Review: musclecars - Double Honey Pack (Louie Vega & Maurice Fulton) (BBE Music)

After rockin' the WeOutHere Festival this year (and no doubt everywhere else musclecars have performed), BBE release the 'Double Honey Pack' knock-out version of this years' album where Craig Handfield and Brandon Weems (the duo known as musclecars) go head-to-head with alternate versions and remixes with music legends Louie Vega (also at WeOutHere Festival with The Elements Of Life) and Maurice Fulton.

You'll recall we were very excited about musclecars being represented on the Audrey Powne single, 'Feed The Fire'(see review HERE) and then we got 'Ha Ya (Eternal Life)' (see review HERE) followed by the album 'Sugar Honey Iceed Tea!'.

Well, it's a good job we're still on this as the 'Double Honey Pack' even supasses them all as the 'Ha Ya! (Enternal Life) (Planetarium Mix)' is the spiritual flute gang jazz-house classic of the year and 'I Don't Remember The Last Time I Saw The Stars' is 11 minutes of pure Latin-jazz-house perfection.

It's a bit pricey for the double vinyl verson (worth it for 'Water (Spiritual Mix)' on its own) but with all the dancefloor remix version, to mis-quote this weeks' budget statement by Chancellor Rachel Reeves, "think of it as an investment in the future".

Get It tonight!

1. Tonight 05:55

2. Tonight (Louie Vega Bronx Dub) 05:50

3. Tonight (Louie Vega Remix) 08:22

4. Hello? (Maurice Fulton Remix) 06:44

5.  'Ha Ya! (Enternal Life) (Planetarium Mix) 07:35

6. I Don't Remember The Last Time I Saw The Stars 11:10

7. Water (Spiritual Mix) 08:30

8. Tonight (Louie Vega Bassin Dub) 05:38

9. Tonight (NV South Jersey Dub) 03:48

10. Tonight (Louie Vega Remix Brooklyn Solo Dub) 08:22

11. Tonight (Clean Version) 05:55

12. Tonight (Louie Vega Remix) (Clean Version) 08:22

Artist: musclecars 

Title: Double Honey Pack 

Release date: 6th September, 2024

Label : BBE Music

Catalog Number : BBE763

Format: 2 x LP / Digital / Bandcamp