Damn Kids – Govudoh EP
Heʼs not even old enough to get in the club, but Torontoʼs Damn Kids will make you shimmy and shuffle like your life depends on it. In the vein of our T&B best-sellers Zombies for Money, this young ruffian likes it big, tribal and tropical, with clean and clever kicks ʻnʼ snares providing a foundation for all kinds of island shakers, digital parrot squawks, and synthetic voodoo.
Govudoh has got something for every club-ruling DJ. The title track has a rolling intro—a tumbling of snares like a Baltimore club jam gone bad—before turning into a massive wallop of dubstep bass over driving breaks, guaranteed to make everyone from the chin strokers to the electro go-gos get loose. Rock it from the track to the trap!
More distorted big bass awaits on “Jamana,” a sinuous snake of slithering one-two bass and crispy percussion with white noise breathing throughout. “Naej” also stays on a jungle vibe but gets a bit Dutch with it, reeling dancers in with spacey UK funky vibes before killing ʼem dead with Spongebob bubble bass and cries of “Bummmmbaaclaaat.” Damn Kids rolls out a darker and more mysterious techno-bass vibe to end this party—“Nocturna” is a simple metallic door-knock overlaid with perfectly reverbed claps and shakers and driven home by submarine subs and sonar sounds. Sounds huge on the system—raw power! With support coming from Nadastrom, Craze, AC Slater, and more heavy-hitters, itʼs only a matter of time!
Released by: Trouble & Bass Recordings
Release/catalogue number: TBD081
Release date: Oct 16, 2012
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