Around twenty-twenty five years ago (said in the voice of the harry Enfield character), Swag, aka Chris Duckenfield and Richard Brown, were a veritable underground hit factory, their sound founded on funk, breaks, tribal beats and hedonism. And this is a great example of their sound. Incredibly clean, bottom heavy and with a sound the ricochet’s throughout that sounds like an octopus juggling and sharpening knives. It’s definitely them, even though they don’t say it is. Primitive was their label for tools and a distillation of the style that had seen them become remixers du jour, as well as extremely accomplished headline artists. I still have almost all of their stuff and it has dated very well indeed. There’s still a place for them at the head of the table.
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