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RS 1108
25 September, 2011
Review:
The latest set of dancefloor weaponry to be culled from Blawan's seemingly bottomless arsenal arrives after the requisite months of Rinse FM teasing and subsequent YouTube exposure. The familiar strains of Black Mahogani's iconic boss are shredded to bits in the Blawan blender, ensuring "What You Do With What You Have" sits worlds apart from recent tracks that have plundered similar territory. A truly incendiary concoction of gnarled out acid lines and cavernous techno stabs, it's the constant rhythmic switching between the two over a trademark thumping drum flex that impresses. By the time the runout groove is in sight, KDJ sounds knackered, which is entirely understandable. "Vibe Decorum" comes poised with equal potency, wrapping a stretched vocal hook around growing layers of drum to snapping point before letting slack and dropping into the main thrust. From here, there are countless dizzying rhythmic swerves urged on by the oddest of numb sounding vocal intonations - such is the intricate nature and detail of his production, it's hard to work out exactly how Blawan conjures up these tracks but long may he continue to do so!
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