Детали релиза : VA - Rewind Vol. 2 (2003) [FLAC (tracks)]

This is the second volume in the Ubiquity Rewind compilation series.


The concept is simple - producers and singers from as far away as London, Bari, Tokyo, San Francisco, and Detroit bring old school classics, famous songs, and underground rare groove gems bang up-to-date. With the release of the first volume in Spring 2002, we had no idea how it would do, but the concept caught on and instead of selling a few thousand as expected, we sold in the tens of thousands. We're raising the bar (and the budget!) on the second volume to include 5 exclusive tracks alongside the 10 handpicked from our favorite artists/labels around the world.

On Rewind 2, you'll find songs by artists like John Coltrane, Bill Withers, Curtis Mayfield, The Temptations, and even Chrissie Hyndes and Sting! Crossing eras and genres, the Rewind series is based on classic tunes that live on, inspire and give a 2003 twist in the best possible taste. New Ubiquity signing Roy Davis Jnr, Yesterdays New Quintet, Herbert, Greyboy, Joseph Malik, Nicola Conte and others connect the old school with the new and show that despite the splintering of electronic music into countless sub-genres we all love those golden oldies!




Here's a breakdown of all the tracks featured on Rewind 2:

The Platinum Pied Pipers is a new project headed by Slum Village co-producer and founding member Waajeed. Having worked with Slum Village and on Jay Dee's "Welcome To Detroit" (BBE) album, producer Waajeed steps out solo with two super soulful jams on Rewind II covering the Faze-O and Bobby Caldwell classics "Ridin' High" and "Open Your Eyes" respectively. Waajeed makes lazy fat beats and leaves room for the amazing vocal talents of Detroit vocalist Elleuud. Already released as a Ubiquity single "Ridin' High" caused a stir with DJs worldwide, getting rrrewinds everywhere from BBC Radio 1 in England to KCRW in Los Angeles. Next up, Ubiquity mainstay Greyboy dabbles liberally in soul covering the Syreeta and Stevie Wonder collaboration "To Know You Is To Love You". For vocals Greyboy brings in Bart Davenport (Fortune Records), from Oakland, CA whose work over the past decade has included playing with The Loved Ones and the Kinetics (as well as a stint playing bass guitar for Persephone's Bees). Watch out for more Davenport and Greyboy collaborations on the upcoming Greyboy album.

Scotsman Joseph Malik picks "Take it all in and Check it all Out", a tune from Bill Withers' "Still Bill." He joins Joe Cocker, Isaac Hayes, Club Nouveau and even Kiss in the list of artists to cover Bill Withers timeless music. Following that, the recently formed Swedish-based Raw Fusion label Povo Povo pay tribute trumpeter Art Farmer on "Uam Uam." Farmer appeared on both Prestige and Blue Note, and his tune "Mau Mau" was produced by Quincy Jones and Gigi Gryce and originally recorded in the mid-fifties. Povo (which means "people" in Portuguese) Povo is a collaboration between 2 Danes, DJ and record collector Wunderbaum and jazz musician Lars Vissing.

Karin Krogs "The Meaning of Love" is from the recently re-issued "Raindrops Raindrops" album. Re-issuing label Crippled Dick Hotwax gave the parts to Krog's original tune (which includes playing by master jazz musicians John Surman, Dexter Gordon and Steve Kuhn) to the ultra-talented Matthew Herbert (aka Bjork-collaborating producer who records as Wishmountain, Radioboy, Dr. Rockit and Herbert). Krogs mad vocal jazz soundscapes provide a perfect vehicle for Herberts cut n'paste collage editing style. The remix is followed by "Speak Low", the broadway hit originally by composer and conductor Kurt Weill who penned the tune in 1943. Big Bang is Simone Seritella (also one half of Ubiquity act "Cuica"). Previously undiscovered gospel singer Alexander who works his magic on this version of "Speak Low".

Legendary house music producer Roy Davis Jnr is collaborating with upcoming stars and classic musicians, vocalists and MCs from Detroit and Chicago on a Ubiquity project called "Roy Davis Jr Presents D-Chi". Expect collaborations to yield both hip hop and house music. Here Roy sings on his uplifting version Curtis Mayfield's "People Get Ready", one of Roy's all-time favorite musicians, and as Chicago as you can get! After that, Stones Throw producer-extraordinaire Madlib delivers an exclusive Yesterdays New Quintet version of Weldon Irvine's "Deja Vu". The original version was once re-issued on our Luv N'Haight label, and Irvine sadly passed-away in 2002. Legendary soul-jazzster Irvine had recently worked with the likes of Mos Def and gave Madlib his approval after hearing this version.

Superbacana is a brand-new Bay Area project pushing a mix of live musicianship, live carnival stylings and club beats with a Brazilian lilt. A demo version of the Brazilian standard "Reza" (originally written by Edu Lobo and Ruy Guerra) was delivered by way of the Groove Merchant record store. Fantastic timing meant they made the cut for the compilation.

Rosalia De Souza was born in Rio de Janeiro in the Nilopolis district famous for its samba Beija-Flor. In 1989 she arrived in Italy eventually hooking-up with artists like Quintetto X, Les Hommes and, as on the Roberto Menescal tune "Adriana" (originally released on Schema in Italy), DJ and Italian-bossa nova supremo Nicola Conte. Following that track, John Beltran teams up with vocalist and Substance label-boss Greg Chin and knocks out a drum and bossa cover of "Fragile" featuring an accomplished guitar workout by new Ubiquity signing John Arnold. The original can be found on Sting's 1987 album "Nothing Like The Sun". He surprised fans of his previous ambient and techno releases with club music bathed in Latin and Brazilian influences.

Red Or Dead's (aka Gavin Mills) 1998 cover of "Private Life" is a little-known version of the Chrissie Hyndes classic originally pressed by Mills and released locally in London . Then, after the second Platinum Pied Pipers contribution, try a sampling of Terry Callier, produced by Jean-Paul Maunick of Incognito covering a classic soul tune by the Temptations, phew! "Just My Imagination" is from the "Speak Your Peace" album released on Mr. Bongo records in 2002. Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong originally wrote "Just My Imagination" as a showcase for the Eddie Kendricks, one of the three lead singers in the Temptations. Appearing on the "Sky's the Limit", it was released as a 7" single in February 1971, peaking at number one in April, spending fifteen weeks on the charts. During that period, it sold in excess of two million copies.

Rewind 2 wraps up nicely with Gonzalez Suzuki and his Soul Bossa Trio, no strangers to Ubiquity. We released a compilation of their first two albums in the early days of our Cubop label. Their latest work is an album called "Dolphins" available on Tokuma in Japan, and Irma records everywhere else. The album features several cover versions, but a chilled-out adaptation of John Coltrane's "Naima" is our favorite..