Ruf Dug - Joanna (Damn Dangerous Dub)

Ruf Dug Guybrush & Joanna EP
Label - Cosmic Print Glass CPG00
Country - UK
Released - Apr 2015
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As far as I'm aware, Norwich has never been known for its electronic music scene. Run out of local café The Bicycle Shop, new party and label Cosmic Pint Glass is launching in an attempt to put the sleepy Norfolk town on the map (or at least have it outlined in pencil). Judging from their amusing Facebook page, the label's founder(s) are all about classic house, spacey disco, cats and analogue gear, so it makes sense that Manchester's Ruf Dug inaugurates proceedings. The resulting three-tracker is every bit as funky and rough-around-the-edges as you'd expect.
Opener "Guybrush Threepwood Does DMT And Goes Paragliding At Sunset" deserves credit for its name alone, but it's also a very decent cosmic house track. Loose-fitting drums underpin a rubbery bassline, before jolly synths, an upbeat agogo line and a screechy melody join the fray. When they're all on at once it sounds a touch tangled, but it's a nice summery jam nonetheless. Vocals lifted from Joanna Newsom's "Yard And Glue" form the backbone of the EP's other original cut, the less imaginatively titled "Joanna." Her stark, echoed vocals are the main attraction here, splayed across an airy, 103 BPM beat. In a curious move, Chicago Damn steers clear of the vocals altogether on the remix, instead presenting a late-night take on Dug's original. He pulls it off, largely thanks to the track's hypnotic bassline and the hi-hats that flutter by its side.

[@OENS]

The best on this release imo

[@polocorp]

utterly obsessed by this track

[@DJJACOMO]

the BOOOMBA

[@FloriandeBeus]

Rattlesnake percussion: love that shit!

[@lollosimeonilollo7202]

:)) ..TraxXoNe :)))

[@bernard637]

i feel like ruf dig could be great but everything i hear from him is just meh