Moonbootica - Moonbootica

Moonbootica first made a name for themselves as remixers. Now they also own their own label, Moonbootique Recordings. They certainly started making waves with their versions of Panjabi MC’s Mundian To Bach Ke and The Boogie Pimps’ Fear and Loathing sampling ‘Saltshaker’. Here then is their delicious and clever album of unexpected breaks and breakbeat house. Quite a few of these tracks were previously released on 12” vinyl. Collected in short form it makes for a good listen, coloured with lots of surprising guest vocals and samples ranging from an 80’s ballad by Imagination (who recently rerecorded their 80’s hit Just an Illusion into a club stomper with Dj Dero) to the Flirts’ ‘Passion’. They manage to update the Flirts’ classic into a monster with their signature touch of breaks, blurps and bleeps while they somehow maintain the funkyness of the original Bobby O production. Though some of the tracks lose my attention, there are enough gems here, like ‘Don is back again’, an acid spy-jazz theme, and ‘Hildegarde’, a moody, sexy organ groove featuring an obscure French vocal interplay. Both these tracks fit more in lounge territory, and they display Moonbootica’s diverse influences colourfully. You can get their recent single ‘Listen’ as a cellphone ringtone or buy legal Moonbootica mp3s at www.beatport.com.