Imagine a situation where the riot police in every continent join forces, get tooled up and simultaneously advance on a freak invasion of alien space ants. Then close your eyes and listen to Congorock and Nom De Strîp’s ‘Minerals’. For sure there’s menace in these beats, there’s napalm in the soaring synths and effects whilst the top end beats stop just short of committing relentless pintack hari-kiri in your inner ear. It all feels a bit Lil Louis ‘French Kiss’ in places but that just adds to the general balls-out, unashamed grandeur of it all. This achievement aside, a few words to the dj wise … Even though you may want to, do not under any circumstances play this a) in a small back room or bar b) before 3am or c) pitched up to undanceable-bpm before the guest dj arrives. Buy it and you’ll know that it’s exactly THAT kind of record.
