DJ Mag

Tolga Fidan
'So Long Paris' (Vakant)

One-sided killer dancefloor bomb. Normally known for his more experimental excursions into techno, this is a fairly straight-up driving house track with kickin' beats and percussion, honky bassline and a huge sax interjection - which is bound to get them screaming. Without doubt dancefloor dynamite!

Christian Burkhardt
'Boomerang' (Deep Vibes)

The highlight is easily Rick Wade's remix of 'Boomerang', with his signature style deep, yet powerful chordy drive with kickin' beats, high disco string line and big warm chords. A2 'Shui' is a track entirely focussed in the groove with its more reduced feel. B2 sees 'Boomerang' in its original form with lo slung subby bass and chopped, quirky vocals. Last up, 'Rocket' is another reduced tooly track. Burkhardt's tracks are solid but a bit like the other tracks, this lacks the musicality and soul we get from Wade's strong remix.

Sven Tasnadi
'Lost In Chaos' (Cargo Edition)

'What We Do' is a bad-ass groove underpinned by subby groaning bass, neat, tight percussion, some exotic animal noises and a housey chord, which gives it real warmth - a really well done groove track. 'Amour Fou' is also equally as pleasing but on a deliciously deep tip with its warm hypnotising chord paving the way for the groove. Halfway through the chord slips away and we're left with the percussive parts working away, increasing the intensity. Both tracks are winners.

Mendo
Remember (Cadenza)

Cadenza put out a fine balance between more pumping functional club tracks and their more experimental detailed releases and this definitely falls into the first category. 'Everybody I Got Him' was first released on Groove On in 2000 and this re-rub brings it back. The track's based around a solid kick, with a restrained key riff that really builds, filtering up. It's very simple yet totally devastating. On the flip, '1992' has micro percussion, a resonating synth, bumping bass and diva-esque vocal snippets.