Wild Motherfuckers – B2BW Review

Posted by Ool on Jan 12, 2009 in Uncategorized | 11 comments

Now then. We are finally getting down to what we set this site up for in the first place. I hereby present you: our first review.

In this second major release of the year (don’t worry, we will get down to KC soon), Tatanka & Zatox team up for the third time as Wild Motherfuckers. This alias means hard, not-so-serious party tracks, and B2BW is no exception to that rule.

As usual with Italian releases, we find the same track on both A and B-side, in two different (?) mixes. First of all, let it be said that an unusual amount of effort has been put into the cover art. It looks professional and very pretty – bonus points there. Still, of course the contents are more important than the packaging, so let us take a listen.

The A-side contains the so-called Wild mix. After a generic percussion intro the tone of the track is set with the first vocal: go fucking wild! Certainly a good line to pick a dancefloor up. A couple bars later, however, Tat & Zat surprise us with the heaviest kicks since Yerba Diabolika. Each and every one of them feels like a massive blow to the face with a lead sledgehammer – an experience any hardstyle fan will find enjoyable. There’s not much to see here besides those kicks, however; they’re only accompanied by decent, but somewhat boring sliced vocals and some scratchy sounds.

The ‘break’ then, consists of the Born to be Wild sample the release is named after. Even though we’ve seen quite enough samples of pop songs by now, B2BW is supposed to be a simple party track and for that purpose, the sample does a wonderful job. And so do the vocals that follow it – “you expected a faggot melody right, but we’re hardcore yo, eat this!” …and then the intro comes back in, but this time without vocals. Which makes for a very empty climax that does not live up to the expectations the break creates.

24 bars into the climax, however, a small break takes us by surprise as suddenly, a melody comes up! Well, melody… an oldschool Italian synth playing just a few notes – but it takes the track right to that level you would expect from the break. It’s great, but I wonder… why did they not introduce that melody right after the break?

After another 24 bars the outro, which is as boring as the intro – again except for the kicks – comes in and we arrive at the end of the Wild mix.

Being the cool guys that they are, WMF have made it very easy to review the B-side, the Born mix. Basically the only thing that is different are the intro and outro kicks. It’s a change for the even better though; the kicks are still as heavy as can be but their somewhat higher pitch adds a load of driving, uplifting energy to them. These kicks make the track feel like somewhat more of a single whole, even though the structure is almost exactly the same as in the Wild mix.

All in all, both mixes of B2BW succeed in their goal – being really heavy party stompers. Still, Tat & Zat certainly left a few loose ends in both mixes. Both mixes which, according to that lame old Italian standard, hardly differ from each other. However, those face-melting, gut-ripping, chest-stomping kicks make up for it all. A worthwhile release.

Verdict: 75/100