Merry Christmas all and sundry, let's begin.
Santa Propeller has got a nice selection for the cold days. To start with, there's a new album out by infamous BigBeat producers Mick&Marc. The baby is called "Rocking Show".
15 tracks bring us back to the golden days of Krafty Kuts, The Freestylers, and Bill, Ben & Baggio.
One Love, the first track on the album already gives us a good idea of what to expect for the next hour (The album runs 60min on the dot). It's my personal favourite, bouncy as hell with the old-but-never-out-of-fashion sample from Larry Heard's Can you feel it house anthem.
Tracks 2 to 6 pretty much use the same recipe to roll. In fact, it all sounds a little too familiar after a while ("Amen"-break, a couple of "Rock-ons" "Get downs" and an MJ beat somewhere). At this point though one should be aware of another 45min to come. And that's a 100% worth the voyage. Track seven, Soul Rocking Show features a decent vocal sample that will definitely make you wanna dance. 3min 33sec Relax demands us to have a cup of tea for halftime. Beautiful!
Still not over. Track 12, Spooky, features a killer beat while that bass and synth strongly bring the Plump DJs to mind. It sounds as if the Chemical Brothers and AIR met in a studio after a gig at 8 in the morning. Massive tune!
The last three tracks lead us by the hand to the end of an amicable trip. I very much enjoyed it. Thank you, Marc and thank you, Mick.
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