Another Taste II

Rotterdam-based band Another Taste make contemporary post-disco / boogie / electro-soul: think a 21st-century take on the dancefloor jams of the Prelude / West End / Salsoul labels. Their second album gives you eight tracks, all dancefloor material, all crafted from the familiar sonic material of early ’80s soul — the particular synth timbres and recognisable grooves of artists like Leroy Burgess, D-Train, and Patrice Rushen, all expertly merged with live drums, bass, brass and guitars. It’s a faithful recreation that ranges from high-tempo jazz fusion-y stormers to slinky laid-back drum-machine-soul, with the songs built from Roy Ayers’ sunny-yet-tense fusion chords, and Burgess’ gospel-soul piano progressions, and with super-slick playing, vocals and production all the way through. Great album neatly proving that generic music that doesn’t really do anything new can be superb.