f. massif - bitstreak

"bitstreak" was the b-side to "understatement" which i know was a track was cained hard with trance dj's, along with their remix of ferry corsten's "rock your body rock". for me however i never knew any of that or was oblivious to it in general, i have heard "understatement" in sets and it is very much no nonsense trance. but i guess i was out of it at the time or liking some other tracks or something.

as a logical move of that i heard "bitstreak" far after the run of all of the tracks mentioned and it was because of it's breakbeat nature that made interested in it. same time i was discovering that ferry corsten was actually signing a whole load of interesting material on his labels if you looked past the main trancy imprints. this actually came out on one of the sublabels that was sort of unprofiled but i think it could have easily been on tsunami special blend.

f massif was one of the many projects from frank van der brink, most of which i have never heard of prior and am not really interested in looking inte either. it was together with hugo soss which according to discogs hasn't put out anything beyond this project. it didn't last long other than two releases, two remixes and a collaboration called "show your style" on ferry corsten's "right of way" album.

what attracted me to "bitstreak" was it's versatility in that it's very driving but never really goes off and it's different phases is definitely for the dj at hand. it might seem heavy weight in the beginning on glance but it really doesn't power up until the last minutes where it then changes into a four on floor. the layers of crunchy and buzzing machine sounds is a good companion piece to the bassline and the snappy drumbreak.

you don't really expect what is about to come in the tailend of the track either as the eighties style pads that is brought on halfway into the track brings the mood down. the track may chug away but you get the impression that it's on a slower tempo. this also makes the impact on the switch to the four on the floor much bigger. it really a perfect tool for the dj when it's time to transition and the many times i've played this track it's been this way i've worked it.

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