Thursday, June 3, 2010
Yolanda, I thought you said you were gonna be cool
Despite the awesomely obscure Pulp Fiction reference in their name, Australian duo Yolanda Be Cool has always flown just a little bit below my radar. I've seen their name and tracks floating around on a lot of blogs, but the only song of theirs I had really listened to until recently was Douster's bouncy remix of "Afronuts." But between endorsements from big name artists, such as Drop the Lime and Sinden, and their hot new collaboration with DCUP called "We No Speak Americano," they've become one of my new favorite artists. On this track they plant themselves firmly in the realm of gypsy-dance (which Brandon and I clearly love) with some of the best horn sampling I've heard to date. I'm curious as to whether the samples in all of these Balkan-inspired tracks are pulled from older recordings or if they're studio-produced for the artists. Either way, Yolanda Be Cool and DCUP have crafted a blue-ribbon track that I'll be bouncing along to for the rest of the summer. Also give a listen to Urchins' great reworking of the track - it's a little more uptempo and they chopped the horn sample in a way that gives the song overall a lot more driving energy.
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