Son Raw no tek no bludclart backchat.
Apparently if you’re English, a small fraction of your tax dollars goes towards late night BBC programming that involves Kahn & Neek’s ferocious blend of angry video game sounds, Jamaican chat and stomach-churning b-lines, which upsets me as a Canadian because all I get out of National public radio are a dorky folks singers and the daytime talk shows my dad listens to in the car. Clearly we can do better. While we get that sorted however, we can at least enjoy the Bristol duo’s mix via the power of Soundcloud. It’s short – barely topping 20 minutes, but what it lacks in running time it makes up for in intensity with 13 tracks flying in and out of the mix like killer bees. Considering their all-dubplate M.O, that’s all the more impressive. Highlights include tracks by Dot Rotten (who seems to be undergoing a bit of a well-deserved reappraisal), Alias, Plastician, Kahn & Neek themselves and Hi5Ghost’s brilliant “Kung Fu Kick” – a track deserving of release if I’ve ever heard one.
Tracklist:
• Enemy – Kelela
• I Violate – Dot Rotten
• No Long Talk – Lemzly Dale
• Xtra (OH91 rethink) – Ruff Sqwad
• Bang Clap – Impey
• The Search (Kahn & Neek remix) – Plastician
• Teflon – Hi5Ghost
• Since When VIP – Boofy
• Untitled (Kahn & Neek remix) – Oatz
• Kung Fu Kick (Kahn & Neek’s happyslap remix) – Hi5Ghost
• Promises (DS1 Bassline mix) – Darkus Beat Company
• Southside Warriors (Gundam remix) – Alias
• Percy (Maxx Baer remix) – Kahn & Neek
