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The addictive, slow-burning simplicity of Mattafix's debut single "Big City Life" has gained the song enough mainstream exposure to ensure a giant buzz around the London duo of Preetesh and Marlon. Their inaugural album continues their distinctly urban manifesto, weaving together hip hop, reggae and soul into fibrous, accessible statements about modern living. Against a bluesy backdrop of melancholic beats and dubbed out funk, the pair sing, rap and toast about urban anomie, turbulent relationships, family feuds and lost opportunities. Songs like "Big City Life" and "Gangster Blues" link the deep, i
The addictive, slow-burning simplicity of Mattafix's debut single "Big City Life" has gained the song enough mainstream exposure to ensure a giant buzz around the London duo of Preetesh and Marlon. Their inaugural album continues their distinctly urban manifesto, weaving together hip hop, reggae and soul into fibrous, accessible statements about modern living. Against a bluesy backdrop of melancholic beats and dubbed out funk, the pair sing, rap and toast about urban anomie, turbulent relationships, family feuds and lost opportunities. Songs like "Big City Life" and "Gangster Blues" link the deep, introspective soul of Massive Attack to the sparse story-telling of The Streets or the Audio Bullys, while the skippety rhythms and languid chorus of "To And Fro" sounds like a collaboration between London hipsters Spacek and the Pet Shop Boys. Spacious and questing, Signs Of A Struggle has `immediate classic' written all over it. --Paul Sullivan
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Manufacturer: Angel
Release date: 31 October 2005
EAN: 0094633983526 UPC: 094633983526
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