Rich T - That Feeling EP (Trendy Mullet)

London-based Rich T sees his first release here, after having been resident DJ alongside The Quirk Burglars in Maidstone for much of last year.

The fantastically named Trendy Mullet Recordings is a genre-bending label that “sticks two fingers up” to followers of passing fads. Their aim is to put out music to make people dance, and releases span the genres of electronic music accordingly.

Artist: Rich T
Release Title: That Feeling EP
Label: Trendy Mullet Recordings

1) That Feeling
2) That Feeling (Tom Ellis remix)
3) That Feeling (Drew Tempest remix)

Official release date: August 16th, 2010

The original mix of That Feeling is a classic piece of grooving house music. Soulful vocal samples and bouncing bassline keep things funky, as layers of hi hats and snares lunge in and out. Slightly melancholic chords enter at the break, looping and panning around the mix. More spoken word samples are sprinkled throughout the rest of the track to help fill some gaps. Tom Ellis takes things in a tech-y direction, developing the moody chords and soul-dripping vocals and adding bass thuds and electronic warps and glitches. Tom’s drum programming and arrangement is very tight, and he keeps things clean and punchy, for maximum dancefloor effect. Finally, Drew Tempest turns in one of his strongest remixes to date. Rolling percussion and powerful bassline give it trademark Drew/Quirk flavour, and the loopy, chugging chords of the original stab throughout. Snappy snares are layered on to help to give the track pace, and other crisp percussion punctuates the builds and drops. All in all, a very strong selection of mixes.

Standout Track: Drew Tempest remix
My Cuppa T Rating: 8/10

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Review by Lee Jarvis.