Aquasky & El Hornet/Aquasky & Longrange - Girls & Boys (High Contrast Remix)/Crosswire

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  • As they had done on their Overneath single, Aquasky have also invited a drum'n'bass producer to remix their current single. High Contrast has been making huge waves in the drum'n'bass scene especially after the release of his awesome sophomore album, High Society, and Mixmag mix CD, not to mention his catchy and highly danceable productions which have left many a drum'n'bass fan sweating on the dancefloor and yearning for more. Phil Hartnoll's Longrange guise with Nick Smith churn out an epic chugging take on progressive breaks with the Aquasky crew on Crosswire which is exclusive to the single release and will not appear on the Teamplayers album release. Side A. Girls & Boys - High Contrast Remix High Contrast finely tunes the original into 170bpms and even takes the dreamy intro with him! His remix kicks off with a sped up take on the original version's intro dropping massive electro-ey stabs and bass drops along the way. Slowly but surely the bassline creeps into the fold as does the vocal but played in a different arrangement to suit the build up and High Contrast incorporates a funky synth to accompany the bassline in unison. Once the tune let's loose, High Contrast brings out a massive bass drop, a new "Bad Girls" vocodered vocal and his own take on the vocal arrangement. Side AA. Crosswire Longrange is Phil Hartnoll's new project with Nick Smith, rising from the ashes of Orbital's downfall. The duo have already worked with Ed 209 on "Dr. Hoover" which was released on Hardcore Beats and are looking to further their breakbeat career by working with the scene's finest. Crosswire starts off with a deep percussive break with a progressively building synth line cooking up in the background (highly reminiscent of Orbital's sound) with a rocky bassline bubbling down below. During the first breakdown, the synth line in the background goes solo and takes control and with it comes a trance-like melody which sounds like it was played off a harpsichord and has an eastern influence as it sounds like it uses the pentatonic scale. Not really my cup of tea but interesting to say the least.
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