Hint – Crash and Burn ft Natalie Storm / Aliens Enter ft T-Fly – Out Today!

Crash and Burn ft Natalie Storm / Aliens Enter ft T-Fly [10": 30-01-12] by Hint

This limited edition 10” single is a tasty upfront treat for the vinyl junkies, preceding the digital single release by five weeks; the AA-side “Aliens Enter” featuring T-Fly is exclusive to the vinyl version, and will not be made available digitally at all until the album drops on 19th March.

‘Crash And Burn’ featuring Natalie Storm is a take on current UK house music, mixed with Jamaican dancehall. Catchy yet intense, it is undeniably a pretty heavy party tune, but through the serious and thought-provoking lyrics, which address injustices in the World, the Jamaican vocalist proves that not every club banger has to be all about partying. A very early leak, to a handful of tastemakers, has been met with immense support, with confirmed radio play from DJs including Rob da Bank on BBC Radio 1.

‘Aliens Enter’ feat. T-Fly grew from a killer beat that Hint had made but could not pinpoint the right vocalist to do it justice; that is, until Tru Thoughts A&R Robert Luis came back from SXSW raving about a young female MC he’d seen performing there in a showcase for the Austin Hip Hop Cipher, a charitable community project that helps young performers explore and express their musical talents. As soon as T-Fly started rapping at that show, the buzz was so intense that everyone whipped out their phones and cameras to film this extraordinary talent, and Luis – knowing that Hint was looking for someone to perfect this track – felt that frisson more than most. Hint says of the teenaged MC: “T-Fly really picked up on the more “far out” elements of the beat. It’s off-key and peculiar. You feel that she gets really caught up in performing and I think that’s what the track is about – music as something supernatural.”