From the very first 12” release, Fort Knox Recordings was all about remix culture and over the past 20 years some of the worlds top producers and DJs have taken their turn remixing the already funky Fort Knox Five. Another Decade of Funk Remixed compiles 16 of the biggest remixes from the last 10 years and continues the collection started on 10 Years of Fort Knox Five Remixed (2013).
The second decade kicks off with a selection of remixes from FK5’s sophomore studio album, Pressurize The Cabin, including The Funk Hunters hands-in-the-air remix of “Whatcha Gonna Do”, SkiiTour’s house anthem flip of “Fire in my Belly”, Farid’s Latin Disco remix of “Cinco to the Brinco” and the deep desert vibes of Sabo’s “Mission to the Sitars”.
Following on the heels of Pressurize were a series of singles that saw the group exploring new sounds and the killer remixes kept coming. K+lab amps up the 70’s funk of “Don’t Go” into a retro bass fueled floor burner. Stickybuds rides the line between electro, glitch-hop and classic funk on his remix of “Give it a Minute”. Megan Hamilton pushes the mid-tempo wobble of “Keep the Funk Real” into a funky, chunky, house bouncer and TWOGOOD flips the mid-tempo laid back hip hop of “Start the Ride” into a high energy, 303-laced funky banger.
To celebrate the 20th anniversary, the group enlisted some of their top tier producer friends create modern remixes of FK5 classics. The Allergies transform the hip-hop anthem “Insight” into a hard funk track with retro-heavy guitars and crunchy beats. Krafty Kuts injects the Bossa Nova swagger of “The Brazilian Hipster” with some seriously fat beats and bass creating a certified bomb. The Sponges weave in some modern beats, dirty synths and party chants into their House remix of “The Party Pushers” and Pineo & Loeb hit a home run with their vocal heavy funky house remix of “Keep it Poppin’.”
This compilation also features three previously unreleased new remixes. “Dodge City Rockers” gets a funky breaks update from Basement Freaks, full of horns and old school flavors. The Gaff turns “Funk 4 Peace” into an 808 bass fueled hip hop track and Lou E. Bagels gives us a modern beefed up House remix of the original dancehall meets breaks track “Killa Sound Boy.”
The 16 tracks on Another Decade of Funk Remixed tell the story of how the Fort Knox Sound continues to influence a wide range of producers and DJs from across the globe and champions the artistry of the remixer as they flip these songs into dance floor bangers. This compilation reads like a who’s who of contemporary funky electronic producers and has a little something for every DJ out there.