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school rave flavours and it looks like the
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through some early-’90s vintage vinyl John Dahlbäck & The Muthafunkaz
again if these big piano driven chords ATFC feat Sheila Ford &
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and epic vocal parts from Deborah Cox Bon Bon Biblical Jones
are anything to go by. This being 2009, Defected Galaxy
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electronic grooves but don’t be fooled, but no great surprises in Spen’s Muthafunkaz get
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‘Leave The World Behind’ is all about the outcome as Dahlbäck’s down to some serious
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the hooks. With the pedigree of those epic atmospherics and foot-stomping gospel house
involved and Dirty South mixes being commercially-edged hooks with Sheila Ford and the
touted, expect the multi-mix package to do battle with ATFC’s tough, gravel-voiced Biblical Jones.
follow soon. funky keys and rattling Expect big horns, pounding
beats. piano, funky bass and the
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Sandy Rivera & Haze typical Spen swing.
Deeper The Jinks feat
Mn2s Johnny Dangerous DBN feat Madita
Dynamite Muzik Asteroidz
Freak it ain’t — neither the hooks nor Jinks Inc Yoshitoshi
the edgy lyrical content are in the
house, leaving ‘Deeper’ sounding Johnny seems to have Sharam takes DBN’s
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somewhat understated in comparison turned into Haze here given somewhat cheesy but
Kris Menace
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or tame, if you want to be less kind. his clipped, slightly robotic strangely appealing original
Metropolis There is a ‘Freak Remix’ that apes its spoken word delivery, but he and applies a restrained
New State predecessor’s music, but taken on its does have a valid argument white noise percussion
own merits there’s still enough on offer that he pre-dated his Brit effect between Madita’s
If Menace was trying to make an elegant, subtly epic Ibizan anthem bursting to satisfy fans of Sandy’s more recent counterpart by at least a Bjork-flavoured vocals.
with flavours from his past tunes, it’s mission accomplished. ‘Metropolis’ sounds work, mainly to be found in the minimal, decade. Jinks eschew their D-Unity supplies the twitchy
like something you already know but can’t quite place, the hallmark of a track bouncing beats of the ‘KOT Remix’, a funky soulful thing for a underground beats.
destined for success. It’s nothing complicated; just a soft, lazy bassline and chewy groove that fits the transition tough and chunky electronic
gentle beats to match, but the keyboard hooks lift it high in both the ‘Night’ and from warm-up to peak-time. groove.
slightly different ‘Day’ versions and the melody sticks like glue. A selection of
mostly tougher and/or deeper mixes come from Joe and Will Ask, Serge Santiago Inaya Day & Ralf Gum
and Zoo Brazil, but in truth, this is a record that needs nothing added nor noth- Reap
ing taken away. Deep Sugar
Gum’s staunchly soulful underground
Martin East Project feat but it is a big, feel-good, Latin-infused stance meets Inaya’s commercial diva
Jared Douglas stomper with heavily modulated/EQed tendency in a happily successful give
Release keys, a cameo Spanish vocal, a funky- and take. Ralf’s main mix displays all
Kapa Music ass bassline and beats that can’t fail to his real music pedigree, but there’s
move your feet. Looks like Mr Salto’s a greater urgency fuelled by a classic
LA man Martin East’s main mix shares a influence has been all good. Is it time energetic soulful house vocal. Redsoul’s
little something with compatriot West for the Latin house revival yet? tougher vocal mix isn’t as successful due
Coaster Miguel Migs — a certain style of to a clash between vocals and produc-
relaxed groove, smooth approach and Manoo & François A tion, but the latter finds a more suitable
soulful inclinations with none of the Today Is Tomorrow medium in ‘Redsoul’s Peaking Dub’ and
RALF GUM GOGO MUSIC
clichés that permeate latter day soulful Buzzin’ Fly strikes a great balance of hooks and
house. Indeed, there’s something qui- tough, clubby beats that should find
01. ANDy CoMPToN FEAT KAFELE ‘Above The Sky (Ralf Gum Mix)’ GOGO
“Such a great song. It was big fun reworking this!”
etly haunting about the minimal, spacey It seems almost indecent to talk about favour across the board.
electronic production. Warmer vibes are this sort of cerebral sound in terms
02. JERK HouSE CoNNECTIoN ‘Each & Everyday (Rocco underground
Mix)’ Antho
to be had on the more musically inclined of a genre of music that’s more often Bart B More feat MC Flipside “Big remix by Rocco, who can’t do wrong it seems.”
‘Broken Beat Mix’, but back on the house than not about lost nights and wild So It Goes
03. HEATHER JoHNSoN ‘under My Skin (DJ Spen’s Mix)’ King Street
tip Mr V kicks up a swinging thing with weekends, but for all the deliberation, Toolroom
“Heather’s vocal is so sexy on this one and Spen’s mix is great as usual.”
nice strings and keys before Mike Sarkus sophistication and subtle layers it’s still 04. INAyA DAy & RALF GuM ‘Reap’ Deep Sugar Music
and Ralph Session get on down with the got a 4/4 kick and is made entirely from There’s just a little Crookers hint in the
“Always a pleasure to work with Inaya. Happy to see the release on Ultra Naté’s label.”
bassline dub. electronics. And you can dance to it, if all-out assault here as Bart hooks up
05. ALEx FINKIN & REvEREND P FEAT JoCELyN MATHIEu ‘Those
you really want to. ‘Today Is Tomorrow’ with rapper Flipside for a big squelchy,
Days Are Gone’ Vega
“Great classic tune, which will be in my case for a while.”
DJ Gregory & Gregor Salto grooves while ‘Souvenir’ glides, the jerky, warped groove that’s all bustling
06. RoBERTo DE CARLo FEAT JoSHuA ‘Never Forget’ GOGO Test
Push In The Bush latter enhanced by the elegance of some energy. Flipside’s calmly delivered “A big remix package soon to come featuring Jay-J, Dalminjo and myself.”
Defected delicate piano work. Super stuff. verses and shouty hook are pretty much
07. PEzzNER ‘valldemossa’ Freerange
restricted to the original mixes, the
“Freerange continue to put out great track after great track.”
Been waiting for Gregory to take a Axwell, Ingrosso, Angello & three mixes showing in various levels of 08. LADy ALMA ‘Running For Nothing (universal Sun Remix)’ Raw Fusion
break from his abstract tech doodling Laidback Luke bombastic dubbery. Chocolate Puma’s
“Not the newest track, but one I cannot stop playing.”
and go back to something a little more Leave The World Behind mix is all about jagged edges, Denis
09. RALF GuM FEAT DANIEL THoMAS ‘Higher High (original Disco
melodic? Your time has come. ‘Push Axtone Deman’s does the bassline rumble
Attack Mix)’ GOGO
“For all the disco and soul headz. This just rocked Germany’s Baltic Soul weekender.”
In The Bush’ — not at all similar to the and Double Depth ride the beats with
10. STIMMING ‘The Kiss’ Diynamic
disco chestnut of the same name — may Axwell has form when it comes to show- crisp hats and snares that hark back to “Stimming’s album is worth checking if you are into more nu-skool sounds.”
not be Gregory’s most refined record, ing no shame in busting out some old Armand Van Helden’s mid-’90s period.
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