[i:Vibes] JamX & De Leon vs New Order - Blue Monday 2005 [Fate Recordings]

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JamX & De Leon vs New Order - Blue Monday 2005 [Fate Recordings]

13:21 - March 16, 2005

by Dreej

DuMonde's side-project returns by bringing us an updated version of the classic track by New Order. Does this stand out from the rest? Read on to find out...

Unless you've been living under a rock for the past few years, these artists need no introduction. JamX (Jürgen Mutschall) and De Leon (Dominik de Leon) have created numerous classics like 'Never Look Back' and 'Tomorrow' under their DuMonde guise, and have brought us 'Mind Made Up' and the massively received 'Can U Dig It' under the same guise as the one with which they're bringing us the track that's being reviewed here.

Though they have been playing this one in their DJ sets for a long time now, it was released just now because of some hassle with the licensing of the original vocals by New Order. Now that everything has finally been arranged, let's see what they did with it...

A-side: Original Mix
Directly from the beginning, you will hear that most of the structure from New Order's original has been kept intact. Fast pulsating basses, some nifty, rather happily vibed background gimmicks we've heard in the original as well and a muted kick are the main ingredients for the first part of the build. It is definitely hearable that Jürgen and Dominik made this track if you listen to the main percussion: that trademark, ultra-pounding DuMonde bassdrum is here again, ensuring the track to retain a somewhat hardtrancy feel. The bassline has been taken over directly from New Order's version, but did get a total refreshment by adding a load of energy and drive to it. It's very cool to hear how all the elements from the original can make such a great difference in a remake: they have almost all been used (to a great effect), creating a neat and pleasurable atmosphere during most of the track. Because this re-interpretation is of course a tad faster than the other version BPM-wise, you'll hear that the vocals have been stretched to fit perfectly. A cool thing during the build-up is the use of several mini-breaks, all building just a little tension, being followed by the kick-in of the percussion and vox once again to create a very driving feel. There's a full breakdown as well of course, being led onwards by a set of kickdrums that are reminiscent of the start of New Order's original. Being strengthened more and more, the kicks lead to a synth which plays a dynamic melody which reminded me of the bassline, chord-wise. Snares on a roll, here comes the climax! With most of the percussion and basslines merging together again, we have ourselves a quite banging part here. I'm sure this would be able to serve as a pure crowdpleaser, and will fit into about any somewhat harder tranceset.

B-side: Dub Mix
As with most dubs, this is roughly the same track as the Original Mix, with the only differences being the length (it's about a minute shorter) and the removal of about 80% of the vocals. A nice addition if you aren't too fond of the vox, though I think a totally different remix would have suited better here.

Conclusion:
Although there's of course not that much originality in there, JamX & De Leon certainly succeeded in making this a cool rework. I know a lot of people are sceptical about remakes, but that can't stop me from liking this one. Cool stuff!