prior to frej larsson becoming a big name on his own as a rapper i hadn't really heard of slagsmålsklubben. their main fanbase was a part of society that was into synth, electro and computers. i had a friend that liked them and i liked the name as it's a direct translation of "fight club".
the type of music they made and still do can be called electro but i'm more likely to call it casiocore, a term that ishkur helped popularise. anyone who've ever played with casio's cheaper synthesisers, or if you are old enough the vl-tone, has a clue on the name. nowadays it goes under the name chiptune or electro but casiocore is more aptly titled in my opinion.
the original of this track is insanely catchy and a great tune but i wanted to focus on bauris remix. i found it a few weeks ago by looking at bauri's works and with this one, along with other tracks, i was in love on the get go. bauri's approach to "his morning promenade" is a ravey one and it kicks off with a bang with a really messed up amen break. i mean messed up in the style of hrvatski & rdj where the break has been affected to a really large point.
the catchy arpeggio melodies from the original is brought on early and works really well as a contrast to the maddening rhythm section. because bauri took the rave approach for this one he also threw in a break two minutes in where you hear a pitched vocal that sounds like it's taken from the isley brothers' "shout". i don't know if it's any tension or release in this song beyond that part as it's onslaught just pounds away throughout the track and it's awesome.
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p.s.the reason i decided to talk about this track on a sunday was to try do a weekly thing where i write about something high energy to contrast what most musicblogs do. there the obvious concept is, friday & saturday is party music and sunday is chill music. i'm not going to do chill music on friday or saturday but i will do energetic musics on sunday.
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