Each week we’ll be partnering with The QR Network to compile a short recap of notable tracks that we didn’t have time to cover during the previous week. We hope you enjoy our selection and if you have any tracks you’d like to see here, please feel free to use our contact form or post your suggestions in the comments.
Tom Crusher – Overdrive
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Coming hot off of his previous release, “Get Down,” Tom Crusher is back again with another great blend of big room and bass house. The patterns in the drop have a simplistic rhythm but are catchy nonetheless. The third section of the drop kept up a unique energy with breakbeat drum pattern and new synth. For the break, the melody is short, sweet, functional, as is the rest of the track. Another strong offering from Tom Crusher and Panther’s Bass House.
84/100
Ibranovski – Tic Tac
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The fourth chapter of Ibranovski’s Ghetto Mainstream EP series brings us only two new bass house tracks. Tic Tac stands out for it’s hypnotic, quirky vocal with an equally quirky drop synth. There’s an interesting dark energy to the whole piece but the repetitive elements can quickly get on your nerves if you’re not vibing with it.
76/100
KAAZE – La Copa De Saxo (World Cup 2018)
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After all of the drama with the Guestlist4Good Anthem, KAAZE is back with an amazing free download. The intro features acoustic percussion which brings the carnal energy of the football stadium to your speakers. Obviously, the brass elements are fantastically executed carrying a strong melody in typical KAAZE fashion. My only complaint is carrying the same melody throughout the track with the exception of part of the second break. It is a fantastic melody that will certainly be stuck in your head along with the sexy brass elements.
85/100
Yellow Claw feat. Sofia Reyes – Bittersweet
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A clean and modern house track that’s great for DJs as well as casual streaming. It’s carefree, full of summer vibes, and features female vocals that only get progressively more enticing as the track progresses. To accompany the strong vocals is a pleasantly muted guitar and low-passed percussion which provides a subtle melodic flourish to the piece. Overall, a fun and mild track that doesn’t overstay its welcome.
81/100
Timmy Trumpet & TNT – Scarborough Fair
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“The Underground” comes to mind with the first drop featuring some fairly standard hard bounce fair that’s been around for quite some time now. The break is extremely long with vocals that are hardly discernable amongst all of the reverb. Everything about this song is too drawn out with not enough substance to justify its runtime. The melody, when it finally comes in, is pretty solid with an infectious quality which makes me pump my fist in the air. It just seems like this track could have been so much more and lacks that special something.
72/100
Calvo – On the Move
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When I first heard this track, I had a deja-vu moment which turns out to not be quite so since I quickly realized that this is almost a direct sequel to “In Love with You.” The identical key, similar melodic tricks, synths, leads, and pitch blending makes it impossible to call back to the superior predecessor to this track. This one lacks the emotional vocals of its predecessor and feels very uninspired all the way through. The break simply strips the drop of certain elements in a lazy fashion. When artists do follow-ups to past hits, usually they add something new like when Timmy Trumpet released “Deja-Vu” as a spiritual sequel to “Freaks.” Calvo’s latest track on Armada is a long step back from his previous work.
63/100
Husman – We Won’t Fall
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Husman’s 3rd chapter of his EP series, “Return of the Mad Kind,” features three tracks that call back to some of his previous work while still moving his sound forward. We previously covered his trap offering, “Our Last Day,” in last week’s recap and the other track in this chapter, “Victory for Earth” is a solid psy-trance and progressive track which takes a more melodic work than “Arrival,” Husman’s other psy-trance song. Moving on to “We Won’t Fall,” which is actually a re-release from two years ago, is the true focus of this section. The first drop features the same pushdowns as “Heroic” as well as the same key signature. That’s where the similarities end as this track is more progressive flavored this time around. Husman always does a great job incorporating vocals and the synth and melodies are amazing as usual. The track features all of Husman’s greatest traits which results in a very euphoric inclusion to the 3rd chapter of Return of the Mad King.
86/100
R3HAB & Conor Maynard – Hold On Tight (Tommy Jayden Remix)
Tommy Jayden has been fascinating to watch for the past year. He’s gone from making pretty standard future house to becoming one of the most recognizable big room sounds in the game. His atmospheric, almost bass house take on the genre is truly unique and has carried him through his latest releases on Revealed Recordings, Armada, and Break it Down music. This official remix to R3HAB’s future bass track breathes a fresh new life into the piece. While not much has been done with the breaks and vocals, the drop is heavy, bouncy, and fun as hell. It may not fit in tonally with the rest of the track but it’s such a strong offering and an interesting stepping stone on Tommy Jayden’s path to fame.
81/100
Birthdayy Partyy – Confess (feat. Raddix)
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A trap-like melody to start off with an ominous tone to boot. The vocals are expertly manipulated to keep them dynamic and intriguing. When the drop hits, Birthdayy Partyy brings the breakbeat drum patterns and bass that will rattle your speakers. The first drop relies a bit heavily on one particular synth but shakes things up by bringing back the vocals and some bass house swipes. The second break goes a more typical house route but messing with the vocal’s pitch gives the track a fantastic instability which leads into an exciting second drop which really lets loose and brings a riddim-like bounce which nearly forces your body to sway to the music.
84/100
We hope you enjoyed our recap of selected songs from last week. If there is a song that you felt should have been on here, be sure to leave it in the comments below and we’ll do our best to give our take on it. Certain songs were not included because they will be covered in more detail in the following days so make sure you’re following our social media pages to see all of our latest posts!
In case you missed it, here are the tracks we covered last week!
Not Your Dope – Broken Child (ft. JDAM & LissA)
Lyente – Through To You (Gustaf Bjornberg & TIBA Remix)
Tom Budin x Kopa – Things Change
Tritonal x Sultan + Shepard – Ready (feat. Zach Sorgen)
KSHMR ft. Jake Reese – Carry Me Home
A Quick Look at Wildstylez’s 2018
This recap was provided in part by The QR Network which is a blog for interviews with producers and DJs such as Archmage, Rondell Adams, Bubblewrappe, and experiences from EDC.
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