Taking the DJ skills he's honed at DMC battles worldwide and digging deep into his treasured vinyl collection, Mr. Things of the Scratch Perverts releases his second set of rare and sought after breaks. Planned as a five-part series, Strange Breaks & Mr. Things revives the conceived beat mix-tapes from hip-hop golden era: scouring through bins of obscure 60s and 70s for the undiscovered, nasty break that can turn a thousand producers on and turn a party out. Starting with the funk-lite sitcom-jazz of "Sally", Mr. Thing re-arranges the eerie organ and drum backbeat on Dick Walter's "Spooky Doo" before scratching up the raw Michigan funk of Jake Wade and The Soul Searchers. Yes, anonymous names fill the roster here, with only one or two being familiar to only the most devote record collector. But whether its the disco-groove of Johnny Griffith, the sunny xylophone schmaltz of Jerzy Milian Orkiestra or the marching band cover of the Jackson 5's ABC by Hot Butter & Soul, Mr. Thing scoops out unexpected nuggets of funky delicacies from these underackngowledged sources, providing further stimulus for beat heads everywhere.
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