Enlightenment For Your Ears: Wildfire

Over the past weeks Tiga has been posting his old episodes of My Name Is Tiga as aired on BBC Radio Six. A foundational show for me thanks to Tiga's inimitable wit and incredible track selections, I've been slowly going through each episode injecting myself with nostalgia and a lot of laughs. As a result I've found myself downloading a bunch of that throwback brilliance and while there's a ton of incredible stuff I could gush about, I've decided that for this Throwback Thursday post I'd focus on the incendiary excellence of Objekt's remix of SBTRKT's Little Dragon aided track "Wildfire." Unfortunately there are no full versions available for streaming so we'll have to focus on the shortened Soundcloud upload below, however the power and brilliance of TJ Hertz's tough techno take is unmissable.

A raucous and ruthless future is the deliriously awesome spin Objekt has offered in this new vision. The percussive power is epic, enough to rattle walls with a small subwoofer, just as the snare is sure to shatter bones. Adding the synths to the mix is quite simply cataclysmic. That said, "Wildfire" does not suffer from sheer weight or unwieldy gravity - it is no black hole. Rather, Objekt succeeds in pitting Yukimi Nagano's heavenly vocals against the unholy backdrop by brilliantly incorporating her at the most opportune times as though sprinkling her in like fairy dust. In fact, Objekt is able to retain much of the captivating quality of the original track, while re-contextualizing it into a techno titan - just as Tiga notes in his remix special with Gesaffelstein's remix of Lana Del Rey. Enjoy below and purchase here.FOLLOW LITTLE DRAGON: FACEBOOK SOUNDCLOUD TWITTER
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Thursday, October 20, 2016

Hunt For The Breeze ft. Josh Jacobson - Awake (LOKI Remix)

Columbus based producer, LOKI continues his furious streak of remixes, this time taking on Hunt For The Breeze and Josh Jacobson's track "Awake." This follows up collaborative remixes with Wildfire and DAZIE, flipping the likes of Lido and Galantis, respectively. His feel for future bass has been on full display since I first found him (and Far & Few) via their remix of Alison Wonderland's "Already Gone" (my post about it from January). Where that track had twisted trap influences, this latest lends itself more readily to future bass vibes, with bright bells, flutes and delicious drum flourishes. It's easy listening while not being downtempo or mindless. LOKI takes the already alluring structure, Hunt For The Breeze laid down, and converts it into a cool, climbing and courageous coup. Its light, airy feeling invokes a Super Mario bonus level in which our hero zooms past angelic creatures, collecting coins and power-ups, confidently forging towards an unsuspecting, yet ever looming boss. LOKI has empowered his listeners with the ability to collect his remix for free, via The Artist Union.

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