Grooving to the Sleigh Bells

I stumbled upon the song "Ring Ring" by Brooklyn duo Sleigh Bells yesterday over at the consistently great blog Said The Gramophone. Initially, I was repelled because the song is almost entirely a sample of Funkadelic's 1971 classic "Can You Get To That." Aside from a more emphatic beat and a new set of vocals, the song is unchanged—yet I can't stop listening to it. Alexis Krauss's vocals are sleek, cool and classic. Twisting and fluidly melding elements of R&B, hip-hop and standard pop and soul, there's something special going on with the Sleigh Bells.

Sleigh Bells - "Ring Ring"

Funkadelic - "Can You Get To That" (from Maggot Brain)