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chris gill & lance ferguson present: - the soul of melbourne - northside records - cd

Genre: Funk / Soul

1. The Bamboos - What I Know (feat Kylie Audist)
2. The Cactus Channel - Emanuel Ciccolini
3. Saskwatch - Don't Wanna Try
4. Axolotl - Debris
5. Electric Empire - Baby You're Lovin'
6. The Mighty Show Stoppers - Hippy Skippy Moonstrut
7. The Bombay Royale - Monkey Fight Snake
8. Clairy Browne & The Bangin' Rackettes - Love Letter
9. Syl Johnson - Is It Because I'm Black? (feat The Bamboos)
10. Chet Faker - Love & Feeling
11. Kylie Auldist - Changes
12. The Putbacks - Waz That ?
13. Gypsy Brown - Stepping Stones
14. The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra - Mr Clean Part 2
15. Deep Street Soul - Kick Out The Jams
16. Cookin On 3 Burners - Skeletor
17. Menagerie - The Chosen
18. Hiatus Kaiyote - Nakamarra

Given the runaway success of Melbourne-based funk and soul musicians in recent years - see the Bamboos, Kylie Audist, Cookin' On 3 Burners etc - it was arguably only a matter of time before some bright spark had the idea of celebrating the city's scene in compilation form.

In the end, it's scene stalwarts Chris Gill and Lance Ferguson (the local super-producer behind most of the city's biggest soul hits) who've taken the plunge. Predictably, The Soul of Melbourne is a superb sales pitch for Victoria's funk scene, delivering a sun-flecked blend of deep soul, fuzzy trip-hop, blazing funk and sinewy modern soul, with plenty of little-known gems and quirky curiosities (see The Bombay Royale's Morricone-ish "The Flight Snake") to excite the diggers.