Love Me Harder (DJ Pencil & The Cut Up Boys remix) - (3:43) 133 BPM
Love Me Harder (Dan Speed remix) - (5:19) 136 BPM
Review: With UK Garage becoming one of the most crowded spaces within UK dance music over the past three years, finding a way to stand out and maintain a high level of originality has become imperative in keeping a sound at the top of the tree. Thankfully, that's exactly what Starkey P has in the locker, as we open up this scrumptious three-tracker with the spacious designs of 'Love Me Harder', a futuristic chop through alluring vocal slices and fluttering melodic dives. Next, the remixes emerge as DJ Pencil & The Cut Up Boys first give the track a much more 2-step influenced spin, with Dan Speed's more gritty, bass-influenced overhaul giving us a nice closer to the project.
Review: As a final outing of the year, DJ Pencil & The Cut Up Boys have joined forces with the ever-ready STEP2 team for a smokey backdrop of remixes, celebrating the full release of their anthemic 'Grooverider 2023'. The original track focuses on stuttered bass stabs and tidy vocal samples, giving us some exciting elements to play with. The project features fourteen spicy reworks from the likes of Dan Speed, DJ Lix, DJ True, Richard Wright and more, giving us a range of styles from jungle to 4x4. Our highlights have to include Daffy's moody rethink, focussing on gnarly sub-growls, and of course the rave-ready D&B overhaul from Chase Perry, giving the original and entirely different feel. Top stuff!
Review: The STEP2 crew have once again come together to deliver a vibrant display of new school garage flavour, with this hearty two-track display from Groove Synergy providing a combination of nostalgic bliss and intense drum energy. We check out the 'Back To The Roots' initial mix firstly, a cinematic glide through moogy subs and choppy vocal samples, providing an old school feel with its floating chord textures and constantly evolving sense of rhythm. The secondary mix is a much more sub-driven, unloading a highly intense combination of chord progressions and pulsating low-ended elements, giving us two very differently decorated sides of the same coin.
Review: We have another wicked gift here, courtesy of the STEP2 collective, who unload a seriously spicy box of remixes onto the world, welcoming back some of the most exciting names in UKG right now. We begin with two reworks of originals from DJ Pencil & The Cut Up Boyz, with Maarz firstly rebuilding 'Fiesta In The Market' into a chord-laden slap, alongside Shadow Of Light's more oldschool rethink of 'Come With It'. Next up, new school heavyweight BWK Project gets to work on shifting DJ LIX's 'Rinse Out' into a new school 4x4 bubbler, followed by DJ LIX himself overhauling Dan Speed's 'Tell Me That You Love Me' into a sub-busting emotive roller. Finally, Dan Speed takes a turn on the remix wheel as DJ LIX's 'Rinse Out' is given an LFO-driven rearrange, closing off this project with some euphoric 4x4 energy.
Flute Of Babylon (Richard Wright remix) - (3:56) 135 BPM
Flute Of Babylon (Rodent remix) - (5:21) 135 BPM
Flute Of Babylon (Dark Dean & Hankinson remix) - (4:23) 127 BPM
Flute Of Babylon (Dan Speed remix) - (5:26) 128 BPM
Review: New school garage will always put a smile on our faces, especially when it is approached with as much enthusiasm as both DJ Pencil and The Cut Up Boys always seem to bring to the table. Taking the title 'Flute Of Babylon', we see an amalgamation of classic 2-step vocal chops, party-starting drum sweeps and gnarly bass manipulation unleashed in one fabulous ball of fun, followed closely by four potent additional remixes. Firstly, Richard Wright gives the track a more squeaky feel, focussing on choppy drums and high ended bass notation, followed by both the tripletted drum stings of Rodent's overhaul and the junglist marvels of the Dark Dean & Hankinson rethink. Finally, Dan Speed unveils a sweeping sizzle of a remix to close up, focussing on high energy 4x4 drum rolls and some tasty bass action to match.
Feeling You (One Dark Martian remix) - (5:31) 128 BPM
Feeling You (Odd Wall remix) - (3:15) 129 BPM
Feeling You (Austin remix) - (5:22) 125 BPM
Review: For this latest Shadow Of Light outing we have been blessed with a stunning display of new school garage flavour, unleashing a very tidy new single stacked with three explosive remix editions, making this a must have for any garage fanatic right from the jump. The original track 'Feeling You' is exactly what the doctor ordered, as scatty piano melodies meet booming sub lines beneath a jazzy vocal display, making this both a subtle skanker and a summertime singalong all in one. On remix duty, we firstly see One Dark Martian deliver a more euphoric edition, pulling in some serious electronic additions at a slightly slower pace, before Odd Wall's overhaul throws us down a rave-ready minimal drum & bass avenue. Finally, a much more stripped back version from Austin is offered up, focussing on moogy bass notation and subtle drum punches, giving us a steady landing to round things off.
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