The Freestylers deliver their 4th album "Adventures In Freestyle". The new album sees Aston and Matt wear their dancefloor-friendly hearts on their sleeves once again. Ranging from the techno-punk stylings of 'Security', through the cinematic-string soundscape of 'Infernos', to the five and a half minutes of typical Freestylers filthiness that is 'Painkiller', which sees them team up with Oz drum and bass bods Pendulum, the album is a unique concoction of styles, pinned together in many cases by the vocal talents of long term studio partner, Marcel aka SirReal. Marcel's anacreontic lyrics espouse the virtues of everything from living the fast life to drinking Carling Black Label, on a slew of the album's highlights.

Elsewhere the album twists from the lyrical battering of 'Fast Life' to the trademark Freestylers booty bouncing on Jump 'N' Twist, while 'Could I Be Dreaming' comes on like Fun Lovin' Criminals on a day trip to Brighton. Smoky soul samples are the order of the day on down-tempo gem 'Pocket Full Of Sadness', while newcomer Corinna Grayson adds her vocals to 'In Love With You', a track that seamlessly blends the boys' song writing sensibilities with their breakbeat heritage.

"All of the vocalists we've worked with on this album are underground or unknown", explains Matt. "We didn't want to go down the route of using big names to get noticed, we hope that the songs will do that for themselves. We've been working with Marcel for a few years and his style just seemed to fit perfectly on the album. He's also been touring with us, along with Valerie M and the rest of the band, and really delivers something special when we play live. He can work a crowd perfectly, rather than just chatting non-stop over the records and has become an integral part of the Freestylers live experience".

In Love With You

From the slavering bass-carnivore ‘Slammer,’ to the purple-rain phunk of “Push Up”, and from the off-wall vocals of Reprazent home-girl Onnalee on “Get a Life” to the break-neck toasting of dapper-one Million Dan, “Raw as F**k” plays an exhilarating game of genre hop-scotch. The traditional Freestylers’ sounds on ragga-laced tracks like “Boom Blast” sitting perfectly alongside more poignant moments like the epic “Too Far”.

Boom Blast Ft Million Dan

The version that appeared on the Aphrodite album released by V2 records.

Buy Vinyl

DJ Aphrodite (as Amazon) Music's Hypnotising (1996)

Buy Signed Vinyl

DJ Aphrodite - Darkside 99

Aphrodite feat. Big Daddy Kane - Off Limits (2001)

The Prodigy vs. Cut & Run - Out of Space (Booty Space Mix)

Dark Breakbeat / Cyberpunk / EBM / Midtempo Bass / Electro

NO SLEEP

16 - Dj Dara - (Slip And Slide) Suicide  (Kosheen)

Holding On

Prodigy - Out Of Space [Breakbeat Remix]

The Prodigy vs. Cut & Run - Out of Space (Booty Space Mix)

RemoEvA5

Recent comments

NWYB

Vera Ntwortlich

OHSHETITSONTANA

HEADNOIZZE

Related tracks