Feral Cuts Volume 1

Various Artists
General | Oct 2012

Reviews

Dru Deep
Reviewed 2012-10-14
COLL: Feral Cuts: Volume 1 Label: Bad Animal

Alland Byallo's label Bad Animal has put out this neat little 4-track EP featuring two solid tech-house artists Aartekt & Fredrik Stjarne. The EP reflects the sensibilities of the label's owner, former SF DJ/producer now living in Berlin, Alland Byallo. When Alland DJed throughout SF, he spun a lot of great tech-house. And this EP is no different; four strong tech-y house releases. The first two skew more towards punchy & hard-hitting, while the last two skew more towards straight house. I prefered #1 & #2, the tracks by Aartekt, because they're solid club bangers.
1. Thumping tech house. Great energy, flowing synths, deep and serious male vocal sample. Meaty goodness.
2. Hard-hitting tech house with a funky edge. The vocal samples ("rinse it"?) lay down a good groove. Club banger.
3. Synth-driven tech-house with a falsetto vocal loop saying "baby". Strong claps and nice beat structure.
4. More of a dubbed-out straight house track with a distinct bassline & a nervy little synth. Weird & wacky effects.

Recent airplay

Drop The Sabre
Pumping IronJun 26, 2013
Drop The Sabre
Clubbing ZealDec 18, 2012
Rolling Energy
Big LoopNov 05, 2012
Rolling Energy
The Big Love ShowOct 22, 2012

Charting

2012-10-21 — 2012-12-23 Electronic
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Track listing

1. Rolling Energy
2. Drop The Sabre
3. There You Go
4. Close To My Body