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Pressure Point

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Album Review

Freestylers' second album follows much the same pattern as We Rock Hard, trading on varied Freestylers faves from ragga and rave to old school rap and electro. Still, this trio of seasoned producers hardly sounds bored by the same old sound, and relatively unseduced by any recent developments in British club life. There's plenty of turntablist terror on the catchy intro, but also on what would've been just a standard R&B tune ("Told You So," with Petra). Freestylers again recruit chatters Tenor Fly and the Navigators for multiple appearances and find good ways to reuse everything from an old hip-hop standard (Black Sheep's "The Choice Is Yours") to an even older reggae standard (Willie Williams' "Armagideon Time"). One listen to "Bass Odyssey" and it's clear the trio also fondly remembers the early-'90s heyday of rave. Pressure Point differs from We Rock Hard in that it doesn't emphasize the anthems/singles, but it's clearly a tighter, better listen. [The edition released by Mammoth changes the track order and adds "Weekend Song" as a bonus track.]

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Solid for Breaking/Dancing

The Freestylers come out in their 2nd LP to bring fresh new vibes and sounds for the clubs and the dancefloor. Compared to their 1st album, "We Rock Hard," this album has a more electronic feel to their tracks rather than the funky sound they were known for on their 1st effort. Yet they retain the same themes in terms of dope breakbeats, catchy rhythms, and solid vocals from collaborative artists; a fun album to dance to indeed. They also vary it up with reggae dancehall tracks such as "Phenomenon One" and "Signs," and go 80's breakbeats with the song "Broadcast Channels." Yet for the most part, while this is a fun album to listen to and blast on your stereo, its not their most impressive work. The album seems repetitive at times, and as you go through each song you'll figure out once you've heard one, you've heard them all. I think that is what the Freestylers are going for this album: just beats to groove and break to all night long, not a set of tracks that have a significant musical undertaking. So overall, a fun album to dance to and great for a party, but its not something to listen to all the time.

Biography

Formed: 1996 in London, England

Genre: Dance

Years Active: '80s, '90s, '00s

More old-school hip-hop, electro, and ragga than big-beat techno (though they're often pigeonholed that way), the Freestylers were formed by the trio of Matt Cantor, Aston Harvey, and Andrew Galea. All three were British b-boys back in the day, and were heavily involved in Britain's dance scene by the late '80s, both as DJs and producers, with Cantor recording as Cut'n'Paste, 2 Fat Buddhas, and Freska All Stars, among others, and Harvey as Blapps! Posse (author of the 1990 breakbeat classic "Don't...
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