Bambaata

Bambaata (Break Remix)

Shy FX [Digital Soundboy Recordings...

3 December, 2008 | 7.41AM

• Written by: Caleb Rakes
• Filed under: Music Recommendations: digital soundboy recordings, shy fx

Digital Soundboy Recordings kick off a remix series of big classics with Break’s take on Shy FX’s late nineties jungle classic ‘Bambaata’.

Break has been flooring it recently with his hard-edged, poisonous tunes. His new album on Symmetry has been applauded by everyone, whilst recent tunes such as ‘Splash Step’ and ‘Coming From the Top’ with DJ Die have been on all the DJs playlists for the past few months.

Upping the tempo and filling the tune with some colossal bass the remix takes on a life of its own, with disgusting sludgy sounds that only Break can regurgitate.

Layered with tribal percussion and the animated sound of the jungle, Bristol’s hot-shot producer has constructed an atomic mega-bomb of a track that’s more jungle than jungle (if you know what I mean).

Perhaps one of the most interesting things about this track is when you compare the Break mix to the original you see not only how far technology has progressed within d&b, but how the structures, rhythms and tempos have also moved on in the ten year gap.

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