Listen to Cooly Gs album stream
Merrisa Campbell has been assiduously doing things her own way for more than half a decade. Signed to the UKs auteur-ish bass label Hyperdub after being spotted distributing her own home-made CDs, she made music as Cooly G across a handful of genres; from UK funky to jungle and styles in between. Her second album sees her largely settled: on a style, bass-driven hip hop; and a lyrical theme, lust. That doesnt mean Campbells music has lost any of its stridency, as Wait Til Night follows one urgent act of seduction with another, all stripped down to the bare boning. A random selection of song titles - Your Sex, Wants, So Deep - should give you the idea. Meanwhile, in the background, bass rumbles, beats pulse and chord patterns stab relentlessly. Wait Til Night bears comparison with FKA Twigss debut of this summer, but its blunter, more direct, clearer in its aims.
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by Paul MacInnes via Electronic music | The Guardian
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