"let me know" was something i heard originally on youtube many years ago and back then it was mislabeled as an aphrodite tune. not that hard to understand why since it bears resemblance to his productions during the late 90's, even if this is a bit toned down compared to them. the aaliyah sample was the hook for my liking but i also took a liking towards the breakdown part of the song.
usually i would start talking about the artists at hand but i have no clue on who sean warfield aka dj slip or tej singh aka slide are, you know beyond discogs information. but from that i gather that they were part of a click of canadian drum & bass producers more known as vinyl syndicate, circled around a shop and label with the same name. sometimes the nerdy nature of me kicks in to dig deeper but in this care there is little care to be found beyond my deep liking towards this track.
what i can tell you is that this did trigger the part of my musical taste that likes jump-up drum & bass even though the elitist part of me want so ignore that. as mentioned in my entry of jamie myerson's "everything's gonna be alright" i stand for everything i like. all those inane urban takedown productions like "bad ass", the remix of "jungle brother" and the "rockafella skank" remix, i would go nuts on a dancefloor if someone played them.
this track is golden right from the start with those "n.t." drums and those soft keys and the aaliyah vocal samples worked in a loop. when the full hook is unleashed it's a few bars until they kick the bassline in and you hear her vocal melody being reiterated in the lower end. as the track progresses eventually a few elements creep in and subtly you hear a "think break".
it then makes it's appearence in full when the song goes into a halftime moment with the "think"-break is slowed down a few bars. it then heads into a really distorted bass part of the tension and release of the song. that segment doesn't stay in that long as it heads into a break of sorts where another familiar sound is heard.
a looped part from the intro of souls of mischeaf's classic "'93 'til infinity" becomes the basis of the breakdown along with alex reece's "pulp fiction" drums. the progression out of it also flows perfectly and i like the continued use of the "'93 'til infinity" loop right up where they go back into the distorted bass for one final bass blast. great track.
listen here (soundcloud)
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