'Send for the New Gun' demands manoeuvres on the dancefloor to match its militancy, from the the taut, snapping snare to the rattling, irresistibly body-shaking tom roll. Reverb-drenched soundsystem FX and classic soundboy vocal samples set the tone: it's a battlefield out there, subs descending like lobbed mortar shells, while the dancehall laser cuts through like a sniper. The anarchic energy at the heart of this tune remains in tension with the tight control that prevents its contrapuntal elements from spinning it into chaos. That tension is what gives it its irrepressible vitality and its atmosphere of stealth and danger, as the drums beat like rain on the window of a taxi speeding down city streets at 3am. Proper bruckout biz.
credits
from Dub Skies / Send For The New Gun,
track released September 7, 2012
Production: Ritual
Mastering: Kayo
Artwork: John Mullen
Copyright: Inna Riddim Records
Publishing: Inna Riddim Pty Ltd
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