March 28, 2005 | Posted by j.p. at 10:12 PM

not just the gates

Demon - In the Park (Crusz Remix)

blair and I, both being teachers, apparently have the week off. while some of us (him) are lucky enough to sail around Miami playing pirate on a boat (apparently true), I'm still in the rainy, grey, cold BK, and felt like highlighting what is currently one of my favorite dance plates.

Demon is somewhere on the cusp of the inner circle of the tightly knit french house scene, and owns the outstanding 20000 ST label, home to his own work as well as that of Nicholas, Wuz (Demon + Alex Gopher), Crusz, and other french acts involving the letter zed. the track y'all may know best from this producer/label is the infamous euphoric-face-licking-house A-bomb You are my High (Demon vs. Heartbreaker), and if you haven't seen it, you can watch the lick-tastic video here (windows media).

this track takes a Demon's soulful, thumping original (you can watch a windows media stream of the video with the original version here, but unfortunately you'll probably think of Kris Kross' Jump when you hear the lead sample) and puts it in Crusz's highly capable hands, giving it a superb remix treatment. the bass gets gritty to the point where it can flatten you on the right soundsystem, the vocals are more tightly woven into the production (avoiding the deaded over-wordy house track), and the end result is an absolute stomper that should have your hips whacking into the person sitting next to you on the A train when it's on your iPod (or whatever train you take and music device you listen to).

Demon's 2004 release Music That You Wanna Hear is out now, and you can [purchase it from Insound]. he also just played at the WMC in Miami, and if you saw him (with Mylo), I don't want to hear about it. it's raining here, ya know.

Comments

pffft, ive heard nothing but miami talk from my friends in the last 24 hours. but i doubt any of those wankers went to go check out mylo, tiga, etc.

Posted by: bassbiz at March 28, 2005 10:45 PM

Oh shit what a track!

/orders

Posted by: Kev at March 29, 2005 9:37 AM

As a fellow teacher, I apparently have the week off as well...yet I'm grading papers all week. That is so NOT Miami. At least it's sunny, though.

This is a great track--the remix takes it in a nice direction from the usual French-house sweetness. Thanks!

Posted by: Max at March 29, 2005 12:58 PM
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