![]() ![]() The average hip-hop thump is mixed together by a female vocal saying “Be Ba” in the background. “BeBa”, on the other hand, is unusual in all ways except for the beat. The beat becomes jagged and haphazard but it somehow still feels steady and danceable. Handclaps and swishy noises suddenly break through like a channel all of a sudden coming in clearly. ![]() “Headcase” fades in like a radio transmission that keeps breaking up. ![]() “Headcase” moves into stranger territory as they start to break down the steady rhythms that had existed throughout the album. Halfway through, the song kicks into high gear and feels more like an overpacked club rave instead of the swampy undertow from the beginning. This juxtaposition works for the number, not against it. A distorted vocal duet between a man and woman add another frantic element to a track that in some ways sounds intentionally sluggish, as well. “One Mo!” starts off with a shaker and drum machine that are joined by a heavy bass part. More bleeps and bloops are gradually added as the song goes on but the focus remains on the light percussion. A ghostly piano plays a few notes in the background to help add to the feeling, too. The music sounds like it was composed in the rain as splashy percussion made of finger snaps and handclaps fills the start of the song. The entire song feels like you’re moving through a dreamscape. “Dreaming” works perfectly as a description of the first highlight of the album. For the most part, this track is straight-up electronica that’s manipulated with deformed, off-centered beats and a fiery groove. A few cut-up vocals over a thumping drum makes for a song guaranteed to get people on the dance floor. Pantyraid gets the party started with “Crunkalicious”, an awesome beatbacking track that starts the album in the right direction. It’s the odd nature of this album that makes it a success. Many of the moments on this record don’t seem like they’d fit, which is exactly why they do fit. The influences here range from computer bleeps in “Beba” to African chants in “Worship The Sun”. The duo of Martin Folb (MartyParty) and Josh Mayer (Ooah) spend most of this album combining unusual elements with dance culture to create a new type of beast altogether. Luckily, PANTyRAiD‘s debut album, The Sauce, avoids these pitfalls to make an album that spins electronica off its axis and into new areas. Much of the music heard from this field sticks with a fairly formulaic beat that’s been heard a hundred times before. Electronic/dance music seems to be one of the hardest genres to find original ideas. ![]()
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