Music
Big Wig
KurtzKTZ01
House
12"
£8.33 (£9.99 incl. VAT)
A. Big Wig B. Big Wig (Donald Dust remix) C. Shooting Star D. Shooting Star (dub)
While they're usually on-point with their vinyl outings, there's something extra-special about the latest excursion from Leeds lads PBR Streetgang. For proof, check title track "Big Wig", a maelstrom of analogue electronics, proto-house era, electro-influenced drums, throbbing bass, whooping vocal samples and the kind of bubbly but heavy electronic bassline usually associated with Maurice Fulton's Syclops records. Remixer Donald Dust drags the track further towards NYC freestyle territory on his surprisingly spacey version, before Tom and Bonar make some 1985 freestyle/electro movements of their own via the alien funk of "Shooting Star". As you might expect, the stripped back accompanying Dub mix is even more potent.