Around the turn of the century, tribal house was the lingua franca of the underground basement, as well as transitioning to the more overground. A glut of labels came from the west coast championing the sound, one of which was Siesta. The breaks were straightened out into more linear, percussive arrangements, and H-Foundation, Halo & Hipp-E were amongst its biggest faces. This timeless track from Halo, with its spoken word sampled from ‘Withnail & I’ is one of the labels more enduring tunes, along with H-Foundations ‘Hear Dis Sound’ and DJ Buck’s ‘Make It Hot’. To a certain extent a lot of the tracks are banging elevator music, but it’s not too difficult to skim the cream off the top of the genre if you know what you’re looking for, and where to find it. I’ve heard this track creeping into a few online sets recently, so it’s definitely ripe for a rerelease. File this thick, bumping tribal stuff next to Peace Division and sundry other drug sounds. So versatile, you can toughen up practically any tune you mix it with. The panacea to banging loops.
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