EP Review

Ctrl Z vs The Freestylers – Ruffneck '09 feat. NavigatorCtrl Z vs The Freestylers – Ruffneck '09 feat. Navigator

So we've got the track and then 6 remixes. Great. Firstly, the track itself.

Starting with the overused speech sample from somewhere that usually implies something mental is about to happen, the song is, well it's alright but it sounds like everything else in this genre. If you like Pendulum, then you're going to like this. There's no question about it. They're a bit different, but oh so similar in oh so many ways. It doesn't have that one sound that all Pendulum songs use, it's got a mix. A very 90s quirky bassline, a bit of wib-wob and some twittering bleeps, Pendulums vocal style and melody. But rest assured, it was made to make a big room of people bounce up and down, and there's no denying it's going to do that.

Now onto the remixes. I'm going to flit through because I don't want to hear what is essentially the same song six more times. So, we've got Excision & Datsik's remix, which is vaguely based around the same song but is essentially an excuse to make another dubstep song that sounds like everything else. The High Rankin Remix is a bit more upbeat rudeboy, while Pirate Soundsystem's take is a bit wob-wob-dub but no where near s intense as the first remix. The RacknRuin remix is
repetative and after six minutes of that drum beat you actually want to do. But it could be faded in and out of a club room near you – not that you'd know it wasn't any other song. There's the instrumental remix, speaking for itself, and the radio edit, which once again, you don't to know about.

So, boom. We've got another song to add to the Walkabout playlist.

4/5

Review by Thom
 Band Members
Ctrl Z - Band
Dj Dash
Dj Inch
 Track Listing
1. Ruffneck 09
 Band Related Links
Ctrl Z Myspace
 Review Score Code
- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
- What Was That?