Another Decade of Funk Remixed

Another Decade of Funk Remixed
by Fort Knox Five
20 Year Anniversary 2003-2023
FKX152 - Fort Knox Recordings

Available here:
orcd.co/funkremixed

Tracklisting:
1. Playin’ With Fire (WBBL Remix)
2. The Brazilian Hipster (Krafty Kuts Remix)
3. Give It A Minute (Stickybuds Remix)
4. Whatcha Gonna Do (The Funk Hunters Remix)
5. The Party Pushers (The Sponges Remix)
6. Keep It Poppin’ (Pineo & Loeb Remix)
7. Don’t Go (K+Lab Remix)
8. Insight (The Allergies Remix)
9. Dodge City Rockers (Basement Freaks Remix)
10. Fire In My Belly (SkiiTour Remix)
11. Keep The Funk Real (Megan Hamilton Remix)
12. Funk 4 Peace (The Gaff Remix)
13. Cinco To The Brinco (Farid’s 22nd & P Remix)
14. Killa Soundboy (Lou E. Bagels Remix)
15. Start The Ride (TWOGOOD Remix)
16. Mission To The Sitars (Sabo Remix)

From the very first 12” release, Fort Knox Recordings was all about remix culture and over the past 20 years some of the worlds top producers and DJs have taken their turn remixing the already funky Fort Knox Five. Another Decade of Funk Remixed compiles 16 of the biggest remixes from the last 10 years and continues the collection started on 10 Years of Fort Knox Five Remixed (2013).

The second decade kicks off with a selection of remixes from FK5’s sophomore studio album, Pressurize The Cabin, including The Funk Hunters hands-in-the-air remix of “Whatcha Gonna Do”, SkiiTour’s house anthem flip of “Fire in my Belly”, Farid’s Latin Disco remix of “Cinco to the Brinco” and the deep desert vibes of Sabo’s “Mission to the Sitars”.

Following on the heels of Pressurize were a series of singles that saw the group exploring new sounds and the killer remixes kept coming. K+lab amps up the 70’s funk of “Don’t Go” into a retro bass fueled floor burner. Stickybuds rides the line between electro, glitch-hop and classic funk on his remix of “Give it a Minute”. Megan Hamilton pushes the mid-tempo wobble of “Keep the Funk Real” into a funky, chunky, house bouncer and TWOGOOD flips the mid-tempo laid back hip hop of “Start the Ride” into a high energy, 303-laced funky banger.

To celebrate the 20th anniversary, the group enlisted some of their top tier producer friends create modern remixes of FK5 classics. The Allergies transform the hip-hop anthem “Insight” into a hard funk track with retro-heavy guitars and crunchy beats. Krafty Kuts injects the Bossa Nova swagger of “The Brazilian Hipster” with some seriously fat beats and bass creating a certified bomb. The Sponges weave in some modern beats, dirty synths and party chants into their House remix of “The Party Pushers” and Pineo & Loeb hit a home run with their vocal heavy funky house remix of “Keep it Poppin’.”

This compilation also features three previously unreleased new remixes. “Dodge City Rockers” gets a funky breaks update from Basement Freaks, full of horns and old school flavors. The Gaff turns “Funk 4 Peace” into an 808 bass fueled hip hop track and Lou E. Bagels gives us a modern beefed up House remix of the original dancehall meets breaks track “Killa Sound Boy.”