VA - Radio Slave Presents Strictly Rhythms, Vol. 5

Tracklist
1. Ultra Nate – Situation: Critical 05:29
2. Wamdue Project – Remember The Memory 06:33
3. Angel Morales – Burnin’ Up (feat Sally Cortes – Sally’s Wet dub radio Slave Re-rdit) 04:35
4. Mood Life – Needs (Not Wants) – The Warning (with Logic – acapella) 06:17
5. Venus – Lippstikk 03:08
6. After Hours – Feel It (Bonus Beats) 01:34
7. Mood II Swing – Do It Your Way 07:20
8. Black Magic – Freedom (Make It Funky) (Color 4 Frankie’s dub – radio Slave re-edit) 06:17
9. Photon Inc. – Everybody Freedom (Scream Beats – – radio Slave Re-rdit) 06:33
10. Black Magic & K. Dope – Freedom (Make It Funky) / Watch This (Color 1 On & On Strong vocal mix – radio Slave re-edit) 06:56
11. The Mole People – Break Night 07:25
12. DJ Sneak – Keep On Groovin’ (Fat Bottom mix) 01:55
13. Mood II Swing & Hardhead – All Night Long / New York Express (radio Slave’s Wildpitchapella – radio Slave re-edit) 08:23
14. Logic – I Got Somethin’ (radio Slave re-edit) 05:35
15. Barbara Tucker – Stay Together (The Ravin’ mix – radio Slave re-edit) 06:52
16. Mood II Swing – I Like It (radio Slave re-edit) 06:05
17. K. Dope – Tribal Seagulls (radio Slave re-edit) 09:23
18. The Mole People & Osunlade – Ocean / Momma’s Groove (acapella) 09:56
19. Hardhead – Demon Dreams (Gravediggin mix) 07:08
20. The Stickmen – The Drug 05:27
21. Black Magic – Freedom (Color 3 Lil Louis Zohz Sub dub) 05:19
22. The Untouchables & Todd Terry – I’m For Real / Can You Feel It? (accapella) 05:27
23. The Untouchables – Little Louie Anthem, Pt. 2 (Factory Bar mix) 08:02

Last year saw the release of three volumes of the ’30 Years Of Strictly Rhythm’ retrospective but the seminal New York label aren’t done mining their back catalogue just yet! For ‘Strictly Rhythms Vol 5’ they hand over the keys to the vaults to Matt Edwards AKA Radio Slave, who’s mashed 23 vintage Strictly cuts into two DJ mixes simply labelled ‘Downtown’ and ‘Uptown’. The first mix (tracks 1-14) finds him in warm-up mode with much use of Dubs and Bonus Beats mixes, while for the second mix (tracks 15-23) he takes us down a more driving and tribalistic route – but rest assured, both sets are every bit as classy and diverse as the label itself.