Holy groove feast Batman! Mo gathers friends old and new around the mastertapes for a good old rework sesh here, putting a fresh twist on his killer "Textures Like Sun". The EP opens with the contemplative beat of "Tears, Sand & Thorns", an instrumental snatch from the LP now topped with Jonwayne's heavy bars.
The moonlit chill and window rattling bass of the track form the perfect accompaniment to Wayniac's cerebral flow - roll on "Wonka". Next up, Jeen Bassa smoothes shit out with a sizzling, sunbaked revisit of "Soul's Journey". Pared back to the bare bones and reinforced with hissing shakers and live percussion, the track takes on new rhythmic powers, just groovy enough to contain that monstrous, snaking bass. Bassa peppers his head nodding beat with glimmering snatches of the original vocal, delivering just the right balance of beat, bass and body to make the floor snap, crackle and pop.
Jeen B passes the beat baton onto Reginald Omas Mamode IV, who duly obliges with one of those wonked out, boogie tinged, jazz infused burners he's made his own over the past couple of years. Unique percussion, dreamy Ethio-jazz keys and the occasional bass spurt making for the perfect Sunday afternoon stroll down Peckham Hill. Mo takes back the controls for the A4, seeing the side out in smooth and sultry fashion with the previously unreleased "Daylight", a tasty little donut from the organic aisle of your local supermarket.
As we skip to the flip we enter the mind of DJ Sotofett, the deviant Norwegian don we all know and love. Leaving acid house and tongue-in-cheek disco to one side on this occasion, Sotofett gets on a reggae tip, reshaping "Golden Brown" into one of his digidub supremes. The ribbiting clav of the orginal remains alongside the odd vocal snippet, but this version belongs to the lilting bass, bleeping fx and dreamy synth textures Sotofett dresses that steppers rhythm in. For those too stoned to dance the Norwegian also adds a dreamy new age reprise which ditches the beat and straightens out the bassline to enhance sofa based space exploration. The A-side is peak Peckham, the flip is a Scandolearic voyage to the Caribbean but both sides are as dope as Kickin' Pigeon's stash tin.
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