures [Corrina Joseph] and afro funk fun [No Smoke].
Attica Blues feel no need to resort to overused anthems or club-heavy DJ tools. The mix twists and turns, re-presenting classics you never knew you missed. So by the end, as the cinematic soundtrack blues of Spirit's 'Ice' fade out, you've -dare we say it - you've been on a journey. Come take a pilgrimage.
