this one i believe was introduced to through a really off-kilter mashup with cindy lauper's "true colours". this was back in '05 or '06 and i had really started to get into mashes and was skulking the "get your bootleg on" forum. it was always interesting to see what certain producers wanted to do other than the usual "take chart hit vocal and stick it onto some other instrumental".
eventually mashups would become collage sculpturings as in school of the bombsquads beatmaking but with less focus on making the hardest beat for chuck d to rap over. i've been a bit out of touch with that scene but i take a gander at that forum once every two months or so.
but that mashup sort of was more interesting in theory than in practice and i found the original "phloam" to be a cracking piece of techno. as with rdj's early beatdriven pieces it has those relentless rhythms, acid twerps and distorted dirty drum-machine sounds along with the usual smooth or haunting piece of pad or string.
i think this would make an intersting piece of music to drop right in the middle of a banging techno set. actually it would be better in a wobble/brostep set since the double kick rhythm and the breakbeat on top would contrast just the right amount to give the crowd that kick in the balls.
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