Back to Mine with RUBA Kpo
1. ‘Knuckle Skills’ – Hardfloor- Harthouse – HH-LP-019S, 1996
When we found out that TB 303 is so much more than acid.
2. ‘Can You Dig It’ – Mark the 909 King – White Label, 1995
Amazing track that opened a mixtape purchased in 95 in Camden Town in London and embarked me on this electronic adventure long time ago. As raw and catchy as it was.
3. ‘We Been Troddin’ – Rhythm & Sound w/ Shalom – Burial Mix BM-08 (10″), 2002
When Germany meets Jamaica, it gives the ultimate pulsation. Still powerful and captivating, the kind of timeless track.
4. ‘Death Is Not Final’ – Shackleton feat. Vengenace Tenfold – Skull Disko – SKULL 009, 2008
Just like for any Rhythm & Sound releases where it’s hard to choose only one track, all Skull Disko releases could appear here. It’s tribal, it’s minimal, it’s groove, it’s epic, it’s a wonderful mashup of large influences that creates new sounds.
5. ‘Consumed’ – Plastikman – Novamute, 1998
Because there is a before and an after ‘Consumed’. The translation into music of Kubrick ‘s « 2001 Space Odyssee » and the tense vibration of Mark Rothko’s works. Ultimate Monochrome made into sounds.
6. ‘Water Drums’ – Union Jack – There will be No Armageddon on Platipus Records, 1995
Not the most known track of the EP but for us the most beautiful with a perfect combination of acid and smooth chords.
7. ‘Underground Resistance’ – Jupiter Jazz – UR, 1992
The kind of track which will never get old. Acid House Music from UR ! A legend.
8. ‘Tim Taylor & Dan Zamani’ – The Horn Track (Pump Panel Mix) – Missile Records – Missile 7 1995
Listening too much to this track send some of us to mental asylum.
9. ‘Funkadelic’ – Give Up The Funk – Live version recorded on the 31st October 1976 at the Houston Summit.
One of the most fucked up, amazing, cool, fat band, pionner of the ‘who gives a shit, just make them dance’ that we love.
10. ‘Sweet Smoke’ – Silly Sally – Columbia records, 1970
For us one of the perfect jam session that we love.
11. ‘Uzeb’ – 60 Rue Des Lombards – On the album ‘Between the lines’ Cream Records, 1985
We started with music here. Why ? I know it’s weird for young people of 15-16 years old. But in my case, I decided to stop playing guitar after listening too much to this band and others crazy musicians like Chick Corea, Dave Weckl, Al di Meola and more… Meanwhile, one of us decided to go to the College Conservatory of Music to learn more about this strange music …
12. ‘Eko Roosevelt’ – Kilimandjaro My Home -Dragon Phenix,1978
The first time we heard it, a very long time ago, we ended it up listening to it for 4 hours in a row on an italian road. We didn’t understand any of the lyrics as we are french, and we were singing in chorus ‘In my Bungalow’. If you are looking for a perfect combination of Afro Funk and Jazz tune, ‘Kilimandjaro My Home’ is one of them.
13. ‘Gerson ‘King’ Combo E A Turma Do Soul – Fiz A Cama Na Varanda.
Seen as the Brazilian James Brown ! Crazy Brazilian Funk !! Long long story… We are in Salavador de Bahia. I’ve checked a blog on internet that was existing a kind of tiny vinyls store in a very sensitive area down town. After 2 days of research, we found the shop which was located in a Favela down town. We were fully impressed by this ‘shop’ which was in a car box, and a very old man was dealing some rare brazilian vinyls. We have had our most fantastic digging day ever.
RuBA KPO – Based on Misunderstandings 09 (inc. Eddy and Dus & Simbad remixes) (Sonar Kollektiv)
French outfit RüBA KPØ is not a veteran hard rock group like the name might suggest, but rather a four-headed hydra that formed in 2009 and since then has turned everything we know about dance music upside down. A prime release on King Sound Music in 2013 kick started the project and after that they have appeared on Nanotech Records, Expréssilon Records and more, always with a truly compelling techno sound.
Their standout single here is ‘We Are World’, which is a challenging listen that also manages to be hugely catchy. A minimalistic techno track with an extra overwhelming bassline and a mad acid arpeggio, it also features a whimsical, pastoral choir that carries you off into heaven each time their voices ring out.
The first remix by Croatian pair and Compost Records regulars Eddy & Dus takes the sense of mischief in the original and really runs with it into a playful disco universe. More inviting and laid back, it is a lushly musical piece that encourages you to cut loose in the most charming of ways.
Two more remixes then come from UK talent Simbad, who has put out a choice catalogue of cuts since 2004 on labels like G.A.M.M. and City Fly. His worldly sound finds this track being reworked as a big house cut with slithering electro synths, angelic chords and punchy broken beats. It’s full of afterlife atmospherics and a dub version removes the grand vocals and replaces them with even more focus on that all consuming atmosphere.
With this new EP, Sonar Kollektiv is once again sure to turn heads and in turn announces the arrival of another fine set of artists.
RuBA KPO – Based on Misunderstandings 09 (inc. Eddy and Dus & Simbad remixes) (Sonar Kollektiv) SK324 Release Date: 18-11-2016
