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harkin & raney
Harkin & Raney – Shakes On [TOB015]
New York’s dream team, Eamon Harkin and Steve “OneAuff” Raney, return with a three tracker of floor-friendly deep house and techno. “Workin and Steamin” sets the vibe right, combining haunting vocals with a chugging deep house groove. Building onwards, “Shakes On” is a melodic and moody bit of NYC house that proves once and for all why these two are destined for classic status. Rounding things out is a dark and driving dancefloor reinterpretation of “Shakes On” by Glasgow’s Naum Gabo (JG Wilkes of Optimo fame and James Savage). Their version is faithful to the original, yet it twists the vibe into a moody, motorik techno groove sure to fill the dancefloor.
Neurotic Drum Band – Robotic Hypnotic Adventure Remixes [WET1011 ]
New York’s Neurotic Drum Band open up their recent (and perfectly titled) “Robotic Hypnotic Adventure” to a trio of classy remixes. Fellow New Yorker Abu Duque channels his techno roots into this more disco-shaped mix by keeping the bass deep and powerful and adding plenty of huge dynamic builds, all built around the original’s warped piano parts. The Runaway mix keeps things more blissful and Balearic, while Harkin and Raney add some deep and dark strings to their mix – a pleasing counterpoint to the original’s old-school piano-house vibe.
The Hipodrome Of Music 