Blacksmif - Splinter Foot Girl EP

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  • Following a beautiful EP for Blah Blah Blah at the turn of the year, which folded jazz, bass and garage tropes into warm deep house, Yemi Olagbaiye keeps the quality high on the new Hypercolour sub-label Space Hardware. A decade ago, broken beat—an artsy, fractured blend of jazz, R&B, garage and house—briefly threatened to bust out of its West London heartland and do what UK garage had managed in the late '90s: cross over. Lead track "Splinter Foot Girl" owes a debt, perhaps unwittingly, to that sound and its leading protagonists like IG Culture. Amid a flurry of lurching beats, convulsive wood blocks and heavily-treated vocals, Blacksmif eventually settles things down with some soothing chapel organs and twittering synths. It's Remy Verheijen, in his Dexter guise, who steals the show—albeit just—from of the original. His remix breaks down into chattering electro-tinged house with steamy snares, while paying homage to the fine original by leaving its organs, synths and vocals intact. "Afterthoughts From A Whorehouse" could have just been an addendum after this, but Olagbaiye effectively deploys charming 8-bit melodies and ethereal Hammond-style chords.
  • Tracklist
      A1 Splinter Foot Girl A2 Afterthoughts From A Whore House B Splinter Foot Girl (Dexter Remix)
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