Review: Damn, Southern Fried are on a roll! We know these guys pack enough heat to bombard the dancehall but this EP is a real treat, especially seeing as it contains some of the hottest names ever to grace the house scene. It's a remix affair, all 4/4 and bouncy, starting with DJ Sneak's refix of "Work It Out" by The 2 Bears and shifting proudly to don Armand Van Helden's re-interpretation of "Crazy Talk" by Space Cowboy - a veritable club anthem and an immediate catch. Even Claude Von Stroke puts in an appearance along with Diplo and Alex Shelby, but it's Derrick Carter's rework of "I Jack U" by Riva Starr that really puts things into perspective and places Southern Fried in the big leagues - Unmissable!
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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