The driving force behind Ian Drury And The Blockhead’s tight as you like rhythm section, Chas Chankel had been out in the musical wilderness for the best part of 20 years. Then in 2007, out of nowhere came a clutch of hotly received 12”s on left-field disco labels Tirk and Big Bear, and now "Get Yourself Together" (also on Tirk) has landed. A shimmering, housey builder, all scratchy guitar licks, sexy keys and falsetto vocals that gets better with every listen. New kids on the block Hercules And The Love Affair provide two absolutely killer remixes, taking the original’s chuggy funk and turning it into two similar, but slightly different acid house monsters. Finally, as if that is not enough proto-house / nu-disco for your money, there is a lovely Todd Terje re-edit of a slightly older track, "Glad To Know You" (listen out for some very bizarre lyrics…).
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