- One breakbeat duo that is certainly causing a stir with their releases is Baobinga & I.D. From humble beginnings with "The Feeling" and "Buss Diss" on Hardcore Beats and more recently with "Rite Of Passage/Get Retro" on Fat Records. For the duo's debut on Vertical Sound, they represent their garage roots with a couple of 2-steppy influenced monsters.
The aptly named Stompin' does just that. The tune starts off with a Latin-influenced synth solo with subtle percussive fills in the background then it drops into a deep bassline breakdown which builds up into a steady grooving break utilising heavy snares, female vocal stabs and a growling bassline which morphs into a UK garage style triplet melody - similar to that used in Sticky's Triplets tune from a few years ago.
Continuing with the garage flavours is What I Need on the flip. In similar fashion to Stompin, the tune starts with another slowly building intro and features plenty of percussive breaks, filter effects and a female vocal sample possibly to entice the ladies onto the dance floor. A wobbling bassline takes a solo flight during the breakdown before a heavily syncopated latin groove takes control of the tune featuring a plethora of percussive sounds.
Overall a very different style to what Vertical Sound have released so far and it's good to see the quality of releases kept high.