Singles Of Note: 4th - 10th October 2010 // Plan B, Boys Noize, Bottin, Tiefschwarz...

A great week has passed for dance music and another one arrives. Enjoy our list of noteable releases this week and do follow us on twitter! We'll love you forever :)

Peace.

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Plan B - Recluse (Nero Mix)

When you allow the depths of Nero's remix to infiltrate there them ears, the original just seems inadequate. The original's empty feel, which connotates the solitary feeling of imprisonment, is filled with Nero's dirty and apt bass line as well as that string synth overload. To be fair, there isn't much that has been added - almost as if less is more, but it works. The original seems more in harmony, and not much else happens when the vocal is blaring, but overall it's a banger of a tune well worth some commendation.

Enjoy.



Released: 1st October 2010
Label: 679 Recordings Ltd.
Link: Official Page // mySpace //
Words: Sonny Van Loef

*****

Boys Noize - Yeah

A return to the fray for Alex Ridha, the ubiquitous producer behind Boys Noize and Boys Noize Records. Building from a compressed sequence of chords and a heavy 'doom thunk' bass snare combo, 'Yeah' appears to prematurely tail off into uncertainty, fading in and out, before coming back into focus as Ridha introduces swirling keys gradually and builds the krux of the song around the vocal sample of the title. From this point, the whole song contrives to come together, tighten and become something more concrete and danceable to. I'm grooving as I write this. Distinct from Boys Noize's normal fare is some 90's house influence and a rolling snare drum which evokes my Total Garage 2001 CD, a compilation which has proved to be an invaluable reference over the year.

The whole track is insistent, with its choruses of staccato 'yeah's!' seeming to command people to the dancefloor, albeit a dancefloor situated at my desk. Put simply, I cannot wait to hear this being dropped in a club and wholeheartedly give it a stamp of approval. For me, it retains the key elements of what makes a Boys Noize record great whilst adding a few elements I wouldn't normally associate with Ridha's sound.



Released: 1st October 2010
Label: Boysnoize Records
Link: Official Site // mySpace //
Words: Darcy Mitchell

*****

Bottin - Discocracy

It's quite surprising to learn that Bottin’s 2009 concept album Horror Disco was the Italian producer’s third album. Cult label Italians Do It Better (IDIB) had obviously listened to feedback for them to release the 12” ‘No Static’ earlier in the year to widespread acclaim. This release gave us an expectation of what to expect from a William Bottin tune; deep synths, a mid-tempo melodic beat and tidy vocal support. For his second release on famed Belgian nu-disco label Eskimo, he doesn’t attempt to deviate from his tried and tested formula. ‘Discocracy’ is a chugging Italo-Disco charmer with those heavy synths and sci-fi melodies to keep the converted happy. It may not hit the heights of his release on IDIB but it’s a welcome addition to his surprisingly extensive back catalogue.

Enjoy.



Released: 4th October 2010
Label: Eskimo Recordings
Link: Official Site //
Words: Ryan Kelsey

*****

Tiefschwarz - Stones (Reworked)

Tiefschwarz (and their peers Trentemoller) have always been synonymous with deep house and nowhere are the deep dissonant noises and pulsating rhythms which define this genre more relevant than in their latest offering, 'Stones'. A vocal loop is at the centre of the beat, frantic and insistent - a complete contrast to the slick disco beat, bossa nova cowbell and piano riffs giving the track its Latino backbone. Where many would fail, Tiefschwarz manage to make this unlikely couple work. The song becomes something ehtereal and otherworldly, almost unsettling as the vocal sample claims to be 'trying not to think.... trying to deserve this'. As we would expect with Tiefschwarz (translation: 'deep black'), the song is densely layered and more complex than an average Auto Tuned chart topper. But it's this which draws in the listener - it demands our attention and intelligence. And it's these intellectual demands that make it stand out and evokes some warehouse in Berlin at 5am. Can I get a hell Ja?



Released: 4th October 2010
Label: Souvenir
Link: mySpace // Souvenir Site
Words: Darcy Mitchell