'Make it Grimey' is upfront, raw and in your face. The buzzing lead thrashes back and forth like a dropped fire hose blasting out jets of sound. A spliced vocal snippet declares that 'whatever I play, it's got to be...grimey' and that's Cato's watchword for this track: even in the quieter moments, stripped back to off-beat bass stabs and a halfstep, delayed snares echoing in the expanse, there's a menace lurking in the horror-movie pads, and when that compulsive buzz returns for the second drop, its potency is doubled by a contrasting, detuned twin. It's controlled chaos, and Cato delivers on his promise: grimey as the grit on your granddad's grizzly bits.
credits
from Funky Steppa EP,
released March 16, 2012
Produced by Cato. Mastered by Shane at Finyl Tweek. Copyright Inna Riddim 2011.
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