XT / Woozy by Sully & Basic Rhythm

We start the new year with a split single from Sully & Basic Rhythm combining forces with their Uncertain Hour and Musique Nocturne labels respectively.

Sully’s XT opens with sparse percussive reverberation before dropping straight into the funk with a bubbling break and a bass-line reminiscent of American b-movies of the ‘70s. XT bustles along with a militant urgency, but never losing the funk flavour.

Basic Rhythm’s Woozy is a suitable companion piece, opening with an ominous Hammond organ chord line and a scattering of half heard vocal snippets, before dropping into a militant break with a one note bass-line evocative of 97 era V Records. Dark and moody, but with the dance floor firmly in step.

Sloppy, over-literate, misanthropic and washed up.

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