VA - In The Dark - The Soul Of Detroit

1 Courtney Jackson – Everybody (Amp Fiddler Remix) 5:03
2 Malik Alston - A Walk Thru Osaka 9:20
3 Keith Worthy & Malik Alston – Ecoutez 6:52
4 Rick "The Godson" Wilhite - City Bar Reopen "Live" Dancing 5:43
5 Delano Smith - Hot-N-Funky 4:28
6 Rick "The Godson" Wilhite & Kenny Dixon Jr (Moodymann) – Bosmos 6:40
7 Patchworks - Sugar (Amp Fiddler Remix) 5:48
8 Rick "The Godson" Wilhite - Magic Water 7:12
9 Mike Huckaby - Melodies From The Jazz Republic 7:47
10 Raybone Jones, Malik (Marcellus) Pittman, Rick The Godson Wilhite - In The Dark 5:10
11 Rick The Godson Wilhite, Urban Tribe, S. Ingram - Cosmic Jungle 9:12
12 Anetria Wright - The Feeling Of Love (Amp Fiddler Remix) 5:50

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This compilation shows that there is more than a direct link between Detroit's soul past and its house and techno present. In fact, In The Dark suggests that producers like Amp Fiddler and Rick Wilhite offer a continuation of the sound developed by Motown. In Amp Fiddler's case this is audible on his reshape of Courtney Jackson's "Every Body". There, a rippling double bass and gloriously spacey synths provide the backing for her soulful tones. Wilhite meanwhile, contributes two tracks - the first is the playful seduction of "City Bar Reopen Live Dancing", while "Cosmic Jungle", a collaboration with Sherard Ingram's Urban Tribe project, sees lush strings unfolding over an eerie, brooding bassline.