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Pierce & Jerl – Amourette | Single Review

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009 | Single Review | No Comments

I’ve never heard of Pierce and Jerl until their latest release came across me on GetPhysical’s digital label GetDigital. Their track Amourette is a shuffling funk monster which congas around your head. Latin guitar samples and the pita patter of claves sit perfectly with the smooth rolling bassline urging you to lose yourself in its engulfing sound. M.in chop up the samples and throws them into the mix with a bouncy Chicago backing track. You’ve got pumped up beats, the rolling pianos and warm double bass low end creating that classic Chicago house sound. Both great turnouts.

The second track from Pierce and Jerl is Brazilique. It’s got a pretty standard urging tech-house beat and unsurprisingly a Brazilian vocal sample. But as you get into the track its got this quirky hollow tom tom flutter. Overall it’s probably best to stick with Amourette but Brazilique won’t do any harm.

Tracklist:
1. Amourette (Original Mix)
2. Amourette (M.in Remix)
3. Brazilique (Original Mix)
Buy Pierce & Jerl from GetDigital

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Jamie Jones and Simon Baker – Kaskazi | Single Review

Monday, November 3rd, 2008 | Music, Single Review | No Comments

Two of London’s finest producers join forces for Get Physical on their first collaboration. The result is Kazkasi a funk fuelled wiggler coming in three different flavours.

The original fires along with its funk fuelled bassline. Around that, galloping percussion and a nicely worked vocal sample make it a simple but exciting house number. The Swahili dub works around the same elements except they’ve added in some horns and chords to make it whooshy and a bit more big room. Finally the Emotional mix is slightly more laidback. Its still funk fuelled but its not as in your face. It has some of the big room horns but it doesn’t go over board.

These are fun peak time tracks, guaranteed to get feet shuffling. Although I’d steer away from the Swahili dub to head for either the original or emotional mixes.

Tracklist (Click for MP3):
1. Jamie Jones & Simon Baker – Kazkazi (Original Mix)
2. Jamie Jones & Simon Baker – Kazkazi (Swahili Dub)
3. Jamie Jones & Simon Baker – Kazkazi (Emotional Mix)

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