This came out in 1999 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Nightmares? More like sweet dreams.
U.K. DJ George Evelyn takes the tech out of techno with this cool followup to 1995’s Smoker’s Delight. Actually, his style this time out is more like trip-hop — as played by Quincy Jones, perhaps. The addition of a full band to his loop-and-sample arsenal means that for every chilly, ambient action, there’s a warm, soulful reaction: The precise drum machine anchors a fatback bass and swingin’ organ, and the freeze-dried sounds rub up against live vocals. If you dig the notion of Curtis Mayfield getting down with Portishead, Carboot Soul packs a trunkful of funk.
