Paris-born and London-based, MOVELTRAXX is delivering the best Juke, Footwork, Ghetto House and forward thinking Club & Bass music from legends and rising talents since 2007.
Review: Moveltraxx return with a fiery new addition to their ever-expanding catalogue, this time welcoming Big Dope P inside for a stylish display of bouncy footwork flavour. We open up with high intensity drum bounces and vocal chops of 'Break Yo Back' alongside the sounds of Dudley Slang, before DJ Jayhood joins the party for a wavy display of auto-tuned vocals and glitchy drum lines in 'Detroit In Effect'. We then move into the Lauren Flax Midwest Jacker remix of 'Work Move Shake', a drum-heavy bounce, jam-packed with lively percussive switches throughout, featuring additional work from DJ Slugo. From here, we jump into the glittering remix displays of Alex Autajon, who gives 'Mehlish' a stylish overhaul topped with high pitched vocal manipulation, before Thys delivers a club-ready remix of 'Ugly', doused in lively breaksy flavour. To close, Text Chunk & Hood Joplin arrive to give 'Ride It' a tasty final rework, overhauling both TT The Artist & Feedz' inputs into a pulsating bassy roller, rounding the project off perfectly!
Review: Seeing the names Big Dope P and Moveltraxx in the same sentence is always going to be an exciting way to start the week, as we see the two entities combine for a sizzling thirteen track album, taking the title 'Mehlish'. This is a fantastic showcasing of just how creative people can get within the boundaries of the Juke / Footwork sound, from the rave-ready 4x4 thumps of 'Ride It' with TT The Artist & Feadz, to the more mechanical percussive displays of 'Ugly' with Mighty Mark and the epic 80's synth slides of 'Diaphane'. It's difficult to actually highlight a standout set, with the overall quality of this project being so high. One standout however has to be one of the bonus tracks entitled 'Presidential Pimping', which we can see working extremely well as a D&B double drop, utilizing regal sounding horn stabs and hard hitting drums to tremendous effect.