For its landmark 25th release, Pure Sonik Records presents: "Drums and Weapons Remixes," the follow-up to Alan Oldham's final album release as DJ T-1000, "Drums and Weapons."
London's legendary Paul Mac starts us off with "Drums and Weapons (Paul Mac's Rave Bass Remix)," a straight-ahead banger from the Stimulus man with a sinister buzzsaw synth-line running through it.
James Johnson a.k.a. Plural is a new-school loop-master in the Jay Denham mould. His remix of DJ T-1000's "Cockblockin' Beats" is reminiscent of the best of the old Black Nation lock-groove bangers, but with a decidedly new-jack flavor all his own.
Kuba Sojka, perhaps best known for his tracks on Matrix and Minimalsoul, goes deep. His remix of AO's "Head Down" is so Detroit purist, you'd think the man was from 7 Mile Road, not from Poland! Melodic strings and retro-futurist SH-101 sounds define this smooth take.
Also from London, the great Justin Berkovi (Trapez, ART, Djax-Up-Beats) checks in with a deep, tech-house permutation of AO's aggressive original "Drums and Weapons." Played on DJ T-1000's podcast for MEOKO (http://www.meoko.net/mixes?view=episode&episode_id=37) late last fall to great effect!
Mastered by Adam Jay.