mutamassik

War Booty

Having freaked us out with the disturbingly prophetic title of their last 12” ‘Scrape Bin Laden’ (released way before the september 11th dateline), Spain’s Soot crew bring the noise down on us once again with this destroyed melange of DJ Scud-skool break terror and Arabian Raqssharki (bellydance) music. The opening salvo of ‘War Booty’ hits where it hurts with weapons grade breakbeat noise and funk samples..even the odd Amen break ripped apart for good measure. ‘Babomb’ flirts with the belly in more straight-edged terms but with one of the most devestating bass-drop refrains our soundsystem has ever attempted to handle. Think of El-P tearing off ears and body vibrations in Marrakesh for an idea. Part of Warp’s Dj Maximus collective, DJ Rupture tears acetate to shreds on the B-Side blowout that is ‘Face 2 Face’ - an incredibly hard and fast junglist blitz that distorts with just the right amount of pain and gives the garage massive something serious to think about late at night. Awesome stuff. ‘Immigrants on Course’ closes the book on this deranged 12” with more death-defying blends of arabian percussion, turntablist strokes, intense junglist rhythm bursts and that seriously spannered low-end stab. Handle with Care.