This
Throwback Thursday, it gives me great pleasure to once again revisit one of my favourite DJ duos,
Jack Beats and their ever extraordinary production value. As a two part post, I'll first look back at their collaboration with vocalist John B, in "
All Night," and second, still to this day, one of my favourite mixes ever, that just happens to start with that very track, a live recording of their 2011 set from
Bang Bang night club in San Diego, listen and download
here.
This post once again takes me back to the glory days of the
Erol Alkan forum, which at the time led me to their live set, which hosted a number of then IDs, which turned out to be classics like their collaboration with
Diplo, "
War" and the incredibly hyped, aforementioned set starting track, "
All Night."
It was immediately clear to Erol Alkanites that it was a forthcoming
Jack Beats record, as it featured their trademark synths and subharmonic vocal manipulations, however it was the genius progression and perfect mood setting that had the forum followers drooling. Without a doubt "
All Night," and the accompanying mix are quintessential
Jack Beats; the duo's combination of incredible production value and songwriting from a single track perspective, and their unparalleled ability to combine tracks, and curate a top notch set that hits on all cylinders.
In the same way "
All Night" combines incredible movement and depth, from the blithe and bouncy intro, through domineering and deep bass wobbles, to gyrating progressive drops,
Jack Beats have crafted their set with the same transcendent touch. The tracklist is the perfect combination their own material (including ""
Out Of Body," "
Deep," "
Shutterbug," "
I'm Not Your Toy," and already a
TBT, "
Little Secrets") established hits ("
Babylon,"
A-Trak's "
Heads Will Roll," "
Avalanche,"
Boys Noize's "
Swoon,"
Afrojack's "
Cool,""
Innocence,"
Sub Focus' "
Hold On," and
Herve "
Together") throwbacks (
Outlander's "
Vamp,") and underground bangers (
Boy 8-Bit "
Yard Birds" and
Boris Dlugosch "
Bangkok").
Listening back to this hour and half mix, gets me so excited to see
Jack Beats, in just less than a month at
The Hoxton, June 4th. It will be at least the 5th time I've seen them and I can honestly say that they never disappoint. Their mixes are always incredible, and as I look through my iTunes, I see at least 10 incredible mixes that never get old, whether it's their Essential Mixes (
2010 &
2011), Promo mixes, for
MixMag or their own EPs (
Evolution Mix &
Fabric Live), and even their live sets (
Ultra 2013,
Electric Zoo 2013 &
Night Bass NYE 2015), there's hours of bass music to be enjoyed. Once again I've uploaded the '
Bang Bang Mix' for your listening pleasure, and remind you that tickets are still available for their show,
here, while the facebook event is
here.
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