Tickle - Red River (2011)

Black Lantern
Free Music Archive

8.8

/Hip-hop, Urban music/

Comment: Hip-hop in principle and in formal shape. The dropping chords of pianos and bristled rhymes and a little bit less scratches do hang on the air there. Indeed, therein are represented Edinburgh-based Tickle`s rhymes but the beats are produced by different artists (Rennie; Asthmatic Astronaut; Thomas The Search Engine; cuts and scratches by DJ Symatic) for any track (3 track in total). A decent one for sure.

Burning Bright - Freesmiles (2011)

Black Lantern Music

9.0

/Hip-hop, Urban music, Crossover, Blues, Bossa nova, Rap, Raggamuffin/

Comment: Burning Bright is a duo (Salem Anders & Tickle) from Edinburgh, Scotland. Their 4-pieced EP constitutes a synergical mix of scratch-based dizziness, ragga(muffin) infiltrations, bossa nova-inflected nylon strings, galvanized blues`n`hop (a la some hybrid tracks by John Spencer Blues Explosion). The last track sounds similarly to Chenard Walcker`s plunderphonic repertoire. Indeed, it is joyous and highly enjoyable hip-hop.