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The Upbeats Big Skeleton LP
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If you're The Upbeats, you never know when inspiration is going to hit, or leave you curled up on the floor with laughter-induced abdominal muscles pains. And in this particular scenario, their inspiration was a whispered Brazilian ghetto story related to them by a friend. The story of the Caveraos (English translation: Big Skeleton), a super-tank full of Navy Seal trained Brazilian gang members known to terrorise the favelas of Rio De Janeiro, or on good days, distribute Nike sneakers and free cable. Sounds fucked up right? Anyway, as you've probably gathered by now, The Upbeats were suitable taken with this story, and having already floated the idea of a haunted-house album, decided to title their third album Big Skeleton, out of homage to the Caveraos; and horror in general. Be it the haunted lick'n'bass soul of 'Bones' (featuring Ned Worboys of Harbour City Electric), the sub-grinding, stream-of-consciousness narrative driven breakbeat insanity of 'Carousel' (featuring MC Kemo from Germany), their speaker-rupturing foray into dubstep on 'Macabre' (co-produced by the mysterious Crushington) or the drum'n'folk atmospherics of Through The Night' (featuring award-winning country singer Jess Chambers); Big Skeleton lives in equal balance between the headphone headspace and the mindset of the club, which is a rare and terrifyingly beautiful combination in rum'n'bass. And that's not even touching on the collaborations with State of Mind or Japanese rapper Cardz. This September with Big Skeleton, The Upbeats wake the dead, and the whispered terror walks once again. Don't say we didn't warn you.
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