Sam Binga & Rider Shafique

CHAMPION EP

Critical Music

CRIT103

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“i’ve Said It Before, But Dancehall And Its Influence On Uk Music Has Been A Massive Inspiration For Me, Going Way Back To Hearing Chris Goldfinger On Radio 1 Playing Music That Was Like Nothing Else I’d Heard Before. I Love That Fundamental Rhythmic Pattern, And I Love How Within The Same World You Can Have Some Tunes That Are Built Around The Sweetest Melodies And Harmonies, And Others That Are Built Around Super-tuff Minimal Drums And Crazy Squeeks And Bleeps.<br />when It Came Time To Build Another Ep For Critical, I Decided To Link Up With My Good Friend And Long-time Collaborator Rider Shafique, Who Has A Much Deeper Knowledge Of This Music Than Me, And Together Create Something That References Both Old And New Dancehall, While Still Being Playable In The Kinds Of Sets I Ve Become Known For. There’s No Halftime And No Chopped-up Jungle Breaks Here - We Wanted To Make Something Really Focussed And Even Disciplined - And Hopefully We’ve Succeeded.<br />big Shouts To The Vocal Collaborators - Super Hyped To Work With Stush On A Tune, Irah Came Through With The Righteous Fire, And Tiffanie Malvo Absolutely Bodied Her Beat - But Ultimate Biggups Have To Go To Rider. This Wasn’t A Project Where I Made The Beats And Rider Voiced Them - For Pretty Much Every Tune, We Worked And Reworked The Riddims Together. We’re Both Stoked On The Results, And It Seems Like People In The Dance Feel The Same Way.” - Sam Binga