Friday, May 03, 2024

Track Of The Day: Derek Carr - Nite Drive (Part 3) (Trident Recordings)


There’s something very banal about tracks that intone repetitive lyrics that shine the spotlight in them. And such is the case with this piece of sleazy electro brilliance from Derek Carr. “Night drive, city streets, techno music, techno beats.” That’s about the size of it, and wonderfully effective it is too. I remember an interview with Andrew Weatherall were he remarked, in reference to The Hydronaut vs Morgan Geist’s ‘Deep In The Feeling’ that the eponymous spoken sample, no matter how cheesy, was necessary in order to set the mood, or something like that. That track opened his 1996 Essential Mix, and is a deep banger. This piece of understated machine funk boogie is very much in the same vein. Conjuring up a hot and humid ambience as it gets bumped in your very own metaphorical low rider.



 


 

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