Doing more with less
Two acts that killed this summer were sharkslayer and renaissance man. Both hail from Finland. For the sake of space I’m just going to touch on Renaissance man today. I first heard of renaissance man through a sharkslayer remix of their song spraycan, which is amazing. The original is damn near perfect. The group consists of downtown and jaxxson (who’ve recently dropped some individual remixes too). Their percussive minimal tech house style is straight fire and just keeps gaining momentum. While there’s less going on, the kicks, bass, and synths grow into these amazing grooves. You can’t help but get lost in the moment and move. In addition to sharkslayer they’ve remixed the likes of crystal fighters, momma’s boy, Harvard Bass and noob & brodinski, etc.. The remix of Tiga‘s my definition of house music has a great building piano loop, beefy bass, and even some thick synths. Really like their original tunes too, spraycan, aloha, what is guru (already dropped the riva starr remix) all get your feet moving. Check this beatport review of th spraycan ep and this interview with palmsout. All of their stuff is available at Beatport and juno. Alright, lets get this!
Originals
Remix!
Mix For Dazed Digital
Tracklist
Renaissance Man – Mix for Dazed Digital
Unknown – Unknown (Unknown Remix)
Blind Minded – To The Bus
Moodymann – Freaky Motherfucker (Catz’N’Dogz Remix)
Audion – On My Way To The Center
Renaissance Man / Christian Martin – Christian Man (Robosonic Blend)
Renaissance Man – Car Thief Bootcut
DJ Hell feat. P Diddy – The DJ (Paul Woolford Remix)
Nicone & Sascha Braemer – Nur Mal Kurz (Philip Bader Remix) RM Edit
Real quick like, a couple taste tracks to finish it off. Harvard bass just released a couple creepers; a remix of drop the lime and a remix of acid girls. Last is a remix of Gucci Vump by downtown (half of renaissance man). Also, if your in the twin cities, tonight Nadastrom, Tittsworth, Ayres, and DJ Haul are at the 7th St entry. It’s going to be memorable. See ya Next Time!
