- Three has always been a lucky number and it shows as Trafik’s third single from their debut album “Bullet,” hits all the right buttons. The single Surrender featuring the vocal assistance of Rachel Lamb, hears new interpretations from K Roxx, Blake Potter & Habersham along with the boys themselves.
Big-room, that’s how you can best describe the remake as Trafik’s No Retreat, No Surrender Mix fills time and space. The emphasis isn’t about subtitle textures, but hair-raising breakdowns. Though the vocals lead from time-to-time, it has been shown that John Elliot and Rachel Lamb cords can be greatly enhance with delicate song structures than floor filling booty shakers. Something that still remains though is an enchanting aspect from Lamb’s performance, giving the remix an ethereal touch; it’s as if you were listening inside the eye of a storm.
What we’ve heard from K Roxx recently is the “rock” in electronic music. Nothing new of course, but it’s always fun to “rock out” to music that just roxx. With the Punk Roxx Mix, K Roxx goes for a distorted effect; stingy vocals-cuts disjointed that warps Elliot’s lyrics into Myloish territory. Production is clean and tight, allowing enough space for the synths and drum kicks to build a plateau, where frequencies clash, so they can form once again.
With the final track, Blake Potter & Habersham’s Loslung Phunk Reprise, you get in my opinion, the better of the two mixes they have offered to Trafik. Though many will search for the regular mix that was found on Jon Lisle’s ”OS.0_2”, the pacing is done right here. Working with Elliot’s vocals to introduce the track with ethereal soundscapes, Potter and Habersham takes the listener on a journey. They allow space to create itself, holding on to the drum kick that will not hear the light of day until it’s time; it will be worth it as you anticipate for the melody to rise from below.