Afterhours mixes are for wimps

I have so many tracks to post about, but I keep going out and getting drunk and watching football rather than posting on here, so there are plenty in the archive from recent months that I can post about.

So this is one of those tracks, and by christ is it heavy.

Nino Anthony - "Dancefloor" [Peak Hour Mix] (Portamento Records)

Available in Afterhours or Peak Hour flavours and i'm sure the Afterhours one does have it's purpose but I'm all about the peak hour, blow the floor away, mixes on here.

Right from the kick and dirty white noise drum patterns, you know you have something special. the synths join in and you know something large is about to drop, but it keeps you waiting.

And when it drops, hell yeah! There's no vocal snippets, no clever edits, it's just layer upon layer of pure heavy bassline driven tech house that you can't help but bounce to.

US based Nino Anthony is dropping some great stuff this year, including the more recent "Smack Talkin", which is more driving tech house, though this time with the vocal edits, and "We Don't Play", all on his own Portamento Records label.

Related Links
Nino Anthony on Myspace
Portamento Records on Myspace

Strange Things are Happening...

Marcella - "Stabbing Sally" [Audiojack Vox] (Renaissance)
After first making an appearance on the Terminal 4 label last year, "Stabbing Sally" gets a re-release with additional remixes this time round from Luke Dzierzek and Audiojack on the Rennaisance label.

Marcella is a dutch DJ, and yes, Marcella really is a woman, so big props for making it in a predominantly male environment, and even more so for making such a great track. While she's probably only really known inside her native Netherlands at the moment, she's certainly a name to keep an eye on as she makes a name for herself internationally, especially if she produces more quality tracks like this. She's a club and radio DJ as well, so she's gunning for fame on all fronts right now.

Leeds-based Audiojack meanwhile are not unknown, having burst onto the scene in 2006, with the awesome "Robot", and "Coastline", as well as producing remixes for the likes of Paul Woolford, and more recently, Vandal.

It's fair to say that the original Marcella track is pretty good in it's own right, but this is the version I would plump for due to that juicy trademark Audiojack sound. As with the Luke Dzierzek mix, there's a Dub and a Vox mix, but there's nothing annoying in the vox mix that would stop me from playing that one out.

Related Links
Marcella Official Site
Marcella on Myspace
Audiojack Official Site
Audiojack on Myspace
Renaissance Official Site
Renaissance on Myspace