Zinc — Sprung EP
As a veteran of the UK scene, Zinc’s been around for long enough to be involved in several different strains of UK club music – jungle, garage, drum ‘n’ bass, the earliest strains of what would come to be known as dubstep.
Over the last couple of years his Crack House EP’s have showcased the latest evolution of his sound: a virulent strain of house that draws influence from across the dancefloor spectrum, without sounding quite like anything else. Last year’s ubiquitous ‘Wile Out’, featuring Ms. Dynamite on firey form, neatly encapsulated its approach. Drawing a little from funky’s syncopated swing, but further boosting its strength with tough, rocky low-end, its flexibility found it infiltrating underground and mainstream club floors alike.
The Sprung EP follows on from that series, and continues to explore the boundaries of Zinc’s self-defined new sound. All four tracks here remain, at heart, aimed directly at the dancefloor. ‘Juicy Fruit’ rides off a straight-up house backbone, but carries itself with the sort of swagger London dance music has always been known for. ‘Recovered’ and ‘Sprung’ carry on Zinc’s tradition of splicing together fragments of different genres to create deadly hybrids. They might run at house tempo, but jungle is buried in their DNA – both are underpinned by deftly sliced breakbeats and fast paced fragments of MC chat. ‘Unlike Me’ is a snapshot of now, its swung percussion sitting comfortably alongside the latest mutations of bass music and UK funky.
Heavy club tracks that work perfectly alongside current trends, while also standing out as unique in their own right. Just as Zinc’s always done it.
Tracklist:
1) Sprung
2) Unlike Me
3) Juicy Fruit
4) Recovered
5) Ragged (iTunes Exclusive Track)
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