08Jul2010
Freerange

Aaron Dae has been telling me to check out Sebastian Doering's Lovebirds. After a few days of sampling the back catalog and this latest release on Jimpster's Freerange Records, I can see what he's going on about. "Alright" has that super-fat bass that sounded so awesome on radio hotmixes in the '90s, knocked down beneath hand claps and a jackin' beat. The vocal samples haven't been done like this since David Morales. Other people can play with melodies like this - they can imitate, they can fake it, but this is the real deal. "Alright" is the hit of the record - it might be last in the track listing but it's what really got my attention. The title track plays around with some time-stretched synths to great effect - again, this is a classic sound without consciously thinking about it - while KiNK's remix is like an engine that takes awhile to get started up, stripping down and then rebuilding the beat in a full-on jam.

Where Can I Find it?

Online at juno and traxsource. Previews embedded below.

Previews:

Alright (promo stream) by lovebirds

My Man (promo stream) by lovebirds

+ Track Listing Duration Recommended
01: My Man 5:54 our pick
02: My Man (KiNK remix) 6:07  
03: Alright 7:21 our pick
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