The personnel keeps changing and the musical emphasis has currently shifted from ska to Mexican styles, but Los De Abajo are distinctive as ever, thanks to their energy, experimentation and ability to constantly and effortlessly change direction. The latest 10-piece lineup of this rousing fusion band from Mexico City includes only two of the original members who were signed to David Byrne's Luaka Bop label in the late 90s, and later played on that memorable version of Fun Boy Three's The Lunatics Have Taken Over The Asylum. But they are still worth checking out. The opening Turn Off starts with funk guitar and shifts to hip-hop before their excellent singer Tania Melo takes over with a Latin dance workout backed by accordion, trumpet and saxophone. Elsewhere, they switch from stomping brass on Mexican Underdogs to the cool, drifting ballad Mexicano – again with added hip-hop. Recommended.