PREMIERE: Dennis Coffey - Ubiquitous (Steinski Remix)
(Photo: Jerry Wald)
Dennis Coffey played on many of the biggest Detroit soul and funk classics of the '60s and '70s, including The Temptations' "Psychedelic Shack" and "Cloud Nine," The Supremes' "We'll Be Together" and The Isley Brothers' "It's Your Thing," before recording the perennial instrumental "Scorpio." A decade later, sample orchestra maestro Steinski would include it in his cut-up milestone "The Lesson." A quarter-century later, history repeats itself: On this Record Store Day release, Steinski once again takes a stab at a Coffey track, this time "Ubiquitous," a B-side off of a recently released 7" for Record Store Day. On this remix, Steinski underpins Coffey's lightning-hot guitar licks and hazy wah-chunks with hip-hop beats and scratches that don't stray too far from a '70s funk rhythm section. If you dig it, you can hear plenty more like this on Dennis Coffey's recently released self-titled album, out now on Strut.
Dennis Coffey - Ubiquitous (Steinski Mix)
