Radioclit : 'Secousse All Stars'
Released: 21st December 2009
Label: Mental Groove Records
Bigs yays all round for this one! Radioclit are back with their tribal electro/house sounds for a late release in 2009. Good timing really, as I was only just going through my 12” singles over the weekend and wondering what had happened to the boys behind classics such as “Mature Macho Machine” and “Divine Gossa” (which is probably best know for the Switch remix which, alongside helping kickstart the trend for producers to drop their own name into tracks (see the breathy vocal exclaiming “Switch!” at many of the drops) but also precursors the Major Lazer dancehall/electro sound by a good two years.
Bouncing in with rhythmical tribal-esque drums, we are led to mixed female/male vocals which lie somewhere between chants and raps, I can’t quite be sure as I don’t understand a word, or even know enough to know which language they are singing in… Oh well, it works a treat. A short breakdown in the middle leads into the second half of the track, which throws in a nice looped synth stab as well. Good work. Track two, meanwhile, provides us with the dub version for those us who prefer our dance music a little more vocal free from time to time.
After this we also have remixes from Brodinsk, Riva Starr and Roundtable Knights, all of whom are top notch producers and very much on form at the moment. So, as expected, this leaves us with three cracking remixes. Brodinski takes a deep and techy take on the track, utilising some tribal flute sounds to keep the vibe of the original flowing.
Riva Starr takes on a more bouncy and bassy trip, utilising elements of the vocal and percussion on top of his bass loops, before stepping it down a notch and brining in lighter synths to create a big dancefloor bomb out of it. Roundtable Knights, conversely, bring a more minimal take on it, with thumping kicks and techy melodies all underpinned by small samples of the original which add to the rhythm and bring that tribal feel with them.
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