Audio Bullys

When "We Don't Care" was released ahead of their 2003 debut, it presented the aptly named Audio Bullys' manifesto: musical boundaries are there to be breached. The loud, cocky yobs offer a lad-house sound that incorporates dub, hip-hop and garage, with messy distorted beats and bass. The resultant sound resembles the Stereo MC's drunk in a pub with Basement Jaxx.

The name is apt: with the bruising, serrated rave riffs of "Ego War" and the mutant electro
of "We Don't Care," Audio Bullys split the difference between big-beat bombast and
exuberant house grooves. West Londoners Simon Franks and Tom Dinsdale clinch the deal
with their combination of blokey MC banter and schoolyard singsong raps -- they sound
both hard and chummy. You'll be reminded of the Streets, of course. But there... More >