So far Zombie Disco Squad have smashed 2009 – and everyone from here to Berlin are jumping on that current african percussion fixation. ZDS’s ‘Eurovision’ has been championed by the likes of Annie Mac and Jesse Rose, though my favourite was ‘Esperanto’ for sheer outlandishness. ‘The Dance’, too, was an excellent slice of chirpy minimal house. Jesse Rose’s Made To Play Label just released their latest EP ‘Banging On Drums’ – pick it up here.
Nat Self is one half of Zombie Disco Squad – alongside Lucas Hunter
(and they both write for the gutter blog). I first heard his bouncy, stripped back remix of Martin Brothers’ ‘Dum’ in a mix Zombie Disco Squad did for Curb Crawlers quite a while back. Since then he’s produced a number of equally impressive remixes.
The Martin Brothers – Dum (Nat Self Remix) [pelski highly recommends]
His edit of Sidney Samson’s Riverside is a simple, drawn out re-edit that cuts and loops a section of Samson’s original, with snipping and echoing the vocal sample. Nice:
Sidney Samson – Riverside (Nat Self Remix)[Removed]
Samson’s ‘Riverside’ has been tearing up dancefloors all over. It’s a collaboration between Gregor Salto & Sidney Samson’s imprint SamsoBeats and Sneakerz MUZIK. Riverside, if you haven’t heard it by now, weilds an infectious screeching synth that’s reminiscent of Radioclit’s ‘Divine Gosa’, but inforced with an agressive, catchy vocal hook. Afrojack’s remix is a must, whacking a big thumping afro beat onto the original:Sidney Samson – Riverside [Removed]
Sidney Samson – Riverside (Afrojack Remix) [Removed]
Bonus:
This is another brilliantly bizarre remix from Zombie Disco Squad. The maximal, electro-heads among you musn’t dismiss this as boring (and I know there’s alot of you out there). It’s a real grower:
VV Brown – Shark In The Water (Zombie Disco Squad Remix) [pelski highly recommends]
