A stand-out release from last year, Mark Jackus and Marcus Sur combined to great effect on ‘Glow’. Taken from that release, ‘Ashes & Snow’ is put through the remix machine by a pair of Lucidflow heavyweights – relentless production machine D. Diggler and former LFO man Gez Varley aka G-Man.
If you need a refresher, ‘Ashes & Snow’ was one of those delightful atmospheric progressive workouts, a builder that wrapped itself in gorgeous analogue arpeggios and squelchy filters, rising to breathless crescendos and dropping into deep thoughtful mood. For those of a certain age, definitely the sort of cut you would expect to hear haunting the intro section on the first CD of a Global Underground mix from its peak glory days.
D. Diggler ups the ante by taking the track into full on driving prog territory, keeping with the knack of building undulating layers of arpeggio, percussion, and synth washes, but taking it to a new level of psychedelia. For fans of classic James Holden in his nineties dancefloor heyday.
With the companion tracks working on omni-layers of audio, Gez Varley aka G-Man drops into dub mode for his remix. Swinging, stuttering beats meets the mood of the original if it were being run through a mangling cassette deck. Somewhere underneath, you can hear the gentle undulation of the original, but it is being squeezed firmly by sinewy muscle into staccato rhythm.
Feedback
Agora FM (): “” (will chart) (will play)
Oliver Loew (Lucidflow | Superordinate Dub Waves): “G-Man Remix is my fav “
Gez Varley / G-Man (gmr records, lucidflow, ostgut records): “awesome ” (will play)
Mark Jackus (Noir Music / CusCus Music): “Two absolute unique remixes – Big thanks to Gez & Andy for this brilliant works! amazing sound” (will chart) (will play)
Marcus Sur (Noir Music, Steyoyoke, Motek, Traum Schalplatten): “Thanks for the great remixes. ” (will chart) (will play)
Nadja Lind (Lucidflow, many labels): “Super nice! Esp. Diggler hits the nail again” (will chart) (will play)
Rowan (): “Awesome thanks ” (will play)
Gabriel Le Mar (Liquid Sound Design (LSD(, Praxxiz): “Nice original tune & brilliant remixes for different moods!” (will play)
G-Day (Sofa Sessions): “” (will play)
Ohm (): “Lovely tracks. Thanks ” (will play)
Michael Stukes (MysticVibes): “Full support for this.” (will chart) (will play)
Tom Larson (): “The D.Diggler remix is my Favourite. Good work !” (will play)
dreamAwaken (Lucidflow/Seven Villas/Traum): “D.Diggler remix is an absolut killer!” (will play)
Mark Mac (Soundcollective/ It Runs Deep/ Frequency Radio Show): “Love the original on this baby. killer tune.. Cheers” (will chart) (will play)
Pele Corral (desperadoz): “” (will play)
Mod (): “Great remixed EP. Impressive to witness how something that good can be even better with a touch of an Artist craft. Quality!” (will chart) (will play)
Deepling (ReadyMixRecords, EmptyWhiskeyFlaskRecords, Electronical Reeds): “Nice tracks. Cannot decide ….” (will play)
Jason Ireland (): “nice ep,thanks guys, will play.” (will play)
Marco Freudenberg (Pure Dope Digital / Digital Night Music / Toxic Family Records): “Massive release! Hard to find a fav, but D. Diggler made it for me! Thanks!” (will chart) (will play)
Corrie (Yes Sir, S.O.S. Girlfriend, Eat More Beef): “Original and Diggler Rmx for me. Thanks” (will play)
Johnny Mack (): “Great re-works of an already well crafted track. Loving all the versions and will support.” (will chart) (will play)
DJ Kaine (): “Thanks, wicked stuff as always! Faves are the original and D. Diggler remix.” (will play)
Eddy Romero (Expmental/ Little Helpers / Lucidflow / Deeperfect/King street sounds ): “Original and Gez remix are great thanks for sending !” (will chart) (will play)
Riko Forinson (Sofa Sessions): “TOP SOUND ! THANKS LUCIDFLOW !” (will play)
Sammy W and Alex E (): “will play for sure, thx”
Mr. Deluxe (): “Mark Jackus…Damnnn ” (will play)
Supagroove (aka Mark J) (Ahoren Music): “lovely track and remixes!” (will play)
Brad Moontribe (): “I always love D. Diggler – thanks!” (will play)
DJ Franksen (plastic city, treibjagd records, sinnmusik, embi music ): “cult combos here!! and i almost dare not say though – but for everyday pleasure the original is my fave. g-man for the dark hours, diggler for timeless sets everywhere” (will play)
Jor-G (Lucidflow, Hypnotic Room, Tehnofonika Records,): “Super tracks and super remix !!!” (will play)
ILIA R (): “Динамичные качели на дабовом двор, отлично” (will chart) (will play)
Laurent Diouf (Wreck This Mess): “another wtm’s playlist is coming soon…;)” (will play)
Butane (Extrasketch, Little Helpers, Alphahouse): “Will try that G-man thx”
