STR4TA - Aspects


BROWNSWOOD
Disco/ Funk / Soul
New Vinyl
LP / 30 EUR

Aspects
Rhythm In Your Mind
Dance Desire
We Like It
Steppers Crusade
After The Rain
Kinshasa FC
Vision 9

Last year, Gilles Peterson and Incognito main man Jean-Paul Maunick (AKA Bluey) delivered the first single from their Str4ta project, a shameless tribute to the Brit-funk sound of the early 1980s that was popularised by such now iconic acts as Atmosfear and Central Line. Debut album Aspects expands on this template, flitting between up-tempo, jazz-dance friendly floor-fillers (the brilliant, ‘Dancing in Outer Space’-inspired title track being one of the best examples), rubbery and soulful future sing-alongs, and the kind of slick, soul-fired, synth-sporting fare that manages to be both deliciously loved-up and pleasingly glassy-eyed. With the experienced Maunick at the controls and providing much of the instrumentation, the album is as musically rich and expansive as you’d expect.

 

Aspects
Rhythm In Your Mind
Dance Desire
We Like It
Steppers Crusade
After The Rain
Kinshasa FC
Vision 9