Third Floor Classics (part three)
If I could sum-up the definitive ‘third floor classic’ sound, in two words, those words would be ‘jazzy breaks’. Of course there was a broad spectrum of styles that rocked our world back then, but it was that house tempo/ break driven sound that we really made our own.
The excellent ‘Another night on Earth‘ posted ‘Blacker‘ by the (Eccentric Afros vs) Ballistic Brothers, earlier this week, which is a good example of the style I’m talking about. (might have to put the marden hill version up here later in the series). It’s got that soulful, break influenced sound of hiphop but it’s tweaked upbeat for extra dancefloor pressure.
This track is a tune called ‘Le Voyage’ by Mighty Bop-it’s from the second of their eps (the green one) and was recommended by pete and simon , when they worked in the basement of the mighty ‘rockin sarah’ in soho and were primary taste makers for my nascient record collecting.
It’s quite a simple tune really-spacey keys, a jazzy vocal sample, nice breakdowns, all underpinned with this enormous drum break (and lets face it that’s key ingredient). It’s one of those records that sort of defies easy labeling and maybe that’s why we love it so much-it just sounds golden.
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