While there were a few original cuts from Zomboy, the album was primarily centered on a wide range of artists remixing his classics. Zomboy “Terror Squad” (Bro Safari & Ricky Remedy Remix)īro Safari and Ricky Remedy were tasked with giving “Terror Squad”-one of the top cuts off Zomboy’s Reanimated EP from 2013-the nuclear treatment as part of his Resurrected LP from this past year. Sam Yuįollow Dan Stone on Facebook | Twitter | SoundCloud 17. Repurposing Matt Darey’s 2009 anthem, Stone sparks Kate Louise’s pristine vocal delivery with rolling basslines and radiant progressions that make me hope the rumblings of a trance comeback are really true. Uplifting is where the party has moved to, and Dan Stone’s rework of “See the Sun” perfectly encapsulates the beatific feel many artists are striving to emulate. With the most popular format of trance recently taking a backseat in the overall dance music picture, consequently, many of the higher-BPM subgenres have found room to move inward from the fringe. Kate Louise Smith “See the Sun” (Dan Stone Rework) Chris Munizįollow Mefjus on Facebook | Twitter | SoundCloud 18.
It isn’t until the smoke clears that you realize you’re grinding it out to an awkward yet instantly addictive groove that’s equal parts silky smooth and straight-up gangsta. It’s built on a playful retro hook that quickly elevates to a dizzying dive to what you think is going to be one of Mefjus’ signature tech-driven drops. Released as part of a Mef:Lab experiment that pitted Ivy Lab head-to-head with Mefjus for a pair of remixes of each others’ tunes, there was no way of knowing that Mefjus’ tricked-out, half-tempo re-lick of Ivy Lab’s “Sunday Crunk” would steal the show and open the floodgates for a whole wave of autonomic influences to bubble their way up into the drum & bass mainstream. The entire Critical Music family was on fire this past year, but no other single had quite as strong an impact on the drum & bass scene as when this one dropped in April. The human ear can handle only so much bass.įollow DJ Snake on Facebook | Twitter | SoundCloudįollow Mercer on Facebook | Twitter | SoundCloud 19. The onslaught of blatant electro stabs and traptastic breakdowns are luckily spaced out with milder interludes in between. The remix romps and stomps with no regard to the safety of your earholes. Once his homies DJ Snake and Mercer stepped into the ring, they flipped it from a future house torpedo into a full-on bass A-bomb. The original from future house high priest Tchami is covered in the producer’s immediately recognizable style and bleeds his sound through and through via a cannon of piano chords that sound straight from space. This French trifecta came together at the midpoint of 2015, and once it hit, heads were flying. Tchami “After Life” (DJ Snake & Mercer Remix) Tickets are available for purchase here: 20. What are you up to on New Year’s Eve? Celebrate with the Insomniac family and join us at Countdown. This year saw remixers stack sounds and combine genres in unexplored territories. Lasting remixes have the power to transcend the original and birth a new voice. The remix is the ultimate challenge, allowing remix wizards the opportunity to step into the mind of a fellow artist and create a vision all their own.Ī true remix tackles the original face-to-face and takes it on an audio journey where the final destination is a whole new world unto itself. Since the early beginnings of dance music, producers and DJs have dissected, rearranged, mutated and reworked tracks, taking the originals to new, unprecedented, and sometimes strange heights. The electronic world is built on the remix.