first time i heard "so cruel" was in a set by german dj da tilt and it was a track that i piqued my interest instantly. first of all it is a great production and the bassline is of massive proportions, it really hits in the deep frequencies and every bottom end punch is a delight. secondly was because it samples the sugababes' "round round", which is a favourite song of mine.
the bassline shows it presence immediately but it stays in the deep end unlike the current trends of bass music. what fascinates me is how ralph cumbers (aka bass clef) manages make the kick which is also of a deep character stand out with the massive bass surrounding it. the kick really cuts across and each subby assault hits with double the strength as bass and kick strikes with great force.
on the top there is a more quainter keyboard parts and of course various vocal samples from "round round". the keyboard parts include something that sounds like a staccato tb303 without the wiggle makes an appearence first and then a very resonant phased pad comes after that. after the phasing is removed the same pad is heard in halftime on the tail end but with more twinkle.
i also liked how he worked the vocal samples as he took it from the breakdown from the original. he played repeated form but with some chops and edits and works musically with the track. this is something that is a problem in some tracks when using large vocal samples and having them dominate when the rest of the music is uninteresting. cumbers takes another part from the original and works it as a bridge and it plays naturally as the music is reacting to it.
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