"Quickly building a reputation as the go to for rare funk, soul and disco 45s, reissue label Athens Of The North dig out ten essential but nigh on untraceable 7″s from the sunshine state. Few city scenes are as evocative as quintessential Miami soul of the early ’70s. Practically synonymous with open-shirted, medallion-wearing gentlemen cruising down Collins Avenue under the Atlantic sun, a decade of vice and virtue on Miami Beach was soundtracked by some of the country’s most adept, and often under-rated musicians. The funk and soul that emerged from the sunshine state had a certain unmistakable swagger, combining the urban drama of James Brown-influenced funk, with a Latin flair drifting over the Gulf of Mexico. ..."
The Vinyl Factory (Video)
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