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piratemoggy.livejournal.comHumor me, it's been awhile since I bored you all with 'things I heard on Friction.' And since the Asian Network's being closed down, it's liable to be the last time. :(
The new Alesha Dixon/Jay Sean song is probably worth an Any Good At All tick on a giving day, even if it is just a cheap form of late-90s handbag house (altho god knows I've a weakness for late-90s handbag house) dying for for Skream or someone to get their mits on it, with an inexplicable guest appearance by reasonably giant star Jay Sean.
However, Bobby Friction played the Culture Shock remix on Thursday night and it is VERY AMAZING:
Tightened, strengthened, given a desi shimmy and that bassline's neutering gets reversed. I realise some people may find the occasional bits of panjabi offputting (although I'm tempted to say "if so, please get out more") and the invasive remixer-tagging is unnecessary and annoying but SUCH AN IMPROVEMENT otherwise.
Then there's what's actually a 2010 track, Raghav (yes you do, this was a big hit) and Bashy on So Much:
[VERSION CONTROL FAILURE NEWS: there's another version with Kardinal Offishal and the NeoDesi remix with H-Dhami, all of which were released separately I think (!!!)]
My opinions here may be slightly affected by a longstanding affection for Raghav and a slightly shorter-standing affection for Bashy. However, this is genuinely great fun in a slightly gormlessly 'Dynamite'-type fashion. The first 20 seconds of Raghav are nearly excruciating but he then returns to the comfort of his 'tender'n'sensitive' territory. Which, if you like, you can find more of on the Gyptian-sampling Kya Se Kya Ho Gaya, one of my favourite tracks from last year.
The new Alesha Dixon/Jay Sean song is probably worth an Any Good At All tick on a giving day, even if it is just a cheap form of late-90s handbag house (altho god knows I've a weakness for late-90s handbag house) dying for for Skream or someone to get their mits on it, with an inexplicable guest appearance by reasonably giant star Jay Sean.
However, Bobby Friction played the Culture Shock remix on Thursday night and it is VERY AMAZING:
Tightened, strengthened, given a desi shimmy and that bassline's neutering gets reversed. I realise some people may find the occasional bits of panjabi offputting (although I'm tempted to say "if so, please get out more") and the invasive remixer-tagging is unnecessary and annoying but SUCH AN IMPROVEMENT otherwise.
Then there's what's actually a 2010 track, Raghav (yes you do, this was a big hit) and Bashy on So Much:
[VERSION CONTROL FAILURE NEWS: there's another version with Kardinal Offishal and the NeoDesi remix with H-Dhami, all of which were released separately I think (!!!)]
My opinions here may be slightly affected by a longstanding affection for Raghav and a slightly shorter-standing affection for Bashy. However, this is genuinely great fun in a slightly gormlessly 'Dynamite'-type fashion. The first 20 seconds of Raghav are nearly excruciating but he then returns to the comfort of his 'tender'n'sensitive' territory. Which, if you like, you can find more of on the Gyptian-sampling Kya Se Kya Ho Gaya, one of my favourite tracks from last year.
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