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From The Vaults: Sid Le Rock 'Naked' (DJ Koze Remix) [Cereal Killers 2007]

DJ Koze has always been one of the most sonically innovative producers operating within the realms of what some would call tech house, and this remix from 2007 is a peerless example. I think what I like most about it is the way it sounds like a classic house record made by someone who has drunk a full bottle of cough syrup - it sort of throbs along in slow motion with those weird treated vocals, Chicago bassline and cut up string noises. Plenty of sub bass pressure in there as well. If I absolutely had to, I'd say it's probably the sort of thing you would hear the DJ drop later on at the Mos Eisley cantina whilst Greedo asks you for a sip of your water.

I'd recommend picking it up as part of the awesome DJ Koze remixes compilation 'Reincarnations' that came out recently, which you can get here.

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From The Vaults: Toasty 'The Knowledge' (Hotflush Recordings 2004)

July 8

Seen as this blog is all about bass music, I thought it would be a good idea to delve into the murky depths of my record collection to see what lost bass music classics I could find to blather about on this here blog. And, lo and behold, I immediately stumbled across this tune - Toasty 'The Knowledge', which came out in 2004 on the peerless Hotflush Recordings.

I first heard this tune at a night called Fuse in Manchester, when the night's resident DJs Nick + Fash - aka the Electrosluts - would often start their sets with it. Still the finest party DJs I have ever had the privilege to witness, they would drop 808 driven booty bass, hard glitching Tipper-esque breakbeat, speed garage, proto-dubstep / breakstep and the occasional perfectly judged curveball (Rockwell 'Somebody's Watching Me' - yes please). You can probably imagine the looks of total bafflement on the crowd's face as those hard, clattering drums come in with that booming sub note - and how quickly the hands went in the air when the vocoders came in.

Classic stuff. Buy it here.

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From The Vaults: Sid Le Rock 'Naked' (DJ Koze Remix) [Cereal Killers 2007]

From The Vaults: Toasty 'The Knowledge' (Hotflush Recordings 2004)