‘BLN’ is the most overtly commercial of the tracks on Blitz’n Ass, the follow up to the debut Pure Breed Mongrel of a couple of years ago.

The trio of Robert Koch, Sasha Perera and Oren Gerlitz are back with more of their Berlin style B-More dubstep hip hop electro-pop. And when I say ‘pop’, there’s a health warning as its more potty mouthed crunky pop but done with great style, like the dancefloor killer ‘Getyoshitout’. And their acerbic wit and cultural observation is still as sharp as on Pure Breed Mongrel with tracks like ‘BLN’, ‘Style’, ‘Gameboy’, ‘Double Barrel Name’ and ‘Takin’ Your Street’.

‘Takin’ Your Street’ is the only dirty beat track that links gentrification with skinny jeans cutting off blood supply to your feet!

Nobody is safe from their attack, even David Bellamy gets ridiculed on ‘High-Tech’ with guest M. Sayyid (he of Antipop Consortium) joining in (worth it for the line of “rhyming big words with infinity”). And again they get the help of one of our favourite knob twiddlers Stereotyp (you’ll recall his ‘Black Barbie’ remix) as he helps puts ‘Disposable’ in the re-cycling bin and another favourite, RQM contributes to ‘Flatline’.

These lot just don’t stop with ‘Chill Jill’ for the nu-ravers in the house and ‘Rainbow Coloured Rizzla’ is a track is more in their electro-reggae stylee. JA radio won’t be playing it as it has great lyrics that more than challenge any thoughts that the fight for gay rights pretty much won these days.

There’s an intermittent but extensive tour over the next few months to promote the CD (as below) and they’ll definitely worth the trip out to see.

Tour Details:
25 Jan 2008 TRANSMEDIALE @ MARIA, BLN, GERMANY
8 Feb 2008 BARZILAY, TEL AVIV, ISRAEL
14 Feb 2008 SUB CLUB. GLASGOW, SCOTLAND
15 Feb 2008 NOTION MAGAZINE PARTY @ CARGO, LONDON
16 Feb 2008 AFFRANCHI, MARSEILLE, FRANCE
23 Feb 2008 HÜHNERMANHATTEN, HALLE, GERMANY
8 Mar 2008 M4M FESTIVAL, ZURICH, SWITZERLAND

Hectic Mix nominations: ‘Rainbow Coloured Rizzla’, ‘Getyoshitout’, ‘High-Tech’, ‘Disposable’, ‘Flatline’

Reviewed: Jahcoozi — Bitz’n Ass
Tracklisting
1 BLN
2 Style
3 Gameboy
4 Double Barrel Name
5 Getyoshitout
6 Hands In Ya Pockets
7 High-Tech (with M. Sayyid)
8 Disposable — (with Stereotyp)
9 Takin’ Your Street
10 Flatline — (with R.Q.M.)
11 Party Hard — (with Autodrive)
12 Chill Jill
13 Rainbow Coloured Rizzla
14 Collagen
15 Sit & Chuckle

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