Review: Joseph Malik - 'Adjust Like Dat' ft. Mike Keat + Jo Wallace (The Oddball Creatives Remixes) (Ramrock Red)

Amazing new remix on Ramrock Red and The Oddball Creatives, the adjusted 'Adjust Like Dat' featuring Mike Keat, Jo Wallace is even more jazzy, funky, hip hop goodnes.  Craig Charles has a new favourite!

So you'll recall the original 'Adjust Like Dat' (see review HERE) as Joseph's tribute to his Dad, Francis Ukachukwu Malik, hence the tradition Nigerian dress in Igbo tribal colours.  How do you improve on that?  

Well, somehow they's gone crazy oddball NY, hip-hop jazzy with a clean and dirty vocal and dub instrumental - the keys are so Herbie fusion with a 70s Clavinet goove - ya'll remember 'My Definition Of A Boombastic Jazz Style' (Dream Warriors): this is better!

Who knew the spirit of Fela lives just off the Easter Road in a proper Northern Soul Band that includes the Proclaimers' Steven Christie (electric piano), Daniel Walls (drums  and percussion), Colin Steele's award winning jazz trumpet and Darren Morris guesting on Fender bass and clavinet. DJ Nasty P provides the kuts with Jo Wallace on backing vocals and Cuban Brother, rappin' Mike Keat.

We've had previous 'variants' of 'My Whole World' (Joseph Malik with Kameelah Waheed with The Variant Issue Orchestra 'L'Opera Noir' Mixes - see review HERE) but there's the full 'Proxima Ebony Variant Issue' LP on its way.  It's going to be fantastic!  

PS. Don't forget the original - see review HERE.

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Artist: Joseph Malik 

Title:  'Adjust Like Dat' ft. Mike Keat + Jo Wallace (The Oddball Creatives Remixes)

Release date: 31st March, 2025

Label: Ramrock Red Records

Cat. No: RRR080

Format:  Digital / Bandcamp

Reveiw: Joseph Malik - Adjust Like Dat (Ramrock Red Records)

Craig Charles' favourite track of the new album, 'Adjust Like Dat' has just got a single release on Ramrock Red Records as vocal and instrumental versions.

Can we possibly say how good the album is, 'Proxima Ebony' (see review HERE) but if Mr Charles plays any track on BBC 6 Music's flagship 'Funk & Soul' show 3 (count 'em) weeks in a row, you know it's a tune.  And even more gratifing that's it's Joseph's tribute to his Dad, Francis Ukachukwu Malik (hence the tradition Nigerian dress in Igbo tribal colours.

And for those with a ear for this kinda of thing, you might reckonise Darren Morris' backing track is a cover of Norman 'The Harris Machine' Harris' 'In Good Faith' that got a wider audience when the 1980 track turned up on Harmless' compilation, 'Jazzy Vibes - Soulful Jazz Licks From The 70s'. 

Getting back to Mr. Malik's track, did someone say Jo Wallace is on back vocals?  And what's Joseph's Bill Wither's story anyway?

Artist: Joseph Malik 

Title: Adjust Like Dat 

Release date: 29th September, 2023

Label: Ramrock Red

Cat. No: RRR053

Format: Bandcamp / Digital