Artist.......: Rekid
Album........: Made in Menorca
Label........: Soul Jazz
Genre........: Electronic
Catnr........: SJRCD 132
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: May-07-2006
str.date.....: 000-00-0000
quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: n/a
track title time
01. Intro 00:29
02. Lost Star 6 06:17
03. Diamond Black 08:09
04. 85 Space 07:48
05. Kidbeats 00:47
06. Retroactive 07:52
07. Priya 05:49
08. Arp 02:14
09. Tranzit 06:13
10. Nite 02:55
11. Klaws 05:18
12. Spiders 02:10
13. Cairo 07:08
14. Legend 06:40
Runtime 69:49 min
Size 102,1 MB
Release Notes:
There's been some pretty appalling genre-prefixes
taped to the front of 'House' in recent years, but
the relatively new introduction of 'Smack' has to
be one of the greater crimes against lexicography.
Somewhat unfairly shepparded under this 'Smack
House' canopy is Rekid, the preferred appellation
of Matt Edwards - previously Radio Slave and
remixer to the likes of Kylie, New Order and Paul
McCartney. Following a gold run on the 12"s, Rekid
has now delivered a full-fat LP that effortlessly
builds on the foundations laid down with '85
Space/Retroactive' and 'Lost Star' (all included
here), whilst taking the music off into
refreshingly untouched sonic environments. Opening
with the appropriately labeled 'Intro', Edwards
indulges in some atmospherics + sampled-dialogue
business before commencing the job proper on
previous single 'Lost Star 6'. In a veritable
marinade of Theo Parrish influences, 'Lost Star 6'
is unhurried to the max; giving the heavy
electronics room to breathe and in doing so earning
himself the awful 'Smack' tag. It's far too good
for such shite appellations, so we'll ignore it if
you will too... From here, we're down the
minimum-tech coalface for 'Diamond Black', wherein
some mealy beats orbit a microhouse heart, before
'85 Space' hovers into view atop a cavern of
spacious beats, sprawling synths and Space Invader
FX - it's all rather exhilarating. Elsewhere,
'Tranzit' takes a syrupy approach to BPM that ends
up in almost hip-hop territory, 'Klaws' shrugs it's
way onto DJ Koze's patch, whilst 'Cairo' is an
insidious clammer of throbbing tronics,
depth-charge bass and steely beats. Smack down!