Music Reviews

Electric Kingdom

Various Artists

Cowboy Spliff

Intelligent electro jungle breakbeat madness for the critically picky.

This compilation has successfully brought us some major technical bad asses. If you are familiar with the T-Power Chocolate Weasel “let’s really fuck with the listeners brain goo” mentality, you can somewhat know what’s in store for you. Each song practices a high level of electro funk intelligence and straight up creative genius. This is no monotonous breakbeat or jungle. Each artist knows how to work its technology and rhythm, not only keeping your head nodding but jerking side to side also. Botchit and Scarper, T-Power, Shy FX, and Fuel fans, this is some bad ass shit – go buy it! Everybody else, wait a year or two before you try to understand it.


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