Spank Rock

Spank Rock – Fabriclive 33

Erupting from the hyper-digestive Balitorme scene, where anything can be altered for the eager hips of the dance floor (mashed up 80’s pop, Dirty South hip-hop versed over revved up electro and booty shaking Miami Bass and its Brazilian balie funk cousin), Spank Rock take their guilty fun to the UK, spinning live in the London club, Fabric. Track recognition over deep-crate digging sets the play list, as well as wild genre shifts that seem magical in its ingenuity as well as seamlessness. Opening with the hand clap break of Kurtis Blow’s hip hop classic “The Breaks”, the hard bounce sustains into Brazilian dance punk outfit CSS and then loosening into the album’s front third of electronic familiars: Kano, Dominatrix, Yello. Grin-inducing mash-ups sample both Yes and The Romantics, the later flawlessly synthesizing into the electro feminist sound clash of Chicks On Speed. As their first legitimate “above-ground” mixed tape, Spank Rock continue to court your guilty pleasure. Give in.