Time to throw Down EP - Dawl (Craigie Knowes)

Title: Time to Throw Down EP

Artist: Dawl

Label: Craigie Knowes

Cat Number: CKNOWEP19

Genre: Modern Realisation of Rave Cross-Pollination

1: Let’s Go

2: Drop It

3: Heavyweight

4: Overdub

Everything you need and more. The pervasive Dawl debuts on Craigie Knowes with four high octane post rave tunes which stretch break beats to new limits and add a glossy sheen to the proceedings. This type of purloining reminds me of ‘The Fifth Element’, which shamelessly cherry picked so much from contemporary space sci-fi it was beyond a joke. There is one important difference though: ‘The Fifth Element’ is derivative crap, while ‘Time to Throw Down’ breaks new ground with its uninhibited glance across the trenches of acidic cross-pollination. The production is tighter than a pair of Peter Sagan’s shorts which results in a fullness of sound and the feeling that you’re riding on the crest of the hardcore continuum.