Edwin Moses

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Edwin Moses (CD) Siesta
If I tell you that this well produced yet bizarre record features a couple of Spanish musicians pretending to be a forgotten 1970s funk musician, then you'll probably be able to guess that it's got something to do with the Siesta record label. What could have come across as little more than a poor joke is actually executed with great style, intelligence and a genuine feeling for the genre. There is even a highly convincing wah-wah laden theme from an imaginary blaxploitation movie, just one of the many pointers that Curtis Mayfield was the prime inspiration for much of the record, not least on the outstanding What's Going Down? which also seems to steal liberally from the Jackson 5. The consistent high quality of the songs makes this an unlikely addition to the list of 2000's must-have releases.