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Single Reviews
Single Review: Duck Sauce – Barbra Streisand (3 Beat Records)
By CMU Editorial | Published on Tuesday 26 October 2010
Dubiously titled duo Duck Sauce is the titanic pairing of Armand Van Helden and A-Trak.
The pair exploded in a hail of afro wigs and platform boots last year with their massive, Final Edition-sampling hit ‘aNYway’. And that was exactly what we expected from the collaboration: A-Trak digs around for a long forgotten golden soul sound while AVH mashes some keys around on his synthesisers and a drum machine, then everything is thrown together to make a perfectly danceable if slightly off-centre club track.
‘Barbra Streisand’, a new entry at number three in the singles chart this week, follows a similar formula but with very different results, as the duo slap us across the face with some generic funky house. The Boney M-sampling beat is nothing special and the obscure reference to the titular large-conked actress is just baffling and, yet, somehow this is really good. Chart position justified, I reckon. JL
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