virus syndicate - the work releated illness

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dAwIdeR - 23 Cze 2005, 15:05

cos ala dizzee rascal tylko ze wiecej energi i podklady z batmana i matrixa
niceeeeeeeee

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dAwIdeR - 23 Cze 2005, 15:14

cos ala dizzee rascal tylko ze wiecej energi i podklady z batmana i
matrixa niceeeeeeeee
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Noisy, garrulous and insistent here come the Virus Syndicate, a quartet of
MCs from Manchester UK. So far, so what? If the terms 'Grime' or 'Sublow'
were to be inserted into the previous sentence, there's just a chance that
you, dear reader, would take more notice given the emergent reputation of
these musics. The four Mancunians make no attempt to mask their northern
accents, on the contrary they celebrate the sound repeatedly in vocal
breakdowns while sending up the affectedly posh tones of the middle classes
in occasional comic interludes. Virus Syndicate have employed the production
talents of Mark One, a respected Sublow player in his own right who appeared
on Rephlex's first Grime compilation alongside Plasticman and Slaughtermob
in 2004.

Opening track Slow Down begins in suitably queasy Grime territory, with
stomach-churning bass, tolling church bells, distant sirens and a Carmina
Burana-style choir all played out against a dark ambient backdrop. The
overall effect recalls the ominous atmosphere of classic Junglist tracks
such as Ed Rush's Bludclot Artattack and Boogie Times Tribe's Dark Stranger.
It proves to be an impossible act to follow, but that's not to say the other
nine tracks aren't more than worth your attention. Its successors are more
vocally aggressive and the nightmarish atmosphere persists with pounding
bass like an everlasting, slow-mo gut punch and percussion a hair's breadth
from the rattle of bleached bones. The bounce and roll of the MCs' dissing,
laydowns and reflections on the vicissitudes of streetlife are highly
infectious. Their wordplay is alternately humorous and trenchant with
subject matter focusing on violence, making ends meet, broken relationships
and the effects of crack addiction. First time round, Work Related Illness
seems noisily exhausting, but persistence reveals an enjoyably varied set of
productions. If The Streets have tickled your ears, and you want to
investigate something heavier, Virus Syndicate come recommended.

[el] - 23 Cze 2005, 15:39

'Grime'

jak lubisz takie klimaty to obowiazkowo

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/comp/679/run-the-road.shtml

The 16-track compilation RUN THE ROAD is the stateside coming-out party
for the UK scene known as "grime." Mixing elements of techno,
drum-and-bass, reggaeton, and hardcore rap, grime was born in the
housing projects of London, and came of age in the city's underground
clubs and on independently produced recordings. The backing to grime
tracks is often 1980s-inspired, with highly processed beats and thin
keyboard sounds that evoke the era of Kraftwerk and Afrika Bambaataa.
Yet the raps are utterly contemporary, unleashed at a furiously
accelerated pace in a dizzying, pan-global mix of hip-hop street-slang,
West Indies patois, and London working-class accents. Two artists
associated with grime-- the Streets and Dizzee Rascal--have made
commercial headway in the States (both performers appear here with
B-sides previously available only on import). But the real revelation is
the caliber of artists like Kano (whose "P's and Q's" is a highlight),
No Lay (one of the few women here), and Wonder & Plan B (who offer up
the spare, funky anthem "Cap Back"). A superb introduction to a
just-breaking genre, 2005's RUN THE ROAD hits with all of the
unadulterated force of something just let out of the box