first time i heard about this one was when i was digging through grovskopa's discography following discovering his remix of jeff mills' "the bells" about five-six years ago. the fact that it was free was one of the first i listened to, along with his remix of victor martinez's "aquamortis". fact was that even though i liked grovskopa's remix of the track it was a time where i didn't know how to play it in a set as my idea of playing techno was banging them out. needless to say, it's is anything but banging in a usual context but more of atmospheric but with grovskopa's industrial usual subtext.
a few months ago i was looking in some archives on some of tracks that i played and i saw it there and looked for it again and this time i look at the track with different ears. it's great but i found another version to be the most interesting of the pack and it is done by dutch producer charlton ravenburg. with a big certainty i can say that i've never heard of him prior to this but i'm interested now as he shifts between grimey dubstep and techno in a good way.
he uses a number of the spooky and eerie sounds from the original but more sparsely and much to the halftime rhythm that he employs. to me it sounds more like it would a perfect backdrop for any british mc to spit savage bars over and as soon as i find the perfect acapella, a mashup will be made. in more of a dj perspective it would nice next to some early skream! and digital mystikz tracks and the ilk but as it shifts between halftime breakbeat and some measures of four on the floor, it's a great tool to have to transition smoothly. great track.
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