Various – Shoe Monkey / Una Funker
Written by Daniel Cook, aka DJ Dunamis   
Tuesday, 10 July 2007

The Vitals:

Label: Functional Records
Genre: Breaks
Number of Tracks: 2
How to Obtain: www.fun-1.com

Factor Scores:

Production Quality: 7.5
Programming and Arrangement: 7.0
Entertainment Quality: 7.0
Total: 7.2 - Good

Dunamis' Take:

Spoon Wizard - Shoe Monkey (Tom Real Vs The Rogue Element RMX). This is a good breaks track, very nice and funky. It has a very nice catchy, distorted bass to it that gets addicting. Another quality I like about the track is the glitchy, synth breakdown towards the middle of the track. The drums are pretty solid in this track also, and the vocal lines add a nice touch to the song. This is just a good solid funky breaks track that is just fun to listen to and a good floor starter.

5th Suite - Una Funker (Will White RMX). Another good strong track with the qualities of the first one off the release. It has good basslines and a funky bass guitar in addition to the good beats. The only thing is that it seems a little reminiscent of old 80's music sounds in the overall atmosphere. However, it does do a little bit better with repetition than "Spoon Wizard".

This is a good release… definitely some good breaks tracks. Better than ones I've heard lately. It's worth checking out.