artist DEFSET
remixer Hodge
title CONTENT_02
label EMK
Continuing with the Content series of EP’s, DEFSET ploughs ahead with 4 club ready, original pieces. Exploring dancehall rhythms woven in with hardcore influenced breaks, punctuated with pounding distorted 808’s, shuddering subs and sprinkled with trademark modular sound design. Unlike Content#01, this second visit moves away from acid house and techno and into the arena of broken beats and searing electro. ‘Take Me‘ utilises crystalline synth lines and hypnotic vocal chops to give the heavy electro groove depth and texture. 911 is a wonky, 5 in the morning, backroom banger, with the most satisfying of drops. Broken Nails features piercing chord stabs and blistering breaks to build the energy, whilst Over Basel see’s DEFSET use garage influences to build a dark, brooding, shuffling groove with a heavy percussive element and undulating subs.
Hodge puts the icing on the cake with a stellar remix of Take Me, giving a 4/4 flavour to DEFSET’s electro original. Clearly crafted to move a dance floor, Hodge, as usual, manages to build energy and retain it in a refined and intelligent way. At the top of his game in the studio and on the DJ circuit, Hodge delivers again, creating a brilliantly accomplished piece of techno.
Tracklist:
- Take Me (Hodge Remix)
- 911
- Take Me
- Broken Nails
- Over Basel
