• Unexpected wobbly drop
• Rock-inspired breakdown section, accompanied by a charming vocal from Dan Brenner
• Commercial/club-friendly efficient hybrid
Ben Ambergen and his bootlegs have often entertained me, but I’ve never really found the chance to speak about this Portuguese producer! Reviewing bootlegs is often tricky because of the influence of the original creator in it.
Anyway, in short, Ben Ambergen prefers these massive big room drops that fit well in a festival, with influences from co-nationals like KURA and KEVU. His style often utilizes complex melodies and particular attention towards percussions. If you are into similar stuff, I suggest checking out his edits of “Summer Air” and “Encoded“, both by Hardwell, who supported him various times.
Today we have him here on Sony Sweden/TGR Music Group together with the Swiss/Portuguese producer EWAVE… Together they made “Tug Of War”, which also features a solid vocal by Dan Brenner. Unfortunately, I don’t know EWAVE all that well, but looking at a few of his releases (on TurnItUpMuzik, Enigmatic, and FHM) he’s making much Future House lately, and this explains the fantastic wobbly drop of “Tug Of War”. It has been an exciting surprise!
After an energetic breakdown, with a rock-inspired guitar and an excellent performance by Dan, suddenly a powerful drop begins to play, without almost any particular suspense. I loved that part, because it doesn’t follow the usual clichès, copying Zonderling calmer structure, but tries to be more energetic instead. In this sense, I can sense Ambergen’s more aggressive approach in it, even so, I think that EWAVE built the structure (those are all assumptions, of course). Funky atmosphere, slightly more complex melody than usual, a captivating mood that results in an enjoyable experience for the ears. It’s not an intricate approach, but I found it efficient and creative, one of its kind.
This is, in short, “Tug Of War”. It’s a future house tune that tries to enter the “commercial section” of the genre but keeps a substantial amount of dynamism and energy, thus becoming a club-friendly composition. Needless to say that I genuinely enjoy the hybrid!
Ben Ambergen and EWAVE worked well together, and I think we should not underestimate this single. There is a lot of potential.
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