Mixerr Album Reviews #2,529

The Uptown Funksters ‎– Headsounds EP is an underrated and overlooked house EP which house heads highly slept on.  Both Duro, Bembe, and Free Spirit are highlights off the EP. The EP is quite loud as the production quality and sound quality were set to high quality. Duro, Bembe, and Free Spirit are example of where high production quality and high sound quality are used.

Duro uses some warped trippy auto-wah effects with the didgeridoo. The didgeridoo was randomly placed throughout the duration of this song. Now this song is quite memorable due to the didgeridoo which was used. Duro is the highlight of this EP. There is a sweeping drop at the 3:14 duration mark which manifests into a feeling of uncertainty. A set of bongos are used after that drop.

Givin' You is not exactly a highlight of electronic music. Some of the musical key notes are off key as some of the flat notes♭don’t match up with the randomly placed synths and keys throughout the songs. The A ♭ don’t match the B♭. The producer could have lowered a note by two semitones.

Free Spirit divulges into a more techno-based oriented soundscape that sounds quite futuristic even for 1995. The bass is what makes this song more funky and danceable.

Bembe uses more Afroncentric style drums and beats programmed similarly to Duro. Now the high-pitched whiny violin was sampled from Lil Louis & The World - I Called U (A Series Of Events) and Lil Louis & The World - I Called U (The Story Continues).

I rate this EP 4/5****.