Trouble Woman

Andrew Roachford has been on the UK music scene for over two decades - his work from the 80’s and 90’s made him Columbia's biggest selling UK act for ten years with a seven album recording deal.
Digging the early demos sent through from Rubberfunk HQ, and in between writing for Joe Cocker’s new album project, Andrew cooked up the beautifully simple melody and catchy hook of ‘Trouble Woman’.

Woven between the ‘Love To Love You’ style bass groove and the southern fried guitar picking, horns come courtesy of a transatlantic hook-up; Todd Simon, hornsman for The Breakestra, Connie Price & The Keystones and Mayer Hawthorne, amongst others, drops the perfect brass accompaniment to the Rubberfunk sound.

With the album version in the can, tea break discussions this time centred around ‘dream remixers’. Top of Rubberfunk’s list was legendary cut n paste pioneer Steinski.

Steve ‘Steinski’ Stein achieved notoriety in the early 1980’s, alongside Doug ‘Double Dee’ DiFranco, for a series of underground hip-hop sample-based collages known as ‘The Lessons’. Whilst they never had a hit record, they became highly influential for subsequent artists, with the likes of Coldcut, DJ Shadow, Cut Chemist and The Avalanches all citing the duo as favourites.

Early enquiries revealed Steinski to be very into the idea of undertaking a remix, and with the parts dispatched, the intriguing wait for the finished mix began. It was to be well worth waiting for.

A classic NYC-edit monster, Steinski’s remix pulls up to the bumper with a nagging Nile Rodgers-esque rhythm guitar riff before pushing the chopped bass well into your face, and coupling it to a dubbed out Sly & Robbie style electronic hip hop beat. Watch out for the classic drum machine breakdown mid track, the bossa preset button never sounded so hot. To round out the track, the horns get sliced and diced and the vocal pulled apart into a call and answer session with some sampled filmic heroines - and they sure sound like trouble to us – cheers for the tip-off Steinski !

To complement Steinski’s enigmatic edit, South coast beat hero Featurecast drops in on side two. Pretty handy on the edit himself, Featurecast has been instrumental in continuing the re-work lineage begun by the likes of Double Dee & Steinski, Coldcut et al, with a string of releases to his name, and lately as a driving force behind burgeoning remix label Goodgroove. Here though, he comes correct with a rolling party drum & bass version, aimed squarely at the dancefloor.

Dr Rubberfunk, Roachford - Trouble Woman (JAL91)

Download Single

1.		Dr Rubberfunk feat. Roachford - Trouble Woman	3m 35s
2.		Dr Rubberfunk feat. Roachford - Trouble Woman (Steinski Remix)	3m 45s
3.		Dr Rubberfunk feat. Roachford - Trouble Woman (Featurecast Remix)	5m 14s
4.		Dr Rubberfunk feat. Roachford - Trouble Woman (Featurecast Dub)	5m 14s
5.		Dr Rubberfunk feat. Roachford - Trouble Woman (Radio Edit)	3m 26s

Dr Rubberfunk, Roachford - Trouble Woman (JAL91)

12" Vinyl Single

1.		Dr Rubberfunk feat. Roachford - Trouble Woman (Steinski Remix)
2.		Dr Rubberfunk feat. Roachford - Trouble Woman
3.		Dr Rubberfunk feat. Roachford - Trouble Woman (Featurecast Remix)

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