While Sarah Palin first coined the term Mama Grizzlies in reference to her hope for a sloth of right-wing maternal units to protect the future wellbeing of their cubs (and indeed the future itself), UK bass producer Alfie MacGibbon (aka Graphics) could quite feasibly rewrite the definition beneath one of the English language's finer terms sure to remain ostracised from the OED with his track of the same name. It dropped today on Made To Play, and impressively juggles the low-end pulsations of early SBTRKT with way-out-warped vocal samples, distant glitters, and a menacing sense of rapture. Faint plinks of kalimba evoke an impression of a more coherent Konono Nº1, while vox reminiscent of Rooty-era Basement Jaxx lend a carnivalesque ambience to an obscenely strong effort.
