Description by Nicky Trax (Phuture PR/Blues and Soul magazine) Where Northern soul collides with electronica in a funked up stylee, there’s even more amazing soundscapes on Kava Kava’s hotly anticipated new album "Maui". With diverse fans such as Mary Anne Hobbs, Freddy Fresh, Capoeira Twins, Rob Da Bank (Sunday Best) through to Simon Mu (Back To Basics), Kava Kava are exploding as a kick ass band with more festival credentials under their belt than even Pete Tong! The new album sampler contains the big dancefloor number, "Don’t Stop The Music" and the Cienna Remix of "Maui", and Kava Kava are hotting floors up with their heady mix of French -styled funked up disco, electro sounds, raw live acoustic soulful ensemble playing and some greats beats. Impossible to pin down musically...they combine souped-up baggy beats and 80’s atmospherics with richly melodic grooves, led by Fulgoni’s crisp and uplifting Northen Soul vocals. Kicking off the album is the unashamed feelgood "Don’t Stop The Music" already getting the San Fran thumbs up, and set to be remixed for even wider appeal. "Space People" unleashes an upbeat breaks excursion with trumpets and strings, and another album highlight. Squelchy skanking Ram Jam Band sounds rocks "Terrrorists" as Pat Fulgoni’s strong vocal presence runs through. Then electro opens the irrepressible wah wah funk ridin’ groove, "Sicfuck". The title track "Maui" unfolds in soft vocal n strings style as the breaks push this soundscape out into trippy terrain. And then KK turn it up on the rockin leftfielder beats n guitar thrash, "Bank Job". "Swans" is a soundtrack style interlude before KK then spin back in time with their chirpy, breaky first single, "Funked Up And Freaked Out". "Beats For Cheats" adds a rave flava with Eastern sounds meshing with nasal beats and nagging keys that then breaks into funk...mad stuff. "Tic" is a more acoustic eastern "Beatles" styled jaunt and then more leftfield musical arcadia can be found on "nfa" alongside the closing instrumental oddity "Faith". It’s funky with guitars, soulful and squelchy, and you can dance to Kava Kava’s music which mixes it all up with live musicianship, electronica, samples and beats. A bit Polyphonic, nu Talking Hards. It’s one of this year’s more out there album sets and all the better for it.