Soul Strike!

Soul Strike! Artist: Calypso King & the Soul Investigators
Label: Soul Fire Records
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 637937001123
EAN: 0637937001123
ASIN: B00005A02A


Release Date: 2001-07-27

Soul Strike!


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Tracks:

  1. Gator Funk Pt.1
  2. Ma-Gee
  3. Mo' Calypso Strut
  4. Some Funk
  5. Raw Grapes
  6. Investigator's Groove
  7. Struggling My Way
  8. Brand New Potatoes
  9. Ahh Soul!
  10. Soul Strike!
  11. Chick Beans
  12. Ci-Ka-Boo

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The name of this group makes this release seem like a calypso record, which it isn't. The sound is more like a lost Meters album from 1969, which it isn't quite either. The credits imply that the band is from Finland, which it <I>definitely</I> isn't. <I>Soul Strike!</I> is actually an exercise in New Orleans-style instrumental workouts from the Soul Fire crew, New York's resident retro-funk chameleons (the same people behind J.D. & the Evil's Dynamite Band, the Soul Providers, etc.). It's a delicious and unbelievably convincing pastiche of vintage Meters, right down to the guitar and organ tone. Half the fun is figuring out which early funk classics yielded its borrowed riffs ("Struggling My Way," for instance, is a cousin to Sly and the Family Stone's "Sing a Simple Song"). The other half of the fun is kicking back and surrendering to the groove. And DJs looking for a fresh beat can take their pick of the crisp, inventive breaks here. <I>--Douglas Wolk</I>

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Finland Posse.......2005-01-24

Some fresh funk from Helsinski
recorded in mono to be vintage...
Great sound, great band.

4 out of 5 stars 4.5 Solid, Old-School Funk.......2002-06-01

Twelve killers on this disk, not a weak moment among them. It could've been passed off as a lost Meters record, or a Reuben Wilson & JBs session from 1969. Nasty, sleazy funk. Listen to this for a while, then ask yourself if you'd let your sister date any of these guys. I wouldn't. That bass player's got a real filthy mind.

4 out of 5 stars Just so you Know!!!.......2002-01-16

This band ARE from FINLAND, and they now have their own (finnish) record label called Timmion.

Dont let this put you off though, it is an awesome slice of late 60's/early 70's Meters styled funk. Drums, Bass, Guitar and Hammond and a whole lot of soul.

They are part of the Deep Funk scene who record using anologue only equipment to reproduce that live, tough and raw sound (as oppossed to the tiringly overproduced stuff that you're all used to hearing). This is not the best Deep Funk album by some way but it is still extremely good...

4 out of 5 stars wow.......2002-01-12

A warning to all dj's, leave this one alone. This is prime break beat sampling at its best. This is the modern day Meters. Smooth bass and sweet guitar sounds, with a hint of Booker-t.

4 out of 5 stars

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