Sunday, January 14, 2007

Energy Flashes

Sometimes you just need something that goes 'whoomp' round your head. Something hard & uncompromising. Something like this new jam from Ed Banger.

Krazy Baldhead is probably Ed Banger's least celebrated artist, having just released one not very inspiring single on the label so far, and has remained entirely free of all the buzz around the label's other artists. The new one, 'Crazy Motherfuckas', is another faintly uninspiring piece of glitch-hop, featuring vocals by TES (remember the amazing 'New New York'?)... but then you hit the remix on side B!

Midfield General (AKA Damian Francis Harris, boss of Skint Records... and not, of course, the Watford midfield general!) has come up with the goods, and while the track starts off good enough, with a relentless hard beat & some cut up vocals; it really blows up half way through when the unmistakable riff from Beltram's 'Energy Flash' comes in - underpinned by what sounds like some old acid noises from Richie Hawtin.



What can I say? Listen up & Listen loud.

KRAZY BALDHEAD - CRAZY MOTH3F2CK8Z (MIDFIELD GENERAL REMIX)


In fact here's the classic Richie Hawtin track I was thinking of as well while listening to this. Tune!!!! And a classic from The Orbit (THE best club.... ever. RIP.). There's also of course a link with the title of this, and the 'Ecstacy, Ecstacy' refrain of the Beltram original.



F.U.S.E. - SUBSTANCE ABUSE



(pic from PYMCA)