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Down to the Bone have been, since the late '90s, a wildly inventive funk, groove, and jazz outfit led by composer, producer, and arranger Stuart Wade. He†s had an ever evolving cast of musicians and creative characters and has stuck very closely to his idea of music that feels good. Future Boogie, released in 2009 on Swanky in the U.K. and Shanachie in the U.S., is in many ways an extension of the sound on Supercharged. There is a gorgeous late-†70s funk sheen on the production that makes the band on this set really shine instrumentally. The grooves are accessible, but tough and street simultaneously. Take the spacy intro to the title track that opens the set: just a cowbell, some synths, a guitar, and then the popping bassline funking it up, setting the listener -- and the dancefloor -- up for a horn section that†s right up in your face with the way-up-high-in-the-mix bassline. Handclaps -- à la Chic -- and percussion complete the ensemble sound, but the charts feel more like melodic fragments written from the groove rather than as the primary lyric motif. When solos by a Rhodes piano with choppy guitar comps filling in the backdrop occur, it†s "surrender Dorothy" time.
Condition:NEW. Brand New Factory Sealed
TRACK LISTINGS
1 Future Boogie 7:42
2 Should've Been You / Hil St. Soul 7:52
3 Spiderlegs 6:57
4 Good to Me 7:36
5 Get on It 6:30
6 The Brighter Side / Hil St. Soul 5:52
7 Gotcha! 5:40
8 In the Pocket 5:46
9 Smash and Grab 5:01
10 We've Always Got the Music 7:58
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