Texas’ Dubbel Dutch has been dropping tracks into my inbox for a couple of months now. Over the last year he’s churned out a brilliant array of original dance tunes. His tunes are predominantly house orientated – wether it’s chirpy jackin and fidget house, or crunky ghetto house and bmore. His tunes tend to possess minimal-stylings and bumpy rhythms, others weild hefty, wobbly basslines and dubby shakiness.
These Texan bass-smiths aren’t falling to the current trend of characterless fidget. Yes the bouncy beat and buzzy basslines are all present but he draws influence from bassline, techno and dubstep and as much as he draws from house and electro. The result is sometimes a darkly ominous tone, while at others fun and bouncy.
A jumpy bmore take on Janet Jackson might not sound like the most appealing offering, but works wonderfully. A pulsing, staccatto ryhtm of bass, drums and cut-up diva-distort vocals. Simply irresistable:
Janet Jackson – Go Deep (Dubbel Dutch Bmore Disco Edit) [pelski highly recommends]
Dubbel Dutch’s booleg of Loco Dice’s tech-house banger has that bumpy rhythm, retaining the original’s minimal essence, with added wonk.Martin Brothers’ ‘Dum‘ was one of my favourite tunes of the year and welcomed a throng of remixes. Many re-jigged it to the extent that the original’s charm was lost in the process. Dubbel Dutch produces another low-key retouch, that adds whirring noise, subtle layers and a fizzing bassline:
The Martin Brothers – Dum (Dubbel Dutch Remix) [pelski highly recommends]
‘Majesty’ was supposedly knocked up for a bit of fun; a quick play around on ableton. The result? A hard-hitting slice of dirty dubstep, permeated with foceful thrusts of dark bass:
Dubbel Dutch – Majesty [pelski highly recommends]
This speedy 2-step remix pulls together dubstep, garage, fidget and reggae. Assorted sounds – bursting with energy:
Dubbel Dutch – Never Let You Go (2-step Mix) [pelski highly recommends]
‘On The One’ possesses a distinctive bleepy hook, a relaxed, plodding rhythm. Addictive.
Dubbel Dutch – On The One [pelski highly recommends]
His minimal, bouncy trademark treatment is given to rave anthem ‘House Nation’, while On My Knees brings some thuddy crunk and jittery vocal cuts. ‘Infinite Decimal’ and ‘Steak Sauce’ offer up more techy momentum, enforced with hefty buzzy basslines. ‘Maser’ revolves around jackin bass, occasionally crossing over to the realms of wavering dubstep.
