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Kane West

Turbo Recordings
turbo172 | 2015-08-14  
Kane West, arguably the clubbiest thing to come out of the mega-trending PC Music crew, here crosses over with this 4-tracker on the ever-unpredictable Turbo Recordings.
The solo project of the lead writer and producer of Anglo-Japanese indie-pop act 'Kero Kero Bonito’ was first discovered with a winning entry in a Tiga remix contest. Kane caught the attention of Turbo A&R with his raw, MIDI-riffic, sound. His palette is carefully constrained: cheap and cheerful drums,  general MIDI modules, and not much else aside from a few punchy vocal samples to get in the way of the sheer enjoyment of clever, hooky arrangements.
Lead track ‘Mexicans’ has been eagerly awaited since it’s Radio One debut, jumping out with a huge, groovy bassline, ridiculously catchy horn riff, funky percussion programmed on a Yamaha DD-50 pad and vocal expletives like ‘OH YEAH’ and ‘THIS DJ IS HAPPENIN.’ Over the top? Maybe. Fun? Definitely. ‘Expenses Paid’ strips things down a bit, sounding more at home on a label that put out records like Kebacid. The playful flourishes are there, there’s even a digi-flute solo and a ‘WOO’ sample, but overall this one reigns in the mad-cap insanity that featured more heavily on Kane’s debut album ‘Western Beats,’  a vibe which comes through a bit more on ‘Don’t Stop,’ which sounds reminiscent of the always amazing Daniel Maloso, while coming from a whole different angle than Latin EBM. Finally, ‘Recycle Bin’ takes a squelchy bassline and stretches it out on the dance-floor with dope drum solos, flexing Kane’s sequencing skills, keeping things fun and fresh with a minimum of fuss.
It’s an exciting sophomore effort from the young, Bromley-UK-based producer , whose references run the gamut from Maurice Fulton, Ceephax, Mr Oizo, Comeme, to classic Chicago house. Guaranteed fresh!

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