What happens when a jazz-loving time traveler crash-lands in a Berlin rave? You get Bbop’s “Charleston (Hyper Swing Flip),” a turbo-charged reimagining of the 1920s classic that puts more swing in your step than a jitterbug on double espresso.
With brass that blares like it just broke out of a speakeasy, and a beat that gallops like it’s late for a bass drop, this track doesn’t just nod to the Roaring Twenties—it hands them a Red Bull and tosses them into a strobe-lit warehouse. The tempo is unapologetically frantic, but gloriously so, with Hypertechno rhythms slamming into vintage swing like Gatsby got a hold of a drum machine.
Bbop, who hails from Berlin (where techno is basically a birthright), fuses his classical piano chops and jazz background with club-ready sensibilities. And then—because why not—he sprinkles in some Arabic flourishes and calls it ‘Future Swing.’ You’ve got to admire the chaos.
This isn’t your grandma’s Charleston—unless your grandma moonlights as a DJ. It’s as if Duke Ellington and Daft Punk went out for schnapps and made a track. Whether you’re lindy hopping or fist-pumping, this one’s guaranteed to confuse your feet in the best possible way.
In short: Bbop didn’t flip the Charleston. He sent it into hyperspace.
Review by Thomas Imposter