The furious clattering polyrhythms of Mu’ opening “Let Get Sick’ immediately signal that this isn’ going to be some sink-into-the-sofa style exercise, with the Bugz cutting up and stuttering the beats through a mass of blaring air horns and sampled pirate-radio style call outs. From the very outset, the 19 track, 70 minute long mix easily comes across as considerably more upbeat and extrovert than the majority of the Back To Mine series, eschewing coffee table chill-out vibes in favour of an after hours party vibe that takes in classic hip-hop, electro, disco, funk and soul whilst pretty much completely steering clear of the contemporary broken-beat sounds the collective have built their reputation on.
In this case, all of the members of the eight-strong crew are responsible for the final track selection that appears here, while Thy Lord and Scott 1200 man the decks for the mixing duties themselves – a strategy that calls to mind Hot Chip’ recent similarly group consensus-oriented DJ Kicks instalment. Given Bugz’ virtual ubiquity amongst the UK broken-beat and soul scenes, it seems slightly surprising that it’s taken this long for DMC to invite them to compile a Back To Mine – indeed, this latest volume represents the 26 th chapter in the series. While East London Co-Op stars Bugz In the Attic’ breakout “Booty La La’ single brought them a considerably wider audience, for some reason their Back In The Doghouse album of last year failed to crossover as much as many (including their label V2) expected, even though the record was certainly filled with plenty of strong material.
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