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Rennie PilgremPilgremage TCR/Inertia 'Pilgremage' is a journey through which famed producr and DJ Rennie Pilgrem truly expresses himself musically, showing that he is a talented musician as well as brilliant beat manipulator. The opening Attention seems totally out of character for Pilgrem, being a short and sweet Acid Jazz style number, complete with funky sax and groovy piano that rolls along nicely. It's a refreshing change to what you expect from a breaks producer. Defender begins with classical violins and pumps in with a very house-orientated beat, which fades out to a New Order style guitar riff, and then moves to an acid-fuelled beat track. Sanctified is a rocky breakbeat tune that will no doubt find it's way into a Adam Freeland set. "Rock and roll will never die... techno is bullshit" says an American voice, and then Pilgrem replies "wicked, that's my next tune" as Gladiator starts. The phat basslines indicative of nuschool breaks rolls over the electro chords, before breakdowns of the cut-up sample of "techno will never die... rock and roll is bullshit". Sara Whittaker-Gilbey provides vocals to the anthem Coming Up For Air, which is sure to be a big track over this summer and Uberzone and Pilgrem re-do their classic Fuego 2, with its big and nasty bassline, followed by Celeb, an electro-acid rant in collaboration with MC Chickaboo about the cult of celebrity. The rough beats return in Trevor Pistol, another stomping nuschool breaks track that combines heavy rock bass with techno infused bleeps. Go Back returns the funk, sounding as though it came straight from some ghetto studio of the 70's. The final track on the pilgrimage of aural delights is Atlantis, a smooth, dreamy production that could be made by Future Sound of London or the Orb. There's also a bonus track called Acid Part 3, which is from the film 'The Football Factory': a fabulous old-school acid house track complete with 303 squelch and distorted vocals saying "acid" (what else?).  |
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