Commodores - Machine Gun (Belabouche edit)

The Commodores get surprisingly funky on this Beastie Boys-sampled joint. Nice extended parts from Belabouche and a bit re-arranging of the guitar riff, which makes the track interesting again.
Machine Gun is originally from their debut studioalbum of same title.

Kitty Winter - New Morning (Reworked) Todd Terje Edit

Todd Terje Week - Saturday

Here's an older release to show you guys that Todd Terje isn't just about disco.
"New Morning" is originally off the "Feel it"-album by german band Kitty Winter Gypsy Nova. Released in 1978 and followed by their second album "Limelight Suite". Both in the jazz-funk/ jazz-dance genre.

The track New Morning was revived in the early '90 when the acid-jazz wave swept Europe, and again in the 00's by this edit by Todd Terje.
His method for this one was to clean the thing up and tighten it for a modern dancefloor. Rearranged and cleaned up, but free of delays and other effects.

This GAMM release is a classic and essential mostly because of this track and the phenomenal A side edit of "I Can't Help It" by Michael Jackson. Also featured is Michael Henderson's Disco-jazz groover "Let Love Enter"

Bros. Johnson - Ain't We Funkin' Now (Todd Terje Edit)

Todd Terje Week - Friday

First time I heard The Brothers Johnson's "Ain't We Funkin' Now" was on the ultimate break beat series and as I remember the track was edited by Luis Flores (the man at UBB who extended the drumbreaks on some of the volumes).
UBB used the version with the drumbreak and I found a bootleg 12" featuring that same version at a flea market in NYC. (..crates full of 12" and classic breakbeats. Some had written "Magic" on the label. Now, if it had belong to Mr. Magic that explains the condition was under "good" and often "fair". I bought them all, though. It was $1/each and several had dublets in the cover. Yay!)

Anyway, I'm wondering why Todd Terje didn't use the drumbeat version in his edit of "Ain't We Funkin' Now"!? He's used the "regular" extended version that goes straight to "..listen to the bass man" halfway. Well, the edit, which is unofficial, is a DJ-edit well arranged with no effects added. Not his best to date.