Review taken from Fly: Global Music Culture

THE TRANSATLANTIC CONNECTIONS BETWEEN SOUTHAMPTON AND NORTH AMERICA HAVE A LONG HISTORY AND THIS NEW ONE HAS MORE BOUNCE THAN WHATS HER NAME IN THAT TITANIC FILM

For a couple of blokes that met at a Mr. Scruff gig in Southampton in 2006, the Jellybass project could not have been better named. Jellybass are the duo known as Lo & Hz (aka DJ Chix and Joe) who received the ultimate accolade of getting their tracks played by their hero, the big Andy Scruff himself.
And then one of our favourite Canadian rappers, Abdominal (he of Abdombinal Workout) shows an interest in doing a vocal over one of the wobbliest tracks, thats after hes had his toast of course (how Mr. Scruff is that?).
Mr. Scruff has long had links with Do Right in Toronto so it seems even more appropriate that on the b-side theres a very scruffian sounded mixture of Mr. Oizo and big band horn (Vulgar) and a spaced out chill breaks skank called Liquid Metal.
Jellybass style of breaks to dub to Scruff (and now Hip-Hop) is defintely on the leftfield as their odd musical mix fails to fit into any neat genre box; ideal folks for fans of FLY global music to follow then!
Lots of great EPs about at the moment but dont let this one pass you by; also watch out for some dubstep remixes that belong on the Naughty Step and theres a few gigs coming up with the Canadian fat lip in May.
After the local disappointment of the Freerange Festival being cancelled, this is just the right vibe to put a smile on your face.

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