Taking their name from the Zap band's seminal Eighties funk wig out, 'More Bounce To The Ounce', the relatively junior Fluid Ounce label is on a mission to embrace the expanding horizons of funk in the 21st Century.
As a mission its something that George Clinton and other futuristic funkateers could only dream about back in the day. And naturally it looks and sounds quite different to their attempts to interpret the future mother ship of groove.
Zero db are central to the Fluid Ounce sound, so it's appropriate the album begins with the funk meets broken break beat of their 'Come Party'. From here Frank de Jojo (in reality Neil Combstock and half of Zero db) does the impossible and refurbishes 'Turn Off The Lights', getting Terri Pace in to sort out Linda Logan's vocals. Put simply, a classic gets more classy - and arsey.
Next-up Zero db return for two more cuts, taking up and blowing away the nu jazz mantel via the up tempo work out 'Click' and the more syncopated upright bass dominated 'Snare'.
From here the other half of Zero db (did we mention they were central?), Chris Vogado, drops two tracks under his The Vogado Projects alias. Although the tempo remains relatively up beat, the vibe from here takes a more relaxed attitude with 'Never Come Back' being followed by the superb beach side bossa work out of 'Mas Fuerte Que El Sol'.
All of which leads nicely into John Kong and Moonstarr dropping Canadian jazzed-up break beat on 'Future Vision'.
Finally the superb recent single from Budapest's Carmel rounds off the album with the indescribably good 'Nu Jazz Killer', followed by 'Haikiri Blues' and 'Man From Atlantis'.
The future is acid funk. The future is Fluid.
