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Danny Byrd feat Liquid Zinc feat Ms Dynamite
‘Sweet Harmony’ ‘Wile Out’
Hospital Zinc Music
myspace.com/dannybyrduk djzinc.com
Taking on a classic as univer- While we’re not sure about
sally adored as Liquid’s ’92 the ‘crack-house’ name,
rave anthem ‘Sweet Harmony’ Zinc’s experiments with
is a tall order indeed but rugged house and badboy
Danny Byrd shows he’s up bass are really coming into
to the task. Beefi ng up the ‘Shock Out’, it’s a scut- their own. With a melody on a diet of grimy London
breakbeat tempos and adding tling, nostalgia-soaked rave hook that sounds like it’s warehouses and pirate sta-
some lush orchestral drama rollercoaster through ragga beamed directly from an alien tion bass. Again charged by
and cheeky bass wobbles, chants, air horn fi re, ‘those’ spaceship and Ms Dynamite Ms Dynamite, ‘My DJ’ sees
the ‘Main Room Mix’ will classic piano keys, clattering switching her lyrics from Zinc hook up with dubstep
defi nitely bulldozer the big- stop-start jungle-beats and insurgent ragga calls to slick titan Benga for a bass-driven,
gest fl oors, but it’s when you tearing amen devastation. A soulful licks, ‘Wile Out’ feels breakin’ house monster, while
fl ip over for Byrd’s ‘Jungle lighter moment if ever there like the track ‘Body Language’ fi nal track ‘Music Makers’ goes
Mix’ that things get serious. was one. would have been if M.A.N.D.Y. deeper with a dark, hypnotic
Lifting cues from Byrd’s own and Booka Shade grew up underground house cruise.
Warrior One Joy Orbison
‘Bad Like Jimmy Cliff EP’ ‘The Shrew Would Have
King Pigeon Music Cushioned The Blow EP’
myspace.com/warrioronemusic Aus
myspace.com/joyorbison
You may not have heard of Believe the hype. The level of
Warrior One, but consider Messiah-esque praise heaped
that an entirely temporary on Joy Orbison for last year’s
situation — featuring four ‘Hyph Mngo’ might have been
fresh takes on UK funky, this OTT, but there’s every sign
debut EP is pure dancefl oor Machine’ melds deep, dark the Croydon wunderkid will a sound that is unmistak-
devastation on plastic. Detroit stabs with a percus- live up to it. Finding a fi tting ably Orbison’s, thanks to the
Featuring the vocal fi re of sive technoid pulse. It’s left home on Will Saul’s Aus, ‘The feather-light ethereal ambi-
fast-rising Lady Chann, the for fi nal track ‘Turn The Music Shrew Would Have Cushioned ence and cut-up vocals. The
aptly-titled ‘King Riddim’ is a Up’ to deliver the coup de The Blow’ is another total more two-steppy, cosmic bliss
raggalicious slab of carni- grace — an amen-tearing headtrip. Drawing the lines of ‘So Derobe’ is bass-bumped
val funky, ‘Bad Like Jimmy funky skanker that smashes between Orbital’s most emo- future soul cut with more
Cliff’ is a stripped funky/ the spirit of ’ardkor rave into tive electronica, Basic Chan- ghostly Todd Edwards-style
bassline alchemy, while the the noughties urban under- nel’s dub house and Martyn’s vocal mastery. A serious tal-
more experimental ‘The ground. synth-laden dubstep, it’s still ent is upon us.
the tracks have an old school with the Tom Pooks remix of Sam Garnier, Jim Masters, Nic Fan- dal’ backed with outstanding
element to them, but it’s not an Ball’s ‘Sunshine Lover’ receiv- ciulli, Axwell, Ken Ishii, Hernan remixes — 2010 looks like it’s
essential factor.” ing a lot of attention from Pete Cattaneo and loads more.” going to be a great year with
Tong. We’ve enjoyed fantastic releases from Darren Emerson,
Who’s playing it? support from a wide range of What’s next? Agaric, Paul Woolford, Claude
“Variance has been really lucky DJs including Josh Wink, Richie “Patch Park debuts on Vari- Von Stroke, Tom Pooks and
so far, the fi rst few releases were Hawtin, Ivan Smagghe, Slam, ance with the ‘Curb EP’, then Harvey McKay as well as the fi rst
heavily supported by Radio 1 Sasha, John Digweed, Laurent Gary Beck returns with ‘Scan- Variance compilation.”
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