Graham & Blades – Real

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  • Well isn’t this quite a progressive heavyweight matchup! 2 progressive legends, John ‘Quivver’ Graham and Rowan ‘Breeder’ Blades, unite to deliver a pretty tough and exciting production in Real. The result is two interpretations, but does the high calibre of the two producers joining together deliver the goods? The Vocal Mix on the a-side is very bloody solid, let me tell you that much so far. For the first half the track builds nicely and flows very smoothly with a solid drum pattern and a wobbly baseline that works its magic. As the loop flows, atmospheric elements as well muddled vocal snippets flow in and out of the track, shortly before a second tier of baseline goodness makes its way into the production. The track takes a well earned break midway, that sees vocal snippets gain in intensity, and a interlude of broken beats join with the vocals as well as the baseline which comes in and out in style. The beats come back in quite subtly, but with class, as the track fades out nicely towards its conclusion with nice atmosphere and the vocal. The Topliner Mix on the flip is yet again another solid outing. The vocals are stripped slightly and the baseline is yet again is of floor rumbling prowess. Melodies are introduced into this mix, as bubbly tones are put over the tight drum patterns. Slightly disappointing is the fact that this production maintains a pretty similar arrangement as the vocal mix, but nevertheless the changes in the tracks are quite substantial. A pretty solid release here for BozBoz, and a worthy follow up to the very massive Space Manoeuvres Pt. 3 release. I suspect many would expect more from these two, but hype aside, the release is quite solid and well worth a look.
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