Hi everybody, and welcome back to the Shuffle Button. With the new year comes tons of releases that labels were saving until after the holidays. January tends to have a deluge of new music. While it’s always fun to listen to new stuff, it’s also comforting to remember some older tracks. We figured we’d turn back the clock a little bit. You can expect to see familiar names and maybe bring back some memories.
Redlight – Get Out My Head
In the last ten to fifteen years, Hugh Pescod has relentlessly evolved his sound. After releasing drum and bass as DJ Clipz for many years, he decided he’d change track with a new alias. As Redlight, he vowed to never make two songs alike. It’s easy to say but not easy to follow through with. This song showed that he doesn’t need 180 beats per minute to make bangers.
“Get Out My Head” is an anthem of moving on and getting loose. The lyrics are simple, the sound is familiar, but the energy is ramped up. The drop brings classic house beats without sounding overused and well worn. It’s a song that goes off and stands out among the crowded house scene.
Basement Jaxx – Jump ‘N Shout (Erik Hagleton Remix)
This one is kind of cheating. While the original “Jump ‘N Shout” from Basement Jaxx came out in 1999, the remix by Erik Hagleton came out only fourteen months ago. However, after listening to this version, you can be convinced that it came out long before that.
The combination of tribal bass-lines with ragga inspired vocals sound like they could have been in a set spun by the original duo in the late 90’s. Furthermore, Hagleton must have done right by the Jaxx because they seem to love it and were playing it in their sets when it was released.
Steve Reich – Drumming (Patrice Bäumel Rework)
Patrice Bäumel’s Rework of “Drumming” is probably not something you’ve heard on the radio. Frankly, if you did hear it at a club, you probably wouldn’t be able to remember the name (although “Drumming” is literally all that’s happening). All that being said, this track is one that could be absolutely mind-blowing if used at the right time of night.
The name of the song pervades every layer of sound. The ever-present taut snare, the bongos that add to the noise, the percussion that builds to a point where there’s so much tension that listeners are begging for the drop. This all comes together to create an epic build-up that slowly increases while the constant drumming drones on like a bee in your ear.
When the drop finally comes, it takes everything with it. The bass snaps the listener out of the drum induced trance and brings relief, only to hear the drumming slowly fade. Patrice Bäumel let’s us off the ride and guides us away from his ruthless creation.
Waze & Odyssey – All Of Us
All that lip service about older music is temporarily taking a back seat. We had to throw a new song in here, and Waze & Odyssey gave us the smash to do so. If the last song was an experience, this one is just tech-house heat.
Another song that is probably best played in a deejay set, there’s not too many complex things going on here, but that’s not a bad thing. You can tell that Waze & Odyssey wanted a song to put on late in the night to keep a dark vibe going. There’s great builds, drops, and variations in tempo. It’s a club track through and through and it could fill a club from wall to wall and keep things heavy.
Eats Everything vs. Ron Costa feat. Tiga vs. Audion – Dancing (Again!)
We’re finishing off with another banger from one of our favorite tech-house troublemakers. Eats Everything has managed to turn two sentences into a request, a command, and finally a celebration.
The best tech-house producers are not only well known for putting sounds together, but also knowing when to stop, knowing that nothing could be either added or subtracted to make the song better. Many times simpler is better. This song exemplifies less is more. It finds an irresistible hook, an infectious beat, and rides the crap out of it.
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