Reviews
November: 18 albums you need to hear this month
Month's listening sorted
Funkadelic 'Reworked By Detroiters' (Westbound)
Of all the great ‘heritage’ bands, the sprawling, crazed Funkadelic seemed like the least likely candidate to throw out a decent remix album. Yet here we have something better than we could have dreamed. Rather than cashing in with big names, Westbound have recruited the people who understand the music best: the mostly black producers of house, techno and electro from Funkadelic’s adopted home town. Names like Underground Resistance, Moodymann, Ectomorph and Claude Young should be all you need to hear to assure you you’re in safe hands, and the results are stunning, as they twist the disco, funk and psychedelia into fresh and crisp patterns. Joe Muggs
9/10
