roots manuva - colossal insight
first proper single from roots manuvas forthcoming album (ignoring a special download track that was available a few weeks ago etc), this is a strange beast with its dark beats and off the cuff lyrics where roots chats about how 'he's had a good run' smoked a few trees' etc, the man almost sounds like he's complaining ! very bizarre given his status in the world of uk hip hop.
the remixes include folks like royksopp, soft pink truth remix, and the unknown to me jammer (??), the most interesting is the soft pink truth who cut up the broken beat and vocals to a messed up electro groove that picks up the tempo and mutates into a fine party jam. whereas the original has a twisted style that gets under your skin and dwells there, nagging away at you in a pleasurable way. just.