Blatta & Inesha : 'Revolution' & 'Stepoff'
Released: 1st June 2009
Label: Hell Yeah
I’m going to start off by saying that I really like Blatta & Inesha’s ‘Revolution’, and also the other A-side, ‘Stepoff’, by Blatta & Inesha with Congorock. These are some serious tunes! First impressions are what counts in pretty much any electronic dance music, and this is where the tracks score big.
‘Revolution’ is all about the bass line. And a bit of ‘fidgeting’, as the press spiel goes. The ‘fidgeting’ takes the form of chopped-up speech and little bleeps and squeaks, filling in the space up top in between the snares and hi-hats. The track is pretty sparse, to be honest, but this makes sense when that bass line drops. It grabs you by the hips and shakes you about, like the cashasa and crushed ice in that expensive drink you’ll be buying when you hear this. It’s pretty exhilarating, and much more going on in the tune would be information overload. If the DJ cut the bass once the track is rolling, it would be a disaster. This is music that should be served with alcohol, a battle between perfume and sweat, loads of jiggling butts and copious amounts of hair gel (not coffee and cigarettes on a Thursday morning). So top up the bass, please, and you got yourself a heavy one!
‘Stepoff’ was made in collaboration with Congorock, and sounds to me more like a Congorock track than one by Blatta & Inesha. The drums are not the hard, breakbeat-genre sounds of B & I but more rounded, house-y and retro. It’s not so fidgety, the percussion is fuller and the track generally sounds smoother. This isn’t to say that it’s better, just that it is a slightly different style, more classically Italo-disco. Actually, I kind of think it’s a bit sexier too. Still, both are really nice tunes, even if you’re likely to hear them in different sets
Words: Chrisopher Cook
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