Fear-E - Pigs Do Fly (Super Rhythm Trax)

 

Title: Pigs Don’t Fly

Artist: Fear E

Label: Super Rhythm Trax

Cat Number: SRTX038

Genre: Jacktastic

A1: KRS

A2: Not Getting In

B1: Colonel

B2: Off The Bat

Is the spoken word sample in ‘KRS’ KRS 1? It could be. It’s very effective whoever it is and, with the handclaps, the synths and the nicely paced percussion Fear E has created a monster. ‘Not Getting In’ uses an addictive off-key drum that, when combined with other complementary percussive elements feels like distilled mayhem. ‘Colonel’ uses a recognisable Colonel Abrahams sample to underline minimal percussion and a bubbling 303. And ‘Off The Bat’ keeps the home fires burning with gloom-infested synth swathes and concave bells. This is elemental stuff, extremely well-produced and carried off with  swagger and imagination. Try sitting still.