Photo by Elizabeth Weinberg
Sometimes you just know when your going to have a good week, granted it's only Tuesday and I could get find myself being set upon by a gaggle of homicidal loonies tomorrow but when you start the week with not only the return of Zed Bias but also the hottest slice of feel-good House since 2009's 'Rushing To Paradise' you can't help but get excited. Add to that the impending Subcity 'Who Da Best?' party on Friday and we're practically verging on Mardigras at Synth.
BLOG BURNER #1:
So this week's first Blog Burner comes from Brighton duo Maxxi Soundsystem. As soon as I heard the opening synths and glowing vocals of this seven minute ode to summer sun I knew it was something special. Although an edit of Alexander O Neal's 80's classic of the same name, what the boys have done with it goes beyond measure. A throbbing Paradise Garage bassline, those irresistible House keys and that immediate sense of uncompromising quality. This will go right through to Ibiza....
Maxxi Soundsystem - Criticize
BLOG BURNER #2:
Zed Bias could perhaps be regarded as one of, if not the Godfather of modern UK Bass music, his seminal Garage classic, 'Neighbourhood' is still utterly essential and even now in 2011 he's churning out fire like we're heading into the next Ice Age. 'Salsa Funk' is an exclusive cut from his forthcoming album 'Biasonic Hot Sauce' due out in June and it's certainly got our attention. Pick it up for free on Annie Mac's blog (link below) and prepare yourself for that bassline.
Zed Bias - Salsa Funk
You may not like this, but Example is already eyeing up his return to the charts after releasing his pop-riddled second album 'Won't Go Quietly' last summer. Thankfully (or unfortunately for the purists), he's enlisted Skream to produce the new single 'Shot Yourself In The Foot Again'. With a surprisingly hard bassline cushioned by Example's bouncy vocals this will undoubtedly fuel Dubstep's current domination of the top 40.
Example & Skream - Shot Yourself In The Foot Again
Finally, one of our favourite UK producer's, Foamo, has come good with a dancefloor-battering remix of the new Breakage single 'Fighting Fire'. Taking the quite strangely progressive bassline of the original and disfiguring it into a mutated monster which has just seen itself in the mirror for the first time, this twisted beast comes on like 'Centavo's' evil twin. Nasty.
Breakage ft/ Jess Mill - Fighting Fire (Foamo Remix)
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