- Willie Burns' idiosyncratic house productions are rarely lacking in a sense of fun, but Unknown To The Unknown seems to bring out his party side. On his debut for the label, the chief attraction was "Woo Right," Burns' take on a wailing New York diva anthem. Here it's "I Wanna Love You," whose claustrophobic groove, low-bitrate vocal and relentless two-note bassline suggest something altogether cheaper and nastier. Which isn't to denigrate it one bit—it's a banger, particularly set alongside "Even If It Takes All Night," which recasts one of the track's refrains as a gorgeous after-hours zonk-out. Perhaps Burns is trying to show us what desire looks like from both ends of a long, long night. Or perhaps he's just hammering his E-mu SP12 until something good comes out.
Regardless, "Every Body Everybody" offers the best of both worlds: the boisterous ping-pong beat is aimed squarely at the rump, but the titular vocal sample is looped and filtered into a wash of sound suitable for small-hours hypnosis. It's a simple technique, but one with surprisingly euphoric effects. "Picking Up Promises," finally, is a heads-down workout, just to balance things out. In this age of technological abundance, the breadth of ideas Burns continues to wring from his simple tools is humbling.
Lista de sequência de músicasA1 I Wanna Love You
A2 Even If It Takes All Night
B1 Everybody Everybody
B2 Picking Up Promises