LK (Carolina Carol Bela)

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"LK (Carolina Carol Bela)"
Single by DJ Marky & XRS ft. Stamina MC
Released2002 (2002)
Songwriter(s) DJ Marky, XRS, and Stamina MC
Producer(s) DJ Marky and XRS

"LK (Carolina Carol Bela)", sometimes referred to as "It's the Way", is a 2002 drum and bass song by DJ Marky, XRS, and Stamina MC which reached No. 17 on the UK Singles Chart. It has been described as "seminal" by NME , and samples Toquinho & Jorge Ben's "Carolina Carol Bela". Piri & Tommy have performed it in concert.

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DJ Marky version

"LK" was produced in 2002 [1] in XRS's studio [2] after DJ Marky gave up on recreating the sound of Ed Rush and Optical's "Wormhole". [3] "LK" was originally an instrumental, and samples vocals and guitar from Toquinho and Jorge Ben's "Carolina Carol Bela", [2] the B-side [1] of "Que Maravilha". [4] The song's title, "LK", is a truncated form of "Liquid Kitchen", an epithet given to the song by DJ Marky after coming back from XRS's studio and walking in on his mother washing up. [2]

After a tour in Brazil, DJ Marky returned to the United Kingdom to find himself inundated with requests to play "It's the Way", a title based on what Stamina MC had been freestyling over the record. [2] Not knowing what they meant, he wondered whether they meant DJ Tactix's 1994 jungle track of the same name; after finding that crowds were singing Stamina MC's lyrics at performances, Stamina MC was brought into the studio to record an official vocal. [1] This version was playlisted by BBC Radio 1, [2] charted at No. 17 on the UK Singles Chart, [5] and was performed on Top of the Pops . [6] The track was played in the United States, which caught the attention of Jorge Ben's son Gabriel; the question of paying royalties for sampling "Carolina Carol Bela" was resolved when Toquinho approved of the sample. [1] The track has been described as "seminal" by NME . [7]

Piri & Tommy version

Piri & Tommy have performed the song in concert; NME thought their cover a particular highlight of their performance at Reading and Leeds Festival in 2022, describing their rendition as "bouncy", and noted that observing "a rabble of enthusiastic teens flailing to a drum'n'bass classic released years before they were born proves that the old can still very much be gold". [7]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "MARKY & XRS 'LK'". DJ Mag. 3 January 2013. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  3. ↑ "DJ Marky: "The UK is my second home"". Lyte.com . Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  4. ↑ "Iconic | DJ Marky & XRS ft. Stamina MC - LK 'Carolina Carol Bela' [V Recordings]". Alataj.com.br. 20 August 2020. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  5. ↑ "DJ MARKY AND XRS FEAT. STAMINA MC". The Official Charts Company . Retrieved 22 May 2023.
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