catalogue

MAHJONGG

FREE GROOVE RIDER (K RECORDS)

MAHJONGG - FREE GROOVE RIDER 36080
format:
1 7"
release:
07.11.2008
label:
K RECORDS
item ID:
36080
barcode:
0789856291472
Stylistically, Mahjongg is boundless and indefinable. From their very first EP through K's Kontpab (released earlier this year), Mahjongg have dabbled in beatbox punk, afro-beat revivalism and junkyard whimsy.

The continual shifts in their albums is an earnest attempt to realize global harmonies, but if given only one side of a 7" which side of Mahjongg would come out to play? The Dub Narcotic Disco Plate series provides the answer and "Free Groove Rider" is their most refracted pop statement yet.

Using a swirling vocoder and intermittent dance beats, this single flickers like a channel-surfer finding pop sensibilities in between the static.

The B-side, a remix by Selector Dub Narcotic (Calvin Johnson), ups the playfulness by reducing the static in favor of an unkempt, bubbling mix of melodica and reemerging synths.
 
  • Tracklisting
  • 1.1. FREE GROOVE RIDER
  • 1.2. FREE GROOVE (SELECTOR DUB NARCOTIC VERSION)