interfearence - religious revolution

i saw this album with a great cover and the title interfearence on it a few years ago and i was little puzzled but after a little while, it sprung to mind that there was a british big beat act called just that. they also made a remix of hybrid's "if i survive" but i'm not a fan of that but it was that version that helped me identify the album as i bought the commie's dub digitally the same week. for a remix of theirs that i do like, i really recommend their rerub of galliano's "ease your mind".

the sound of the album is big beat but leaning on the housier side and with a lot of use of guitars, sitars and live bass. according their own biography the words i am looking for is a "unique musical sound with heavy layers" and that it's supposed to be "deeply organic". see the last word is what i wouldn't use just because they've incorporated some live instrumentation. especially when you fiddle around with everything else, and the live sounds as well in a computer.

never the less i am fond of the songs and especially "religious revolution" as the drum programming is the best on this one. it starts out with a sitar that is looped in a really good way and some percussion get into play. here it's still breakbeats with tablas and bongos backing it up and there is a nice groove to it but it changes into a four on the floor after a lengthy break. the transition does take a bit to long but it builds a good atmosphere with all the guitar & sitar parts meshing together.

they use a bit of reversing with some of the sounds and the guitar loop that breaks up those not-spooky sounds is flipped and the effect is great. they've used a guitar pedal when playing and the twang in reverse creates a lovely dissonance and it sets a new tone to the track. when it all kicks in again with the bassline is put in and it's a really funky one that first plays to the guitar chord but then gets somewhat of a solo.

it leads into a new break and here it switches into a breakbeat again but now it's some looped amen drums that are filtered in. the bassline sits sort of weird in this section as they are swinging it and the drums take too much of space but when the amens go out it works again.

funky breakbeat music for the whole family.

buy here (itunes)