Boris is a bunch of noisy Japanese types who, as far as I can make out, seem to skip across a variety of musical styles from the trippy to downright weird. Some people may have heard their collaborations with Sunn O))), masters of the drone & bass, which are well worth a look in if you’re into that kinda thing.
Here’s Farewell, one of their more accessible tracks (and I use that in fairly loose terms), taken from the album Pink on the awesome Southern Lord label.
I wanted to put the original version (strictly speaking, the Peter D mix) up but it’s nowhere to be seen on YouTube. This will do fine instead as it’s the far more dancefloor friendly version. Some of you may have heard this before but I’m guessing it’s not too well known a track. Totally wicked stuff with much amen chopping from the Bristol boys when they could do no wrong in the mid nineties
Dubsteppy garage here from Nottingham’s Geiom. I don’t really know much about him so won’t bother waffling away but I love the vibe of this. Love the vocals…
Big tings from Super Cat one of a few Jamaican artists who had crossover hits in the 90s. For those who don’t know him from his reggae tunes his biggest US hit was probably Dolly My Baby featuring a famous verse from the one and only Notorious BIG (”I love it when you call me Big Poppa…”) as well as some piss poor rapping from Puff Daddy.
Sadly I can’t embed this one here but check the original video on YouTube for some serious 1992 style & fashion:-
Right, before we get started I would like to point out that I don’t like Sugababes. I’ll freely admit that some pop acts (Girls Aloud) are great but they are few and far between and even the decent ones have albums full of stinkers alongside some perfectly crafted pop singles. Anyway, before they descended into bland cookie cutter crap Sugababes did have a pretty top debut single. You might not agree (and I probably wouldn’t blame you) but I really like it!
