VA - 2nd Birthday Compilation

1. Havana Hustlers - Ain't Loving Me 05:03
2. Jet Boot Jack - Keep It Up 07:35
3. Solazz - Blaze The Party 06:21
4. Fray Bentos - Stormy Nights 05:56
5. Saint Voleur - Shine 05:30
6. Andy Buchan - The House That Funk Built 05:36
7. Shalvoy - Beautiful2Strangers 05:10
8. Belabouche - Feedback Brother 06:49
9. Even Funkier - Those Were The Times We Had 05:59
10. OR - It's About Your Touch 05:36

UK label Hot Gorilla reach the terrible twos and celebrate with a 10-track compilation that's packed with fine contemporary disco, funk, soul and boogie vibes. If you're looking for highlights, then Havana Hustlers' opener rocks a b-line that somehow manages to recall both 'Lovely Day' and 'Boogie Nights', Fray Bentos makes great use of a classic Afrika Bambaataa sample on 'Stormy Nights', while Andy Buchan's 'The House That Funk Built' plunders Aretha to equally powerful effect and Solazz's 'Blaze The Party' is a boogie-tastic delight. But there are six more quality jams where those came from, from Even Funkier's Patrice Rushen-biting 'Those Were The Times' to the jazz-funk inflections of Shalvoy's 'Beautiful2Strangers'.