Rare Sounds Box #3: "Fanning The Flames"

'Fanning The Flames'

• Quantic Soul Orchestra - Pushin' On (2005)
• Speedometer - This Is Speedometer (2003)
• The Bamboos - Step It Up (2006)

"By the early 2000s, the Funk-Soul Revival of the early and mid-’90s had a very small but established culture of musicians, labels, DJs and fans that spanned the globe. Bands like The Poets of Rhythm and The Greyboy Allstars had been revelatory to enraptured fans and curiosos for embracing these old school, raw funk sounds and bringing them to a growing audience of crate-diggers, live music lovers, record label heads and musicians looking to follow in their footsteps. At the turn of the millennium, there was a whole new crop of bands and musicians who had loved these early bands and were ready to fan the flames of the culture and sound they had been exposed to as fans and bring their own heat to the burgeoning fire of the Funk- Soul Revival.” - - Eddie Roberts