from the 12” single, XL Recordings, 1992This one was friggin’ HUGE people! Along with their smash “On A Ragga Tip”, this track by the Essex-reared duo of Slipmatt & Lime (a.k.a. SL2) proved to be an instrumental transition point at the genesis of breakbeat’s evolution into jungle. Producers were just beginning to experiment with different time signatures around this time, and after snagging a perfect loop from Wayne Smith’s “Under Me Sleng Teng”, SL2 constructed a groove which sounded ever-so slightly different from the standard breakbeat tracks going around at that time, a rhythm & vibe which would prove to be wholly prescient in the year or so after this release; it’s mind-blowing when one realizes the staggering amount of worldwide influence that music made on the tiny island of Jamaica has had over the years! Big ups to the old school jungle & breakbeat massive!!!
