Delivering the first of many singles in 2011, what better way to kick-start your New Year than the latest single from German tech-house sensation Moguai. Forget those wistful resolutions – this global DJ takes the lead into 2011 with the blessing of Dance music royalty. After a long-standing relationship came to fruition, Moguai has joined forces with German techno purveyor Westbam to create a fresh, contemporary stomper in the form of ‘Original Hardcore’. If there was ever a way to start the year off with a bang, then this is it, and it’s being held in your very hands. What’s more, it’s to be released on the infamous Skint records label, adding another gun to Moguai’s malleable and shape-shifting arsenal of sounds as he continues to tackle 2011 on all cylinders.
Westbam and Low Spirit Recordings both came to prominence in the mid-eighties, and with Westbam AKA Maximillian Lenz at the forefront of electronic culture in the divided city of Berlin, his ground breaking usage of electronic music equipment – and subsequent debut album ‘The Cabinet’ – paved the way for a newly unified, cultural Germany.
The original track features both the standing creators, Germany’s brightest emerging star part-creating this rave-stab inflicted banger. Big descending beats, pumping 4-to-the-floor aesthetics and cut up orchestra samples, this is dance music royalty at its best. Moguai offers a solo interpretation next, squelching and editing his way forward with an unadulterated smasher, pinned down with punishing break beats and filter bass, before passing it back to Westbam for more focus on the vocal chop and synth lines, keeping the full flavour and trimming away the excess fat for heads down fare.
With Skint keen to give you extra bang for your buck, Aussie prog-house mainstay Bass Kleph steps up for a pulsing remix, demonstrating why his tracks currently reside in the Beatport top ten, while Sonny Wharton completes the eclectic package with a funked-out, driving number and a rolling bassline – as to be expected from the Hed Kandi regular.
At the beginning of this new decade, we look forward to unchartered waters and unwritten musical history whilst revisiting Dance music’s integral roots. With smasher Optinuum just released as well, MOGUAI adds the next heavy hitting club banger to his portfolio – so prepare to have your senses blown away once more.
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