Obsessive [Studio]
2001
Carl Craig Presents Abstract Funk Theory
About This Album
Another installment in the U.K.-based Obsessive label's Abstract Funk Theory series places the listener in the able hands of producer and label head Carl Craig. (No further introduction necessary.) Within the span of an hour, Craig serves up an invaluable history lesson consisting of '80s funk, techno, electro, and otherwise. This is not a mix; rather, this offers each track in its full glory. And if it wasn't made in Detroit, it has ties to the city -- or more specifically, the city's radio waves and the high school parties that went down in its northwest corner during the early part of that decade. Those who have only heard reverential stories about radio DJ the Electrifying Mojo and late club DJ Ken Collier's influential, open-minded, mind-opening, and barrier-breaking taste-making will have the spirit of the inspirational figures' sets shooting through their ears with these selections. The biggest testament to the legendary party scene that helped spawn Detroit techno is present in the form of A Number of Names' "Sharevari" (the disc misspells the title as "Shari Vari"), the ultra-decadent Italo disco-inspired tribute to the ultra-chic and ultra-elitist scene.
Track List (try tracks 3,6,7,8 and 9)

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