COMPILATIONS REVIEWS
secretsundaze Vol. 2 -
Mixed by Giles Smith &
James Priestley
secretsundaze music
Everything two
DJs on two CDs
should be
It’s just not
cricket, is it? Well
actually in this
case it is, as on
the cover we fi nd
the duo robed in traditional county attire,
and on CD1 we see them entering textbook
territory.
Smith’s groove-laden journey buoyantly
surfs the US/European house divide,
dictating a wonderfully smooth transition of
mood. Priestley’s bubbly Balearic disco and
playful punk-funk motion morphs
wonderfully into a more soul-tinged,
cadenced house sound as it progresses.
Both mixes are beautifully designed, and
their twinning of old and new incredibly
accomplished — De Crecy and Zdar's ‘Ezio’
never sounded so good.
Mint track: Holy Ghost Inc. ‘Walk On Air’
****
Armand Van Helden
pres New York: A Mix
Odyssey 2
Southern Fried
Let’s do the
timewarp
again
Has the
Out comes the FreQ!
space-time
continuum split
open in
Fabric Live 42: FreQ Nasty
Manhattan?
Something has sucked Armand Van Helden
Fabric
and Moby in anyway, both of whose last
albums transported us to a late-‘80s New
Rib-rattling bass botherers ahoy! York of gold chains, hip-house and baseball
caps stuck at a 90-degree angle.
Kiwi-born break beast FreQ Nasty has been Boys Noize Vol. 1 Armand has gone even further back in time,
reborn. Previously known for his rudeboy Boys Noize following up last year’s ‘Ghettoblaster’ LP
grime-infl ected breaks releases ‘Boomin’
Disco crunk
with two mixes of the era’s dancefl oor
Back Atcha’ and the seminal ‘Bring Me The
r
bombs.
Head of FreQ Nasty’ LP, he resurfaced in
ave futurism
This second edition contains more classics
2007 as a producer, linking up with Switch Parisian scene than a Greek scholar’s bookshelf, with
and Santogold for the astonishing dubstep chief Pedro rocking rap from Eric B and Rakim and
pop of ‘Creator’. Winter recently electro and early acid from Freestyle and Fast
Now back ensconced behind the decks, he’s hailed Aril Eddie, whilst Armand also chucks in a couple
got something to prove, and this absolutely Ridha’s Boys of his own retro-fl avoured cuts to keep the
tearing set for Fabric is one of the fi ercest Noize label as Big Apple bobbing. Paul Clarke
sets DJmag has heard for some time. Always willing to mess with “the German Ed Banger”. A comparison of Mint track: King Bee ‘Back By Dope
the formula, his agenda this time out is bass, in all its most accolade surely, but a lazy one given the Demand’
MINT TRACK:
eviscerating, rib-rattling manifestations. Berlin imprint’s debut double CD.
Baobinga ‘State No longer restricted to the realm of breaks, here he drops the Powering French disco and b-boy electro
*****
of Ghetto Jackin’
demonic speed garage of L-Vis 1990’s ‘Change the Game’, ZTT’s fax beats along a Germanic rave techno motor, Nick Warren – Lima
machine haemorrhage ‘Lower State of Consciousness’, and some the sound of Boys Noize is a vastly more Global Underground
of Rusko’s delirious death-step, as well as tough tracks from the industrial, effi cient and physical mechanism
more evil end of breaks, ghetto-house and B-More. than Ed Banger’s hit-and-miss offerings.
Repeat success
This mutant, polymorphous selection is a perfect snapshot of the No fi llers, no avant-pop posturing, just 30
for Warren
MONE
Y
dirtiest underground cuts at the moment, and Nasty’s ability to tracks of dirty disco crunk sexiness and There’s nothing
SHO
T!
join the dots between these street level styles is as refreshing as it ghetto funk futurism, as tracks like Boy new about a Nick
is invigorating. Ben Murphy Noize’s spine-tingling disco cut ‘Volta 82’ Warren Global
****
and Housemeister’s horrorcore ravestep Underground CD,
‘Hello Again’ join the dots between Daft this is his
Punk, early XL and bleeped-out Warp unprecedented
material. Allan McGrath eighth after all. But whilst some creative
Mint track: D.I.M. ‘Is You’ diversity amongst their DJs might garner
****
some interesting results for the Global
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