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What can be said about The BBN? This Chicago / London connection is a transatlantic union producing some of the most potent soulful house music today.
About the Chicago half of BBN, DJ Pope of POJI Records is quoted as saying, “He is one of the most gifted songwriters around.” “Free To Be Free”, their first tune on the Tony Records label, has all the earmarks for clubland success.
Opening up with the Original Mix, and from the first couple of minutes, this is not for the faint of heart. The 4/4 hits hard, percussion and driving congas carry the wheezing organs and multi-layered keyboards. The jazzy spoken word verses speak of freedom and self exploration asks the question, “Do you want to be free?” The classy female chorus sweetly reminds us that when we are free in mind, body and soul, we are free to express LOVE unconditionally. The female vocals then veer off after the break into a wicked vocal exchange ad libbing that builds and crests over the full production. The tickling electro jazz xylophones seem to transform into a keyboard sound reminiscent of the Universal Robot Band into a Kraftwerk-like sound toward the end-WICKED!
The Minimal Dub Mix picks up where the Original mix left off but is stripped down to the bone to reveal the highly charged, hypnotic rhythm track. Several repetitive keyboard patterns make up this amazing dub: elastic keys, gurgling keyboards brush against the percussion and the sustained keys make for a perfect musical montage. About 3:50 in everything drops to just muted keys and bass creating a tension that soon resolves itself into that hypnotic electro floor burner.
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