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2econd Class Citizen found his way onto a forward thinking label, Equinox Records out of Berlin (where else?). They says it’s “a hybrid of electronically produced folk combined with instrumental hip hop”. A sort of folk version of Joe Driscoll with some Ninja Tune sampling experts (Amon Tobin, DJ Food, etc) thrown in?

The lead track, ‘Wishing Well’and the ‘The Way I Feel’ are the strongest tracks with a darkly twisted Radio 2 vibe about them, particularly ‘The Way I Feel’. The dreamlike ‘Omnipresent’ could have been equally influenced by Tobin, Tunng and Oldfield (now, that’s what I call a supergroup?)

On the b-side, ‘Angelic Soul’ is mainly a gentle acoustic guitar piece with some melancholic vocals. The drums aren’t big enough for hip hop head nodding and while ‘A New World’ is in a similar style, the mix of elements of emo and Blue Room Balearica make it that bit different.

If that’s not enough, the Wyred Remix of ‘Wishing Well’ gets your rocks on baby!

An album is promised and even a live band. You’d think that would be hard to achieve with live instruments and sample based software but anything seems possible these days. The 12” is a follow up to the very limited edition his ‘Divided Reality’ and with a growing reputation, Definitely one to keep an eye on.

Reviewed: 2econd Class Citizen — Wyred Folk EP (Equinox Records) Cat. No. eqx-009) Release date: 5th March, 2007
A1. Wishing Well (3:21)
A2. The Way I Feel (3:52)
A3. Omnipresent (4:41)
B1 Angelic Soul (4:41)
B2 A New World (07 Rework) (4:03)
B3 Wishing Well (Wyred Remix) (4:59)

Links:
www.myspace.com/2econdclasscitizen
www.myspace.com/equinoxrecords
www.exquinoxrecords.com
The release is distributed via Kudos Records (www.kudosrecords.co.uk) and Hausmusik (www.hausmusik.com)