This is the second remix of instrumental tracks from Vinyl's “Flea Market” album sessions in 2001, a rich vein of music mined once again for sonic riches.

For “Volume One,” Vinyl producer Tony Mindel and the Rondo Brothers, aka Jim Greer and partner Brandon Arnovick, remixed tracks from the “Flea Market” sessions and added P-Funk keyboardist Bernie Worrell to the instrument stew.

On “Volume Two,” the Rondos and Mindel again took out-takes from master reels from “Flea Market,” remixed them in their signature style and laced them with the thundering bass grooves of former Primus funk master Les Claypool.

Lyrics from Don Wolf and Tommy Shepherd of Felonious add to the

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listening experience, as does the authentic blues wails of Sugar Pie De Santo on “Spill the Wine” and the guest playing of bassist Yossi Fine, DJ Quest on turntables, vibraphonist Riz Rizza, percussionists Antonio and Sean Onorato and saxophonist Doug Thomas.

Vinyl — keyboardist Jonathan Korty, trumpet player Danny Cao, guitarist Billy Frates, bassist Geoff Vaughan and drummer Alexis Razon — has been tightening its sound since the Marin band came out of a Mill Valley garage 11 years ago.

Although they were originally inspired by classic funk, Latin percussion, reggae and R&B from vinyl records they dug from the bins at the now defunct Village Music, Vinyl isn't afraid to place their music in the


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capable hands of others to update it into something modern, fresh and new.

Buy It: “Fogshack Music Volume Two,” Vinyl, Avila Street Records, $15, www.avilastreetrecords.com. CD Release Party Nov. 25 at the Independent in San Francisco.

— Paul Liberatore

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