Hostage – Roll (Free EP)
Cool new free EP from the Nightshifters‘ Hostage. He’s reigned in his hard as hell style, and crafted a solid ravey fidget tune. The piano stabs and horns build into crazy fidgety basslines. He manages to stay interesting and evolves perfectly. Great remixes from DJ Donna Summer, Samo Sound Boy, and Figure. I’ve posted Roll, the DJDS remix, and the Samo remixes. Grab the full ep for another tune The Ba$$ and the Figure remix of Roll. As always the cover art rules. Peace!
Everyone knows that Hostage is an unstoppable music-making beast of legendary proportions pumping out hit after hit, week in and week out. And he’s been a busy, busy boy since his Radio 1 Essential mix earlier in the summer, playing alongside Annie Mac at the Manchester Apollo, Rockness Festival and he set the Arcadia Afterburner stage at Glastonbury ablaze -literally! Not to be restrained in the slightest, he’s back with 2 killer new tunes on this, his first free Ep on Nightshifters.
With “Roll” we see Hostage shows us a slightly more subtle hand, well, that’s before the bass drops! With “The Ba$$” he’s back at his no-holds-barred-kicking-down-the-fucking-rave-door approach with one of the most ridiculous noise-bass drops you’ll hear this year. It’s massive!!
With tracks this good, we had to pull together some remixes to make a nice tidy package for you so we asked Samo Sound Boy to turn on his Bubblin machine to bring you a bouncy dancehall flavored remix of the lead track while Figure takes the bass for a wobbly thrill ride. Nightshifters honcho Dj Donna Summer smacks you with some garage-flavored orchestral-rave to round out the set. That’s not a genre you see too often, now is it?
