“Ready To Freak” lends it’s title to Soul Clap‘s next single and Soul Clap’s summer tour. This is a record that has obviously been kept in reserve for a minute, and it’s primed for massive impact.
It’s been 26 years since Kathy Brown made her dance music debut and she’s at the height of her powers. Her vocal on Soul Clap’s “Ready To Freak” has a nasty bite to it and every note – every single one from the opening salvo to a devastating climax – seems to originate deep in her heart and travels without wires or by intermediary to yours.
The Disco Mix brings to mind the exhilarating, plastic sound of The Pointer Sisters’ “Happiness” with a seriously dark, druggy dub mix as a companion. Lonely C‘s “Electronique” mixes have a stuttering, syncopated pulse that are fun as hell to play around with on a turntable. Subtracting the vocal might be criminal but the Disco Instrumental does a convincing job pleading its case, with a big square bassline and a sleazy swagger that seems destined to sound out from the rooftops this summer.
Soul Clap ft. Kathy Brown: Ready to Freak / Soul Clap Records
1. Soul Clap ft. Kathy Brown: Ready To Freak (Disco Mix)
2. Soul Clap ft. Kathy Brown: Ready To Freak (Disco Dub)
3. Soul Clap ft. Kathy Brown: Ready To Freak (Acapella)
4. Soul Clap ft. Kathy Brown: Ready To Freak (Lonely C’s Club Electronique)
5. Soul Clap ft. Kathy Brown: Ready To Freak (Lonely C’s Dub Electronique)
6. Soul Clap ft. Kathy Brown: Ready To Freak (Disco Instrumental)
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