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Single Reviews
EP Review: Belleruche – Liberty EP (Tru Thoughts)
By Paul Vig | Published on Thursday 4 March 2010
Pigeonholing Belleruche, a trio of Kathrin deBoer, Ricky Fabulous and DJ Modest, is no easy task, with their sound fitting somewhere between jazz, blues and folk with dance beats.
This ten track EP (that’s right, ten track EP; two original tracks, two acoustic versions of other tracks and six remixes of yet more tracks that aren’t the main two) kicks off with soulful stomper of ‘56% Proof’, on which deBoer proves, if you were in any doubt, that she is a great vocalist, with a voice reminiscent of early work from Bajka Pluwatsch.
The acoustic versions of ‘The Duck’ and ‘The Itch’ are both good with lush acoustic guitar, though there’s little more to say about them than that. One of the best tracks on here, and also one of the best tunes I’ve heard so far this year, is Hint’s remix of ‘Anything That You Want’. It features an awesome broken beat bassline, which is futuristic and funky, while the lyrics hook brilliantly onto their new backing track.
The other remixes of the same track don’t compare as well – The Cinammon Kings go electro-pop and Aldo Vanucci goes for a more downtempo flavour, while Scott Whyte goes for the harder electro tech aspect. All in all, though, it’s a nice little package, and well worth checking out for that Hint mix. He’s someone I will be watching closely this year. PV
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