Tuesday 18 October 2011

lemon8 - new york, new york

discovered this track when lemon8 and/or basic beat re-released his backcatalogue on digital and it struck a chord with me. i think i had heard the much more melodic 'out of the sanctuary mix' in a few sets and probably this one as well but the sanctuary mix was the more common one.

the original just came to me in a phase where i saw the track for it's brilliance even though it's very much a track of it's era. it's very 'prog' and has a sonical kin to the bedrock remix of luzon's "the baguio track". but with more satoshi tomiie influence sort of.

what attracted me was constant driving percussive beat and something that was a really good tool to play with other tracks. it lent itself really well for longer turnovers or mashings since it's almost all rhythm.

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lemon8's work in general and in particular from the era this track came out (early 2000's) have found their way into my sets and i really love his remix of misja helsloot & ronald k's "a different world" and kid vicious' "contagious". the former for it's darker trance vibe and that coffee percolator sound used throughout and the latter for it's groove.

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