Though it must have been seven odd months since the official release of Lefties Soul Connection’s album Skimming the Skum, I still think it’s never to late to elaborate the raw funk goodness of this pinnacle release on Olski’s infamous Melting Pot Music label.
This collective of nu-funksters formed in Amsterdam in 2002, influences vary from the JB’s and the Meters and into the realms of hiphop with the likes of J5 and the Roots. It’s good to hear a band such as Lefties are pushing the boundaries within live funk music by actively incorporating various hip hop production styles and structure into the core of their album. I can’t imagine it will be that long until some producer samples the hell out of their breakbeats.
Here’s the video of ‘Fais Do Do‘, a single they released which popped up on Youtube.
You can check out samples of their tracks here.
