TOP 5 APR 2019

Danish duo Laid Back made a most surprising comeback to the clubs in 2010 with
Cocaine cool". Not that they had ever been really forgotten: Their electro pop
classic white horse remained a sure shot in clubs for the thirty years after
its release 30 years back and a constant inspiration to boatload of diverse
artists from techno to hip-hop. cocaine cool was recorded at the same session
but the ironic vocals ridiculing label executives blowing up their frail ego
with the chemical substance were deemed to risquee at that time, so the
recording collected dust in some box until last year. Bostons Soul Clap
another duo hailed as one of the hotest things in clubland known for their
eclectic funk-rooted taste. They opt for a cool sparser arrangement leaving out
the white horse"-like chords. A loose, dry electro funk beat, hpynotic one-note
synth, few dub effects and additional vocoder vocals do the trick bravorously.
Besides an instrumental version theres also a harder jacking dub take sounding
like early chicago house edits. And while the boys are add it they also
re-edited another huge one from Laid Back: baker man that managed the unlikely
balancing act of not only hitting it bigtime in the charts but also in the
emerging balearic scene.

TOP 5 APR 2019

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