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Artist: Iyah One feat. Willi Williams Cover scan:
Title: Throw Down Your Arms
Label: Shiloh-Ites
Catalogue Number: ITES 004
Format: 12"
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Result: Meditative style
Review date: 2008-07-16
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A new 12" is out for a short while on the Swedish Shiloh-Ites label. After having brought us some truly heavy stepping tunes, they decided that it is time now for a different style. Therefore, Iyah One produced a very meditative one drop riddim, going straight into your veins, making you shake your body in slowmotion from left to right and up and down. I haven't tried it out but I suppose this 12" + herbs = doublesquaretwo ;)

Willi Williams delivers one crucial piece of vocal work here on his "Throw Down Your Arms". It totally reminds me of some religious canons/chants we used to sing in school as kids and which always led to special "vibes" in the classroom. Does anyone know what I mean? These songs were not particularly good but they had something "special" which caused everyone to be into it, even if you were not religious or musical at all. Well, as I said, this song has the same kind of vibe. That's why I call it "meditative" because it's the only adjective I could come up with now.

Apart from the vocal cut, there are three more versions available. First, the version which adds some crusty percussions and a smooth flute vibration. On the flip side, we have a melodica cut on which the riddim itself seems to be put much to the back of the sound and another version, the harderwise so to say with an extensive introduction and heavy focussing on the riddim section, just as we would wish a good version to sound. Nice one.

All in all, another strong release from Europe's North and another Dub Flash recommendation. For more information, check out www.myspace.com/shilohites.

P. S. Thanks to my friend Timo from Intergalaktik Sound who gave me this record as a present. Just so. :) Much appreciated!