This new release develops the project he brought to the 2019 BBC Proms, that celebrated Hip Hop culture by bringing together DJs and breakdancers with orchestral renditions of the iconic funk tracks that provided the raw material for hundreds of hip hop classics. Deep rare groove cuts by the likes of Manzel, The Incredible Bongo Band, Zapp and James Brown are re-recorded by Buckley’s regular musical team, augmented by star guests such as Kamasi Washington (who contributes some deliciously non-bombastic, delicately grooving tenor sax to “It’s Just Begun”), Snarky Puppy collaborators Ghost Note, and champion DJ Mr Switch, while the strings and brass of the Heritage Orchestra add the requisite lush expansive textures - it’s nice to hear Gareth Lockrane’s flute featured so extensively as well.