RUFIGE KRU

Having blogged about Joey Beltram's 'Mentasm' being sampled endlessly in the days of rave and jungle, here's another thrilling use of it, from early days of Goldie's Rufige Kru.

Rufige Kru: Terminator 2


Currently putting together a 15 years of Metalheadz piece for ATM which is proving fascinating - as well as chatting to Goldie about 'Memoirs of an Afterlife', his new album under the Kru moniker. Given that Goldie' previous collaborators under the name have been Doc Scott, Dillinja, Optical and Rob Playfor of 2 Bad Mice/Moving Shadow fame, there's a certain amount to live up to for relative newbie Heist.

Heist: Quake


But he lives up to it here, their second album together, closer in spirit to the claustrophic, ever phasing and shifting soundscapes and warped, disorientating rhythmic violence of RK's early days than the smoother last album 'Malice In Wonderland'.

Check this clip from the LP for further evidence.
Rufige Kru: Sometime Sad Day


Incidentally, Storm from the Headz camp told me something I'd never previously heard, namely that Goldie was heavily inspired by Japan after she introduced them to him. I'd forgotten another of his early singles for Reinforced was called 'Ghosts of my Life'. It's remixed by Fabio on the flipside of the very first Metalheadz release, Doc Scott's 'Drumz VIP'


Japan: Ghosts


Rufige Kru: Ghosts of my Life


And blow me down if that isn't another mentasm.