I picked up the Grooverider CD yesterday and found it to be "groovy." I find
some of the jazzy touches (trumpet skronks) annoying as they seem tacked on.
Roni Size does the jazz thing quite well but this seems a little too
contrived. Also the shifts between the champagne/coffeeshop jungle and the
obviously Optical injected rinse outs is kind of schizo.
quoted 38 lines Is "Mysteries of Funk" actually any good?
>> Is "Mysteries of Funk" actually any good?
>
>I like it quite a bit. Only one track, "Where's Jack the Ripper," really
>hits that Optical peak though. Of the rest, "Cybernetic Jazz" and "C Funk"
>are still excellent. I didn't really mind the vocals on "Prototype Years"
>(I'm not saying they stood out by any means), and there are a few tracks
>here with that same sort of housey, fusion-soaked sound -- two with female
>vocals, plus Cleveland Watkiss on another. The whole album compares to
>Adam F's "Colours" quite well -- though the breaks themselves are quite
>different, both albums go back and forth between quiet storm/fusion type
>backing and the really dark stuff. Of course, with the credits -- "All
>tracks written by Grooverider/Optical, all tracks produced by
>Grooverider/Optical" -- it makes you wonder who's doing what...
>
>
>> The double cd only seems to have two exclusives, unless
>> tracks have been truncated.
>
>If it helps anyone figure out possible differences between versions, below
>are the track times for my 1-CD British version. Several of the
>four-minute tracks could easily be edits...
>
>Grooverider / Mysteries of Funk (1-CD UK):
>
>Cybernetic Jazz (9:10)
>Rainbows of Colour (4:17)
>On the Double (4:01)
>Time & Space (7:11)
>Where's Jack the Ripper? (8:07)
>Fly With Me (1:56)
>C Funk (7:41)
>Imagination (parts 1 & 2) (8:25)
>Rivers of Congo (6:58)
>Imagination (part 3) (4:55)
>560 (5:40)
>Starbase23 (8:27)
>Rainbows of Colour (Heaven's Breath) (0:17)
>