Bas Mooy At Juno Download

Review: Dutch producer Bas Mooy is one of the finest proponents of dark, bassy techno. However, on Darknet 03, the remixers appear to overshadow the muscular beats and screeching, titanium-plated riffs of the original version of "Krull". Audio Injection's interpretation is a rolling, filtered affair, its walking funk bass providing the perfect counterpoint to the insistent, Klock-style percussion. Veteran techno DJ Gayle San and DJ Hi Shock go a few steps further, with the grungy bassline and intense riffing of their version sounding like iron bars being bashed against a concrete wall. Finally, Ortin Cam turns in a wiry, creaking analogue techno version that sounds like Dan Bell on angel dust trying to replicate Suburban Knight's darkest, most droning basslines.

Review: You know that feeling when a track reminds you of an older release? The first few bars of "Warsaw" on Dutch producer Bas Mooy's new EP are reminiscent of the primal throb of Joey Beltram's "Energy Flash". The crucial difference is whereas Beltram's classic was all about escapism; Mooy imbues "Warsaw" with a gritty realism that can't be mistaken for E-fuelled misadventure. "Scars" is an entirely different proposition - a dense distorted screeching metal loop, while the remixers offer a third (and even fourth) alternative. Forward Strategy Group and Go Hiyama's takes on "Warsaw" and "Scars" respectively may inhabit relatively similar broken beat territories, but the former is all about droning, suppressed menace, while the latter delivers the killer blow as it flits between muscular breaks and pummelling kicks.