randy baracuda = best name ever. tunes ain't half bad either
Re: Randy Barracuda: "On the Low Again"
Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2010 9:55 am
by dj perzza # 1
Finally!
Official release in the end of the month.
Re: Randy Barracuda: "On the Low Again"
Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2010 11:20 am
by dj perzza # 1
Laton is is proud to announce the groundbreaking new release by enigmatic finnish producer Perttu Eino Häkkinen aka Randy Barracuda (RABA).
Randy Baracuda is best known as one of the pioneers of the Skweee-movement – a Scandinavian genre often referred to as a mix of styles like wonky, hip hop and electro funk but has certainly it’s own demented twist. Randy Baracuda is also half of Finnish legendary electro bass-outfit-duo Imatran Voima, and he has also releases under various aliases for such labels like Mighty Robot Recordings, Tellektro, Sähkö, Sex Tags Mania, Flogsda Dancehall and Harmönia which he co-founded with Mesak in 2006 (Turku, Finnland).
„On The Low Again” (Laton 053) cognates to „On The Low” (Harmönia, HRMN-12) which was previously released in early 2010 containing material from the same Bergweg recording sessions 2009-10, Rotterdam.
The trademark sound from the originator of spastic Scandinavian synth-funk style again dominates this 6-track debut for the austrian based Laton label, but this time mighty Randy Barracuda taking it to new levels of super compression, flips and signals away from the Lo-fi / 8-bit sound to slicker production styles, twisted R&B rhythms, layers it with a symphony of bleeps and keys alongside the usual sugar rush melodies and bump-n-grind b-lines to give it a incredible fresh slant.
„On The Low Again“ is as undeniably catchy as it is speaker rumbling, an unbashed banger over the top and there is little to stop the RABA invasion.