Coldcut Everything Is Under Control 12"
The original british godfathers of cut and paste are finally back with their first single in 8 years. Long awaited and well overdue, ‘Everything is Under Control’ is the firing shot from their forthcoming ‘Sound Mirrors’ album, and ropes in the vocal help of Jon Spencer and Mike Ladd for a slice of typical Coldcut madness, but with a twist. After all 8 years is more then enough time for these old monkeys to learn a few new tricks. The drums are as loud as ever, the decidedly trademark chops are also present, with vocals and drowning guitars getting done alongside some tasty and clever edits and then you just add Mike Ladd’s vocals and you’ve got something that will definitely please the fans and could well rope in some new ones too. Special mention must go to Mike Ladd for his conspiracy filled, anti-capitalist tirades, started off with a sentence you’d be hard pressed to argue with: ‘You know Big Brother ain’t a TV show’. It’s true that if you listen to the TV, everything is under control, but personally I’d rather trust these two then my image box anytime.
And continuing the fine Ninja Tune tradition of remixes, ‘EIUC’ serves up no less then 5 with everything from electro to drum n bass via turntablised mentalism. Return of the Underdog delivers the bouncy electro version, the Solid Groove dub strips the original right down for the dancefloor and then flips the tempo for good measure and the Theory 0.1 version is a variant demo of the original, unfortunately not quite up to par with it. The remaining two remixes take the whole thing up a few 100bpms with DJ Kentaro (Ninja’s recent Japanese addition) delivering his first official production remix in Europe in the shape of a mentalist turntablist remix complete with tight cuts over flipped and edited drums, leaving you with the feeling you’ve just been rushed through the town centre at 150mph without any security. And just when you thought it was time to relax, the Qemists drop the drum n bass remix, keeping the pressure and speed up and bringing Coldcut crashing onto the dancefloor with slamming guitar riffs, pounding bass and breakneck speed breaks.
It’s good to have the godfathers back, and while the original may not exactly be up everyone’s street, there’s something for everyone on this new single, and after all isn’t that what Coldcut always did best?
A slice of typical Coldcut madness, but with a twist
- Kper
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