M.I.A. will soon be embracing a sound that several local DJs have termed "Boston bounce." A remix of the Tamil Terror’s text-flirt anthem "URAQT" by Boston’s Jake Trussell, a/k/a DJ C, has been licensed by XL Recordings, which will release it on a future single. That remix, Trussell says, relies "heavily on the Boston bounce formula," an approach that he’s developed alongside a loose confederation of DJs including DJ Flack, Wayne and Wax, and Local Fields. All of them (but not, of course, M.I.A, who comes to the Paradise September 23) will play an RSVP-only event this Wednesday, September 7, in Jamaica Plain to introduce the style. For details on the Boston-bounce party, visit www.beatresearch.com.
Trussell created the remix using an a cappella track posted by M.I.A. on her Web site, then slipped it to her DJ/producer, Diplo (see Chris Nelson’s interview here), who liked it so much he passed it on to the label. So what does it sound like? "My version of Boston bounce is sort of a combination of Baltimore club, German shuffle techno, and one drop reggae," Trussell writes via e-mail. "It’s around 135 bpm, has a kick-drum pattern that’s half four-on-the-floor and half broken, has a shuffle or swing hi-hat feel (we also call it Boston swing sometimes), usually has some breakbeats in there, and has a snare or rim shot on the three." Some of his compatriots have their own variation on the sound. "DJ Flack’s stuff is around the same tempo but has a different feel. His rule is to throw in a waltz feel somewhere." You can hear a brief bit of Trussell’s track "Boston You’re My Bounce" on Wayne and Wax’s "Boston Mashacre" mix. And Trussell & Flack’s Beat Research label plans to release a 12-inch of Boston Bounce tracks in the near future.
Commence ejaculating.
― Gavin, Saturday, 24 September 2005 16:21 (twenty years ago)
Diplo really needs to travel to north-suburban Glenview, IL and check out the Glenview three-step! its the hottest local creation.
― deej.., Saturday, 24 September 2005 21:58 (twenty years ago)
It’s around 135 bpm, has a kick-drum pattern that’s half four-on-the-floor and half broken, has a shuffle or swing hi-hat feel (we also call it Boston swing sometimes), usually has some breakbeats in there, and has a snare or rim shot on the three."I'm guessing they're taking the piss because this description makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.
― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Saturday, 24 September 2005 22:05 (twenty years ago)
If you listen to those samples, it makes sense!
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Saturday, 24 September 2005 22:52 (twenty years ago)
*listens*
Actually, yes, it does, I'll be damned. An easier, but less marketable, way of describing this beat would be "'We Will Rock You' with the hip-hop snare syncope on four" but all the elements are indeed there. The one real innovation is the 2/4 hi-hat pattern over the beat. It's kind of sickening but in an interesting way.
― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Saturday, 24 September 2005 23:08 (twenty years ago)
HEAR ME NOW MAN LIKE WOEBOT BE BIGGING THIS UP LONG TIME ITS DA NEW THING THAT WILLL GET DA KIDZ TOES-A-TAPPIN ON DA DANEFLOOR BIG UP BIG UP REPREZENT FOR MY BREDREN DIPLO FOR BRINGING DA REAL ELECTRONIC STREET SOUNDZ TO DA MASSES BRRAP BRRAP ONE TIME PON DA DOWNLOAD!!
― GRIMEY SIMEY, Saturday, 24 September 2005 23:19 (twenty years ago)
i'm listening to that first dj c mix right now as we speak! it's kinda messy, but it's got some cool noises. it sounds like they are still trying to figure out what this stuff should sound like. it sounds very homemade! which can be good i guess. they like dub and club and microhouse. they put it all in their peanut butter.
― scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 24 September 2005 23:23 (twenty years ago)
it doesn't bounce very high so far. plus, i kinda hate boston.
― scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 24 September 2005 23:25 (twenty years ago)
i never ever feel like listening to dub music. even if i was stoned, it would be one of the last things i would want to hear.
― scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 24 September 2005 23:32 (twenty years ago)