Cooly G: Playin' Me – review

(Hyperdub)On her Facebook page, Cooly D describes herself as "a semi-pro female footballer and UK house producer" and notes that her hometown is "Mars". You find the same mix of the nonchalant and extra-terrestrial all over her debut album. It frequently resembles a woman simultaneously exploring and exploding the history of British bass music. You hear fragments of lover's rock, dubstep, Soul II Soul, drum'n'bass, UK funky and Massive Attack's stoned melancholy: the end result sounds unearthl...

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