i picked up this record in a bargain bin a year ago when i also picked up the original 12" of "buffalo stance". the original "woman" wasn't a song i remember liking when it i first heard it in '96 but it had remixes of alex reece & la funk mob. now when i listen to the original i do like it a lot and i like how it flips james brown's "it's a man's man's man's world".
when i put the record on platter i did first listen to la funk mob's remix and it is decent but it see the point of it, even in a trip-hop context. flipped the record over and there was reece's version in vocal and instrumental form. it starts out with a percussion groove that sounds very drummachine-like and with it there is some of cherry's lines from the first verse. some synthstrings come into the spectrum and then it kicks along proper once you hear the bassy kick from the classic "humpty dump"-break.
reece uses cherry's vocal sparse and it's mainly those four lines from the opening verse that come into play and then the hook in the breakdown later on in the song. the vocals are triggered kind of disjointed from the rhythm of the track but it works really well. the track is overall kind of rugged but with a polished edge and it's melodic elements that are the synthesized strings and bassline deliver.
listen here (grooveshark)
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