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Early in June, Liverpool's Jesus Pablo, together with Polish DJ and producer Adam Brass stops over iRecords with the four-track release, "Jet Lag"! It's not actually the first time these guys have worked together for a release. Back in March, "Fashion People" by Jesus and Adam has hit the shelves courtesy of Draft and received remixes from Aartekt and Robot Needs Oil. This time around, "Jet Lag" garners remixes from Montreal-based deep house project, House Riders , French producer Kirby, and Swiss soundsmith Patrick Podage.
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It's all about lush chords, resonating pianos and the punchy percussion for the original mix of "Jet Lag". Not to mention, this original mix by Jesus Pablo and Adam Brass gives off this mind-levitating feel guided with some vocal hooks and some subtle rhodes. The first remix comes from House Riders with their remix dubbed as, "House Riders Montreal to Paris Remix". Taking on rather a more organic approach to "Jet Lag", the House Riders remix puts together some nice, simple, yet groovy brass leads to top things off.
Kirby's reinterpretation is aimed towards the darker dance-floors. With heavy kick drums in line, cowbells, deep vocals, and a massive chunk of gloomy atmospheric pads, this remix will definitely reach the main rooms in no time!
Last but definitely not the least is Patrick Podage's remix of "Jet Lag". Still pretty much, deep, groovy, while at the same time light on the ear. The best part in this remix is when the smooth rhodes join in and perfectly blend with the snappy, shuffling percussion.
Recommendation:
For the first few listens, our instant favorites were the original mix and the House Rider's remix, but upon further listening, the Kirby and the Patrick Podage remixes started to grow on us too, and made us realize that these too were something special.
Having said that, we recommend getting all four tunes from this release!
READ MORE - Jesus Pablo & Adam Brass- Jet Lag
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Tim Andresen, head honcho for the label "What Happens", is one of Denmark's successful deep and tech house talents. Aside from him being hailed as the "Best DJ" and "Most Popular Nordic DJ" in the Danish Club Awards, Tim Andresen's talent never failed to gain the support from the big guns in the industry including Pete Tong, Mark Knight, and Fatboy Slim, among others.
"Watcha Want"-- a three track release on Denmark-based deep house label, "DeepWit Recordings"-- marks Tim's debut on the label. Remixing duties fall onto the hands of DeepWit Recordings co-owner Alvaro Hylander, and Acryl Music label boss Da Funk !
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Coming in with a steady four-by-four groove, the original mix of "Watcha Want" puts forth nicely-balanced layers of silky-smooth atmosphere, delayed rhodes, and reverberated vocal snippets. The bass tightens up the groove as the kick-hat-clap interplay binds all the elements together. Simple and clean to the ear, this is "Watcha Want", the original mix, by Tim Andresen.
First up from the remixes is Da Funk's. Da Funk plays around with some Roland TR-909 drums and comes up with his remix dubbed as, "Da Funk's Fancy Some 909 Dub". Similar to the original mix, the Fancy 909 Dub still preserves that thin layered atmosphere as Da Funk patches up some stomping kicks and some acidic grinding bass for contrast.
Upon seeing Alvaro's name as a remixer, we immediately expected something lush and really deep, as to we getting used to the sound he has perfected. True enough, Alvaro Hylander throws in an in-your-face deep, groovy reinterpretation of "Watcha Want".
Recommendation:
Now, for the verdict. Overall, "Watcha Want" did not disappoint us, in fact, it pretty much amazed us, reminding us what deep house music is all about-- atmosphere, groove, and feel. We recommend getting all the tracks on this one because selecting only one favorite would be quite a difficult thing to do given the talents and mastery of the artists appearing on this release.
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Just a few weeks after the release of "He Was Young" on Ready Mix Records, Turkish soundsmith Onur Ozman is back on the limelight with a grandiose release, "The Voice of You"! Why this release in particular is a huge one, let us explain: Aside from it being the second release of Onur Ozman under Ready Mix Records for the month of May, "The Voice of You" showcases the grand debuts of the legendary Jean F. Cochois aka. The Timewriter, whose name has been a staple in the industry for the past fifteen plus years, and Addex, one of Romania's top deep house artists!
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When we talk about contemporary deep house sound, Onur Ozman is definitely the name that first comes to our mind . His artistic and dramatic approach to deep house production has been unparalleled, take "The Voice of You" for instance. This original mix puts together a unique feel through the interplay of different elements like the panning vocal snippets, the chic-mannered pianos, the stubby groovy bass, and the thin-layered atmospheric pad that sets things afloat.
The remix by The Timewriter exhibits a more powerful approach to the sound of "The Voice of You". Dense, heavy kicks and thin layers of filtered samples from the original start off the track as the extremely groovy bass heats things up. The Timewriter remix is definitely a straight-up deep house floor-filler!
For something light but still body-moving, here is the Addex remix. Aside from the infectious grooves from the bass and snappy drum-work, the Rhode slicks will really make you bust a move!
Recommendation:
"The Voice of You" is one fantastic release-- definitely one of the best so far this year from Ready Mix Records in terms of dance-value and creativity. We really recommend getting all the tracks, but among the three tracks in this release, the Addex remix has to be our pick.
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