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album // Into The Dragon
Review forthcoming.
lp/cd:
1. Beat Dis (US 7" Mix)
2. Megablast (Rap Version)
3. On The Cut
4. Don't Make Me Wait (7" Mix)
5. Dynamite Beats
6. Megablast (Hip Hop On Precinct 13) (7" Mix)
7. Hey You!
8. Shake It
9. Say A Little Prayer
10. Beat Dat (Freestyle Scratch Mix)
single // Beat Dis
Review forthcoming.
12":
A. Beat Dis (Extended Dis)
B1. Beat Dis (Radio Edit)
B2. Bonus Beats
single // Don't Make Me Wait / Megablast
Review forthcoming.
7":
A. Don't Make Me Wait
AA. Megablast
12":
A. Megablast (Hip Hop On Precint 13)
AA. Don't Make Me Wait
L12":
A. Megablast (Rap Version)
B. Don't Make Me Wait (Maximum Frequency Mix)
cd:
1. Don't Make Me Wait
2. Megablast (Hip Hop On Precinct 13)
3. Don't Make Me Wait (Maximum Frequency Mix)
4. Megablast (Original Rap)
single // Say A Little Prayer
I alighted upon a 7" of this single while browsing
through a box of second-hand vinyl in a funky little record shop
in Luxembourg. My knowledge of the Rhythm King
imprint is reasonably limited, but buying this made me think that
it was high time I started reviewing some of the releases for this
site.
I suspect that your response to Bomb The
Bass's cover of Aretha Franklin's 'Say A Little Prayer'
depends very much on whether you like the original or not. I don't
especially care for it, and hence I'm reasonably indifferent about
this version, though vocalist Maureen Walsh does a passable job
of aping Franklin's vocal, but vocally it feels like an audition
for something like X-Factor. Tim Simenon
and Pascal Gabriel create a woozy, muted electro
backdrop which wouldn't go amiss on an Eighties Pet Shop Boys album,
or, at a stretch on the first Massive Attack LP. In short, it's
nothing essential.
The major draw of this single, for me at least,
is the flip-side, '10 Seconds To Terminate' (whose title has me
thinking of ED209's ultimatum in Robocop). A pulsing, rushing 808-style
4/4 rhythm with semi-industrial clanging is topped off by samples
of 'The Robots' and 'Numbers' by Kraftwerk - reminding
the listener that it is inconceivable of course, today, that anyone
could rip samples like this without any credit whatsoever, especially
of Kraftwerk - augmented smartly by a 303 riff that's being restrained
against its will. Sure it's locked forever in the late Eighties
dance music scene, like a fly in amber, but '10 Seconds To Terminate'
has an enduring charm, a quality which reminds you of just how fresh
and pure dance music was back then.
A live version of '10 Seconds To Terminate' and
a remix of 'Say A Little Prayer' are available on the limited remix
12” and CD editions of this single.
7"/12":
A. Say A Little Prayer
B. 10 Seconds To Terminate
L12":
A. Say A Little Prayer
B1. Megamix
B2. 10 Seconds To Terminate (Live)
cd:
1. Say A Little Prayer
2. Megamix
3. 10 Seconds To Terminate (Live)
4. Say A Little Prayer (Get Down & Pray Mix)
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