Aston Shuffle & Klaus Hill
19 April 2008
Photo courtesy of mushroom_and_rooster on Flickr
Aston Shuffle - For Everyone (Malente Remix)I love Australia. And it's not because they have billboards like this up in Melbourne or because the Aussie hole-in-the-wall restaurant in Nolita, Ruby's, has amazing coffee and the highest number of Ksubi clad patrons I'll see on any given day. Nope, it's because of the frequency of delightful exports like this one from Hussle 'N' Bussle.
Aston Shuffle's "For Everyone" exploits the democratic nature of fun and the universal appeal of a Daft Punk-esque vocal and influence. The single can hold its own without any tweaking, but here you'll find one of Germany's top producers and DJs, Malente, giving the track a proper makeover that's equally as good despite taking the self-described "big happy summery song" in a slightly different direction. Then of course you have Klaus Hill's remix which goes absolutely wild with the bass much like English producers Stupid Fresh's version.
Klaus Hill - BoombaclartWhen I was about 14 years old I started collecting a lot of mid to late '60s/early '70s Jamaican vinyl (weird, yeah). I had a hard time getting into later reggae and dancehall because patois was way over my head, but I grew up in Queens, NY which is probably one of the most ethnically diverse places in the entire US; you couldn't throw a pebble two feet without hitting someone from another part of the world. I managed to pick up a few words, most of which were pretty derogatory in nature, "bumbaclot" being the one everyone had hysterical fits over me using. Well, that and "nash" or "jook" as in, for example, "I'm going to jook her (nash) with vengeance tonight". Self-explanatory.
All personal anecdotes aside, I hear the title "Boombaclart" and I think Jamaica, obviously. I listen to the actual track and upon hearing that sort of dirty, heavy bass reminiscent of most bassline house I think "definitely from England". Despite being based in Australia today, Klaus Hill is originally from the UK where he had his humble beginnings in drum & bass before moving onto breaks/breakbeat garage, house and electro. Nicknamed "Klaus the Heavyweight Hill", it's only proper that he founded and owns the label Title Fight, but this track comes from The Undefeated EP, also out on Hussle.
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1 Comments:
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At 6:07 PM EDT,
lindsaylovesme said...
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This track (Aston Shuffle "For Everyone" Malente Remix) is fantastic. Big ups, Mary Ann. I forgot to check out your blog for a while and its good to see your writing is alive and well!
