GIRL UNIT – “WUT” EP REVIEW
Philip Gamble a.k.a Girl Unit has been causing quite a stir this year. The 24 year old English DJ and producer is part of the club music label Night Slugs which boasts acts such as L-Vis 1990, Bok Bok and American producer Kingdom. Alas it’s no surprise that one of the main influences on Girl Unit’s production is one which from Kingdom’s native isle. In April of this year Girl Unit released his debut EP entitled “I.R.L” with the title track being well received in the underground and being labelled as “the future” by Chicago Juke music producer DJ RASHAD.
For those not in the know Juke is an offspring genre of Ghetto House (a form of Chicago House music) which usually has a template of 808 bass drums, synthesizers and drum claps with a looping vocal. Another characteristic of this music genre is the importance of “footwork” which itself is an energetic and unrelenting dance bred out of the Chicago ghetto to the 150-160 BPM spectrum.
Monday the 25th of October saw the unintended release of Girl Unit’s Wut EP. The title track “Wut” has generated anticipation and acclaim for it’s slabs of slow drum claps, large sub bass and rhythmic female vocal. “Every Time” follows the same template with anthem like organs and a rolling kick snare to keep proceedings afloat on the club dancefloor. Lastly, “Showstoppa”, the synth arpeggio and Hey vocal take centre stage amidst the brass instrumental and football referee like whistles signalling another half of juke inspired play is upon us. This track wouldn’t sound too dissimilar to current Rap if the Teflon Don laid a verse or two.
If your intrigued and warrant more ‘four to the floor’ action have a listen to GIRL UNIT on www.myspace.com/girl_unit