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It's essentially what someone does with a club re-edit, except we went the extra step and re-recorded the whole thing with a live band\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Carly Simon through to Mongo Santamaria via Marcos Valle and Pat Metheny - and following the championing of Rare Groove Spectrum Vol. 1 by the likes of Gilles Peterson, Craig Charles, Jazz FM and more - this second volume of Lance Ferguson's Rare Groove Spectrum is sure to hit the sweet spot.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Freestyle","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50463876251979,"sku":"1139605","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50463876743499,"sku":"1139606","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"rare-groove-spectrum","title":"Rare Groove Spectrum","description":"\u003cp\u003eLance Ferguson's \u003ci\u003eRare Groove Spectrum\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of newly recorded versions of classic funk, soul, jazz and latin vinyl rarities, which features some of Melbourne's finest musicians across the album, including past and present members of The Bamboos, The Putbacks and Hiatus Kaiyote. As the man at the helm of many musical projects over the years including Cookin' On 3 Burners, Menagerie and his solo project Lanu, Lance is no stranger to the art of imaginative musical re-interpretation, be the material soul, funk and jazz based or the works of James Blake, Roxy Music and Prefab Sprout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTop-shelf classics have been re-imagined in different guises: James Mason's \u003ci\u003eSweet Power, Your Embrace\u003c\/i\u003e as a sun-drenched Samba, or Anderson Paak's sure shot tune \u003ci\u003eAm I Wrong \u003c\/i\u003egiven an 1980's style Boogie \/ Jazz Funk makeover. 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From '70s Australian jazz-funk and Latin-fusion to big band soul and golden-era funk, Ferguson blends crate-digger sensibilities with modern studio craft.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStandout cuts include bold reworks of Idris Muhammad, Billie Eilish, Jungle, Billy Brooks and more, with the focus track \"Losalamitoslatinfunklovesong\" delivering a Gene Harris reinterpretation infused with Bossa Nova and Brasil '66 flair. 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