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Upcoming Dutch DJ and producer Jochen Miller has been working with the guys from the CreamTeam to bring us a new slice of vinyl on this ID&T sublabel. The CreamTeam's latest single was a tough, techy trancer called 'Samurai'. What can we expect here?
Jochen Miller used to call himself 'DJ Jochen', but has recently changed his name to create something just a little more catchy and international sounding.
The DJ Jochen guise did have quite a few releases, most of them being of a more clubby trance affair with catchy vocals and groovy rhythms. He has also done a number of remixes for labels like Digidance and Universal.
Viktor and Tom, the guys behind the CreamTeam moniker, have been producing for quite a while now. Releases include the clubby trancer 'DivX', and a few remixes as well, including one for Cosmic Gate's 'Human Beings'. It might also interest you to know that the both of them run the 'The Matrix', 'Ultraspin' and Massive Drive Recordings' 'Lost Lynx' guises as well.
Tiësto, Paul van Dyk, Marco V., Cor Fijneman, Blank & Jones and Judge Jules have been caning the track for a while now, so let's see what it's all about...
A-side: Original
A bunch of tight shakers, a tiny kick and some backing percussion are the first things you hear when putting the needle on the first groove. A typical CreamTeam kick enters, being driven along by a smooth, almost eatable sounding clap and a cool, rolling bassline along the way. The bassline changes tones every now and then, blending in with a few introductory, techy synths doing some very fast, ernegetic stabs during the build-up. Going on and on, we eventually get to the main break part, which gets introduced by using a repeating synthtone which guides us right into a bit of... silence. Glad it doesn't take too long, 'cause a filtered set of synths jumps right into the track, building and building until the full version appears. All sounds very techy and rather 'minimal' (melody-wise), but that's just the purpose of this track I think. All is just made to be partied on; no complex melodies or endless emotional breaks, just full-on banging throughout the whole track. All gets repeated one more time by using a second build-up, but after all that we get to the build-down.
B-side: Viktor & Tom Remix
Once again, we get to hear that trademark Viktor and Tom bassdrum. Some sound effects, percussion and a line that sounds like the introduction of the main bassline are what we hear at first sight (or hearing). The bass sounds get amplified to create the full thing, sounding reminiscent to the line in the Original mix, with the key difference being the somewhat darker touch. More and more percs enter, but they all fade away again soon, making place for the b-line and a short set of synth chords, creating some tension before the main melody hops in again. A bit of silence appears once more, but this time not right before the climax, but more just to make the introduction of the main melody a tad cooler. With the synth being at full pace, most of the banging elements return to create a nice climax, though I must say that everything doesn’t differ much from the Original Mix.
Conclusion:
What we have here is a decent tech-trancer. This style seems to be popular lately, and certainly works on dancefloors. There isn't much difference between both the mixes, so I can't really decide which one I'd pick... oh well, if you like a bit of techy stuff, try this out!
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