J Dilla / The Jimi Entley Sound

Geek Down

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Record Label
Friendly Records

About this item

What do we have here? Something that'll make the legion of J Dilla fans dizzy with excitement that's what! For the first time in ages, the original "Charlie's Theme" by The Jimi Entley Sound b/w "Geek Down" - the track Dilla created from "Charlie's Theme".

Included on the legendary "Donuts" LP, "Geek Down" is a tense and rambunctous ride into the breakbeat of "Charlie's Theme"; drawing out that eerie string motif and adding flanged stabs of wah-wah'd organ, guitar and brass. 

"Charlie's Theme" was released in 2002 and produced by Portishead's Geoff Barrow and Adrian Utley. The only single they did, its post-millennium release date hides its timeless library breaks / hard funk credentials - and is surely one of the most modern samples used by Dilla for his genre-defining LP. 

Artwork by Pete Fowler. Proceeds to the War Child charity. Limited copies. 

TRACK LISTING

J Dilla - Geek Down
The Jimi Entley Sound - Charlie's Theme

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