after i heard jessica lauren's "uptown" and the awesome remix by red snapper i think i looked for other tracks by her or featuring here. discogs helped me locate this one which really had me intrigued after i heard a sample on juno.
it's the kind of music you would imagine someone like gilles peterson busting out and it's quite odd in it's tempo. this is the kind of stuff you might hear on the tru thoughts label except it's much faster. it rolls around 140 bpm and is this whirlwind of drums along with jessica lauren's keys. the start is quite tribal and it keeps that focus except it doesn't delve into the tribal clichés.
it's the drums take all the focus except for a bit near the end where it goes a bit into some sort of latin piano house stylings. that break gives the track an exciting flavour since it kicks back into the drums afterwards the piano break.
this track is the kind of thing that would interest fans of gilles peterson and the whole "west london" sound but i think it also would be perfect for a techno or a house dj as a tool since the vibrant percussion and drums could give an excellent backing to more static tracks. house dj's might also pitch it down and just play it with kerri chandler/joe claussell/dennis ferrer/osunlade body & soul/ibadan/yoruba style house.
buy here (junodigital)
oh i should mention the spiritual south remix. i don't think much of it since i think it sort of misses the point of the track however i do recommend their remix of max sedgley's happy instead.
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