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Mac & Mac - Listen [Reset Records]

01:36 - March 22, 2006

by Watts

Reset's 18th release comes from the two Macs - Mac Zimms and Scott Mac. They've gone for the tribal tech style for this track, with two remixes from Zimms and one from Scott, which have seen plays and support from the likes of Paul van Dyk, Armin van Buuren, Ferry Corsten and Marco V...!

:: Mac & Mac - Listen
:: Reset Records
:: RS018

1) Listen (Mac Zimms Remix)
The tribal and carnival feel of this track are conveyed mostly by some hollow, woody percussion and the clear and very simple synth hook. This is balanced nicely by the rest of the percussion, which has a techy edge to it. The track gets it's name from the vocals used in the breakdown - a female voice singing "Listen". It's used as a bit of an interlude and a buildup, along with some absolutely wild snare rolls, which kick you off back into the main track. Overall, you get a really nice festival type feeling from this one - in the summertime, at open air festivals, would be a great time and place to hear this tune.

2) Listen (Mac Zimms Dub)
As a dub version, you'd expect this to be the same track as before, but just missing the vocals. Well, this time round Zimms has put in some extra bits for us instead of lazily removing the vocals. The first difference is the beat. It's really big, thick and deep this time round. It really stomps along. The second difference is a constant rumble of deep, bassy synths. These are great - their sound is powerful and they carry a lot of 'oomph'. They make the track seem a bit tougher, but it still retains the ability to provide a festival type feeling and sound. Oh and remember those snares in the breakdown / buildup? Well this time they're joined by that massive synth rumble and it's just totally immense. The sound is incredible and when the track drops back in it does so with force - excellent!

3) Listen (Scott mac Remix)
Scott Mac's remix moves away from the tribal sound of Zimms and instead we have some regular beats and percussion accompanied by a rolling bassline which sounds quite like a bass guitar. The vocals are back again, and with the percussion and rolling bass they seem to flow better than before. As you get further into the track, the main hook appears, played by a very similar instrument as before. The breakdown is also there with the vocals and crazy snare rolls. What you soon notice is that this is almost like what you'd think a 'remix' should be, if you were to get technical, because it's a very very similar track in structure and patterns. However it just uses different instruments to achieve the same track in a different style of music. Anyway, Scott Mac didn't just leave it at that. Oh no, that would've been too easy. During the breakdown, a brand new sound is introduced - it's a stabbing and pulsing synth with an incredibly stark and sinister sound, which is really good. It takes off with the rest of the track and adds a whole new level of power to the track. On a big system in a club, this will do some serious damage.

Conclusion:
An absolutely solid release here from Mac & Mac. You have the feel good factor of the Zimms Remix, the big, beastly sounds of the Zimms Dub and finally the wickedly powerful synths of the Scott Mac Remix. Watch out for the second two - they really grow on you!