you underestimate me danny, some of my favourite artists are funk, soul and jazz artists, and my musical heritage is steeped in all three. Im a guitarist for 13 years now too, i certainly have a great grasp of funk and groove, and ive even played the odd Jazz number too. I've played in band's, more so in school, where ive had to keep inline with a very skilled jazz drummer who went off on many unimprovised solo's and we had to keep up and adapt, change the tempo, change the swing, timing etc etc. As i said we'l agree to disagree, for me that remix has no funk or groove, its rigid and all about teh kick and edits.

i see what your saying about the way the track is done, but its not new, its just emphasising the edits to a greater distinction. It's just less loops, but replaced with more edits and a higher production quality, it really does cut through very nice production wise. I think the problem is having the set definition of what a techno track is. Beyer and co shot themselves in teh foot ultimately with their sound and are now trying to get away from it, but i really prefer his minimal bits to this remix, and this is an older remix anyway isnt it? he's done some great stuff since, the madeye record's and i still love that Walking Contradiction

il have to check the link in a while not got speakers here