TERRORIZE
UNDERGROUND
DANCEHALL MEETS CLUB KID
CHEEZEBALL 2000’s VIBE

IF I CAN BE COMPLETELY HONEST (I TRY TO BE MOST TIMES) THIS TRACK IS PRETTY MUCH A REMIX OF A 1992 TRACK BY TERRORIZE CALLED “IT’S JUST A FEELING”. IT’S BEEN A STAPLE OF MINE SINCE I BOUGHT THE RECORD AT A SHOP CALLED PROFOND MUSIC AND ART HERE IN PHILADELPHIA. I JUST LIKED THE COVER, THE SHOP HAS SINCE SHUT DOWN.

I’VE RECREATED THE REESE BASSLINE FROM THE 1992 ORIGINAL AND ATTEMPTED TO MODERNIZE IT IN A WAY THAT WASN’T TOO CHEEZY. I THINK I’VE SUCCEEDED IN SOME WAY. IT BECOMES A SIMPLE TRAP BEAT FOR A LITTLE, BUT IT DOESN’T REST ON THAT TOO LONG, WHICH I LIKE.

SPEAKING OF CHEEZE, THERE ARE MANY LITTLE INTERWEAVING VOCAL SAMPLES LAYERED THROUGHOUT THE TUNE, SAMPLED FROM TWO DIFFERENT SONGS, A BEATS INTERNATIONAL TUNE CALLED “BLAME IT ON THE BASSLINE” AND A KLUBBHEADS SONG CALLED “BIG BASS BOMB”. BOTH OF THESE SONGS ARE INCREDIBLY CHEEZY, AND THE LATTER IS SOME KIND OF A CAPITALIZATION ON THE EARLY 2000’S RAVE RENAISSANCE. “BLAME IT ON THE BASSLINE’S” VOCALS ARE SOME KIND OF RIFFING ON HOW EASY IT WAS TO MAKE A DANCE HIT. I WOULDN’T TAKE ANYTHING ELSE FROM NORMAN COOK, THE SONGS PRODUCER. A VERY TONGUE IN CHEEK NOD TO AN ISSUE WE STILL FACE IN MUSIC TODAY.

MY ATTEMPT HERE WAS TO TAKE SOMETHING INHERENTLY COMMERCIAL AND TRITE, AND DRAG IT BACK, KICKING AND SCREAMING INTO THE UNDERGROUND.

THROUGHOUT THE TRACK THERE ARE BLASTS OF RAGGA AND DANCEHALL VOCALS, AND I’M TRYING TO DRAG THEM INTO A MORE MODERN SETTING BY WARPING AND TWISTING THEM IN FAMILIAR JUNGLE WAYS.

OVERALL THIS TUNE IS AN ODE TO EARLY 90’S JUNGLE MUSIC, AND HOW EASY IT CAN BE RECONTEXTUALIZED IN A MODERN WAY. I HOPE YOU HAVEN’T HEARD THE ORIGINAL TERRORIZE TUNE OR I FEAR MINE MAY BE A LITTLE BORING, BUT IF I HAD TO GUESS YOU HAVEN’T, AND YOU SHOULD.

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