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Addison Groove - Work It
Label / Swamp 81
Cat # / SWAMP009
Released / March 2011
Style / Electro
Rating / 4

The second Addison Groove release finally comes almost exactly an entire year after "Footcrab," one of 2010's biggest crossover smashes. The man otherwise known as Headhunter's second Swamp 81 release digs deeper into his obsession with vintage electro, all but doing away with the footwork references. "Work It" is a fiery apocalypse of rancid squelch and demonic vocals—the sound of the world ending one destroyed rave at a time (where the vocal sample begins to sound more like the command of a sadistic slave driver than a call to dance). With its toy 808 rimshots ringing out into a vast, foreboding abyss, it's the reverb that really makes the track, as sounds stretch out and define the gaping chasm.

Easing up on the fallout vibes, "Sexual" is lighter on its feet, soothing keyboard tones feeling out its jazzy progression. While its stabbing drums and clipped vocals are bound to garner comparisons to "Footcrab," the rolling twitch is more sped-up Miami Bass than anything else. While these tracks do date back to around the same time as "Footcrab," the much-delayed release shows the producer who arguably brought juke to the forefront of bass music already moving on.



Published /
Tue, 22 March 2011



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Tracklist: Addison Groove - Work It
A Work It
B Sexual

Addison Groove - Work It

 
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Monstrewrote
Wed, 23 Mar 2011Word.

Big up for Addison and all these guys who are going more or less into the electro vibe, they're doing excellent music and definitely they contibute with something individually to the sound.

But hey, is it really something new? Influences can be easily traced (Detroit and UK - just to name a few). This music is here for many years and now is going hype. Would like to rephrase Jeff Mills - this is music made for the future and the future is now.

It's great that the reasonable... More

Blaktonywrote
Tue, 22 Mar 2011' Electro's here 2 stay '....Nice work, AG.

Funklestiltskinwrote
Tue, 22 Mar 2011Soild EP. 'Work It' sounds a bit like Boddika, which is never a bad thing, but I think I prefer the B side.

DeafLikeElviswrote
Tue, 22 Mar 2011..electro seems to be a new trend this springtime))


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