EP Review: BRTSH KNIGHTS “If I Was To”

by Irene Lo

BRTSH KNIGHTS, under the London-based record label Technicolour, has released his If I Was To E.P. and if you’re into house or trance music, it’s worth a listen. “If I Was To” is a dance track likely found on Youtube EDM channels with videos of filtered stock photos of a girl’s back as she stands in the ocean. Working a dirty mid-tempo beat, you’ll be dancing white girl drunk or soberly nodding and swaying because you dig it but you’re going to be blasé about it.

So if “If I Was To” is what comes on before the dance anthem that everyone knows then “Hazed” is the break from the grind. A slower tune, male vocals sing about how a girl has got him hazed again. In contrast to the first track featuring female vocals asking the eternal question of reciprocity – if you know what I mean – “Hazed” is a mellow, more introspective turn. What sounds like a trance-inducing track the faux horn drops by during the hook and fittingly closes the tune with instrumental flourish.

BRTSH KNIGHTS gives in his If I Was To E.P. tracks with distinct vibes to groove to whether on a night out or on the bus ride home.