88/100

• Lots of genres combined together
• Insane power
• Creative approach for a festival edit

2018 has ended, leaving us great music, awesome performances, new undiscovered talents, some bad news… and, of course, the renaissance of some already consecrated artists in the scene. And yes, you are right, we are talking about W&W.

This was definitely their year: besides giving a really needed twist to their old Mainstage record label, they managed to make some of the most popular tracks of 2018 (God Is A Girl, Long Way Down, Rave Culture, the gorgeous Ready To Rave…). We are in 2019, of course, but we couldn’t forget about their latest release of the past year, so here we are.

This time they remixed an average poppish track from our favourite cake thrower, and they just transformed a really anonymous song into a festival smasher, as almost everything that comes out of their DAW. The first bars of the tune are really close to the original, maintaining that typical summer sound with guitars, airy pads, vocal chops and more stuff like that. But as we know really well W&W, it was too clear that they wouldn’t ever maintain that vibe the whole song. After 40 seconds we can enjoy those lovely supersaws, going up through a usual W&W build up that leads us straight to the drop.

Here you want a Big Room drop, and there you have it. Big kicks, their signature lead, everything sounding big and powerful, just what you could expect. But, as Ultra said us this past year, “expect the unexpected“, because the last part of this first drop is just craziness itself. Suddenly, they transform all that into a Future House drop, having the characteristic percussions, the bouncy bass and some amazing vocal leads. Chapeau.

These guys were on fire this past year, and it doesn’t feel right to end a year at 128 BPM, no, so we go up as long as the second break elapses, hearing a high lead on top of the previous supersaws and a variation of the previous melody. After this, I have to tell you that I remained speechless. This is one of the most savage drops I’ve heard in a while, but I just love it. We start with some moombahton kicks, being accompanied by high leads with lots of Dutch House influences and crazy percussions. Well, we have Big Room, Future House, Moombahton, Dutch House… what are we lacking? It can be no other than Dubstep. And here you have it, with its growls, big snares, wobbles and dirty leads.

I feel like this one was a sort of an experiment, because I bet that they wouldn’t have gone so savage in a regular original release, but at least in my case I feel like this is what the industry needs: creativity and originality. Because yes, we are tired of the same sounds and structures again and again. I just want to give thanks to W&W for teaching us that in these days it’s still possible to be innovative.

You can listen to “Waste It On Me (W&W Remix)” here:

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