from the 12” single, Ruffbeat Records, 1992Starting things off with a sample lifted from one of my all-time favorite De La Soul joints (“The Magic Number”), this old school breatbeat track from the Gloucester based trio Yolk was guaranteed to catch my attention, and it still sounds fresh to my ears almost two decades later; they go on to sample A-Ha’s “Take On Me” as well, which was a bloody brilliant move! At the time when it came out this track banged really hard, but the considerable evolution of beats since then has left it feeling a bit lighter on its feet, a good outcome I believe; for real, it’s difficult to imagine this being considered “hardcore” anymore, even ten years ago for that matter. For some reason though, all in all, this song and much of the early ‘90s breakbeat output has aged rather well, perhaps suggesting that the breaks themselves are never gonna stop moving our feet.
