OFFAIAH and Kyle Kinch Sample Sounds Of Blackness on Soul-Stoking Single, "The Pressure"
After applying "The Pressure" to the road all year long, OFFAIAH and Kyle Kinch's hotly anticipated debut collaboration lands via ALL FIRE.
Rachel Narozniak
House music is always in good hands when OFFAIAH and Kyle Kinch are involved, and “The Pressure” is no exception. The house authorities’ first collaboration turns up the soul, tapping into Kinch’s quintessential disco groove. OFFAIAH’s signature synth riff adds energy and vitality to the track, which, in his own words, “hits like a late-night warehouse rave where the bassline gets your chest thumping, but there’s this soaring gospel vocal pulling at your heartstrings.”
“It’s a battle cry wrapped in a groove, reminding you that when life turns up the heat, you’re not alone,” adds the ALL FIRE label boss.
That “soaring gospel vocal” comes from none other than Sounds Of Blackness, whose iconic vocal sample, from 1991's "The Pressure (Part 1)", adds heft and heart to a cut that plays like catharsis: fluidly mounting in a rush that brings relief.
“This sample’s been with me since childhood. It’s from my favorite film, First Kid. I’ve sung it all my life,” says Kinch. “When OFFAIAH jumped in, he turned it from a track into a spiritual experience.”
We’d say so. Listen below.
Between their shared penchant for house music and connection to Florida (both producers are based in Tampa), a collaboration was always in the cards, just waiting to be dealt.
“We’ve hung out loads at each other’s shows, and I’ve always loved Kyle’s raw groove. As soon as he sent over the idea, it blew up from there,” OFFAIAH recalls.
In addition to resonating at house hotspots from Tampa to London during its road testing phase, the track won early support from Tiësto, picking up play out on his weekly radio show, Club Life.
“The Pressure” now lands (fittingly) via ALL FIRE, arriving on the heels of ALL FIRE Radio's launch on October 29. The new serial will transmit OFFAIAH’s kinetic brand of house to listeners around the world, every week, thanks to syndication through Distorted.
In the meantime, take the edge off with, ironically, “The Pressure.” Buy it on Beatport.
