2 Da Core

Basic Rhythm follows up his album On The Threshold with an EP that lays out the explicit connections between hardcore and footwork. A connection made even clearer by the inclusion of a rare remixby Chicago footwork originator RP Boo. 2 Da Core's punchy rolling drums are levelled up against rough samples and a vocal hook pitched up and down in classic hardcore style. Get Up runs a tubby bass under hazy vocal samples and weird sound effects. RP Boo's remix of 2 Da Core disassembles the track into pieces, building a stalking helicopter-like rhythm which plays hide and seek with the samples, while the closing track Nuh Ramp rounds off the 6EP with tumbling micro-edited rhythms and a melody built from small colourful sounds that draw on the Caribbean roots of this music