Box Musique » Remix http://www.boxmusique.com Music news and criticism Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:53:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Ramadanman – Tense (ABUCS007) http://www.boxmusique.com/ramadanman-tense-abucs007 http://www.boxmusique.com/ramadanman-tense-abucs007#comments Sat, 19 Jun 2010 14:20:44 +0000 David http://www.boxmusique.com/?p=1522 His half of Dubstep Allstars Vol. 7 was sweeter than an iced kitten with a mini-cast on its injured paw and 99.9% of everything he produces is focused, resonant and downright magnificent. Honestly, you’d be hard-pressed to find someone who has a single bad word to say about Bristol heavyweight Ramadanman…apart from perhaps a pocket of jealous producers frantically trying to emulate the fluidity of his sound.

In light of this, it should come as no surprise that I’m infatuated with his recent remix of Scuba’s ‘Tense’. A seemingly frenetic tune that appropriates its name by threatening to buck the constraints of tempo yet beautifully pacing itself via a simple bobbing synth, it’s a masterful rework of Scuba’s hypnotic original. Hints of IDM merge with the skeletal majesty of dubstep as a break-neck rhythm inexplicably maintains anodyne dignity. The NHS should play this in ambulances as they race the injured to hospital…no-one would slow down but everyone would be as calm as a sloth with a cold one.

Appearing on the latest release on Scuba’s cunningly titled Abucs imprint, ‘Tense’ is the b-side to ‘Eclipse’ on ABUCS007 and whilst not completely over-shadowing the title tune, is certainly my favourite of the two offerings. Listen below and don’t forget to support the bad motherfuckers behind it!

Scuba – Tense (Ramadanman Remix)

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]]> http://www.boxmusique.com/ramadanman-tense-abucs007/feed 0 Machine Guns and Splitting Atoms http://www.boxmusique.com/machine-guns-and-splitting-atoms http://www.boxmusique.com/machine-guns-and-splitting-atoms#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:06:40 +0000 David http://www.boxmusique.com/?p=700 This is 16Bit’s remix of Noisia’s ‘Machine Gun’ and it is fucking disgusting. @thetek_ put me onto this via Twitter and I think it’s left me permanently scarred. Distorted, crushed, rugged and traumatically heavy, it sounds like the Terminator scraping the inside of your skull. The original version of ‘Machine Gun’ is due to be the first single off Noisia’s forthcoming LP, Split the Atom, but I doubt it will hit the spot like this festering heap of filth. Still, the album drops April 5, so if you’ve got the industrial bug that is the time to wriggle out from under the floorboards in the abandoned warehouse you call home.

This one’s got more clout than an East End mother and it’ll leave your spine as crooked as a boxer’s nose…you’ll not be able to lift your arms higher than John McCain ever again.

Noisia – Machine Gun (16 Bit Remix)

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