Just a couple of tracks reviewed for the weekend.
KLC Ft. Michelle - Sleeping Satelittle (About Blank Remix) - Overall Score 6/10
This slow burning trance track is great for opening a laid back set, the vocal is reasonably different from the original and some digital editing helps change the rhythm. This almost minimal track pushes along nicely with a bouncy bassline and gentle sounds. The track never really goes anywhere but that is part of the beauty of it!
Stripwalker - Wackjob (Thomas Penton Remix) - Overall Score 6/10
Another slow building track that is probably closer to progressive house with an electro sound. The track builds on a solid bassline that just screams funk and a plucky synth creating the groove leaving you nodding along without relalising. The little breaks and fills work well throughout the track and provide just enough variation to another quite simple song. I think Wackjob could do with a little rework just to make it truely outstanding, the energy levels don't really seem to pick up enough for me, but again it would fit in well with a laid back approach to a mix.
Kryztow de Fier - Industry (Original Mix) - Overall Score 8/10
This track is a real trance monster. The huge drop at the beginning alone makes it usuable in just about any set and any time (as long as the tempo is about right). Industry eases out of this break with a solid beat and things build up at a slow but rewarding rate. The bubbling synth in the background just keeps hammering away in the background as the track shifts the main parts in and out well, with the drums being so unpredicable at times you don't know if the track is going to explode and rock the place or just stop! The simple approach to arrangement leaves the big break to do most of the work in the track with a subtle backbeat keeping things ticking over until the main beat creeps back. It is the small details that make this track worthy of a decent score, good production, nice flow and enough balls to make anyone pay attention when the 2nd half of the track comes to light.... enough said - you will just need to try and listen to this unique track.
Another track which is slower and pretty damn funky too, this one sits somewhere between house and trance. The funk bass and classic 80's stabs, which have been revamped of course, all add to the appeal of this mix. Sitting at 130BPM it is a measured affair with plently of tension and the release to go with it. The simple nature of track is what leaves enough room for the big stabs, big bass line and dubby fx sit well together. All of which helps deliver a song which is quite a surprise package.
That's it for this weekend! I hope you get a chance to listen to some of these tunes during the weekend and if you do get lucky then I would love to hear your comments too!
KLC Ft. Michelle - Sleeping Satelittle (About Blank Remix) - Overall Score 6/10
This slow burning trance track is great for opening a laid back set, the vocal is reasonably different from the original and some digital editing helps change the rhythm. This almost minimal track pushes along nicely with a bouncy bassline and gentle sounds. The track never really goes anywhere but that is part of the beauty of it!
Stripwalker - Wackjob (Thomas Penton Remix) - Overall Score 6/10
Another slow building track that is probably closer to progressive house with an electro sound. The track builds on a solid bassline that just screams funk and a plucky synth creating the groove leaving you nodding along without relalising. The little breaks and fills work well throughout the track and provide just enough variation to another quite simple song. I think Wackjob could do with a little rework just to make it truely outstanding, the energy levels don't really seem to pick up enough for me, but again it would fit in well with a laid back approach to a mix.
Kryztow de Fier - Industry (Original Mix) - Overall Score 8/10
This track is a real trance monster. The huge drop at the beginning alone makes it usuable in just about any set and any time (as long as the tempo is about right). Industry eases out of this break with a solid beat and things build up at a slow but rewarding rate. The bubbling synth in the background just keeps hammering away in the background as the track shifts the main parts in and out well, with the drums being so unpredicable at times you don't know if the track is going to explode and rock the place or just stop! The simple approach to arrangement leaves the big break to do most of the work in the track with a subtle backbeat keeping things ticking over until the main beat creeps back. It is the small details that make this track worthy of a decent score, good production, nice flow and enough balls to make anyone pay attention when the 2nd half of the track comes to light.... enough said - you will just need to try and listen to this unique track.
Top Track
Sami Saari - Sweet (Deck Jagger Remix) - Overall Score 9/10Another track which is slower and pretty damn funky too, this one sits somewhere between house and trance. The funk bass and classic 80's stabs, which have been revamped of course, all add to the appeal of this mix. Sitting at 130BPM it is a measured affair with plently of tension and the release to go with it. The simple nature of track is what leaves enough room for the big stabs, big bass line and dubby fx sit well together. All of which helps deliver a song which is quite a surprise package.
That's it for this weekend! I hope you get a chance to listen to some of these tunes during the weekend and if you do get lucky then I would love to hear your comments too!
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