Set It Off

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Amazon.co.uk Having witnessed drum & bass flounder in a dark, claustrophobic mire and UK-Garage soar on the back of its favourite breaks--veteran practitioners Andre "Shy Fx" Williams and Marc "T-Power" Royal re-inject some fun into the genre's frenzied beats on Set It Off. Like Puretone's "Addicted To Bass", the duo's first single "Shake Ur Body", which sounded like a jungle rework of the Sex In The City theme, showed that drum & bass could do pop without compromising on the clattering rhythm track. "Shake Ur Body"'s formula of Latin shimmies and chart eating hooks is repeatedly reprised, ensuring the party bounce of "Don't Wanna Know" and the Kele Le Roc fronted "Feelin' U". Better still, the hazy "Everything" and sexy "Run Along" marry hypnotic pulses and R&B to sound like UK Garage's sophisticated cousin, while the strident title track wields pneumatic funk that current US production maestros The Neptunes would be proud of. Street savvy, yet ferociously addictive and bristling with imagination, Set It Off is the long overdue makeover that suggests drum & bass may have a future after all. --Dan Gennoe Product description Set It Off