Bass lines don’t come much funkier than this minimalist drum-and-bass obscurity by a short-lived mid-’70s band called Spaghetti Head.

That’s a studio musician called Les Hurdle playing the bass alongside Clem Cattini, the legendary drummer from Stoke Newington – a man who has allegedly played on 45 number one hit singles – and producer Miki Dallon.

Funky Axe, co-written by all three of them, came out in 1975 as the throwaway B-side of their version of the 1938 jazz standard Big Noise From Winnetke.

It’s short, sharp and shockingly brilliant: that bassline sucks you in before Clem’s funky drum patterns slap you across the face. And that’s about it until it ends two and a half minutes later.

I came across it on a compilation called Keep It Solid Steel, Mr Scruff’s 2005 DJ mix of funk, soul, reggae and library tracks on Ninja Tune.

As for Clem – or, to give him his full name, Clemente Anselmo Arturo Cattini – he was a member of Joe Meek’s instrumental band The Tornados and allegedly drummed on 45 UK chart toppers ranging from Johnny Kidd & The Pirates to Hot Chocolate and T.Rex.

What’s more, he was considered by Jimmy Page to become the original drummer in his new band Led Zeppelin – or, as they were initially named, The New Yardbirds.