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The 2 Bears - The Night is Young

Review by Jamie Prisk

A joy from beginning to end.»

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Two years ago The 2 Bears dropped a debut album that re-invigorated a genre and gathered music fans in the open embrace of house music. Now they return with the second installment 'The Night Is Young', the eagerly awaited follow up released on Southern Fried. Where debut smash 'Be Strong' was rooted in their love for London, 'The Night Is Young' takes on a more global vision. With a love for their home city still at its heart, the album pulls influences and experiences from across the world of dance music, drawing deeply from their trip to Africa last summer. As part of a project for Brixton based youth magazine Live, the duo played shows in Cape Town and Johannesburg and spent time recording in a studio run by BLKJKS's Tsepang Ramoba. The lead vocals for Son Of The Sun were recorded there with a young singer called Sbusiso and Kwaito legend Senyaka, who also added his vocal to lead single 'Angel (Touch Me)'. Speeding through multiple genres, often condensed into single tracks, 'The Night Is Young' lifts The 2 Bear's famed, eclectic DJ sets to higher realms, shifting the imperative to lose both body and mind distinctly up a gear.
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