Crankasaurus Vexed: Shaolin Style.........

Friday, July 10, 2009

Shaolin Style.........

Jet Li. No, not the chinese lad, but another man who can beat your head in - albeit in a slightly different way: with a barrage of Amen breaks and a ton of phat basslines. Jet Li's been a name on the Irish Drum N' Bass scene for quite a while now, but I had never had to opportunity to witness him in action until last Saturday night at Fusion, in Killarney, and he did not disappoint! He played exactly what I love to hear in a DnB set; big, fuck-off, belting tunes, that aren't too much in the 'jump-up' vein, but aren't too 'liquid-ey' and watered down either - stuff that catches you by the bollox and fires you on to the floor.......and the inclusion of a couple of ragga-infused efforts displayed his Jungle roots (always a great thing in my book). Managed to get some of the action recorded, and though there's not much happening visually, due to lack of light, Jet Li's soundtrack more than makes up for it......and he's a fucking Kerryman to boot - up ya boy ya!

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