RE-REVIEW :: DJ KENTARO - ENTER

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Category: ROVING Music

I can never decide if Ninja Tunes is a good label or not.

Over the years they've hosted one hell of a rosta of talent including the likes of Squarepusher, Luke Vibert and Amon Tobin. However, I also have the idea they sometimes try a little too hard to be hip, groovy, worldly and credible at the expense of putting out good pop pop pop music....

I mean, why in the hell have owners Coldcut ignored reissues of their early classic hits like The Only Way Is Up & Doctorin The House in favour of very average releases by white boy jazz boys and iffy UK hip hop artistes of no real worth??

Is it contractual or just hard cool??

Flim flam aside, the only true way to judge a label is on it's musical output and at least 40% of Ninjas has been worth the time and effort to source and this long player from DJ Kentaro fits this 40pc...

If you're unfamiliar, DJ Kentaro is one of these proper DJs. Someone who probably sleeps with the pair of gold plated 1210s he won as DMC Champion of the World in 2002. Basically, this man can work sound and play the decks like the instrument they are, and on this record, he fully demonstrates his deck skills without insisting on Kleenex..

What I mean is that this LP isn't the DJ equivalent of Chrsitiano Ronaldos endless stepovers and monkey tricks that so many dedicated deckers are - it's a clever record that runs and jumps around with aplomb and ease..

Basically...

'Enter' Minces styles like Julien Clarey minces his legs.

'Enter' flicks about all over the place and Kentaro makes these leaps so smoothly you almost don't notice you've left the ground...

But this isn't all.

The highlight of this is the quality and fatness of the BASS that pervades more or less every track.

Yes boss, DJ Kentaro has produced a SUPER BIG BASS HEAVY record that has thump and drive, and each time i've played it, I've felt the need to throw a few things off the balcony, box my ears stupid and creep that volume up a notch higher and then another notch until I can feel it and the crockery starts to vibrate into a big hole...

So...

DJ Kentaros 'Enter' should be bought and loved by all.

Currently listening : Messe Pour Le Temps Présent By Pierre Henry Release date: By 15 July, 1999

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