Callide & Intraspekt – Shark Bite / Dimensions [XEX Audio]

Cygnus PR guru and general D&B badman Callide teams up with fellow southerner Intraspekt to deliver two slices of techy, dancefloor oriented business. Shark Bite builds nicely with a sci-fi vibe both from the eerie synths and the choice sample before dropping into a militant array of bass stabs, distorted reece and pounding drums.

Dimensions backs up the A side nicely, dialling things back slightly and concentrating on epic filtered synth swells which positively sing through the tune. Beats-wise the duo have come up with a nice “three-quarter-step” style drum pattern for the tune, filling in the space between the kicks and snares with insistent hi-hat syncopations that keep the tune bubbling along nicely.

Check out the clips below and watch out for these dropping July 29th.

Virtue – Forget You / Finest Days [E-Motion]

E-Motion bring us their 19th release from upcoming producer Virtue; admittedly not a name I’m any too familiar with. The man knows his stuff though, as evidenced by the crisp, incandescent reese action and catchy hooks of Forget You, which lulls you into a false sense of security with a piano riff before slapping some serious bass down.

Over on the flip Finest Days heads for more liquid territory; the vocal mix felt a bit cheesy for my taste but the instrumental version will definitely be going into my record bag as a solid slice of rolling liquid funk. Check out the beats below and watch out for the release dropping June 24th.