this was another purchase from the bargain bins and again it was something that knew of to the extent of "why am i buying this single?" aphrodite has never been an artist that i've liked but it does sample a classic reggae song, being barrington levy's "under mi sensi". the thought process in my head was that maybe the freq nasty or jimmy t remix would be the thing to hold the single for. there is also a house remix by ming & fs but that's on vinyl or the better cd-single, i.e. not for the uk market.
so for the remixes at hand, jimmy t's is not anything special but freq nasty delivers big. the moment of joy is around a minute in when mr. darin mcfayden unleashes a bassline that makes my subwoofer squeel with joy. the track started off with some tr-707 drums and the looping of the phrase "all over me, it's all over me" that aphrodite also employed as the hook for the song.
even though aphrodite is quite known for his catchy jumpup style basslines, freq nasty really oneups him when he is allowed to put more groove and punch into it. i really love how it changes from softer hits and sweeps to booms and glides on the tail end of the track.
the only problem with freq nasty's remix is that when he used parts from levy's original that wasn't the famous chant or the "all over me" section, it doesn't as good. it has to do with timestretching and the aural degradation when using parts with beat as aphrodite used "under mi sensi" wholesale. freq nasty used these parts in the breakdown and while the intention was good, the execution lacked because of constraints and the lack of ableton or good timestretching.
for me though that still plays this track, as i dug up the single a while ago, i took a drastic step of editing out the breakdown. i chopped of parts that didn't work before and after so it would flow when one edit point goes into the next. for me this is the prime solution as it how i like my tracks anyways as i'm playing it for the bassline.
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