Changa – Groove 03

While Tony Williams AKA Addison Groove is best known for his sub-bass heavy, rave-igniting workouts, he grew up in Bristol on a diet of funk, soul, hip-hop, electro, disco and early house. That’s what his semi hush-hush Groove label is all about: a space for him to rework personal favourites and killer cuts in a re-edit style, rather than a warehouse-friendly rave-igniting one. On this second instalment he focuses on reshaping African dancefloor burners from the 1970s, first successfully dubbing out, extending and rearranging Manu Dibango classic ‘Soul Makossa’ (as ‘Changa’). ‘Maruno’ is a heavy, percussion-rich take on Afro-disco number smothered in trippy dub-wise effects and smart drum edits, while ‘Shango’ is a low-down, spaced-out Afro-stomper guaranteed to get feet moving and heads spinning.