azzido da bass - dooms night (dub mix)

i can't remember the first time i heard the timo maas remix which is the defacto original of "dooms night" but i do know that i bought this exact record in a bargain bin about eight/nine years ago. while i've heard the original and dub mix when i listened to the record before i can honestly say that i never recalled how it sounded.

the only thing i remembered was that there was a reason why the all the versions done after this remix hit the scene was based on maas' rerub. the original sounded like a cross between stripped down german hardtrance and uk hardhouse and not in that charming way either. it had an awful lead that dumonde managed to salvage by replacing the sound in their remix.

but the reason this one came into my head was that i was talking to my mate ian about some tunes and he mentioned "dooms night". the thing that popped into my head was that i wonder if the original & dub is available anymore, since azzido da bass' revamp for the latest rerelease was based on maas remix as well.

there is the funny thing that on the releases after maas' remix, the original club mix is labeled "real club mix" because of the fact that timo maas' version being the most popular version to be played. sure enough you can find it on junodownload and other places but not the dub mix. i did a search for it and did find it on youtube.

i was always given to believe that maas used next to nothing from the original from the original but when i heard the dub again, things made more sense. it wasn't minimal usage at all but he didn't use the lead. he employed the backing bass rhythm that's covered up by the overly large synth-line as the lead. the distinct bass-womp is from the original  and so is another sound that's somewhat prominent in his remix.

however just taking out most stupid element from the original doesn't salvage the dub mix, it still retains everything else. the result is a somewhat generic hard-trancer that personifies "umpa-umpaa", since it magnifies that very prominent offbeat bassline. i don't know if this track could work well in a modern context, i could have worked well as a punchy filler over ten years ago but it's far past it's expiration date.

listen here (youtube)