Review: 20 years of a career as DJs and producers, PBR Streetgang, hailing from Leeds, have curated a retrospective collection. This anthology features their celebrated early hits, timeless classics, rare gems, and favorite remixes for other artists, some of which have never been released before. The tracks here guarantee an electrifying party experience, with noteworthy entries such as their breakthrough single 'J2THAB,' which samples James Brown, the pulsating Italo-nu-disco fusion 'Late Night Party Line,' the squelchy acid-disco number 'NHN,' a remarkable dub-disco rendition of Bryan Ferry's 'One Night Stand,' and their legendary 'secret weapon' - a minimal, funk-inspired remix of Romathony's 'Bring You Up.'
Review: Listening back to this collection of remixes from UK producer Dave Taylor aka Switch, one is reminded of how different electronic music sounded during the mid-noughties. The bleepy bassline, chopped-up vocals and lo-fi sample aesthetic belongs to a different era, yet there is still something endearing about Switch's approach. On his version of Ben Westbeech's "Dance With Me", this manifests itself through a grimy acid line, boisterous vocals and a shuffling groove that sounds like an early incarnation of the UK bass/techno groove. Switch's interpretations of The Futureheads and Spank Rock (one of the era's genuine classics) are even more radical, with his take on the former's "Worry About It Later" containing merely a stuttering vocal and looped guitar riff from the original, and on the latter's "Bump", he moves from filtered disco stabs into a carnal ghetto house narrartive.
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