Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band - Do Your Thing (Lulu Rouge Edit)

This one's beautiful. Danish producer team Lulu Rouge vs. Charles Wright in a dancefloor frenzy. These guys know their dancefloor suspense-and-release routine. The track is Wright's 1968 hit "Do Your Thing". The Lulu guys left out the guitar solo, which is perfectly alright, and added percussion and a complementary bass-synth (yeah, yeah.. I know it's breaking the rules of this blog..). I loved "Do Your Thing" before, but now...wauww!

Thanks to Fat Berri's for this one. He's got more Lulu Rouge edits on his site

Lulu Rouge myspace
Charles Wright website

Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band - Do Your Thing (Lulu Rouge Edit) (on Fat Berri's blog)

Marlena Shaw - California Soul (Diplo/Mad Decent Edit)

This is a 101 on re-editing, if there ever was one. Diplo has utilized this 1968 classic to the fullest without takin' the groove and soul out of it. He's snatched strings from one channel and mixed it up, added delays, EQ and looped the short breaks. Admitted: the "wh-wh-wh-what is it!" sample works, though it's against my rules!

IMO, this is how it should be done! Off the "Verve // Remixed 4" album.