Pick Your Poison (Detroit Muscle remix) - (6:37) 126 BPM
Pick Your Poison (Swizzymack remix) - (2:15)
Pick Your Poison (DalePlay remix) - (6:33) 128 BPM
Review: Having dropped this monster collaboration between US dubstep titan and the many-genred Diplo, Mad Decent come straight back with this equally heavy remix set, featuring a turn from DJ Godfather's less-jukey alias Detroit Muscle who does wonders with a slowed down string sample - building up to a momentous drop into a Dutch-gone-dubstep electro rhythm. Fellow young American dubstepper Figure works up a moody and crunchy wobbler, while Swizzymack recalls a more pacey DJ Sega on his kuduro-meets-Bmore refix. For those that revelled in the original, there's even more fire on this second bite of the cherry.
Review: Don your party hats as Mad Decent wheel out a bonafide beauty of a release from Diplo in "Express Yourself" (feat. Nicky Da B). Getting things started with a snap, crackle and pop, Diplo goes straight in with an array of effervescent sounds, fidgety beats, sirens and chopped up vocals and bubbling booty bass. The accompanying "No Problem" is an equally exhilarating rollercoaster ride of emotions with bass thumps, searing synth work and reverberating vocals peppering the track throughout. As if that wasn't enough there's a radio edit, instrumental and acapella of the original "Express Yourself" aswell. Big.
Review: Never has a track been so accurately titled. Coming on like the demented imaginings of a bunch of laughing gas-guzzling nutters (or, in this case, Crookers and Style Of Eye), "That Laughing Track" features swathces of maniacal laughter layered over the sort of gut-busting, scattergun rave percussion that should send ravers absolutely bonkers. There's a bulging remix package to enjoy, too, featuring bombastic reworks from Milano (thrillingly pulsating), Sona Vabos (bouncy bass-house), Sound of Stereo (eye-watering electro-house messiness) and TWR72 (brain-melting fidget bounce).
Review: Progressing from underground remix heroes to full-on electro superstars in a breathless whirl, the Crookers have learned the lessons from their debut LP. Instead of trying to encompass all manner of styles and tempos, as they did on Tons of Friends, their latest Dr Gonzo project sees them fixed firmly on the floor with 13 huge club/electro/bass bangers to bug out to. Shorn of their original chewy basslines and fidgety drums, Crookers in 2011 are tighter and leaner, as evidenced by spooky opener "Dushi", while the demented leads and sub-punishing simple bass thuds of "Dr Gonzo's Anthem" are also a treat. Their first outing, the stutter-tastic "Bust 'Em Up" (done with Savage Skulls) is thankfully included, while guests including His Majesty Andre, Style of Eye, Surkin, Neotric and Wax Motif make for an impressive supporting cast, especially on the gabba-techno recalling "Texx".
Review: Just to make sure we're singing from the same hymn sheet here, newcomer Juyen isn't chatting about some amazing new strawberry preserve here. Oh no. "Superjam" sees him chatting big room, turbo EDM that rattles with a demonic pendulum hook, bellows with potty-mouth bass and stomps like a moombahton track at twice the speed. Leave your toast at home... With Juyen in town you're not going to need it.
Review: Usually, if someone tells you to hush you feel aggrieved. Possibly even angry. But not when Liz tells you to hush. She could deliver any type of gagging order with these sweet harmonic R&B tones and get away with it. A gentle nod to R&B's golden days 10 years ago, she's reminiscent of early Destiny's Child but beefed up with modern day contemporary production edge. An interesting release from Mad Decent.
Review: Fusing Philadelphia's uptempo ghetto bass and the more traditional, sleazy techniques of trap, Swizzymack has created a whole new chapter for the ever-burgeoning low-end movement. Fuelled with trance-powered synth riffage and tempo switches to halfstep and back again, "Bass" is as unique as it is filthy. "Bouncin" is more your traditional booty tech affair with a raunchy vocal and 808 kicks so fat they take up two spaces in your playlist. "Drip", meanwhile, is more of a traditional trap saga with some very cool sound processing on the main riff.
Review: Nouveau Riche boss Boaz jumps over to Mad Decent for four firing tracks that once again push the limits of EDM, bass, hardstyle and electro to the absolute limits. "99 Lights" is carnie chaos with its pitched up vocal loop and high-speed stomp riddim. "Breakoe" is even more hectic thanks to its Som Sistema-style insistency. "Flontie Stacks" comes in two parts for added mixing fun...Part One drops into the craziest trap drop you'll hear all months while Part Two takes the mentalist factor up several notches with its processed, Crazy Frog flavoured vocal loop. Insane stuff.
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