[RATING: 5] Welcome to The Blaxound’s Plata O Pomo, a.k.a. the monkey’s favourite track yet off the forthcoming Golden Rules funk sampler The Originals 2. In contrast to the smoother cinematic soul vibes of recent LP El Maravilloso Sonido Instrumental, this one finds Marta Román’s Barcelona-based crew drop a super-heavy slab of Meters-esque instrumental funk. It’s a trick many have tried it but rarely pull off as effectively as this. Searing organ riffs, stanky guitar, clattery drum break – it’s all there. But what to call something so uncompromising? Plata O Pomo, perhaps – a.k.a. ‘silver or lead’ a.k.a. ‘cold cash money or a bullet’. Yep – that’ll do it.
(Out now on Golden Rules)