discovered this remix by king britt (aka sylk 130) of macy gray's debut single when i was trawling discogs and checking out king britt's remix discography. when i found the tag "drum & bass" in the genre description things became interesting. it's always fun to hear when producers step out of their comfort zone and leave their regular tempo. i do tend to be more excited when a house or techno producer makes drum & bass than vice versa.
this remix sort of calls to mind 4hero and especially their much beloved remix of the masters at work sideproject nuyorican soul's cover "i am the black gold of the sun". it starts out in slower hip-hop tempo and then flips into double time but they have a different motifs. 4hero's kept it smooth and jazzy throughout whereas king britt kept is rugged at first.
for the first part of the remix, king britt stripped down the original down to the rhythm and bass and it's proper headknod backpacker hiphop mode. it carries on for about two and a half minutes and then he drops the beats and you hear some nice delayed keys and parts of macy's vocals being echoed. eventually he drops in the frantic breakbeats and sounds like he used the original drums in doubletime and an additional breakbeat with prominent rides.
it stays very jazzy and you hear part 4hero but also roni size as influence for it, the bass stays smooth but rumbles well in the lower frequences. a lot of use of longer notes in legato and i quite like it's symbiosis with the airy pad that eventually creeps up. a very well done remix and if he king britt decides do more drum & bass, i'd be up to hear it.
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