Wednesday 20 November 2019

Dr Trippy 'All Cows Eat Grass' Review







Artist: Dr Trippy



Title: All Cows Eat Grass



Label: Disco Gecko Records



Released: 22nd November









Dr Trippy releases another five tracks of his unique mash up of bhangra, dub reggae and breaks that he calls Punjabi Swamp. On this occasion he strays even further incorporating elements of progressive chill, balkan beats, Russian rapping and Industrial percussion.


The intro to the opening track ‘Kali Hari’ sounds like an early voyage into experimental electronics. However, it doesn’t take long before a dose of eastern flavoured synth is prescribed, alongside gated vocal fx and raggamuffin verses. Whilst the intro to ‘Delysid Dub’ sounds more progressive those familiar reggae keys soon ascend and there’s plenty of dancehall vocal snippets and dub fx peppered throughout.


The reggae vocal sample kicks off ‘Willow’ he then throws in the Indian female vocal amidst a shufflin ska rhythm, horns and eastern flavoured passages. This is followed by ‘Ragga Reel’ where I found myself drawn to the concoction of acid, reggae, Balkan volin and Indian vocal snippets. Last but not least is ‘Swamp Life’ where the intro is more elongated and dark. However, it eventually leads to bamboo flutes, a touch more acid and those expected vocal snippets.


Reviewed by Woodzee


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