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Press Release Like all the most exciting pop and dance music producers through the generations he has a real flair for looking from the outside in and creating his own unique colour filled, 3D sound, with a knack of tethering off-key ideas to good songwriting and pop formats. As the presenter of Rinse FM's flagship breakfast show for several years and now the presenter of Hyperdub’s Rinse FM show, he's sat right in the middle of London's urban music scene as a trusted and respected conduit. Several of the singers here have been selected from favorite songs from his radio show. Natalie Maddix, Muhsinah, A.L. Zaki Ibrahim, Fatima and Cornelia, and have gone into the studio, leaving their comfort zone at the door, and writing lyrics with a twist. On the title track, Pretty Ugly, Cornelia drops a lyric about frustration and insomnia. On Why You Do?, A.L. sings about being cheated on in a surprising fashion that leaves her unsure how to feel. Fatima dreams of having more space on a new stripped down version of Just Vybe, while Zaki Ibrahim sings about a strange, glowing love on Fire Fly. On 33rd degree, Muhsinah launches an emotional coup while Natalie Maddix's Eye Know sings a comforting lullaby while Scratcha creates a zingy synth forcefield around the vocal. Coupled with the strange uk funky inflected house and techno of Reach the Sun, Polyphonic Dreams and Bare Fuzz, the lush broken beat of The Big Five and the instrumental grime fanfare climax of Where I Belong, Scratcha DVA has come up with probably the finest match between album title and music in the history of the universe. Pretty Ugly is what it is - sweet and sour, blaring and lush, rough and smooth. We think Scratcha DVA is a genius. You probably should to. Press Contact: Gamall Awad - Backspin Promotions |
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