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The fourth single release from Marco's '200V' album is here and comes with five mixes. Next to three mixes by the V-man himself, Ton T.B. and Danny Oliveira stepped up to bring us their trance and breakbeat interpretations, respectively...
'Automanual', 'More Than A Life Away' and 'Second Bite' have all already seen a vinyl & CD release earlier, but this time around its the opener of the 200V album 'False Light' that gets the full retail treatment. All the mixes are spread over two stand-alone discs, but just to keep things tidy I decided to review them all at once...
Part 1
A-side: Marco V's Thunderdub Mix
This brand new mix by our main man himself brings you a combination of somewhat housey beats, sturdy, flat basses and vocal snippets during its first parts, backed by an array of inventive and slick effects. While everything is being kept at a rather minimal level, Marco has still succeeded in accomplishing a very distinct drive. Multiple chopped elements of the original's main stabby rhythms have been put in all over the place, going hand in hand with well-placed kick-ins of that catchy bassy thing every now and then. An unexpected twist to the track's structure is the introduction of this fast, repeating guitar riff playing along with the vocal snips, giving the tune yet another element to make it even more memorable. This is a totally different mix than the original, but definitely serves as a great addition!
B-side: Original Extended
This is a slightly altered version of the album version that some of you might know by now. A delicate intro with them recognizable vocals gears you up for an amazingly agile, straight-forward techy percussion backed by a stomping, deep bassline. Chunks and bits of the vox are all over the place, with the percussion building itself out to immense heights just until the breakdown. The sing-along vocals are being implemented in their fullest form now, led on by an infectious industrial-like riff. The great dancefloor potential of this mix comes forward during the climax with the use of that utterly deep and driving bassline and accompanying percussion. This is a true floorfiller with that trademark V-sound everyone loves so much. If you want to feed your crowd some energy, play this one!
Part 2
A-side: Ton T.B. Remix
Black Hole artist Ton T.B. steps up for the more trancy interpretation of 'False Light'. Somewhat thin yet fast percussion and a bubbly bassline are the main ingredients during the build, which eventually starts to include whooshing string sounds, repeating vocal snips and multiple subtly placed chords from the original. The overall feel of this mix is nice and driving, but somehow everything just takes too long for my liking. Some vocal lines are being worn out already during the build-up, but luckily mister T.B. did create a rather delightful breakdown. Soft, emotionally charged strings play a superb backing melody to the other chords, with small amounts of breakbeat rushing themselves right in between everything to create a very cool feel here. Unfortunately, the main climax doesn't bring much inventiveness: it's more like a copy of the original extended's mix, with a slightly thinner bassline and that constantly repeating vocal line we heard before. Overall it's not bad, but apart from the break it doesn't add much to the existing mixes from Part 1.
B1: Single Extended
This one could be described as the more radio-friendly version of the Original Extended. Totally straight-forward percussion and a samey version of the bassline create a similar drive, but the overall structure is quite different. The catchy riff has been put right at the forefront during the build, introduced during a mini-break which also incorporates the full vocal lines. It's very noticeable that the accent has been put on the infectious hook during most of this mix, backed by a bassline that changes chords with the melodies every now and then. While it's not much of an addition, this one does serve greatly as a more commercial version of the track!
B2: Danny Oliveira's GhostRyder Remix
And now for the biggest surprise of this package! Brasilian producer Danny Oliveira brings us an astonishing breakbeat interpretation, filled with eerie sounds, wicked guitar-like riffs, the most inventive effects and a thick, grinding percussion. An amazing rock-guitar melody finds its way in between everything during the build, backed by deep blurry basslines and chopped vocal snips. The broken beats themselves are of a very rapid caliber, only enhancing the right-on wicked vibe even more. The breakdown takes full advantage of that immensely cool guitar riff, which builds out in a great way fueled by beautiful string parts and an altered version of one of the original's hooks. You can feel mania is coming your way when the percs start banging around again, building up tension to immense heights, just for it to unleash in its fullest form during a great climax. I hadn't heard of Danny Oliveira before, but I'm definitely going to keep an eye on him because this just oozes quality. Very, very good!
Conclusion:
If you like yourself some ingenious housey beats backed with the banging original on the flip, don't forget to get Part 1. If you're more of a trance or breakbeat fan, do check out Part 2 with that fantastic remix on side B2.
'False Light' comes with a great pack of remixes that suits just about everyone's needs.
The UK release of '200V' will hit the shops in March, including two unreleased tracks called 'The Funk Battery' and 'Arpanet' which will be brought out on vinyl as well. Keep your eyes peeled...
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