Rare Groove Spectrum - Remixes and Rarities by Lance Ferguson - Freestyle Records [FSR105] FLAC download included with physical items

Rare Groove Spectrum - Remixes and Rarities

Lance Ferguson

A 4 track bossa nova single (28m 14s) — released July 26th 2019 on Freestyle Records

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Lance Ferguson's Rare Groove Spectrum collection of newly recorded versions of classic funk, soul, jazz and latin vinyl rarities found fans everywhere when released earlier in 2019. The extended reworking of Earth Wind & Fires' 'Brazilian Rhyme' was selected for Jazz FM's A playlist and stayed there for months.


Long time fan of all Lance's work, the highly regarded Swiss DJ/producer & re-mixer Alex Attias (Visions Recordings/BBE) was quite simply blown away by the Rare Groove Spectrum album, and just had to put his magic touch on the version of James Mason's Sweet Power, Your Embrace - his Sweet Edit adds a subtle club feel, and extends the beautiful, rhythmic arrangement that shall surely waft across beaches everywhere this summer.

Lance has always enjoyed imaginatively taking a classic rare groove and re-recording in it a different genre, and it has to be said that his latin-ised version of the great jazz organist Jimmy Smith's '8 Counts for Rita' is a concept no one saw coming. Kept back from the Rare Groove Spectrum album, we proudly present it here in all it's swinging, samba-fied glory!

Spanish DJ & remixer Flow Lab Kid (Sergio Cáliz López) is also along term Ferguson fan , and he delved back over 12 years to Lance's very first 'Black Feeling' album and did own 'Blessed' remix of The Blessing Song (which was originally and amusingly credited to the fictitous group The Shirley Eubanks Ensemble) but was in fact a version of jazz violinist Michael White's spiritual jazz track from his 1972 album Pneuma on Impulse Records.

Finally, there is a straight down the line funk version of the Blackbyrds Theme that also didn't make it onto the Rare Groove Spectrum album, although it was always planned that it would see the light of day and what a great way to round off Lance Ferguson's Rare Groove Spectrum - remixes and rarities.

Excellent release! - Oscar Arroyo Open Ear Music

Giving an improvisational spirit to some amazing tunes. - John Osborne Jazz FM & Solar Radio

Awesome stuff! - Tony Minvielle Jazz FM / Foldedspace

Love these remixes, and the sound is so organic too. Will be supporting - Paul Miller BBC

Reeeeally feeling Sweet Power and The Blessing Song! HUGE! - Dom Servini Wah Wah 45s/Soho Radio

So you take a Lance Ferguson album of reinterpretations and then issue a remix of that album!!? Proof positive that you CAN have your cake and eat it. Oh, and it's delicious by the way! - DJ Osric RTR FM

He picks the right tracks and then does them right, sometimes faithfully, sometimes completely flipped! - Ennio Styles Stylin' 3RRR-FM/Worldwide FM

Classics turned legendary. Golden touches applied. - misterG greenarrowradio

As expected, a strong release.. 10/10 for Lance Ferguson's R.G.S.!! - Dr.Best Radio Z 95.8 Germany

Brilliant remixes and remixers! Love Alex Attias particularly. Much respect for Flow Lab Kid also! - Enrique Domenech Freeforms

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