Posted on Oct 21, 2013
Omid 16B, boss of the Alola label and someone who has released exciting and unpredictable music on labels like Tsuba, Bedrock and SexOnWax. His remix is more spangled and physical than the original, featuring plenty of ghoulish voices and hard hitting drums that work themselves and listeners into a deep, controlled and Detroit inspired frenzy. There’s also a dub version for the even more abstract dancefloors out there that is just as essential....
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Posted on Oct 7, 2013
Building on their superb release this summer on Alola Records, Voodoo Corporation are back, this time on the SexOnWax imprint, with an expansive, laid-back sultry house jaunt – brooding staccato rhythmic bass tones duck and weave through spoken words, synth pads and disembodied pitched vocal flashes in the original, with label head Omid 16B adding to proceedings with his edit...
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Posted on Sep 30, 2013
Alola’s Classic series continues, this time with a new take on a seminal Omid 16B track. Brooks re-envisions the track with a well-defined, low-slung groove, building the excitement in waves, with the vocal riding high on top… all in all, an excellent dancefloor tool Buy Link:...
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Posted on Sep 2, 2013
For this next release in the now well-established Alola Classic series, label boss and artistic visionary Omid 16B revives 2 seminal cuts from his extensive discography. ‘Wanna Do’ is irrepressibly upbeat, stuttering snares playing devil’s advocate to telephone vocals, writ large across a backdrop of soaring synths and rolling bass. ‘The Smile’ is an altogether deeper affair, broader in scope, its expansive pads underpinned by complex rhythmic dynamism to great effect. Re-mastered for this Classic pairing, these 2 tracks are as fresh as on their first release Buy link:...
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Posted on Aug 19, 2013
Alola continues it’s hectic summer release schedule with this superb package from Vanilla Ace Re-invigorating and revitalising a warmly remembered hook from the 80s, ‘Your Body’s infectious groove is retained while being brought bang up to date for today’s dance floors, with an Omid 16B edit to boot With a nod to the heady days of New Jack Swing, ‘I Can Ride’ is another surefire club weapon, with a dub included for maximum flexibility....
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Posted on Aug 19, 2013
Up next on Alola, the $16 Million Dollar Man LP ‘‘The Witch / Which Equation’ is released in a new package, as part of the re-released, remastered Alola catalogue for the first time digitally. Originally out in 2001 on Under The Counter the LP is a body of work that encapsulates the progressive house that ruled the dance floors in its era and showcases a strand to Omid 16B’s sound that is still held in high regard today. Comprising of singles, ‘Second Choice’ and ‘Man With A Voice’ plus other rolling, techy tinged cuts, ‘The Witch / Which Equation’ also showcases the more experimental side of the $16 Millon Dollar man sound with ‘In The Depth Of It All’ and ‘Way Back’ bordering on breaksey, electro territory. Testament to the production values on this LP ‘The Witch / Which Equation’ still sounds great 12 years on. Buy Link:...
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