Miss Jane is the only girl anyone can ever need
Mary, as her friends call her, is willing provide any interested man - or woman - attention, joy, and a good meal when the time calls for it. The services rendered by Mary Jane are ultimately more fruitful than what white girl is able to conjure.
No, not the ice-box from down-under, the other dangerous white girl.
Some advice is timeless. It was all the way back in 1987 that a certain British reggae singer sang "Do not sniff coke, only smoke the sensimilla." And where it is directed at a prize fighter or the average music fan, these words still apply in 2015. But as catchy as Pato Banton's hit record was, it was far from his best. The man's best work came under duress. Only after being captured, and recaptured, by a Professor most mad did Banton pure release dub gold.
While an echo chamber prophet DJ Edyl0x is not, does appear to be "Jamaikano" part of his name.
A third remix artist, a third beat-maker, and a third hair-style innovator, Edyl0x has an undeniable split-personality. Appropriately, then, the man behind PANAME Beats has multiple residences. Located south of the River Tejo, about twenty fives miles outside of Lisbon, real name Edmilson, creates mid-tempo afro-house tracks from Vale de Amoreira. Jamaikano's melodies are smooth, extensive; but never crowded. After all, the very talented Mr. Edyl0x is basic by any means. Vocals are rarely heard on an these tracks. Traditional instruments, not unlike accordion, though, have been known to appear. Simultaneously based out of Juvisy-sur-Orgre - about 11 miles south-east of Paris - Edyl0x is willing to forgo a four to the four bass and EDM stylings for a deep groove and guitar; or perhaps xylophone and diverse percussion. Also a frequent collaborator with Black 'n' Power Beats, most captivating is the man's apparent love for funana.
On his first track of 2015, though, Edyl0x has released a track in a familiar form with a familiar character.
What follows is a fast, aggressive, and synth-heavy batuco; a dupla with none other than the Dance Mamba himself, Dj LyCoOx. Composed in a collaborative style, "Batucada" begins after four bars of introduction. The sound of synths sounds off like sirens before the beat - heavily indebted to kuduro, much like the bassline - kicks in. Beyond interchangeable kick/hi-hat and kick/snare rhythms, the batuco percussion syncopates on the eighth notes. Results are electric. Rare xocal samples hype the track's energy, providing subtle syncopation later on, but to great effect. It is the manner in which Edyl0x alters a brief, four-beat synth melody throughout his two extended portions, however that merits applause For his part, LyCoOx might as well bulk "Batucada" with an uncut inject of clenbuterol. On a mere 8-bars, divided into two sections, LyCoOx first recklessly incorporates a slew on harmonic synths only to obliterate the beat with a high pitched synth.
The result is a track that not only begins 2015 with a solid foundation, but it sure to make Mary's friends very wealthy.
- John Noggle
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