Thursday, May 02, 2024

Track Of The Day: Sandals - Nothing (Hard Hands Ritual) (FFRR)


Well this is a surprise. The mind does play tricks on you from time to time and for whatever reason I wake up with this in my head. A forgotten chugtastic gem years ahead of its time fusing The Sandals, with Leftfield in the year they released ‘Song Of Life’. (Leftfield had already produced The Sandals debut 'A Profound Gas’.) The great thing about Leftfield is that they need revisiting, something I’m happy to to with almost anyone. When looking through their back catalogue it really feels like I’m hearing a lot of their output for the first time. It sounds different and fresh. This dub is one such piece. Absolutely brilliant stoned immaculate, atmospheric plodding which straddles trip hop before it was a thing, and enlightened disco. Come on feel the vibes.

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