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Review: Boston's Cultures Of Soul present some edits here of underrated Belizean artist Bredda "David" Obi whose musical style known as "Kungo Muzik" mixes key flavours from his home with reggae and calypso to rock and funk to formulate a modern tropical style. Years later, DJs and record collectors found his music in basements of record stores in Los Angeles and Brooklyn - some of which are featured here. Sol Power All-Stars will get you stoned into the groove with their acid-inflected rework of "Dancin'", L.A.'s DJ Duckcomb works the original's lo-slung dub influence on "Experience" while the ever reliable Justin Van Der Volgen similarly accentuates the reggae swagger of "Sunshine". A tribute to a legend!

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Strut re-kindle their involvement with one New York's most revered DJs and re-edit pioneers, Danny Krivit, with a fresh album of essential new, rare and classic re-works, past and resent.

As a producer, Krivit is the acknowledged "King Of The Edit" and has been a major influence on today's re-edit culture. From early classics like the 'Feelin' James' and 'Rock The House' JB cut-ups during the mid-'80s, he has released over 300 unique versions, often under the mysterious 'Mr. K' moniker. After releasing a batch of his finest edits on the 'Edits By Mr. K' compilation in 2003, Strut now delve back into the tape cupboard for an all-new edition, bringing together some of Krivit's secret weapons in a wide-ranging selection covering soulful disco, funk and jazz.

Review: It would be fair to say that Glitterbox loves Dr Packer. Since the Defected offshoot launched, its executives have made the Aussie re-editor and remixer their go-to man for new versions of classic cuts old and new. They continue that trend with "Different Strokes Volume 2", a double-disc set of remixes from the Perth-based producer featuring soaring, soulful, disco-fired versions of tracks from the Defected and Glitterbox vaults. Interestingly, this time round he's got to work on far more house cuts than disco ones, delivering sumptuous, headline-grabbing reworks of classic cuts by Hardsoul and Ron Carroll, ATFC, Reel People, Fish Go Deep and Soulsearcher, as well as recent disco outings by Aeroplane, Horse Meat Disco and Shapeshifters.