with this one i discovered it through a set and it was a case of loving that warm thick wave of pads and melodies and latent percussion all under a round bassline that did the trick. it is also a track that i heard a lower tempo and think that it should have been made at say 126bpm rather than the 132bpm it chugs along on. i understand that it is maybe meant for those housier moments in techno sets, especially at a faster tempo than that but my ears says elsewise.
the genius with alexander kowalski's dub of way up high is that the refitting that he did since the original was good but flawed in many respects. the most obvious one being the lethargic vocal from nåid that didn't work with all that funk but it also includes the small annoying sweeps and the levels and mixdown isn't perfect. kowalski takes care of that and emphasises the groove and the melodic elements and it all turns out quite heavy and bumping.
perfect example of how remixing can save a flawed track and teaching the original producer their mistakes so to speak. or something less condesending than that but i should also recommend vector lovers' rendition which goes for a new wave-route and works the vocal really well into the mix. they ran it through a vocoder along with a few other sounds and the tone originally fitted with the frantic synths and icey strings.
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