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The Whitest Boy Alive Buraka Som Sistema
‘1517’ ‘Sound Of Kuduro’
Bubbles Fabric
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Will we ever hear a piece of mu- Buraka Som Sistema’s kuduro
sic from Erlend Øye that falls infl uenced rave racket was
short of genius? Not likely. one of the most volcanic sonic
Another blissfully bittersweet discoveries of last year and this
refl ection from Øye’s The Whit- M.I.A. guested cut sees it erupt
est Boy Alive outfi t, ‘1517’ sees
that made their last album
in full viscous fl ow. A shouty
gets lost in a tangle of rave
them strip things back to their
‘Dreams’ such an essential au-
carnival surge of raw tribal
bass pythons, Switch goes for
bare, beautiful necessities
dio Alka Seltzer for comedown
energy, bass splurges and
a see-sawing swing of cheeky
once again with this upbeat
clubbers everywhere. Lifted
distress-signal bleep drops are
bleeps and bass whilst Mehdi
organic funk affair.
from the sublime LP ‘Rules’
fi red by M.I.A.’s rabble rousing
claims the crown with a dark
Breezing with cute Rhodes keys
that will follow in March, ‘1517’
chant, female ragga slat and
piano electronica epic that
and Øye’s rousing folky guitar
is beautifully honest, uncom-
the iconic rapid-fi re tongue
invokes ghosts of Aphex and
strums and searching, glowing
plicated and blessed with
lashings of celebrated Kuduro
Orbital locked in the Ed Banger
tones, it’s exactly the brand
cleanly processed acoustics.
MC Puto Prata.
vault. A killer package.
of soothing Sunday soul music On the remixes, Drop The Lime
Thunderheist Le Noir & Meriton
‘Sweet 16’ ‘Trip Soul’/’Legend’
Big Dada International Deejay Gigolos
thunderheist.com gigolorecords.com
Built on low down sleaze funk, Continuing their shift from
‘Sweet 16’s bassline might the nu-wave zeitgeists and
recall post-punk hip-tuggers back to the dancefl oor, Hell’s
like The Clash’s ‘The Magnfi cent Gigolos return to early ‘90s
Seven’ but it is still the most Detroit values on this fi rst
futuristic beam of booty-
between ‘Planet Rock’, Claude
emotive collaboration from
bouncing hip-house we’ve
von Stroke’s ‘Who’s Afraid Of
Swiss duo Le Noir and Meri-
tersweet interminably build-
heard in years. Like a sultry
Detroit’ and Chicken Lips’ ‘He
ton. A ten minute analogue
ing odyssey fi lled but never
subtle Yo Majesty!, Isis’s dirty
Not In’. Thunderheist’s ‘Cruise
driven epic, ‘Trip Soul’ layers
overwhelmed with elements, it
fast rhymes lay out the hedon-
Low’ is a minimal sci-fi body-
soaring, melancholic chords
comes backed with the moody,
ism of turning ‘Sweet 16’ as the
popper with whispered Isis de-
over snarling, acidic retro-
melodic house of ‘Legends’ —
tracks builds into a spell-bend-
livery whilst ‘Whateveruneed’
synths lending it a feel not
another nod to the legacies of
ing glitterball groove.
curveballs with an instrumen-
a million miles from Laurent
‘80s Chicago and ‘90 Detroit.
On the remix, Eli Escobar strips
tal cosmo-prog symphony.
Garnier and Ludovic Navarre’s
it back and somehow joins dots defi nitive ‘Acid Eiffel’. A bit-
South American duo Audiofi llia. Also involved was Australian Joe Osuna have been hammering the featured on the recent Soma
Stawarz who won the Beatport tracks whilst Andrew Weatherall Beta compilation, the priority is
Who releases on it? competition for remixes of has been lauding Audiofi llia’s to nurture their talent through
The recent Soma Beta compila- Slam’s ‘We’re Not Here’. tracks as Soma’s best to date— full vinyl releases, before casting
tion featured hotly tipped Glas- an accolade indeed. the net much further — Glas-
gow producers Mr Copy, Harvey Who’s playing it? wegian Simon Stokes is waiting
McKay and Gary Beck — who was Richie Hawtin, Hernan Cattaneo, What’s next? in the wings with some driving
recently picked up by M-nus. Mauro Picotto, Oxia and Paco With Soma Beta’s fi rst breed all d-fl oor techno.
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