Our friends The Boog-A-Loo Crew have sent over their latest bootleg. Snappy, steppy snares skip, with urgency and fervour, all over Jose Gonzalez ‘s crooning vocals:
Jose Gonzales – Crosses (The Boog-A-Loo Crew Remix)
Their newer alias, Dark Sky (that’s The Boog-A-Loo crew plus one extra recruit) have been receiving some serious accolades from DJ and IDJ mag, as well as some big dubstep names. Their debut on Black Acre saw title track ‘Something to Lose’ on an old school junglist vibe: building some rising, swirling female vocals around some hefty rave chords and a throwback 90s break loop. I (highly) recommend you grab this here (also available in shops).
They’ve given us a free Dark Sky production to post – a nicely restrained remix that centres around 2-step skips, constructing an upbeat rhythm out of fluttered beat patterns and a pulsing synth. Particularly engaging are the gentle touches to this remix, like the feather-light high-hats and daubed bass pads:
Mirror Mirrors – Change (Dark Sky Remix) [pelski highly recommends]
You can see Dark Sky playing at Trouble Vision on 30th April (buy tickets here).
Or catch them playing as The Boog-A-Loo Crew in the Igloo Tent at Gottwood Festival on the Saturday 12th June. Grab your tickets here while you still can (only 35 left – buy them here).
