30 Jun 2013

Right Here (Hot Since 82 Remix) - Rudimental

Hot Since 82 aka Leeds boy Daley Padley gives Rudimental's 'Right Here' a serious reworking lending it his trademark dark and mysterious deep house feel with one of those large builds and drops that make the crowd go ooossshhhh.

25 Jun 2013

True ft. Yasmin - Drums of Death


Another Black Butter beauty, London based producer Colin Bailey has smashed it with this infectious, sexy, summer house track flavoured with Yasmin's R&B-esque vocals. One for the charts and the underground alike.

19 Jun 2013

Everything ft. Karin Park (Blond:ish Remix) - Maya Jane Coles


Canadian gal pals Anastacia and Vivie-Ann aka Blond:ish have turned Maya Jane Coles' 'Everything' from her debut album Comfort into a darker, moodier, more enigmatic edit.

16 Jun 2013

Shadow Child


Shadow Child, real name Simon Neale, has been dominating alotta air time on my ipod recently. Having moved on from 'Dave Spoon' to break the creative boundaries associated with the name, Shadow Child's bass heavy tech house has been tearing up dancefloors all over the shop. This new project burst on the scene with the Dirtybird release 'String Thing' in early 2012 and has gone on to prove the change of name was no mistake. The uplifting trademark sound born of Shadow Child is instantly recognisable and annoyingly infectious in tracks like '23' feat. Tymer, his remix of 'Annie's Song' and obviously the huge Hot Natured remix of 'Reverse Skydiving'. Most recently and possibly my favourite to date is the euphoric remix of Movement's 'Feel Real' with stripped down and seductive vocals complemented perfectly with the aforementioned distinguishable, deep bassline which has cemented him in the proud place of my new obsession. I salute you Shadow Child/Simon/Dave.

15 Jun 2013

No Diggity (Bondax Edit) - Blackstreet

Bondax have done it again with this rework of Blackstreet's notorious anthem 'No Diggity' giving it the house treatment with a funky beat, heavier bass and cosmic synths.

14 Jun 2013

On & On (TCTS Remix) - Snakehips


Hailing from Manchester, Sam O'Neill aka TCTS first caught my attention, and that of a plethora of Radio 1 DJs, at the end of 2012 with his old school, bassy and highly infectious house track '1997' which dropped on Bondax's JustUs label. Since then I've come to covet anything produced by this seriously talented Northerner, particularly appreciating his penchant for soulful and catchy vocal samples. Most recently his remix of London duo Snakehip's synthy, silky and soulful 'On & On' has been stuck on repeat for days. Whilst the original is a beaut by itself, TCTS ups the tempo, chops up the vocals and lends it a funkier, housier feel.

4 Jun 2013

Fucked Up (Huxley Remix) - Joel Compass


Huxley aka Michael Dodman first saw success as a young garage producer but has been making waves on the house scene in the past couple of years after a shift to heftier, bassy house music. Here he remixes Black Butter's new boy Joel Compass stamping it with his UK garage influenced house vibes and using those unbelievably hooky vocals.

2 Jun 2013

Dusky


Oh godddddddddd I actually can't get enough of London based Alfie Granger-Howell and Nick Harriman with their bass-heavy, ambient, soulful, jackin deep house grooves. It began for me with their remix of Justin Martin's 'Don't Go' and continued with an unhealthy obsession with the vocal-heavy and atmospheric 'Nobody Else' on Will Saul's label Aus. Along came a string of addictive, chunky house tracks such as 'Vanishing Point' and 'Truth Capital T' and then, they brought out the big guns with their remix of Close (aka Will Saul's) 'My Way'. In true Dusky style, the boys add an incomprehensible amount of depth to this already stellar track making it more dance-floor friendly with heavier and more hypnotic instrumentation.