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Fred again.., CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso “Beto’s Horns” (Fred Remix)

Almost every time I’ve heard something amazing and wondered what it was over the past few five months, it’s turned out to be Fred Again.

The first half dozen times I heard “Beto’s Horns” was at the gym, where I couldn’t Shazam the music and just had to wonder what was going on with this insane track with the frantic Latin rapping, the blaring Basement Jaxx-y horn riff, the monstrous dubstep drop? The one that speeds up like a panic attack but then unexpectedly spins off into a digital rhumba tangent? The weirdest, most viscerally exciting, most volatile track I’ve heard in a while? I had to know.

I’ve paid some attention to Fred Again in the past, but wasn’t keeping up. As it turns out, over the past year he’s evolved. He’s been rapidly accumulating top-tier tracks. He’s become one of the best artists working today.

What I hear in Fred Again is a mastery of the full vocabulary of electronic music – dubstep, drum and bass, garage and grime, drill, IDM, you name it – plus signature moves pulled from masters like Four Tet, Basement Jaxx, Aphex Twin, Burial, Underworld, Skrillex, and so on. His tracks are energetic and restless, often mixing and matching ideas from all over the map. He’s become very good at making rap records that maximize the energy and impact of the rhyming. He’s got excellent and arty taste, but he’s also clearly driven by a desire to get people excited. He’s in the zone and I want more.

Buy it from Amazon.