Various Artists - Dødpøp Vol. 2

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  • Future funk made by machines from an era when robots looked like a human-assembled bricolage of black plastic, metal bits and generously sized knobs and dials. Yep. That's skweee, a genre so named because it sounded like the producers making it were squeezing the last juice out of an ailing piece of analogue music equipment. Most purveyors of skwee are indigenous to countries in Scandinavia, and that's the case here with Norwegian skwee-ists Dødpøp and their second compilation featuring an international all-star cast. As a label and collective of artists, Dødpøp represents more of a harder hitting boom bap skweee sound than, for example, early Swedish pioneers Beem and Daniel Savio or Mesak's deeper minimal outings. This big sound is best represented on the compilation with a rework of Melkeveien and Niño's "Yo!" from the talented hands of Slugabed. Swaying around like a drunk King Kong, the track never crashes to the ground thanks to the bed of raw funk zaps. Niño flexes even more grooves on a g-funk tip with "Get On the Floor," a testament to the influence of R&B, funk and boogie has had on Spanish proponents of the sound. Norway's Beatbully works boom bap and catchy harmonies in a collaboration with Slow Hand Motem to create a big vocal hit with "Expecting Company." With this and "RnBully" already under his belt, many are anticipating his first long player on the label, which should be dropping next year. Such is the variation of styles on this compilation, it's nearly impossible to go through each and every track. There are strong productions from Swedes Daniel Savio, Beem and Marcus Price and exciting new explorations from Spartan Lover and Coco Bryce. But, perhaps the last mention should go to Dødpøp newbie Drums, whose "Limbo" sounds like Night Slugs meets John Carpenter in an analogue shootout finale.
  • Tracklist
      01. Beatbully - RnBully 02. Niño - Get On the Floor 03. Mother North - Scanners 04. Melkeveien vs. Niño - Yo! (Slugabed remix) 05. Sprutbass - Alley Oop Es 06. Coco Bryce - Ill Yuykb 07. Spartan Lover - Illusions of Love 08. Slow Hand Motëm & Beatbully - Expecting Company 09. Beem - Manka 10. Joxaren - Järvsöfaks 11. Drums - Limbo 12. Marcus Price - Negro Cookies 13. Daniel Savio - Isla Mopho Bic 14. Rigas Den Andre - Adult Punishment 15. DU - Softness (Sprutbass remix)
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