Smoove - First Class

Jalapeno Records

£32.40

Format: 2 x LP
Catalogue No.: JAL141V
Barcode: 5050580797598
Release Date: 17 Mar 2023
Genre: Funk

01: Brenda Boykin - Hard Swing Travellin' Man (Smoove Remix) - Smoove
02: Dilouya and Smoove & Turrell - The Way It Goes (feat. Sandra Nkake) - Smoove
03: Electric Empire - Baby Your Lovin' (Smoove Remix) - Smoove
04: The New Mastersounds - Witness (Smoove Remix) - Smoove
05: The Juju Orchestra - Kind of Latin Rhythm (Smoove Remix) - Smoove
06: Charlie Funk, Afrika Bambaataa & King Kamonzi - It's My Funk (Smoove's P-Funk Disco Remix) - Smoove
07: Kraak & Smaak - Call up to Heaven (Smoove Remix) [feat. Lex Empress] - Smoove
08: The Third Degree - Can't Get You out of My Head (Smoove Remix) - Smoove
09: Da Wiesel - Boogaloo Stomp (Smoove Remix) - Smoove
10: Una Mas Trio - Son Montuno (Smoove Remix) - Smoove
11: Alexia Coley - Beautiful Waste Of Time (Smoove Remix) - Smoove
12: The Bahama Soul Club - Nassau Jam (Smoove's Funky Jam Remix) - Smoove
13: Nick Pride & The Pimptones - Waitin' so Long (Smoove Remix) - Smoove
14: KOJATO & The Afro Latin Cougaritas - Like a Gypsy (Smoove Remix) - Smoove

Smoove is the archetypal B-Boy made good. Despite his huge international success with Smoove & Turrell and his ability to craft jazz, soul, latin, hip hop and funk into world beating dancefloor killers – he can still be found every weekend he's not playing live jumping on a plane or a train to go and DJ in Germany, Italy, Ibiza or just down to Manchester, Bristol or London wherever his diary tells him he has to go..

Wherever it is, his incredible skills behind the decks mean that he gets asked back and the breadth of the music seamlessly joined by his turntablist skills jumps from disco to funk, jazz to soul, hip hop to house and back again.

The endless flights, trains and hotel rooms are dead time to some DJ's but Smoove is always creating new tunes for his set on the fly and working his different influences into the remixes and productions he is currently on. There were at least 40 remixes that could have been included on this album but in the end he chose the ones that worked best together and made the album flow like one of his legendary DJ sets.